Stellantis, Controlled Thermal in lithium hydroxide deal
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Automaker Stellantis has reached a deal to have Controlled Thermal Resources Ltd. supply battery-grade lithium…
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Red-hot summer job market awaits US teens as employers sweat
By PAUL WISEMAN and MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — This is expected to be the best summer job market for teens in 15 years.…
Continue Reading Ford plans to add 6,200 jobs in Ohio, Michigan and Missouri
By TOM KRISHER and PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press AVON LAKE, Ohio (AP) — Ford will add 6,200 factory jobs in Michigan, Missouri and Ohio as it…
Continue Reading Avenatti gets 4 years in prison for cheating Stormy Daniels
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for…
Continue Reading Fewer Americans apply for unemployment benefits last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for jobless aid last week with the number of Americans collecting…
Continue Reading OPEC+ alliance boosts oil production as energy prices soar
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The OPEC oil cartel and allied producing countries including Russia will raise production by 648,000 barrels per day…
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$2 trillion in savings may not rescue the economy
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The CEO of the biggest US bank estimates that Americans are still sitting on $2 trillion in pandemic-era savings that…
Continue Reading Shanghai’s landmark park revived as COVID restrictions ease
By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — Shanghai’s landmark old city garden has sprung back to life as residents took…
Continue Reading Ukraine facing grinding campaign as it waits for weapons
By JOHN LEICESTER and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces in the country’s east are locked in a grinding…
Continue Reading America’s employers keep hiring despite high costs and a potential recession
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business America’s employers are expected to have added hundreds of thousands of jobs in May, even in the face of high…
Continue Reading How Americans can watch the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating 70 years on the throne this weekend with a busy schedule of ceremonies, parades and…
Continue Reading How America is coping with inflation: Buy what’s needed, nothing more
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Prices are rising for just about everything, forcing millions of Americans to make increasingly difficult choices.…
Continue Reading As natural gas expands in Gulf, residents fear rising damage
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana (AP) — The front lawn of Lydia Larce’s home is strewn with debris:…
Continue Reading China demands US stop trade talks with Taiwan
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s government has accused Washington of jeopardizing peace after U.S. envoys began trade…
Continue Reading OPEC agrees to pump more oil as Russian output drops
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Mark Thompson, CNN Business OPEC has agreed to pump more crude oil over the next two months as Russian production begins to drop…
Continue Reading OPEC agrees to pump more oil as Russian output drops
By Mark Thompson, CNN Business OPEC has agreed to pump more crude oil over the next two months as Russian production begins to drop because of…
Continue Reading ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ brings back the Taiwan flag after controversy
By Michelle Toh and Wayne Chang, CNN Business “Top Gun: Maverick” is now showing Taiwan’s official flag after an outcry, putting…
Continue Reading Asian shares rise, China trading closed for national holiday
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares rose Friday amid mixed signs for investors such as rising energy prices and COVID-19…
Continue Reading Carbon emissions dip, at least briefly, in China, study says
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s carbon emissions have dipped notably over the past three quarters — but…
Continue Reading Workers picket outside Atlantic City casino, seeking raises
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J,. (AP) — Hundreds of Atlantic City casino workers have picketed outside the Tropicana casino.…
Continue Reading Baltimore sues ‘ghost gun’ maker as state ban begins
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore is suing one of the country’s largest manufacturers of “ghost gun” kits. Mayor Brandon Scott announced the…
Continue Reading ‘Stranger Things’ return encourages weekend binging
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s no mystery about how millions of fans of Netflix’s sci-fi drama “Stranger…
Continue Reading Coal ash workers’ case heard by Tennessee Supreme Court
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A contractor involved in cleaning up the nation’s worst coal ash spill says…
Continue Reading Former OpenSea employee hit with first insider trading charges related to NFTs
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business A former employee at digital marketplace OpenSea has been hit with the first-ever charges related to an alleged…
Continue Reading The new Chevrolet Bolt will be the cheapest electric vehicle in the US
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business General Motors announced Wednesday that it’s cut the price of the most affordable Chevrolet Bolt to $26,595,…
Continue Reading NFT insider trading scheme charges are a 1st, feds say
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former product manager at an online marketplace has been arrested in what federal…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
The Associated Press Sharply rising Treasury yields rattled Wall Street Wednesday, weighing down stock indexes at the start of another month in…
Continue Reading Salesforce.com, Victoria’s Secret rise; S&P, Bark fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Salesforce.com, Victoria’s Secret rise; S&P, Bark…
Continue Reading Sheryl Sandberg to step down as COO of Facebook-parent Meta
By Brian Fung and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down as chief operating officer of Facebook-parent Meta, the company…
Continue Reading Sheryl Sandberg’s complicated legacy at Facebook
CNN, CNN BUSINESS Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business For much of her first decade at Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg’s public stature grew alongside…
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