Heat, drought and wildfires: Torrid spell torments Portugal
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is bracing for a heat wave, with temperatures in some areas forecast to climb as…
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The balance of power is shifting in the tech industry
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business For much of the past decade, tech companies have showered their corporate employees with money and lavish perks to…
Continue Reading Cotton’s plunge: Recession warning or just another market mess?
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Cotton: it’s the touch, the feel, the fabric of our lives. It’s also in the middle of what economists…
Continue Reading EU warns of dire climate season ahead with droughts, fires
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive is warning that the continent is facing one of its toughest years when it comes to natural…
Continue Reading Are 4-day workweeks, flexible hours the future of full-time?
By HAL M. BUNDRICK of NerdWallet A movement is growing to shorten the workweek, but trade-offs and barriers should be considered. A four-day workweek…
Continue Reading German lawmakers back plan to expand renewable energy
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers on Thursday approved a major package of reforms aimed at boosting the production…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka’s central bank raises key rates to curb inflation
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Central Bank has raised key interest rates to 14.50% and 15.50%…
Continue Reading Trial opens in deadly collapse of Italy’s Morandi Bridge
ANTONIO CALANNI and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press GENOA, Italy (AP) — Fifty-nine people are on trial in Italy for the 2018 collapse of Genoa’s…
Continue Reading FAA to give airports $1 billion for terminals and upgrades
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is giving nearly $1 billion to 85 airports to expand and upgrade terminals and other facilities, using…
Continue Reading Dems want to tax high earners to protect Medicare solvency
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats want to boost taxes on some high earners and use the money to extend the solvency…
Continue Reading Tesla is beginning to recover in China with a sharp rebound in sales
By Laura He, CNN Business After a miserable couple of months in China, Tesla posted a sharp rebound in sales in June in its most important…
Continue Reading Last Muslim lawmaker leaves India’s ruling party
By Rhea Mogul and Swati Gupta, CNN The last remaining Muslim lawmaker in India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has resigned, leaving the party…
Continue Reading Hong Kong lifts flight ban citing ‘little effect’ on COVID
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong is shelving a COVID-19 measure that has resulted in dozens of canceled flights in recent…
Continue Reading Australia drops charge against lawyer over spying claim
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government has dropped the 4-year-old prosecution of a lawyer over his…
Continue Reading Asian markets follow Wall St higher as recession fears ease
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Friday after two Federal Reserve officials said…
Continue Reading Inflation pushed 71M people into poverty since Ukraine war
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as…
Continue Reading Elon Musk reportedly had twins with a Neuralink executive
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO and world’s richest man, welcomed twins last year with an…
Continue Reading Elon Musk reportedly had twins with a Neuralink executive
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO and world’s richest man, welcomed twins last…
Continue Reading Yellowstone floods reveal forecasting flaws in warming world
By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Yellowstone National Park area’s weather forecast the…
Continue Reading Russia’s war in Ukraine to overshadow G-20 talks in Bali
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations are…
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Downtown Management District says store closures create opportunities for small business
EL PASO, Texas– As another downtown store gets ready to close its doors, the Downtown Management District says this could mean more opportunities…
Continue Reading Virgin Galactic taps Boeing subsidiary to build motherships
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Virgin Galactic announced Wednesday that it is partnering with a Boeing subsidiary…
Continue Reading Juul, FDA suspend court case while e-cigarette ban on hold
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration and Juul have agreed to put their court fight on hold while…
Continue Reading Amazon Prime adding free Grubhub meal delivery for members
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Amazon will give its U.S. Prime members free access to meal delivery service Grubhub for a year under a deal…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday 7/6/2022
The Associated Press Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street Wednesday following the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent…
Continue Reading Kornit, DoorDash fall; Resolute Forest, Broadcom rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Kornit, DoorDash fall; Resolute Forest, Broadcom…
Continue Reading ‘Stranger Things’ is ending, but a spinoff is in the works
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Stranger Things” is coming to an end, but its upside-down stories will live on. Both a live-action…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell 97 cents to $98.53 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for September delivery fell…
Continue Reading Trump property appraiser held in contempt in NY civil probe
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A company that has performed appraisals on some of Donald Trump’s most prized properties has…
Continue Reading US allows pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill
By MATTHEW PERRONE and TOM MURPHY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. pharmacists can now prescribe the leading COVID-19 pill directly to…
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