High oil prices help Saudi Aramco earn $88B in first half
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi energy company Aramco said Sunday its profits jumped 90% in the second…
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Physician Green wins Hawaii Democratic primary for governor
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — For their 16th wedding anniversary, Democrats in Hawaii gifted Josh Green and his wife, Jaime, a…
Continue Reading Brief scuffles slow tallying in Kenya’s close election
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s peaceful presidential election saw a brief disruption when riot police responded to…
Continue Reading Former Deutsche Bank Co-CEO Anshu Jain dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Anshu Jain, a fomer co-CEO of Deutsche Bank, has died, according to a statement by his family on Saturday. He was 59. Jain died of…
Continue Reading Germans urged to cap heat in offices this winter to save gas
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s economy minister says German businesses and public institutions should heat their offices no higher than 19 degrees…
Continue Reading What takes years and costs $20K? A San Francisco trash can
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — What takes four years to make and costs more than $20,000? A trash can in San Francisco.…
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Velveeta is staging a comeback
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business In 2020, something incredible happened in the dairy aisle: Velveeta started flying off the shelves. Sales of…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka permits Chinese ship to dock after postponement
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Chinese research ship will be allowed to dock in a Sri Lankan port after a…
Continue Reading Sinema took Wall Street money while killing tax on investors
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat who single-handedly thwarted her party’s longtime…
Continue Reading Shippers prepare for worst as Rhine levels near critical low
Shipping companies are preparing to halt the transport of goods on the Rhine as water levels in Germany’s biggest river near a critically low…
Continue Reading Climate bill: Could coal communities shift to nuclear?
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A major economic bill headed to the president has…
Continue Reading Driver walkout halts trains as UK summer strike wave spreads
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of U.K. train drivers have walked off the job in a 24-hour strike over jobs, pay and…
Continue Reading Dutch arrest man linked to currency mixer Tornado Cash
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch financial prosecutors say they have detained a man suspected of involvement in “concealing criminal financial…
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Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Summer is a-bloom with native beauty that spans the color spectrum. Texas Real Estate Source compiled a list of wildflowers native to different…
Continue Reading How Abercrombie, Victoria’s Secret and Vitamin Shoppe use smell to get you to spend more
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Have you ever stepped into an Abercrombie, Victoria’s Secret, Vitamin Shoppe or another store and…
Continue Reading Italy’s Lake Garda shrinks to near-historic low amid drought
By ANDREA ROSA and LUIGI NAVARRA Associated Press SIRMIONE Italy (AP) — Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the…
Continue Reading Sinema took Wall Street money while killing tax on investors
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat who single-handedly thwarted her party’s longtime…
Continue Reading Expanded IRS free-file system one step closer in Dems’ bill
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The flagship climate change and health care bill passed by Democrats and soon to be signed by…
Continue Reading CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin will exit network after 20 years
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Jeffrey Toobin said Friday that he will depart CNN, where he served most recently as chief legal analyst, putting an…
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Dems push climate, health, tax bill through Congress, a landmark election-year Biden win that once seemed out of reach
The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Dems push climate, health, tax bill through Congress, a landmark election-year Biden win that once seemed out…
Continue Reading Peloton cuts jobs, raises prices in bid for profitability
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Peloton is laying off almost 800 employees and raising prices for some of its equipment…
Continue Reading Publisher of USA Today, other papers axes staff to cut costs
By The Associated Press Associated Press Newspaper publisher Gannett Co. confirmed Friday that it’s laying off some of its newsroom staff as part…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday 8/12/2022
The Associated Press Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street, giving the S&P 500 its first 4-week winning streak since November. The benchmark…
Continue Reading Illumina, ResMed fall; Broadridge, Humana rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Illumina, ResMed fall; Broadridge, Humana…
Continue Reading Oil shipments from Russia resume to Czechia
PRAGUE (AP) — Oil shipments from Russia through a critical pipeline to Czechia have resumed after more than a week. Czechia became the last central…
Continue Reading Rivian lost $1.7 billion in three months. Here’s why that may not be a problem
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Rivian lost a whopping $1.7 billion in the second three months of the year, but some auto industry experts say…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell $2.25 to $92.09 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for October delivery fell…
Continue Reading Russian GDP drops 4% in Q2 — 1st full quarter of fighting
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s gross domestic product contracted 4% in the second quarter of this year, the first full quarter since Russia sent…
Continue Reading Judge revives Obama-era ban on coal sales from US lands
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday reinstated a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands that…
Continue Reading Best Buy trims jobs after it cuts sales and profit outlook
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy, the nation’s largest consumer electronics chain, is trimming jobs in an…
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