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…
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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…
Continue Reading New York officials rule against bitcoin-mining power plant
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York has denied required air permit renewals to a bitcoin-mining power plant on the grounds that it was a threat to the…
Continue Reading El Salvador’s Bitcoin-boosting leader buys $1.5 million more
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Bitcoin-boosting president is back at it, doubling down on his country’s losing investment…
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El Paso teens and young adults get the opportunity to participate in 18-month work program
EL PASO, Texas – The city of El Paso was chosen by the National League of Cities (NLC) to take part in a work program for 16-24-year-olds in the…
Continue Reading American offers to boost pilot pay 17% by the end of 2024
DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is offering pilots raises of nearly 17% by the end of 2024, a sign of the leverage that pilots enjoy as airlines…
Continue Reading Alabama bond sale for mega prisons falls $200 million short
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama officials said they are moving forward with plans to build two supersize prisons…
Continue Reading McConnell warns Dems of fallout for reviving Biden bill
By KEVIN FREKING and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell threatened Thursday to derail a bill…
Continue Reading Agency clears way for Oakland Athletics $12B ballpark plan
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California agency has cleared the way for the Oakland Athletics to move forward with a…
Continue Reading Uber releases safety data: 998 sexual assault incidents including 141 rape reports in 2020
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Even as its ridership was decimated by the pandemic in 2020, Uber recorded 141 reports of rape on its…
Continue Reading High court declines to take up fight over airline crew rest
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is letting states set their own standards for meal and rest breaks by airline crews. On Thursday, the…
Continue Reading Family of boy killed in Adventureland accident sues park
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The family of an 11-year old boy who died on a water ride at the Altoona, Iowa amusement…
Continue Reading To avoid blackouts, California may tap fossil fuel plants
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California may turn to fossil fuels to avoid blackouts during hot weather that…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday 6/30/2022
The Associated Press Stocks fell again on Wall Street Thursday, closing out the worst quarter for the market since the onset of the pandemic in early…
Continue Reading Delta pays $10.5 million to settle post office allegations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $10.5 million to settle charges it falsified information about deliveries of international…
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