‘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…
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‘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,”…
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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…
Continue Reading Poland’s leader seeks to assure public of energy security
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister has sought to reassure the public that the country will have sufficient winter supplies of natural…
Continue Reading Russia’s central bank slashes rate, saying inflation slows
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian central bank diverged from its Western counterparts by slashing its key interest rate just a month after dropping it to…
Continue Reading Opinion: Without real solutions, renters will continue to be worse off
Opinion by Jung Hyun Choi and Daniel Pang for CNN Business Perspectives Over the past year, both rents and home prices have risen faster than…
Continue Reading Lululemon workers in DC file for a union election
Associated Press Lululemon workers in Washington, D.C. are filing to hold a union election, joining workers at other major companies aiming to…
Continue Reading You’re not the only one who’s confused about the economy. The experts are baffled, too
Martha C. White The recovery wasn’t supposed to go like this. Wall Street and Main Street alike are suffering from whiplash when it comes to…
Continue Reading UK blames France as travelers face hours-long port delays
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Truck drivers and Britons heading off on holiday by ferry faced hours-long waits at the port of…
Continue Reading Why a social media app is dragging the market lower
CNN By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business An average 347 million people use Snapchat every day. That’s a fraction of the nearly 2 billion daily…
Continue Reading Why a social media app is dragging the market lower
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business An average 347 million people use Snapchat every day. That’s a fraction of the nearly 2 billion daily active…
Continue Reading Twitter, in Musk fight, posts surprising drop in revenue
By KELVIN CHAN and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers LONDON (AP) — Twitter is reporting a quarterly loss as revenue slipped even as user…
Continue Reading Germany bails out its biggest natural gas importer
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business The German government has stepped in to bail out one of its biggest energy companies — the latest casualty of…
Continue Reading EU drug regulator recommends clearing vaccine for monkeypox
LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency says the smallpox vaccine made by Bavarian Nordic should also be authorized against monkeypox as an…
Continue Reading AmEx 2Q profits fall 14% despite higher cardmember spending
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — American Express’ profits fell 14% in the second quarter, the company said Friday, as higher…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka president gets long-sought win, faces challenges
By KRISHAN FRANCIS and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s new president has always aspired to the…
Continue Reading ‘A beacon of hope’: Ukraine, Russia sign grain export deal
By AYSE WIETING and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Russia and Ukraine signed separate agreements Friday with Turkey and the United…
Continue Reading Japan OKs preparation step for Fukushima plant water release
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s nuclear regulator has approved methods and facilities for the release of treated…
Continue Reading Barcelona sells 2nd package of Spanish league TV rights
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona has sold a second package of its television rights to an American investment firm for an undisclosed amount as…
Continue Reading As more coupons move online, older and low-income shoppers get left out
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Susie Ingram has been a coupon-clipper all her life. “It has saved me a lot of money over the…
Continue Reading German government agrees on bailout for energy supplier
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government will take a roughly 30% stake in energy supplier Uniper as part of a rescue…
Continue Reading China extends property loans at the fastest pace in three years as mortgage crisis spreads
By Laura He, CNN Business China’s banking regulator has pledged to boost lending to help developers finish stalled property projects and boost…
Continue Reading Tomorrow’s ‘Top Gun’ might have drone wingman, use AI
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer FARNBOROUGH, England (AP) — Maverick’s next wingman could be a drone. In the movies, fighter pilots are…
Continue Reading Slump for tech chops off chunk of Wall Street’s winning week
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped Friday, giving back some of their gains from earlier in the week as worries brewed…
Continue Reading Sri Lankan troops forcefully clear protesters; new PM named
By KRISHAN FRANCIS, RAFIQ MAQBOOL and RISHI LEKHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan forces have violently cleared the main…
Continue Reading Here today, gone tomorrow: China’s vanishing livestreamers
By Laura He, CNN Business One month ago, Li Jiaqi disappeared from the internet. The 30-year-old livestreamer, also known as Austin Li, was — until…
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El Paso Electric explains conservation alert banner
El Paso, Texas — As temperatures soar in the Borderland, excessive power usage can lead to strain on El Paso’s power grid. El Paso Electric…
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