Stocks are on track for the best month of the year — for now
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The first half of 2022 was awful for stocks. But investors have seen a rebound in July and the markets are…
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EU struggles with how to cut off its reliance on Russian gas
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations are struggling to find common ground on how to wean the bloc off its reliance…
Continue Reading Fed set to impose another big rate hike to fight inflation
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Conflicting signs about the health of the U.S. economy have thrust the Federal Reserve…
Continue Reading Google fires engineer who contended its AI technology was sentient
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Google has fired the engineer who claimed an unreleased AI system had become sentient, the company confirmed, saying he…
Continue Reading Ex-US congressman among 9 charged in insider trading cases
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former U.S. congressman from Indiana, technology company executives, a man training to be an…
Continue Reading R-rated movies have come to Disney+
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Disney+ just got a little more adult. The streaming service added its first R-rated films in the US on Friday with…
Continue Reading This delivery startup was valued at more than $11 billion. Then it slashed thousands of workers
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business In early March, after two ultra-fast delivery startups shut down in New York City in a single week, a…
Continue Reading Russia to cut gas through Nord Stream 1 to 20% of capacity
BERLIN (AP) — Russia’s Gazprom says it would further reduce natural gas flows through a major pipeline to Europe to 20% of capacity, citing…
Continue Reading T-Mobile agrees to pay customers $350 million in settlement over massive data breach
By Brian Fung, CNN T-Mobile has agreed to pay $350 million to settle multiple class-action suits stemming from a data breach disclosed last year…
Continue Reading To preserve jobs, UAW head says battery plants must be union
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — If the United Auto Workers union can’t organize workers at new electric-vehicle battery…
Continue Reading Rents spike as big-pocketed investors buy mobile home parks
By MICHAEL CASEY and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Investors are buying up mobile home parks across the country, leading…
Continue Reading Jenn Takahashi, chronicling the best (and worst) of Nextdoor
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer For anyone looking for a taste of Nextdoor’s weirdest, silliest posts — from fireworks complaints to…
Continue Reading Tesla subpoenaed over Elon Musk’s tweets … again
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The Securities and Exchange Commission apparently isn’t done with Elon Musk and his tweets quite yet. Tesla…
Continue Reading The NFL is debuting a streaming service — with some major caveats
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business The NFL launched a streaming service Monday. That sounds like a football fan’s dream, but it’s probably…
Continue Reading Feds sue poultry producers, alleging unfair worker practices
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Monday against some of the largest poultry producers…
Continue Reading Could we talk ourselves into a recession?
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business There’s no denying that the US economy is at a strange juncture that’s left even top experts scratching…
Continue Reading If it looks like a recession and quacks like a recession…
CNN By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Is the United States heading for a recession? Or is the economy already in one? It — almost —…
Continue Reading Zimbabwe debuts gold coins as legal tender to stem inflation
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has launched gold coins to be sold to the public in a bid to tame runaway…
Continue Reading Study: Millennials didn’t stray far from where they grew up
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Growing up in mid-sized Virginia Beach, Andrew Waldholtz wanted to live in a big city so he moved to the District…
Continue Reading Elon Musk denies affair with Sergey Brin’s wife Nicole Shanahan
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Elon Musk has denied having an affair with Nicole Shanahan, the wife of Google’s co-founder, Sergey Brin. Over the…
Continue Reading German business confidence at 2-year low amid energy worries
BERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows that German business confidence has fallen more than expected this month, hitting a two-year low amid…
Continue Reading German union calls 1-day strike by Lufthansa ground staff
BERLIN (AP) — A German union has called on Lufthansa ground staff to walk out on a one-day strike Wednesday in a dispute over pay. The ver.di…
Continue Reading Farmers forced to sell their cows as drought conditions worsen across US
By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business Extreme drought and inflationary pressures are forcing US farmers in Western states to sell off their cattle herds…
Continue Reading Consumer confidence, Fed policy statement, Amazon earns
The Associated Press The Conference Board delivers its latest index of U.S. consumer confidence Tuesday. The Federal Reserve delivers its latest…
Continue Reading Mideast nations wake up to damage from climate change
By LEE KEATH Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Temperatures in the Middle East have risen far faster than the world’s average in the past three…
Continue Reading Sudden arena idea angers, unnerves Philadelphia’s Chinatown
By CLAUDIA LAUER The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Wei Chen wants people who visit Philadelphia’s Chinatown to look through the…
Continue Reading Asian stocks higher ahead of possible US rate hike
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday as investors braced for another sharp interest…
Continue Reading Jury selected for Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook defamation trial
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury was selected Monday in a civil trial that will determine for the first time how…
Continue Reading Google fires engineer who contended its AI technology was sentient
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Google has fired the engineer who claimed an unreleased AI system had become sentient, the company confirmed, saying he…
Continue Reading About 2,500 Boeing workers to strike after rejecting deal
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Roughly 2,500 Boeing workers are expected to go strike next month at three plants in the St. Louis area after they voted…
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