Deal for $5.5B Hyundai plant in Georgia nears final approval
By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia officials are close to finalizing a deal with automaker Hyundai to build a…
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Netflix Q2 subscriber loss widens, but not as much as feared
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix shed almost 1 million subscribers during the spring amid tougher competition…
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Apple agrees to pay $50 million to settle issues related to its ‘butterfly’ keyboards
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Apple has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a class action lawsuit from customers who say they experienced…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 7/19/2022
The Associated Press Wall Street rallied Tuesday to its best day in three weeks as more reports pour in on how much profit companies made during the…
Continue Reading Simon & Schuster publisher steps down to work on book
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of Simon & Schuster’s flagship imprint, Dana Canedy, is stepping down to…
Continue Reading NCR, Hasbro rise; IBM, Signature Bank fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: NCR, Hasbro rise; IBM, Signature Bank…
Continue Reading Netflix loses subscribers, but stops the bleeding
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Netflix reported Tuesday that it lost 970,000 subscribers in the second quarter of 2022 — a number far lower than…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
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