China tries to make nice with Big Tech as economic challenges mount
By Laura He, CNN Business China is trying once again to lift the spirits of its huge tech industry after a bruising regulatory offensive that has…
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German ex-leader Schroeder loses privileges over Russia ties
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s three governing parties plan to strip former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of his office and staff after he maintained and…
Continue Reading UN floats plan to boost renewables as climate worries mount
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is launching a five-point plan to jump-start broader use of…
Continue Reading Europe’s push to cut Russian gas faces a race against winter
By The Associated Press Europeans are basking in the warmth of spring, but their governments are in a race against winter. Europe is trying to cut…
Continue Reading UK inflation hits 40-year high amid Russia’s war in Ukraine
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s inflation rate has risen to the highest level in 40 years as Russia’s war in Ukraine fueled further increases in…
Continue Reading NATO talks with Finland, Sweden falter but will continue
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO diplomats say national envoys have failed to reach a consensus about whether to start…
Continue Reading Asian shares track Wall Street’s inflation-fueled retreat
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares are sharply lower in Asia after a broad retreat on Wall Street. Hong Kong’s Hang…
Continue Reading Interrogation, uncertainty for surrendering Mariupol troops
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia says that nearly 1,000 Ukrainian troops who doggedly…
Continue Reading Japan’s economy contracts as energy prices soar
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy contracted at a worse than expected annual rate of 1% in the last quarter, as…
Continue Reading Nielsen list illustrates power of franchises for networks
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Broadcast television networks, inundated with competition from cable and streaming services, have…
Continue Reading Search ends for woman who fell from cruise ship in Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 40-year-old woman who fell overboard off a cruise ship in southeast…
Continue Reading Ratepayer advocates seek protections in offshore wind case
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State regulators considering whether to approve Dominion Energy Virginia’s plans for a…
Continue Reading Judge: Regulators wrong to ban beer label that had naked man
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge says North Carolina regulators were wrong to reject a beer label that featured a silhouette of a naked…
Continue Reading Apple delays plan for Bay Area workers to be in office three days a week
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Apple notified corporate employees that it is delaying a requirement for most staffers to be in the office…
Continue Reading Apple delays plan for Bay Area workers to be in office three days a week
CNN, ABC By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Apple notified corporate employees that it is delaying a requirement for most staffers to be in…
Continue Reading Environmentalists oppose more life for California nuke plant
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of environmental and anti-nuclear organizations are opposing any attempt to extend…
Continue Reading California’s $6 gas could spread nationwide, JPMorgan warns
By Matt Egan and Chris Isidore, CNN Business The average price for gasoline in California hit $6 a gallon Tuesday for the first time — and…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
The Associated Press Stocks rose steadily throughout the day and ended with broad gains as traders got back to buying again after a mostly miserable…
Continue Reading Traffic deaths rise to highest level in 16 years, NHTSA estimates
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Traffic deaths in the United States continue to spike, as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration…
Continue Reading United Airlines, Abbott rise; Walmart, Fluor fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: United Airlines, Abbott rise; Walmart, Fluor…
Continue Reading Russia needs cars, so it’s rebooting this Soviet-era brand
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business After Renault announced its departure this week from the Russian auto market amid the country’s war with…
Continue Reading DA: DNA from fingernails helped solve 1988 cold case killing
GALT, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a suspect in a 1988 sexual assault and killing of a 79-year-old woman in a small Northern California community…
Continue Reading Flight attendants’ union supports Frontier-Spirit merger
WASHINGTON (AP) — The biggest U.S. union for flight attendants is backing Frontier Airlines’ bid to buy Spirit Airlines. The Association of…
Continue Reading Argo touts driverless operations in Miami and Austin, Texas
NEW YORK (AP) — An autonomous vehicle technology company that partners with Ford and Volkswagen says it has started driverless operations in two of…
Continue Reading Allianz division agrees to pay $6 billion for defrauding teachers, religious groups and foundations
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business A US division of German insurance firm Allianz will pay more than $6 billion for what US investigators called a…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What we know about shuttered baby formula plant
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Many questions remain about the shuttered Abbott baby formula plant at the center of a…
Continue Reading Stablecoins were supposed to be ‘stable.’ Then the crash came
By Jon Sarlin, CNN Business Editor’s Note: If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please…
Continue Reading Fed Chair Jerome Powell: We won’t hesitate to raise rates to tame inflation
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Hindsight is 20:20, even for the Federal Reserve. The US central bank is in the midst of a “whatever it…
Continue Reading World’s largest aircraft owner lost 113 planes to Russia due to sanctions
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business AerCap Holdings, the aircraft leasing giant that is the world’s largest owner of jets, lost 113 planes when…
Continue Reading Powell: Fed to keep hiking rates until it controls inflation
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell has underscored the Federal Reserve’s determination to keep…
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