Airbnb ends rentals in China to focus on outbound tourists
BEIJING (AP) — Airbnb Inc. says it will stop representing short-term rental properties in China and focus its business in the country on serving…
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Ukraine: 200 bodies found in basement in Mariupol’s ruins
By ELENA BECATOROS, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and RICARDO MAZALAN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Workers digging through the rubble of an…
Continue Reading California parents could soon sue for social media addiction
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could soon hold social media companies responsible for harming children who have…
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Group of Activision Blizzard employees votes to form the company’s first union
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Some workers at Activision Blizzard have officially unionized, marking the company’s first union and the video…
Continue Reading Stellantis making Indiana announcement; may be battery plant
DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis has scheduled an announcement for Tuesday in Kokomo, Indiana, for what could be the company’s second North American…
Continue Reading Global Citizen NOW summit seeks solutions for global issues
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The statistics discussed at the inaugural Global Citizen NOW conference were bleak. The COVID-19…
Continue Reading Facebook, Instagram to reveal more on how ads target users
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it will start publicly providing more…
Continue Reading Before Omicron, inflation and war, Americans’ finances hit new highs, survey shows
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Things were looking up for most Americans at the end of last year, with many households reporting their financial…
Continue Reading Amazon to sublease warehouses as online shopping slows
Associated Press Amazon is planning to sublease some of its warehouse space because the pandemic-fueled surge in online shopping has slowed. That…
Continue Reading Here’s what happened during Boeing’s ‘nail-biting’ spacecraft docking
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Boeing managed to dock a spacecraft at the International Space Station late last week, but it was not without several…
Continue Reading DC sues Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica privacy breach
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia has sued Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg. It’s seeking to hold him…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Monday
The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Monday following seven weeks of declines that nearly ended the bull market that began in…
Continue Reading JPMorgan Chase, Electronic Arts rise; Broadcom, Amazon fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: JPMorgan Chase, Electronic Arts rise; Broadcom, Amazon…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue Reading Boards for Meta, Twitter face backlash from NY pension fund
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A major New York pension fund that has invested in both Facebook’s corporate parent and Twitter believes it’s time to…
Continue Reading European Central Bank chief signals possible July rate hike
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The president of the European Central Bank has given the clearest sign yet that policymakers will aim to raise interest…
Continue Reading Video game workers create first union at big U.S. game maker
Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Video game workers at a division of game publisher Activision Blizzard have voted to unionize, creating the first…
Continue Reading Californians could see mandatory water cuts amid drought
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he may impose mandatory water restrictions if…
Continue Reading Stocks surge thanks to big rally for JPMorgan Chase and other banks
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 Monday, as positive…
Continue Reading Facebook-parent Meta to share more details with researchers about political ad targeting
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Facebook-parent Meta on Monday said it would soon offer more transparency and information to researchers about…
Continue Reading Appeals court: Florida law on social media unconstitutional
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida law intended to punish social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter for…
Continue Reading Davos: Central bankers say cryptos aren’t real currencies
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Stablecoins are unstable. Cryptocurrencies don’t act like currency. Does digital money ever stand a chance…
Continue Reading Contractor quitting puts Shell in spotlight over climate
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A longtime contractor for Shell has accusing the oil and gas company of “double talk” by saying…
Continue Reading Lone survivor of 2009 plane crash testifies in Paris court
By JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The lone survivor of a 2009 plane crash in the Indian Ocean took the stand Monday in a Paris…
Continue Reading DC attorney general sues Mark Zuckerberg over his handling of the Cambridge Analytica incident
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Washington, DC, Attorney General Karl Racine sued Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, accusing the Facebook co-founder of…
Continue Reading T-Mobile and AT&T are Wall Street bright spots, but Verizon is struggling
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Inflation concerns have made it a brutal year for stocks, but wireless service is one area where prices…
Continue Reading Markets are down, but these charts explain why investors shouldn’t panic
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business What goes up must come down, and what goes bull must go bear. The conventional wisdom is that a bit of market…
Continue Reading Markets are down, but these charts explain why investors shouldn’t panic
CNN By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business What goes up must come down, and what goes bull must go bear. The conventional wisdom is that a bit of market…
Continue Reading Opinion: It’s time to prepare for a recession
CNN, CNNBUSINESS Opinion by Lakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji for CNN Business Perspectives The economy is close to entering a recession, perhaps…
Continue Reading Starbucks is leaving Russia for good
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Starbucks is leaving Russia for good. The coffee company paused its operations and stopped shipments of its…
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