Gas prices surge 25 cents in a week, hitting a new record
CNN By Matt Egan The gas price spike keeps getting worse. The national average jumped to $4.87 a gallon on Monday, according to AAA. That’s up…
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Two more states hit $5 a gallon gas prices
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Matt Egan The gas price spike keeps getting worse. The national average jumped to $4.87 a gallon on Monday, according to AAA.…
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Kosovo war veterans clash with police, want higher pensions
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Hundreds of Kosovo war veterans have clashed with police in a protest to demand higher pensions. Police say at least two…
Continue Reading Stocks are itching for a turnaround. This won’t help
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Late last week, Microsoft — the second largest public company in the United States — leveled with its investors.…
Continue Reading Apple unveils iOS 16 with revamped lock screen and big changes to iMessage
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple kicked off its annual developer conference by unveiling its next-generation mobile…
Continue Reading Apple unveils iOS 16 with revamped lock screen and big changes to iMessage
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple kicked off its annual developer conference by unveiling its next-generation mobile software, iOS 16,…
Continue Reading The world’s biggest four-day work week pilot begins
CNN By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Thousands of UK workers are starting a four-day work week from Monday with no cut to their pay in the largest trial…
Continue Reading The world’s biggest four-day work week pilot begins
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Thousands of UK workers are starting a four-day work week from Monday with no cut to their pay in the largest trial of…
Continue Reading The world’s biggest four-day work week pilot begins
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Thousands of UK workers are starting a four-day work week from Monday with no cut to their pay in the…
Continue Reading Didi’s stock jumps 50% on report that China’s probe is ending
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Didi’s regulatory nightmare in China may be nearly over. That’s according to the Wall Street Journal, which…
Continue Reading Final case tied to college bribery scandal heads to trial
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A father accused of bribing a Georgetown University tennis coach to help get his daughter…
Continue Reading Lebanon urges US envoy to end maritime dispute with Israel
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese government is inviting a U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their…
Continue Reading Kimberly Palmer: Managing money starts with your emotions
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Our emotional reactions to money, based on past experiences and mistakes, can interfere with our ability to make…
Continue Reading AP Exclusive: Ukraine recovers bodies from steel-plant siege
By JOHN LEICESTER and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has begun turning over the bodies of Ukrainian fighters killed at…
Continue Reading Canada fund invests $5 billion in DP World’s Dubai home base
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — International port operator DP World says it sold a stake in its home base, the Jebel Ali Port, and other…
Continue Reading Australian court makes Google pay $515,000 for defamation
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian court has ordered Google to pay a former politician 715,000 Australian…
Continue Reading Priyanka Chopra blasts ‘shameful’ Indian body spray ad promoting rape culture
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN A television commercial for a male body spray has been taken off the air in India, after critics said it made light of gang…
Continue Reading Beijing reopens restaurants as new COVID-19 cases drop
BEIJING (AP) — Diners are returning to restaurants in most of Beijing for the first time in more than a month as authorities further ease…
Continue Reading Container depot fire spotlights Bangladesh industrial safety
By JULHAS ALAM and Al-EMRUN GARJON Associated Press CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Bangladesh are struggling to determine the cause…
Continue Reading Stocks climb on Wall Street, led by more gains in tech
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are off to a higher start on Wall Street Monday led by more gains in big tech companies. The S&P 500 was up 0.8%. The…
Continue Reading Consumer borrowing, Campbell Soup earns, consumer prices
The Associated Press The Federal Reserve issues its latest snapshot of U.S. consumer borrowing Tuesday. Campbell Soup reports quarterly results…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka holds its breath as new PM fights to save economy
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — It has been nearly three weeks since Ranil Wickremesinghe…
Continue Reading New Orleans Starbucks store 1st in Louisiana to vote union
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Employees at a Starbucks store in New Orleans are the first in Louisiana to unionize. WWNO-FM reports ballots were cast Friday…
Continue Reading 50 years after Watergate, Woodward and Bernstein see lessons for today’s journalists
CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN When Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein published their groundbreaking Watergate reporting that led to the resignation of…
Continue Reading 50 years after Watergate, Woodward and Bernstein see lessons for today’s journalists
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN When Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein published their groundbreaking Watergate reporting that led to the resignation of former…
Continue Reading Starbucks workers claim their store is closing due to union activism
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Starbucks workers at an Ithaca, New York, store claim their location is being shut down in retaliation for their union…
Continue Reading ‘Top Gun’ stays aloft with $86M in its 2nd weekend
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The high-flying “Top Gun: Maverick” continued to soar in its second weekend, dropping just 32%…
Continue Reading Digital currencies flow to campaigns, but state rules vary
By ANDREW SELSKY and STEVE LEBLANC Associated Press For congressional candidate Shrina Kurani, cryptocurrency is not only the future of money, it’s…
Continue Reading Autonomous Mayflower reaches American shores — in Canada
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer A crewless robotic boat that had tried to retrace the 1620 sea voyage of the Mayflower has finally reached…
Continue Reading ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ soars to big second weekend, crosses $500 million worldwide
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business A week after taking off at the box office, “Top Gun: Maverick” is still flying high. The sequel to the…
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