Private browsing may not protect you as much as you think
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business For years, the most popular internet browsers have included options to search for and visit websites in…
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Monarch butterflies have reached endangered status. But it’s not all bad news.
Stacker looked at the decline of Eastern and Western monarch butterfly populations and contextualized the species’ challenges, citing data from the…
Continue Reading Disney changes name of ‘Fairy Godmothers in Training’ in US theme parks to gender-neutral term to be more inclusive, company says
By Emma Tucker Disney’s “Fairy Godmothers in Training” who dress up children as princesses and knights in boutiques at its US theme…
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‘Day by day’: Trade bans, inflation send food prices soaring
By AYA BATRAWY, EILEEN NG, OMAR FARUK and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press Soki Wu’s food stall, tucked in a food court in a shopping mall in…
Continue Reading WWE’s McMahon says he is retiring amid misconduct probe
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press World Wrestling Entertainment impresario Vince McMahon announced Friday he is retiring amid an investigation into…
Continue Reading Hyundai gets $1.8B in aid to build electric cars in Georgia
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The state of Georgia and local governments are giving Hyundai Motor Group incentives worth $1.8…
Continue Reading Vince McMahon retires from WWE amid hush money investigation
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Vince McMahon, the former WWE chief executive, is retiring from the company, he said in a statement on Friday. The…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday 7/22/2022
The Associated Press Wall Street gave back some of this week’s strong gains Friday following discouraging readings on the global economy and a slew…
Continue Reading Snap, SVB Financial fall, HCA, Schlumberger rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Snap, SVB Financial fall, HCA, Schlumberger…
Continue Reading Man gets nearly 22 years for $60M film finance fraud scheme
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man claiming to be a film financier has been sentenced in Florida to nearly 22 years in federal prison for…
Continue Reading Mexican telephone union back to work, government to mediate
MEXICO CITY (AP) — About 30,000 workers at Mexico’s largest fixed-line telephone and internet company have agreed to go back to work while the…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell $1.65 to $94.70 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for September delivery fell 66…
Continue Reading Cadillac thinks its hand-built electric car can take on Rolls-Royce
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Cadillac is going back into a market segment it hasn’t occupied in decades: the world of true ultra-luxury…
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Million dollar embezzlement; Las Cruces woman sentenced to four years in prison
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces woman has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison in connection to a more than $1.1 million…
Continue Reading Volkswagen CEO to leave in surprise move
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Volkswagen’s CEO is leaving his post in a surprise move, effective September 1. The company announced Friday…
Continue Reading FedEx is trimming Sunday delivery to US rural homes
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business FedEx’s Ground service will stop making Sunday deliveries to about 15% of the US homes it’s currently…
Continue Reading We played ‘Stray,’ everyone’s favorite new cat-centric video game. It’s purrfection
CNN By Rachel Metz and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business This week, two of the most passionate communities online — gamers and cat lovers — collided…
Continue Reading Rise in gasoline prices threatens social stability and food security in Latin America
By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN South American countries are bracing for an autumn of discontent, as spiking global fuel prices threaten to provoke more…
Continue Reading Rise in gasoline prices threatens social stability and food security in Latin America
CNN By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN South American countries are bracing for an autumn of discontent, as spiking global fuel prices threaten to provoke more…
Continue Reading Jay Carney, Amazon’s top policy exec, leaves for Airbnb
By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The top policy and communications executive at Amazon and a…
Continue Reading Why these ‘unretirees’ went back to work
By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business In 2020, Joe DiPastena felt confident enough to retire earlier than planned. But by 2022, he was having second…
Continue Reading We played ‘Stray,’ everyone’s favorite new cat-centric video game. It’s purrfection
By Rachel Metz and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business This week, two of the most passionate communities online — gamers and cat lovers — collided with…
Continue Reading Volkswagen CEO, facing series of setbacks, will step down
VIENNA (AP) — Herbert Diess, the Volkswagen CEO whose image had been tarnished in the fallout from the German automaker’s emissions-cheating…
Continue Reading In your debt: 3 times debt can be a helpful tool
By SARA RATHNER NerdWallet You may have learned that all debt is bad, but sometimes debt can make the things you need or want possible. A loan can…
Continue Reading ‘Nope’ is Jordan Peele’s latest No. 1 film at the box office
CNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Nope,” Jordan Peele’s third movie, opened to an estimated $44 million this weekend in North…
Continue Reading ‘Nope’ hopes to be Jordan Peele’s latest out-of-this-world hit
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Jordan Peele is hoping to go three-for-three at the box office. The director’s third movie, “Nope,”…
Continue Reading Hyundai exec vows to improve company’s safety track record
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Clogged oil ports, electrical shorts and leaks of brake fluid are only some of the safety problems…
Continue Reading Democrats widen scrutiny of tech over abortion data privacy
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic representatives are widening their scrutiny into the role of tech companies in…
Continue Reading Recession warning: Some Americans are having trouble paying bills
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Is America’s economy already in a recession? That’s a debate among central bankers, investors and…
Continue Reading Twitter says ‘uncertainty’ with Elon Musk is hurting its business
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter’s battle with Elon Musk is weighing on its business. The company on Friday reported revenue of $1.18…
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