Puerto Rico law to boost private sector worker benefits
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor has signed legislation that will award more rights to…
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JetBlue raises offer again in bidding for Spirit Airlines
NEW YORK (AP) — JetBlue Airways on Monday increased its offer to buy Spirit Airlines, raising the stakes again in a battle over the nation’s…
Continue Reading Stallone, Costner, Chastain help launch Paramount+ in UK
LONDON (AP) — Paramount+ flexed the star power of its shows as it prepares to launch in the United Kingdom with a London event attended by…
Continue Reading Crypto investors’ hot streak ends as harsh ‘winter’ descends
By KEN SWEET and FATIMA HUSSEIN The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The wealth-generating hot streak for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has…
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Biden says he is ‘proud’ of Apple retail workers who unionized
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business President Joe Biden said he was “proud” of Apple’s retail workers in Towson, Maryland, who…
Continue Reading California eyes banning loitering for prostitution arrests
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have finally sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that would bar police…
Continue Reading Colorado guilty plea a first for US election task force
DENVER (AP) — A Nebraska man has pleaded guilty to making death threats against Colorado’s top elections official in a what officials say is the…
Continue Reading Tampon shortage: Instacart says it’s struggling to fulfill orders
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Tampons are in short supply and the global supply chain once again is to blame for causing a shortage of a consumer…
Continue Reading East African leaders send regional force to eastern Congo
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — East Africa’s leaders have responded to the threat of war between Rwanda and Congo by instructing a new regional force to…
Continue Reading Brazil’s Petrobras CEO resigns amid pressure over gas prices
By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The chief executive of Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras resigned amid political…
Continue Reading Biden says decision on gas tax holiday may come this week
By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that he will decide by the end of the…
Continue Reading 5 savings mistakes people make when building their financial life
By Kunyi Yang The road to financial independence is not easy, and usually requires patience and diligence early on. For young people still trying to…
Continue Reading Flights returning to normal after difficult holiday weekend
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Air travel is returning to normal Monday after several days of widespread flight cancellations due to weather and…
Continue Reading Libya’s oil industry is in disarray right when the world needs it more than ever
Nadeen Ebrahim Libya was thrust back into the spotlight last week when it announced that it is pumping a million fewer barrels of oil than it did…
Continue Reading 5 signs the housing market is starting to slow down
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business There is a shift happening in the housing market. After more than a year of soaring demand, exploding home prices and…
Continue Reading The dream of owning a home is out of reach for 4 million Americans
CNN By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The record run-up in home prices and rents exacerbated the affordable housing crisis in the US, and rising…
Continue Reading Marcos to serve as agriculture chief amid food crisis fears
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has expressed concern about rising food prices caused in part by the war…
Continue Reading Lithuania defends ban on some goods to Russia’s Kaliningrad
By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania is defending its decision to bar rail transit from Russia to a Russian Baltic…
Continue Reading Despite Western arms, Ukraine is outgunned in the east
By ANDREA ROSA and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — Holed up in a bombed-out house in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian troops keep a…
Continue Reading Opinion: The case for the four-day workweek
Opinion by Joe O’Connor and Juliet Schor for CNN Business Perspectives It’s now well recognized how difficult the pandemic has been for…
Continue Reading Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire on cryptocurrency market turmoil
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Circle is the company behind USD Coin, the second-largest so-called “stablecoin” in the crypto…
Continue Reading Germany sticks to 2030 coal exit target amid energy worries
BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it remains committed to its goal of phasing out coal as a power source by 2030, despite deepening worries…
Continue Reading German officials seize apartments of Russian lawmaker, wife
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they have seized three apartments and a bank account owned by a Russian lawmaker and his wife under European…
Continue Reading France reshaped: Election emboldens Le Pen, undercuts Macron
By SYLVIE CORBET and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France faced an ecstatic Marine Le Pen on Monday after her party’s far-right…
Continue Reading Already strained supply chain at risk in ongoing port labor talks
CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Business More tieups at West Coast ports are just about the last thing the US economy needs right now. Delays caused by a…
Continue Reading Already strained supply chain at risk in ongoing port labor talks
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business More tieups at West Coast ports are just about the last thing the US economy needs right now. Delays caused by a flood…
Continue Reading Liz Weston: Is medical debt vanishing from credit reports?
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet The three credit bureaus have promised to remove nearly 70% of medical debts from consumer credit reports within the next…
Continue Reading ‘It’s just hell there’: Russia still pounds eastern Ukraine
By JOHN LEICESTER and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s military machine is persevering in its ferocious effort to…
Continue Reading Macao shuts most businesses as Covid cases surge, but casinos stay open
Story by Reuters and Jessie Yeung, CNN Macao, the world’s biggest gambling hub, began its second day of mass Covid-19 testing on Monday after…
Continue Reading For K-pop supergroup BTS, questions remain about its future
By JUWON PARK Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The surprise announcement by BTS last week that they were taking a break to focus on…
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