Home building stalls as the real estate market cools. That won’t help affordability
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home builders are hitting the brakes as building costs rise and prospective buyers get priced out of the market. June…
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Netflix’s vision for the future of streaming: More expensive or less convenient
CNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Netflix lost roughly a million customers last quarter — the most in the company’s 25-year history. But it…
Continue Reading He went to orbit on a SpaceX rocket. Now, he’s working for its archrival
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business One of four passengers who joined SpaceX’s first-ever space tourism mission last year and who spent months…
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CDC endorses more traditional Novavax COVID shot for adults
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer U.S. adults who haven’t gotten any COVID-19 shots yet should consider a new option from Novavax — a…
Continue Reading Starbucks CEO on store closings: ‘There are going to be many more’
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Starbucks may not be done closing stores over safety concerns. “We are beginning to close…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery rose $1.62 to $104.22 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for September delivery rose…
Continue Reading Chipotle closes store in Maine, thwarting union efforts
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Chipotle is closing a Maine store that had been leading efforts to unionize the chain. Employees at the Augusta,…
Continue Reading Highway safety agency running ads in effort to curb speeding
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s road safety agency says it will spend $8 million on ads aimed at stemming the rising number of traffic…
Continue Reading Amazon sues administrators of more than 11,000 Facebook groups that allegedly brokered fake online reviews
By Brian Fung, CNN Amazon said Tuesday it has sued the administrators of more than 11,000 Facebook groups allegedly responsible for facilitating the…
Continue Reading Biden administration pushes to close the growing cybersecurity workforce gap
By Brian Fung, CNN Business The Biden administration is pushing to fill hundreds of thousands of cybersecurity jobs in the United States as part of a…
Continue Reading Crypto is making a big comeback. Will it last?
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It has been an absolutely brutal year for investors in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin has lost more…
Continue Reading Not everyone can afford air conditioning during a brutal heat wave. Here’s how they cope
By Tami Luhby, CNN Even when the temperature soars into the 90s, Linda Morris won’t turn on her air conditioning until she feels she’s…
Continue Reading Not everyone can afford air conditioning during a brutal heat wave. Here’s how they cope
CNN By Tami Luhby, CNN Even when the temperature soars into the 90s, Linda Morris won’t turn on her air conditioning until she feels…
Continue Reading Justice Department opens civil probe into Amazon’s workplace safety practices
By Kara Scannell, CNN Business The US attorney’s office in Manhattan has opened a civil investigation into workplace safety at Amazon…
Continue Reading US health insurers raise rates to match increase in usage
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — Individual health insurance rates are going up across the country. The coronavirus…
Continue Reading Lawsuit: UK officials had concerns with Rwanda deportations
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A lawsuit against the British government says officials at the U.K.’s Foreign Office had…
Continue Reading Automakers targeting average households with new crop of EVs
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer WARREN, Mich. (AP) — In their first rollouts of electric vehicles, America’s automakers targeted people who…
Continue Reading Tunisian opposition party leader free after questioning
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The leader of Tunisia’s main opposition party has been freed after being questioned…
Continue Reading Twitter-Musk takeover dispute heading for an October trial
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Reporter Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his fight to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him as a Delaware judge on…
Continue Reading Detroit-area utility denies flooding claims from 2021 storm
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area water utility says it will deny flooding claims stemming from a damaging storm…
Continue Reading EU expects Russian gas cutoff, to release winter energy plan
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is set to propose energy cuts and savings as the 27-nation bloc expects Russian…
Continue Reading Another company called Meta says Facebook rebrand ‘obliterated’ its business
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, has been sued for trademark infringement by MetaX LLC, a company…
Continue Reading Amazon sues admins of 10K Facebook groups over fake reviews
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon has filed a lawsuit against administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups it accuses of…
Continue Reading Researchers: Chinese-made GPS tracker highly vulnerable
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — A popular Chinese-made automotive GPS tracker used in 169 countries has severe software…
Continue Reading Delta continues plane-buying spree, orders 12 Airbus jets
ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines is on a jet-buying spree. Delta said Tuesday that it converted options into firm orders to get 12 more jets from…
Continue Reading Opinion: The pilot shortage is about to get a lot worse
Opinion by Geoff Murray, Andrew Medland and Rory Heilakka for CNN Business Perspectives The ongoing pilot shortage has already wreaked havoc on…
Continue Reading Ukraine finalizes ties to IEA as both foresee hard winter
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukraine has become an association country of the International Energy Agency. Both stressed Tuesday that closer cooperation…
Continue Reading Warren Buffett’s firm owns nearly $11B of Occidental stock
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway now owns nearly $11 billion worth of Occidental…
Continue Reading US disrupts North Korean hackers that targeted hospitals
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI and Justice Department recently disrupted the activities of a hacking group that was…
Continue Reading Lebanese forces, investigative judge raid central bank
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security forces, accompanied by an investigative judge, have raided the country’s…
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