Can I talk to a human? Spain presents customer service bill
MADRID (AP) — Tired of speaking to a machine when you call the bank or power company? Spain’s government wants to end those nerve-shattering,…
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Home prices rose by more than 20% year-over-year in March
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business US home prices continued to surge higher in March, as buyers raced to lock in homes before the average mortgage rate hit…
Continue Reading Hit by pandemic curbs, India’s quarterly growth slows to 4%
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s economic growth, hit by pandemic curbs and price increases, slowed to 4.1% in the January-March quarter, according to…
Continue Reading Japan court: Nuclear plant’s tsunami safeguards inadequate
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has ordered a utility not to restart a nuclear power plant because of inadequate…
Continue Reading How to beat the market: Go ask a robot
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business The machines are officially winning. Investors who’ve relied on a standard 60/40 portfolio this year have taken…
Continue Reading Hungary’s Orban wins exemption in EU Russian oil embargo
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s divisive leader has once again got his own way with the European Union. This…
Continue Reading Deutsche Bank, subsidiary raided over ‘greenwashing’ claims
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Germany have raided the offices of Deutsche Bank and its subsidiary DWS following claims that it was exaggerating the…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Don’t let your first car be a $30K mistake
By COLIN BERESFORD of NerdWallet Car prices have skyrocketed in the last year, making it an even bigger challenge to shop for your first car. With…
Continue Reading India shows no sign of slowing its purchase of Russian oil
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business India’s appetite for cheap Russian oil is swelling, even as the West continues to hit Moscow with unprecedented…
Continue Reading Sievierodonetsk mayor says Russian forces seize half of city
By YURAS KARMANAU and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces in a “frenzied push” have seized half of the…
Continue Reading Eurozone inflation hits record 8.1% amid rising energy costs
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the 19 countries that use the euro currency hit a record 8.1% amid surging energy…
Continue Reading High prices, Asian markets could blunt EU ban on Russian oil
By LORNE COOK and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s groundbreaking decision to ban nearly all oil from…
Continue Reading Turkish leader writes on ‘risks’ of Sweden, Finland in NATO
By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president has highlighted the activities of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party as part of…
Continue Reading Denmark holds referendum on EU defense amid Ukraine war
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish citizens are voting in a referendum that will decide whether their country will…
Continue Reading Distress in Singapore as Malaysia bans chicken export
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Diners in Singapore are bracing for prices of their national chicken-and-rice dish to soar as neighboring Malaysia…
Continue Reading China manufacturing improves as virus curbs eased
BEIJING (AP) — An official survey shows Chinese manufacturing activity started to rebound in May after the government eased anti-virus restrictions…
Continue Reading Shanghai moves toward ending 2-month COVID-19 lockdown
By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — Shanghai authorities say they will take major steps Wednesday toward…
Continue Reading Biden plots inflation fight with Fed chair as nation worries
By JOSH BOAK, CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Focused on relentlessly rising prices, President Joe Biden…
Continue Reading Asian shares mixed after stocks retreat on Wall Street
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday after a wobbly day on Wall Street closed out a month buffeted by…
Continue Reading Crowd confronts cleric at Iran tower collapse that killed 33
By JON GAMBRELL and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protesters angry over a building collapse in southwestern Iran…
Continue Reading Biden to discuss inflation crisis with Fed Chair Powell on Tuesday
By Matt Egan, CNN President Joe Biden plans to discuss high inflation in a meeting on Tuesday with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, a White…
Continue Reading EU agrees on partial ban of Russian oil imports
By Niamh Kennedy, CNN The European Union has agreed on a partial ban on Russian oil imports, according to European Council chief Charles Michel.…
Continue Reading Biden to meet Fed chair as inflation bites pocketbooks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will meet Tuesday with Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell as soaring inflation takes a bite out of…
Continue Reading US, Canadian regulators tie hepatitis cases to strawberries
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer U.S. and Canadian regulators are investigating a hepatitis outbreak that may be linked to fresh organic…
Continue Reading Banker says he warned Vatican about London fund investor
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s longtime investment banker has testified that he repeatedly voiced concerns…
Continue Reading Russia could cut off Denmark and the Netherlands’ natural gas
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Denmark and the Netherlands could become the latest European countries to have their deliveries of Russia’s…
Continue Reading French journalist Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff killed in Ukraine
By Jack Guy, Pierre Bairin and Dalal Mawad, CNN A French journalist has been shot and killed in Ukraine, according to French President Emmanuel…
Continue Reading Gas prices hit yet another record high
By Matt Egan, CNN Millions of Americans traveling this holiday weekend are being greeted by unprecedented prices at the gas pump. The national…
Continue Reading Recorded Future CEO on cybersecurity firm’s journalistic aim
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts (AP) — The cybersecurity firm Recorded Future boasts some 1,400 clients and enjoys…
Continue Reading Here’s what’s open and closed on Memorial Day 2022
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Many businesses, government offices and schools will be closed on Monday, May 30 because of Memorial Day — a federal holiday…
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