How Redbox became a Wall Street darling once again
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It wasn’t too long ago when some movie fans found that the easiest and cheapest way to watch movies in a…
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How Americans cope with inflation: Less gas, lots of frozen pizza and cheap coffee
CNN By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Americans are cutting back at the gas pump — and not just the amount of fuel they put in their tanks.…
Continue Reading How Americans cope with inflation: Less gas, lots of frozen pizza and cheap coffee
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Americans are cutting back at the gas pump — and not just the amount of fuel they put in their tanks. Consumers…
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Amazon’s Alexa could soon mimic voice of dead relatives
Associated Press Amazon’s Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members – even if they’re dead. The capability, unveiled at…
Continue Reading Fix the Hog: Harley, Westinghouse ordered to fix warranties
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators have accused Harley-Davidson and Westinghouse of imposing illegal warranty…
Continue Reading Fed chair Jerome Powell: Rate hikes could lead to more job losses
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told lawmakers on Thursday that aggressive interest rate hikes designed to tame…
Continue Reading United cuts flights at Newark in effort to reduce delays
NEW YORK (AP) — United Airlines will cut about 50 flights a day in Newark, New Jersey, to try to limit flight delays and cancellations there this…
Continue Reading EU regulator authorizes COVID shot made by France’s Valneva
LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency says it is recommending the authorization of the coronavirus vaccine made by French pharmaceutical…
Continue Reading ‘Abhorrent and systemic’ culture of sexual abuse in Australian mining, inquiry finds
By Hannah Ritchie, CNN Mining in Western Australia, a multi-billion dollar industry which helps power the nation’s economy, is plagued by an…
Continue Reading Buffett’s firm picks up $500 million more Occidental shares
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway bought more than $500 million worth of Occidental…
Continue Reading Michigan to destroy some blood spots in fight over consent
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan has agreed to destroy more than 3 million dried blood spots taken from babies and…
Continue Reading FDA bans Juul e-cigarettes tied to teen vaping surge
By MATTHEW PERRONE and TOM MURPHY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators on Thursday ordered Juul to pull its electronic…
Continue Reading Is ‘learn now, pay later’ just another student debt trap
By ANNA HELHOSKI of NerdWallet Buy now, pay later financing options are increasingly being offered by for-profit credentialing schools and boot…
Continue Reading Nike is exiting Russia
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Nike is the latest Western brand to leave Russia. In a statement, the clothing manufacturer said that it has…
Continue Reading Mortgage rates rise again, pricing more buyers out of the housing market
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Mortgage rates continue to climb as the Federal Reserve seeks to tame unwieldy inflation. The 30-year fixed-rate…
Continue Reading Average long-term US mortgage rates inch up to 5.81%
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates inched up this week following last week’s mammoth jump,…
Continue Reading Wall Street’s bubble may be gone, but stocks can still fall
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The good news for stocks is that this year’s sell-off means they no longer look eye-wateringly…
Continue Reading Jeff Bezos’ ship, named for his mom, will no longer be used to catch rockets
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jeff Bezos — the billionaire founder of Amazon and rocket company Blue Origin — made a grand public announcement…
Continue Reading Warren Buffett must really love oil. Berkshire boosts Occidental Petroleum stake
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is betting that the oil boom isn’t going to end any time soon.…
Continue Reading Sanctioned Russian oligarch yacht in Dubai as pressure grows
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A sleek $156 million superyacht belonging to a sanctioned Russian oligarch and…
Continue Reading Opinion: The heat waves are a wake-up call: The government needs to help low-income families
Opinion by Mark Wolfe for CNN Business Perspectives Last week more than 125 million people in the US were living under heat warning and advisories…
Continue Reading Fewer Americans file for jobless aid
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week as the U.S. job market remains robust…
Continue Reading Tesla is still battling spying suspicions in China
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Tesla cars are being kept off some roads in China as authorities bar them from sensitive areas, reportedly including a…
Continue Reading Biden teams with East Coast governors to boost offshore wind
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is launching a partnership with 11 East Coast governors to boost the growing…
Continue Reading Portugal seizes tons of cocaine hidden in banana shipments
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Police in Portugal have found just over 8 metric tons (8.8 short tons) of cocaine concealed inside banana shipments from…
Continue Reading Why the corporate bond sell-off isn’t as scary as it looks
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Fears of a recession and the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hikes have pushed investors to dump corporate…
Continue Reading Indian officials in Sri Lanka for talks on ailing economy
By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMB0, Sri Lanka (AP) — Senior Indian officials are in Sri Lanka for talks on how…
Continue Reading Trains canceled in UK as unions stage 2nd 24-hour walkout
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Millions of people in Britain faced disruption Thursday as railway staff staged their second…
Continue Reading Exec returns to Toyota as adviser after ’15 arrest in Japan
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An American executive who resigned from Toyota after being arrested in Japan in 2015 on suspicion of…
Continue Reading Air France-KLM boss warns travelers: Go to the airport early
PARIS (AP) — The chief of airline alliance Air France-KLM says it will take weeks or months to get new security staff in place to lighten pressure…
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