Hunger Action Month Campaign kicks off in the Borderland
EL PASO, Texas — Times have been tough for thousands of El Pasoans. And it’s something El Paso’s only food bank takes to heart. This September,…
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At least eight Russian businessmen have died in apparent suicide or accidents in just six months
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN At least eight prominent Russian businessmen have reportedly died by suicide or in as yet unexplained accidents since late…
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Minister: All French nuclear reactors to restart by winter
PARIS (AP) — France’s minister for energy transition says French electricity giant EDF has committed to restart all its nuclear reactors by this…
Continue Reading EU’s top executive backs price cap on Russian pipeline gas
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top executive says the bloc’s electricity market is no longer working…
Continue Reading Opinion: This is what will prevent stagflation from hitting the US economy
Opinion by Joseph H. Davis for CNN Business Perspectives Hardly a day goes by without news about inflation and the growing risk of recession.…
Continue Reading House GOP demands Meta’s communications with the FBI over Hunter Biden report
By Brian Fung, CNN House Republicans want Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to hand over a vast array of additional records pertaining to the company’s…
Continue Reading White House hopes slower August job growth is a sign the economy is cooling at a manageable rate
By Phil Mattingly and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday is set to address an August jobs report that slightly exceeded analyst…
Continue Reading First Chinese-made high-speed train cars arrive in Indonesia
By DITA ALANGKARA and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An initial set of Chinese-made train cars for Indonesia’s first…
Continue Reading G-7 pledges to move forward with Russia oil price cap system
By GEIR MOULSON and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial powers have pledged to put in…
Continue Reading Amazon loses first round in challenge to union vote
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Amazon has lost the first round in its effort to overturn a historic union victory at a Staten Island facility. A…
Continue Reading Here’s how the Fed is reading today’s jobs report
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The US has a jobs problem: There are too many of them. There are currently around two jobs available for every…
Continue Reading ‘We need to act right now’: Fed Chairman Powell vows to continue aggressive inflation fight
CNN Martha C. White for CNN Business At a think tank conference Thursday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated his pledge to stay the…
Continue Reading Pace of hiring slowed in August but the job market is still strong
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The economy added 315,000 jobs in August, exceeding economists’ expectations but far below July’s blowout…
Continue Reading G7 countries agree to cap the price of Russian oil
By Alex Stambaugh, Julia Horowitz and Michelle Toh, CNN Business The West’s biggest economies on Friday agreed to impose a price cap on Russian…
Continue Reading $1 billion in federal economic grants headed coast to coast
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo are announcing $1 billion in federal…
Continue Reading Australia shut its borders to workers, now it’s desperate to get them back
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Australia shut its borders for more than two years during the pandemic, but it also blocked access to potential workers and…
Continue Reading Lufthansa flights grounded as pilots up pressure over pay
FRANKFURT (AP) — Hundreds of Lufthansa flights have been canceled as pilots stage a one-day strike to press their demands for better pay and…
Continue Reading Stocks shed early gains, end lower for 3rd straight week
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks gave up an early rally and closed lower Friday, marking their third losing week in a row and extending Wall…
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El Pasoans stock up on gas, 40 cents cheaper per gallon
EL PASO, Texas — Circle K offered gas for 40 cents cheaper a gallon as a part of Circle K fuel day Thursday from 4-7, and El Pasoans showed up to…
Continue Reading Lower US job gain in August could aid Fed’s inflation fight
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a healthy number of jobs last month, yet slowed their…
Continue Reading Once in the doldrums, Florida coast hums with space launches
By CODY JACKSON and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A decade ago, Florida’s Space Coast was in the doldrums. The…
Continue Reading Nissan eager to leverage US tax credit on electric vehicles
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan says it’s aggressively pushing electric vehicles to take advantage of a new U.S. law…
Continue Reading Australia lifts permanent immigration by 35,000 to 195,000
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has announced it will increase its permanent immigration intake by 35,000 to…
Continue Reading Venezuela government again accuses ex-oil czar of wrongdoing
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Venezuelan government is again accusing its former oil czar of wrongdoing…
Continue Reading Amazon bid to scrap historic union win blocked
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A hearing officer for a federal labor board has rebuffed Amazon’s attempt to scrap a…
Continue Reading Judge declines to overturn Elizabeth Holmes guilty verdict
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday tentatively declined to overturn the jury conviction of…
Continue Reading Starbucks names new CEO
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Starbucks has tapped Laxman Narasimhan as its next CEO. Narasimhan will become incoming CEO at Starbucks on…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday 9/1/2022
The Associated Press A late burst of buying erased some of the stock market’s losses Thursday, leaving indexes mixed on Wall Street at the closing…
Continue Reading California Democrats cap legislative year with climate wins
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tougher clean energy goals and a ban on new oil and gas wells near homes and schools…
Continue Reading Starbucks names former PepsiCo executive as new CEO
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks has named a longtime PepsiCo executive as its new CEO. The coffee giant said Thursday that Laxman…
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