How inflation pushed KFC to put chicken feet on the menu in China
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business For years, KFC customers in China wondered why the chain didn’t sell chicken feet, which are a delicacy in the…
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Ex-Fed economist Bill Nelson on Federal Reserve strategy
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Nelson has experienced the workings of the Federal Reserve from both sides of the…
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Opinion by Emily Parker for CNN Business Perspectives Cryptocurrency is having an existential crisis. Last month, crypto lender Celsius filed for…
Continue Reading Is this as good as it gets for Big Oil?
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The highest oil prices in a decade. A renewed government focus on energy security. Huge demand for refining crude so…
Continue Reading Valvoline to sell its global products arm to Saudi’s Aramco
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Aramco has announced a $2.65 billion agreement to acquire Valvoline’s global products business, which…
Continue Reading Alibaba striving to maintain US listing amid delisting fears
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba said Monday that it would strive to maintain its listing status both…
Continue Reading Europe gets more bad news as recession fears deepen
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Europe’s biggest economy is suffering — and it could spell trouble for the whole continent. German retail sales…
Continue Reading US begins court battle against publishing giants’ merger
By MARCY GORDON and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government and publishing titan Penguin Random House have exchanged…
Continue Reading 1st ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa
By SUSIE BLANN and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain set out Monday from the port of Odesa…
Continue Reading ‘Drill, baby, drill’ is back in Europe as gas crisis looms
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The 10-mile-long island of Schiermonnikoog is known as one of the most beautiful places in the Netherlands, boasting…
Continue Reading USDA getting tougher on salmonella in chicken products
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing new regulations that would force food…
Continue Reading Alibaba stock slides in Hong Kong after US delisting threat
By Laura He, CNN Business Alibaba shares fell after US regulators added the stock to a growing list of Chinese firms that might be kicked off Wall…
Continue Reading Chinese company eyes Solomon Islands deep-water port
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Chinese state-owned company is negotiating to buy a forestry plantation with a…
Continue Reading How the world’s biggest four-day workweek trial run changed people’s lives
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Workers are fed up. More than two years into the pandemic, many have burned out, quit their jobs or are struggling to…
Continue Reading This Week: Caterpillar earns, jobs report
The Associated Press Caterpillar serves up its latest quarterly results Tuesday. The Labor Department issues its July tally of hiring by nonfarm…
Continue Reading Evergrande has failed to deliver the debt restructuring plan it promised
By Laura He, CNN Business China’s embattled property giant Evergrande has failed to deliver a preliminary debt restructuring plan it had…
Continue Reading Stocks start August with slide after best month since 2020
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks on Wall Street gave up early gains and closed slightly lower Monday as investors began…
Continue Reading What’s at stake as book publishing merger faces antitrust trial
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Continue Reading What’s at stake as book publishing merger faces antitrust trial
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…
Continue Reading Banana Boat recalls scalp sunscreen spray for cancer risk
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen is recalling a scalp spray because it contains trace amounts of benzene, a…
Continue Reading Want to get paid to go to the beach?
By Emmy Abbassi, CNN Here’s your chance to earn some sand dollars. Hotels.com is looking to hire a Retro Beach Motelier, who will visit several…
Continue Reading How the media is falling short covering the economic rollercoaster
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Even top economists are struggling to explain perhaps “the weirdest economy” Americans have ever lived through,…
Continue Reading How the media is falling short covering the economic rollercoaster
CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Even top economists are struggling to explain perhaps “the weirdest economy” Americans have ever lived…
Continue Reading Manchin demurs on Biden in 2024 and Dem majorities this year
By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin, one of the Democrats’ most conservative and contrarian members, declined on…
Continue Reading Cat lovers can try cat-food inspired dishes at Fancy Feast’s Italian pop-up
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Cat food brand Fancy Feast is expanding into feline-inspired human cuisine, with a New York City Italian restaurant designed to…
Continue Reading A popular sunscreen is being recalled because it may contain a carcinogen
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Sunscreen is marketed as helping protect against skin cancer — but now some batches of a popular brand are being voluntarily…
Continue Reading Boeing averts strike at three defense plants, for now
By Reuters A union representing nearly 2,500 employees at three Boeing defense locations in the St. Louis area said on Saturday they will vote on the…
Continue Reading Pilots with Germany’s Lufthansa back possible strike action
BERLIN (AP) — A union says pilots with Germany’s Lufthansa have voted in favor of possible strike action. It said Sunday that walkouts can still…
Continue Reading The busiest economic week of the summer is over: Here’s everything we learned
By Nicole Goodkind and Julia Horowitz, CNN Business If you’re reading this, it means you’ve survived the busiest week of the summer.…
Continue Reading The busiest economic week of the summer is over: Here’s everything we learned
CNN By Nicole Goodkind and Julia Horowitz, CNN Business If you’re reading this, it means you’ve survived the busiest week of the summer.…
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