Elon Musk visits Brazil’s Bolsonaro to discuss Amazon plans
By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Tesla and SpaceX chief executive officer Elon Musk has met with Brazil’s President Jair…
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Outgoing Lebanon government approves economic recovery plan
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s information minister says the country’s outgoing government has approved a…
Continue Reading Judge dismisses lawsuit against Musk, Tesla and Twitter fan
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a securities fraud and defamation lawsuit filed by a Tesla investor against CEO Elon Musk, the…
Continue Reading Trump pays $110K fine, must submit paperwork to end contempt
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has paid the $110,000 in fines he racked up after being held in…
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S&P 500 briefly falls into bear market territory as recession fears mount
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The S&P 500 briefly fell into bear market territory Friday, slipping more than 20% from its record high and…
Continue Reading Dutch leader faces pressure over old-school text messages
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The long-serving Dutch prime minister is facing unusual political and public pressure…
Continue Reading Prices are rising. How much should your salary increase?
By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business When it comes to salary negotiations, job candidates have a lot of leverage these days. “There are a number of…
Continue Reading The Dow is on its longest weekly losing streak since 1923
By Matt Egan, CNN Business The stock market selloff hit pause Friday, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average couldn’t avoid its longest weekly…
Continue Reading India, the world’s largest producer of sugar, is restricting exports
CNN By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business India has decided to restrict the sale of sugar on international markets, just days after it banned wheat exports.…
Continue Reading The AP Interview: US trade rep. sees opportunity in recovery
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The top U.S. trade negotiator says with world economies all suffering from more than two years of…
Continue Reading Musk denies sexual misconduct allegation by flight attendant
NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has denied a claim of sexual misconduct by a SpaceX flight attendant who worked on his private jet…
Continue Reading Broadcast TV’s reduced role made clear in fall presentations
By DAVID BAUDER and LYNN ELBER Associated Press Writers There were constant reminders this past week, when major entertainment companies hawked their…
Continue Reading Pfizer and Moderna created life-saving vaccines. So why are their stocks crumbling?
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna are experiencing a post-vaccine hangover on Wall Street this year. All three stocks…
Continue Reading Meet the Wikipedia editor who published the Buffalo shooting entry minutes after it started
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business After Jason Moore, from Portland, Oregon, saw headlines from national news sources on Google News about the…
Continue Reading Feds sue operator of dog breeding facility, seize beagles
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Federal officials have accused a company that runs a Virginia facility breeding dogs for…
Continue Reading Elon Musk denies sexual harassment claims
By Rob McLean and Jackie Wattles, CNN Elon Musk denied allegations that he sexually harassed a SpaceX flight attendant in 2016 in a series of…
Continue Reading Netflix pays $59 million to settle tax dispute in Italy
MILAN (AP) — Netflix has agreed to pay more than $59 million to settle a tax dispute in Italy. Milan prosecutors said Friday that the payment…
Continue Reading Energy secretary: We must find a solution for nuclear waste
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press WATERFORD, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. energy secretary says it is critical to find a solution for storing the…
Continue Reading Russia is about to cut off Finland’s natural gas
CNN, AFPTV By Chris Liakos and Anna Cooban, CNN Business Russia is about to cut off natural gas supplies to a third European country that refuses to…
Continue Reading Russia is about to cut off Finland’s natural gas
By Chris Liakos and Anna Cooban, CNN Business Russia is about to cut off natural gas supplies to a third European country that refuses to accept the…
Continue Reading Japan welcomes new US Indo-Pacific economic initiative
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan is welcoming a new U.S. economic initiative for the Indo-Pacific that President Joe Biden is…
Continue Reading G7 agree pact to better prepare for future pandemics
BERLIN (AP) — The Group of Seven wealthy democracies has announced plans to strengthen epidemiological early-warning systems to detect infectious…
Continue Reading Russia to cut Finland’s natural gas in latest energy clash
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland’s state-owned energy company says Russia will cut off natural gas to…
Continue Reading Germany’s Schroeder to quit Rosneft board as backlash mounts
BERLIN (AP) — Russian state energy company Rosneft says former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder plans to leave its board of directors as a…
Continue Reading Stocks surge thanks to big rally for JPMorgan Chase and other banks
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Investors took a break from selling in May and going away, for one day at least. Stocks soared…
Continue Reading Why the looming bear market will be different
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business When a bear market arrives, it’s not pretty, especially for investors making short-term decisions. But it…
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El Paso Electric launches new tool to educate people on electric vehicles
EL PASO, Texas — With gas prices continuing to soar across the Borderland, El Paso Electric says now might be the perfect time to switch to an…
Continue Reading In Your Debt: How debt-related stress affects body and mind
By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet Being in debt can affect every corner of your life, like your relationships and career decisions. It can cause stress,…
Continue Reading N Ireland party leader pans Pelosi’s warning on Brexit terms
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing criticism from the leader of Northern Ireland’s biggest…
Continue Reading German parliament OKs 3 months of cheaper public transport
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament has gave final clearance to a plan that will allow people to use local transport across the country for just 9…
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