VP Harris launches task force on online harassment, abuse
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and administration officials on Thursday launched a task force…
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New Mexico reaches $32M settlement over 2015 mine spill
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico and the U.S. government have reached a $32 million settlement over a…
Continue Reading Dutch airport Schiphol to cut flights over busy summer
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Travelers beware: The Netherlands’ busiest airport is reining in flight departures over its busy summer period.…
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Petco is launching stores for a new group of customers: cows, goats and horses
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Horses, cows, goats, pigs and sheep have food and grooming needs, too, and Petco is stepping up to deliver its…
Continue Reading USA Today removes 23 stories after probe finds reporter apparently ‘fabricated’ quotes
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business USA Today on Thursday said that it had removed 23 stories from its website after an internal investigation found that…
Continue Reading Elon Musk addresses layoffs, remote work and ‘free speech’ during his first meeting with Twitter employees
By Clare Duffy and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Business Elon Musk on Thursday doubled down on his desire to relax content restrictions on Twitter…
Continue Reading The best cure for high gas prices could be — high gas prices
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business There’s not a lot that Joe Biden, Congress or the Federal Reserve can do to bring down the record high gas…
Continue Reading How to recession proof your portfolio
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said at a Bloomberg event earlier this month that he thinks the ridesharing and food…
Continue Reading Swiss raise interest rate by 1/2 point amid inflation fears
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s central bank has announced a one-half of a percentage point increase to a key interest rate Thursday, the first…
Continue Reading Shoppers are buying less and switching to store brands, Kroger says
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Decades-high inflation is changing US consumers’ grocery habits. Kroger, the nation’s largest…
Continue Reading Production at bedeviled baby formula factory halted by storm
By TOM MURPHY and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press Severe weather has forced Abbott Nutrition to pause production at a Michigan baby formula factory that…
Continue Reading One more sign the housing market is cooling off
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Another indication the hot housing market is cooling off? New residential construction and the number of permits issued…
Continue Reading Musk appeals ruling that upheld securities fraud settlement
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is appealing a federal court ruling that upheld a securities fraud settlement over Musk’s tweets claiming that…
Continue Reading Disney delaying Florida campus but not because of tensions
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. is delaying by more than three years the opening of a campus in Florida to which 2,000 workers…
Continue Reading Amazon announces 2022 Prime Day dates
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Amazon’s Prime Day sales event will be held on July 12 and 13, the company said Thursday. Last year’s…
Continue Reading Musk aims to ease concerns in address to Twitter workers
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer In an unusual move for what’s been an unusual takeover bid for Twitter by the world’s richest man, Tesla…
Continue Reading Opinion: The Fed’s latest rate hike will be a disaster for the economy
Opinion by Desmond Lachman for CNN Business Perspectives History will not judge the Jerome Powell Federal Reserve kindly. First, it brought us…
Continue Reading WTO talks down to the wire with no major deals yet in sight
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Talks are going down to the wire as the World Trade Organization is set to wrap up its first…
Continue Reading WWE boss Vince McMahon reportedly paid $3 million in hush money to cover up affair
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Vince McMahon, the CEO of WWE, is being investigated by the company’s board for agreeing to pay a secret $3…
Continue Reading EU unveils new ‘anti-disinformation code’ to crack down on fake accounts and falsehoods
By Brian Fung, CNN European Union officials on Thursday announced new, voluntary commitments by companies including Google, Facebook-parent Meta,…
Continue Reading Which Pixar film has rocketed to the top of the box office?
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Pixar is one of the most popular brands in animation as well as one of the most important studios in Disney’s…
Continue Reading UN agency: Third of Sudan’s population faces hunger crisis
By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. food agency says that a third of Sudan’ population is currently facing a food crisis due…
Continue Reading Ferrari to make 80% hybrid and full-electric range by 2030
MILAN (AP) — Italian luxury sportscar maker Ferrari on Thursday outlined an electrification strategy that calls for 40% full-electric vehicles and…
Continue Reading Mortgage rates hit 5.78%, the biggest weekly jump since 1987
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates surged by more than half a percentage point this week amid rising inflation and an interest rate hike by…
Continue Reading Average US mortgage rates jump by most in 35 years
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates made their biggest one-week jump in 35 years, one day after…
Continue Reading What the Fed rate hike means for you
By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Federal Reserve is stepping up its war on inflation. That means borrowing costs are going sharply higher for families…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Why Ukraine’s request to join is big test for EU
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm is preparing its recommendation on Ukraine’s request to join the EU. The European…
Continue Reading High gasoline prices crimping drivers’ spending at the pump
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Soaring gasoline prices have left many consumers with no choice but to cut spending on…
Continue Reading Firm behind popular US dollar stablecoin to launch Euro Coin
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The cryptocurrency company Circle says it will start issuing its first euro-denominated…
Continue Reading McDonald’s to pay France $1.3 billion in tax fraud case
PARIS (AP) — McDonald’s France and related companies have agreed to pay over 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) to the French state to settle a…
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