WhatsApp adds messaging tools to attract businesses
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer WhatsApp parent Meta is moving forward with its push to attract businesses to its popular chat app. Its part…
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Court tosses $300,000 hospital bill for promised $1,300 tab
The Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a woman who expected to pay about $1,300 for back surgery but…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: ESG investing and the debate surrounding it
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After starting as a niche corner of the finance world, ESG investing has since exploded to become a…
Continue Reading GOP directs culture war fury toward green investing trend
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Red state officials are coming out swinging against growing Wall Street efforts to consider…
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Ford advising 39,000 Expedition and Navigator owners to park outside due to fire risk
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Ford is advising the owners of 39,013 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs to park their vehicles outdoors…
Continue Reading Boeing launches Starliner astronaut capsule on uncrewed test mission
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Boeing launched its Starliner spacecraft, designed to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station,…
Continue Reading Twitter will now label and suppress misinformation surrounding armed conflict and other crises
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Twitter will now apply warning labels to — and cease recommending — claims that outside experts have identified as…
Continue Reading Boeing’s Starliner capsule makes safe return from test mission
CNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft made a safe return home from its five-day stay at the International Space…
Continue Reading The long struggle to bring a supermarket to a nearly all-Black Buffalo neighborhood
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business In August of 2001, more than 100 people gathered on the East Side of Buffalo, New York. The setting, an empty…
Continue Reading Plunging stocks, recession fears. Here’s how to protect your money
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business When it comes to fraying nerves, this spring is really outperforming. Stocks are now in bear market territory.…
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The long struggle to bring a supermarket to a nearly all-Black Buffalo neighborhood
CNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business In August of 2001, more than 100 people gathered on the East Side of Buffalo, New York. The setting, an…
Continue Reading The long struggle to bring a supermarket to a nearly all-Black Buffalo neighborhood
CNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business In August of 2001, more than 100 people gathered on the East Side of Buffalo, New York. The setting, an…
Continue Reading The long struggle to bring a supermarket to a nearly all-Black Buffalo neighborhood
CNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business In August of 2001, more than 100 people gathered on the East Side of Buffalo, New York. The setting, an…
Continue Reading Biden forest plan stirs dispute over what counts as “old”
By MATTHEW BROWN and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s order to protect the nation’s oldest woodlands…
Continue Reading Rents in the US just hit another record high
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Rents in the US climbed to a new record high again in April, and they are expected to keep rising. The national median…
Continue Reading 2022 is the year of all-inclusive travel, and here’s why
By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Many major hotel chains are embracing all-inclusive offerings. For example, Hyatt recently announced an integration…
Continue Reading House passes bill to crack down on gasoline ‘price gouging’
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A closely divided House has approved legislation to crack down on alleged price gouging by oil…
Continue Reading Coke’s new bottle cap doesn’t come off
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Coke knows that its soda caps often end up as litter. So it’s trying to solve the problem by tethering…
Continue Reading New Twitter policy aims to pierce fog of war misinformation
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter is stepping up its fight against misinformation with a new policy cracking down on…
Continue Reading 20 years after spate of hospital deaths, ex-worker accused
By JIM SALTER Associated Press Twenty years after a spate of deaths at a rural Missouri hospital, a former worker has been charged with murder.…
Continue Reading First on CNN: Sean Connery’s own classic Aston Martin is for sale
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business James Bond, the fictional British secret agent, has driven lots of different cars in the more than two dozen…
Continue Reading Finland brewery launches NATO beer with ‘taste of security’
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — A small brewery in Finland has launched a NATO-themed beer to mark the Nordic country’s bid to…
Continue Reading Pro-Russian hackers spread hoaxes to divide Ukraine, allies
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press As Ukrainian refugees flooded into Poland to escape Russia’s invasion, a hacking group aligned with the…
Continue Reading Lawmakers want Ohio State’s 2010 football season restored
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — House lawmakers have approved a symbolic resolution calling for the restoration of…
Continue Reading Home sales tumble again as mortgage rates surge
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed in April for the third month in a row as mortgage rates surged,…
Continue Reading US home sales fell again in April as prices hit another record high
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home sales fell for the third consecutive month in April as rising mortgage rates and affordability challenges pushed…
Continue Reading Harley-Davidson suspends production for 2 weeks, shares fall
Associated Press Harley-Davidson is announcing a two-week suspension of vehicle assembly and most shipments, citing a regulatory compliance issue…
Continue Reading Mortgage rates ticked lower, but are still well above 5%
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates fell slightly last week, but purchasing a home still remains difficult for many prospective buyers. The…
Continue Reading Fed nominee Michael Barr calls inflation ‘far too high’
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s pick to be the Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator…
Continue Reading Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates edge down to 5.25%
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates retreated modestly this week, but interest on the key…
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