Peter Schiff trying to save Puerto Rico bank under probe
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. financial analyst Peter Schiff says he will fight to be able to sell a bank he…
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Google will pay US app developers $90 million in a settlement over app store policies
By Brian Fung, CNN US Android app developers will be able to claim money from a new $90 million fund Google will establish as part of a wider…
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CNN By Brian Fung, CNN US Android app developers will be able to claim money from a new $90 million fund Google will establish as part of a wider…
Continue Reading WVa opioid trial verdict still pending nearly a year later
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Last July, a federal judge in West Virginia heard closing arguments in the first lawsuit to…
Continue Reading American highways ripped apart city neighborhoods. A $1 billion plan wants to do better
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business The Department of Transportation announced Thursday that it will soon fund up to $1 billion in projects to reconnect…
Continue Reading Chip shortage leaves 95K GM vehicles unfinished in storage
DETROIT (AP) — The global shortage of computer chips forced General Motors to build 95,000 vehicles without certain components during the second…
Continue Reading Vatican closes London property sale at a loss after scandal
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican said Friday it had finalized the sale of a London property that is the focus of a…
Continue Reading Dutch central bank chief apologizes for links to slavery
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The chief of the Dutch central bank has apologized for the institution’s involvement in the 19th-century slave trade, the latest…
Continue Reading Russia seizes control of partly foreign-owned energy project
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has handed full control over a major oil and natural gas project partly owned by Shell and two…
Continue Reading Is the worst over for markets? No one can say
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Few investors will have experienced a tougher beginning to a year than the six-month stretch that just finished.…
Continue Reading New Zealand leader makes 1st trip to UK since trade deal
LONDON (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made her first visit to the U.K. since both countries signed a free trade agreement.…
Continue Reading Kohl’s takes down the ‘for sale’ sign
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Kohl’s is no longer for sale. The department store announced Friday that it has ended its strategic review…
Continue Reading Kohl’s takes down the ‘for sale’ sign
CNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Kohl’s is no longer for sale. The department store announced Friday that it has ended its strategic review…
Continue Reading Kohl’s sale falls apart in shaky retail environment
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The potential sale of the Kohl’s department store chain has fallen apart in a shaky…
Continue Reading Daily Harvest hit with lawsuits from people who say they had their gallbladders removed after consuming its product
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Days after meal-kit service Daily Harvest announced the voluntary recall of one of its products, the company has…
Continue Reading Daily Harvest hit with lawsuits from people who say they had their gallbladders removed after consuming its product
CNN By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Days after meal-kit service Daily Harvest announced the voluntary recall of one of its products, the company…
Continue Reading Why Netflix split up this season of ‘Stranger Things’
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Stranger Things 4 — Vol. 2″ hits Netflix this weekend, and the kids from Hawkins, Indiana, are back at…
Continue Reading UK government faces new boozy scandal as deputy whip quits
By FRANK GRIFFITHS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is dealing with another boozy scandal after…
Continue Reading Volvo to build $1.25 billion electric car plant in Slovakia
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Swedish luxury vehicle maker Volvo Cars plans to build a new European plant in eastern Slovakia. The country’s…
Continue Reading Billionaire Mukesh Ambani is bringing Pret A Manger stores to India
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business One of the world’s richest men is launching Pret A Manger in India, adding the British coffee and sandwich store…
Continue Reading Inflation hits record 8.6% for 19 countries using the euro
By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in countries using the euro set another eye-watering record, pushed higher by a huge…
Continue Reading Ex-Alibaba employee says ex-boss should be charged with rape
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A former employee of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has accused her then-manager of trying…
Continue Reading Hong Kong’s new leader pledges to shore up city’s global business role
By Laura He, CNN Business Hong Kong’s new leader John Lee on Friday vowed to strengthen the city’s standing as a global business hub, but…
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States with the highest rates of depression
Rates of depression vary considerably from one state to the next. Stacker examines the prevalence of depression in every state in America and then…
Continue Reading Turkey blocks access to Deutsche Welle and Voice of America
ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s media watchdog has banned access to the Turkish services of U.S. public service…
Continue Reading After two pandemic years, a summer travel bounce — and chaos
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Summer travel is underway across the globe, but a full recovery from two years of coronavirus…
Continue Reading French airport workers strike for higher pay amid inflation
By OLEG CETINIC and BOUBKAR BENZEBAT PARIS (AP) — Flights from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris and other French airports are facing disruptions…
Continue Reading Hong Kong fishermen keep old ways, 25 years after handover
By The Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Ng brothers, fishermen living in the remote Hong Kong village of Tai O, have carried on with their…
Continue Reading Wall Street closes higher but still ends week in the red
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks on Wall Street shook off a downbeat start and ended broadly higher Friday, though the…
Continue Reading Cups, straws, spoons: India starts on single-use plastic ban
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — India banned some single-use or disposable plastic products Friday as part of a federal plan…
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