Instagram hides some posts that mention abortion
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Instagram is blocking posts that mention abortion from public view, in some cases requiring its…
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Airbnb makes its ban on parties permanent
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Airbnb said Tuesday it will make permanent a ban on parties originally implemented in the early months of the…
Continue Reading Managers have been living in a pressure cooker. Many have had it
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Inspire your team. Deliver results. Keep costs under control. Those have always been top responsibilities for leaders…
Continue Reading COVID: Paris court rules govt failed to stockpile face masks
PARIS (AP) — A Paris court has ruled that the French government failed to sufficiently stock up on surgical masks at the outset of the coronavirus…
Continue Reading Russia working on Taliban ties, Putin says in Tajikistan
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin says Russia is trying to build relations with the Taliban and that Russia wants to see all the ethnic groups…
Continue Reading Kosovars fume at new delay in accessing EU visa-free travel
By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union’s delay in allowing visa-free travel for the…
Continue Reading Scottish leader calls for new independence vote next year
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s leader told lawmakers in Edinburgh Tuesday that she plans to hold a fresh referendum…
Continue Reading French parliament elects woman as its speaker, for 1st time
By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and MASHA MACPHERSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s lower house of parliament has elected Yaël Braun-Pivet of…
Continue Reading Crypto winter has had a chilling effect on Coinbase and Robinhood
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The prices of bitcoin and other top cryptocurrencies have been more than cut in half this year. Now the great…
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Official: Upgrades urged at Amtrak crash site, but no action
By CHARLIE RIEDEL and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press MENDON, Mo. (AP) — The chief elected official in the Missouri county where an Amtrak train…
Continue Reading Nissan recalls about 323K SUVs; hoods can open unexpectedly
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nissan is recalling nearly 323,000 Pathfinder SUVs in the U.S. because the hoods can unexpectedly fly open and block the…
Continue Reading Airbnb permanently bans parties at its rental locations
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Airbnb is making permanent its ban on parties at homes listed on the site for short-term rentals. The San Francisco company…
Continue Reading Consumers are feeling less confident about the US economy as prices keep rising
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business US consumer confidence continues to sour in the face of high gas and food prices and rising recession risks,…
Continue Reading US consumer confidence slumps to lowest level in 16 months
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence slipped to its lowest level in 16 months as persistent inflation and…
Continue Reading Ukraine to start electricity trading with EU neighbors
BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine will start trading electricity with neighboring European countries later this week. The European Network of Transmission…
Continue Reading Siemens investing in Volkswagen’s Electrify America
The German industrial company Siemens will invest more than $100 million in a network of electric vehicle charging stations in North America operated…
Continue Reading Who’s right about a recession — markets or the Fed?
CNN: GETTY IMAGES By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business A growing number of investors have come to the conclusion that a recession in the United States is…
Continue Reading Home prices are still going strong, but momentum is slowing
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business US home prices ran hot again in April, notching another month of more than 20% year-over-year gains, according to the…
Continue Reading Analysts accuse Bed Bath & Beyond of scaling back AC in stores to save money as sales plummet
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Retailers typically want their sales numbers to be red hot, not their customers. But Bed Bath & Beyond is…
Continue Reading The electric Cadillac Lyriq is the company’s best SUV yet
CNN By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business General Motors has said that Cadillac, its luxury brand, will lead the automaker into the electric future.…
Continue Reading The electric Cadillac Lyriq is the company’s best SUV yet
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business General Motors has said that Cadillac, its luxury brand, will lead the automaker into the electric future. It…
Continue Reading Swedish utility mulls building new small nuclear reactors
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish power utility Vattenfall says it is considering building at least two new small nuclear reactors to deal with a…
Continue Reading Folk Art Museum offers donors naming rights to CEO’s title
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The American Folk Art Museum, unlike many other arts institutions during the pandemic, was able…
Continue Reading EU regulator considers clearing smallpox shot for monkeypox
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency says it will begin reviewing data to decide if a smallpox vaccine made…
Continue Reading The UK government has taken a stake in a sex party startup
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business British taxpayers now officially hold shares in a company that throws sex parties. A government loan provided to…
Continue Reading Russia’s last default sparked a crisis. This time is different
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business This week, Russia defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time since the Bolshevik revolution after it failed to…
Continue Reading Turkey lifts its objections to Sweden, Finland joining NATO
By JILL LAWLESS and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Turkey agreed Tuesday to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO,…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Why are Dutch farmers protesting over emissions?
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Farmers are protesting around the Netherlands as lawmakers vote on proposals to slash…
Continue Reading Top accounting firm fined $100 million after employees cheated on CPA exams
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Ernst & Young has been slapped with a record $100 million fine from the US government after regulators…
Continue Reading ‘Silicon Heartland’ boon for Ohio, but families mourn homes
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press JOHNSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Ohio families that have called rural land home for generations…
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