El Paso man arrested for deceptive business practice; victim was 75 years old
EL PASO, Texas — A 29-year-old man who police say presented himself as an energy consultant for a company he was no longer working for has been…
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Big pay raises expected for 2023. But here’s why that extra income may not make a difference
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business US employers say they expect the average raise to be 4.1% in 2023, which would be the largest hike in 15 years,…
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Warren Buffett’s firm buys more Occidental Petroleum shares
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway now controls nearly 20% of Occidental…
Continue Reading Officials suggest pipeline company hid problems after spill
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. prosecutors suspect a Wyoming company of potentially concealing problems with a…
Continue Reading Amazon offers concessions to resolve EU antitrust probes
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Brian Fung, CNN Amazon has offered to change its business practices in Europe to resolve two ongoing antitrust investigations…
Continue Reading Amazon offers concessions to resolve EU antitrust probes
By Brian Fung, CNN Amazon has offered to change its business practices in Europe to resolve two ongoing antitrust investigations targeting the…
Continue Reading Apple profit declines nearly 11%
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Even the world’s most valuable tech company isn’t immune to the more challenging global…
Continue Reading These new emojis may soon be coming to your smartphone
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business If you’ve ever wanted to high-five someone in your group texts, you may soon be in luck. A new…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Wordle is being turned into a board game
CNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Wordle is jumping from the P-H-O-N-E to the B-O-A-R-D. Hasbro is partnering with the New York Times, which owns…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Wordle is being turned into a board game
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Wordle is jumping from the P-H-O-N-E to the B-O-A-R-D. Hasbro is partnering with the New York Times, which owns the…
Continue Reading Why BMW is offering heated seats on a monthly subscription
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business BMW is now offering British drivers the option of enjoying a heated seat on a monthly subscription basis. Of…
Continue Reading Russian missiles kill at least 23 in Ukraine, wound over 100
By MARIA GRAZIA MURRU and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press VINNYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles struck a city in central Ukraine on Thursday,…
Continue Reading Deadline to block freight rail strike looms before Biden
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The deadline for President Joe Biden to intervene and keep 115,000 railroad workers from going…
Continue Reading Union announces another major UK rail strike in late July
LONDON (AP) — Train drivers at eight British rail companies will go on strike later this month in the second large-scale industrial action set to…
Continue Reading EU officials encourage Montenegro to press on with reform
By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Senior European Union officials have praised small Montenegro for siding with the…
Continue Reading Log4j software flaw ‘endemic,’ new cyber safety panel says
By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press A new cybersecurity panel created by President Joe Biden says a computer vulnerability discovered last year in a…
Continue Reading Tesla’s head of AI, an ardent supporter of ‘full self driving,’ has exited the company
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Andrej Karpathy, Tesla’s director of artificial intelligence, announced Wednesday he’s leaving the…
Continue Reading Fed board member opens door to 1-point hike if demand rises
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Christopher Waller, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, said…
Continue Reading Deal-making down as inflation, rate hikes spur caution
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Companies hit the brakes on deal-making during the first half of 2022 as concerns over pervasive inflation,…
Continue Reading State lotteries increasingly cede control to huge firms
By TINASHE CHINGARANDE, ELIZABETH FLOOD, SPENCER FRIEDMAN and DANIEL LAWALL / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for…
Continue Reading Macron: Turn out the lights, brace for Russian gas cutoff
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is warning his country’s people to prepare for a total cutoff of Russian natural gas by supporting…
Continue Reading US Embassy alarmed by power struggle at Libya’s oil company
By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Libya says it’s concerned over the struggle for control of Libya’s oil…
Continue Reading Amazon’s Ring has provided doorbell footage to police without owners’ consent 11 times so far this year
By Brian Fung, CNN Amazon’s smart-doorbell company, Ring, has provided surveillance footage to law enforcement without a warrant or the consent…
Continue Reading Amazon’s Ring has provided doorbell footage to police without owners’ consent 11 times so far this year
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN Amazon’s smart-doorbell company, Ring, has provided surveillance footage to law enforcement without a warrant or the…
Continue Reading Average long-term US mortgage rates bounce back up to 5.51%
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates were back up this week, just as the latest government data…
Continue Reading Mortgage rates rise to 5.5% as volatility continues
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates are on the rise again after a dramatic drop last week. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.51% in…
Continue Reading Here are the highlights from Twitter’s lawsuit against Elon Musk
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business It’s not every day that a major corporate lawsuit features a poop emoji, but then again it’s not every day…
Continue Reading Long lines are back at US food banks as inflation hits high
By ANITA SNOW and EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Long lines are back at food banks around the U.S. as working Americans overwhelmed…
Continue Reading Von der Leyen: EU wants North Macedonia in the bloc
By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia got a boost from European Commission President Ursula von…
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Mysterious fast radio burst in space has a ‘heartbeat’ pattern
Astronomers published a study in the journal “nature” that details a strange signal they discovered back in 2019. It’s called a fast radio burst.…
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