How major US stock indexes fared Friday 7/1/2022
The Associated Press Stocks shook off a morning slump and ended higher Friday, but not enough to erase their losses for the week. It was the fourth…
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Micron, Kohl’s fall; NextEra, Teleflex rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Micron, Kohl’s fall; NextEra, Teleflex…
Continue Reading Chip shortage keeps driving up auto prices, cutting sales
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. new vehicle sales tumbled more than 21% in the second quarter compared with a year ago as the…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery rose $2.67 to $108.43 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for September delivery rose…
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Online abortion pill interest soars after the demise of Roe v. Wade
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business With safe, legal abortion access in the United States being restricted in numerous states after last week’s…
Continue Reading Online abortion pill interest soars after the demise of Roe v. Wade
CNN By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business With safe, legal abortion access in the United States being restricted in numerous states after last week’s…
Continue Reading California adds laws targeting ghost guns, sales to minors
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California already has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, but it has added new…
Continue Reading SpaceX gets approval to bring Starlink internet to airplanes, RVs
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX’s satellite-based internet business, Starlink, now has approval from the US government to expand its…
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Healthy Workplaces Act goes into effect today, all private New Mexico businesses to provide paid sick leave
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – New Mexico joins 16 other states in implementing paid sick time off. The Healthy Workplaces Act goes into effect July 1,…
Continue Reading EU prepares emergency plan to do without Russian energy
PRAGUE (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm has pledged to draft an emergency plan aimed at helping member countries do without Russian…
Continue Reading Venice unveils mandatory day-trippers’ reservation and fee
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Starting in January, Venice will oblige day-trippers to make reservations and pay a fee to…
Continue Reading Germany wants ads, influencers to note use of beauty filters
BERLIN (AP) — German state officials said Friday that they want advertisers and social media influencers to label any photos that have used…
Continue Reading How this bank is transforming banking for Spanish speakers
by Chiara Grimes, CNN Business For the 44 million Spanish-speaking individuals in the United States, opening a bank account can be an intimidating…
Continue Reading How this bank is transforming banking for Spanish speakers
CNN by Chiara Grimes, CNN Business For the 44 million Spanish-speaking individuals in the United States, opening a bank account can be an…
Continue Reading Companies aggressively marketed baby formula. Then there was a shortage
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business The baby formula shortage in the United States has left many mothers and families desperately scrambling to feed…
Continue Reading Technoblade, Minecraft YouTuber watched by millions, dead at 23
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Minecraft YouTuber Technoblade has died at the age of 23 following a year-long battle with cancer, his family announced Friday.…
Continue Reading Julian Assange appeals to UK court against extradition to US
By FRANK GRIFFITHS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has appealed against the British’s government decision…
Continue Reading Holiday-travel chaos: Airlines brace for huge weekend crowds
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019,…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading Google will pay US app developers $90 million in a settlement over app store policies
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 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…
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…
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