Philip Morris to buy Swedish Match for $16 billion
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Philip Morris will attempt to step further into the smoke-free tobacco market, offering to buy the chewing tobacco…
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Airbnb unveils new way to book longer stays ahead of summer travel season
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Airbnb on Wednesday announced new ways to search for and book homes on the platform in response…
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By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Airbnb on Wednesday announced new ways to search for and book homes on the platform in response to the rise of…
Continue Reading EU commission proposes plan to fight child pornography
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm has proposed requiring online platforms to detect and…
Continue Reading US inflation slowed last month for the first time since August
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business US inflation took a breather last month for the first time since August. Prices still increased, but at a slower pace…
Continue Reading Britain pledges military help to Sweden, Finland if attacked
HELSINKI (AP) — Britain has pledged to come to the aid of Sweden and Finland, including with military support, if the two Nordic nations came under…
Continue Reading How resilient is the US consumer?
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Worries about an economic slowdown are running wild on Wall Street. Despite concerns about…
Continue Reading Work-from-home stocks are getting crushed
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business You remember the early days of the pandemic, when millions of office workers started doing their jobs from home for…
Continue Reading US casinos had best month ever in March, winning $5.3B
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Inflation may be soaring, supply chains are snarled and the coronavirus just won’t go…
Continue Reading Why US gas prices are at a record, and why they’ll stay high for a long time
CNN: KGO: KCRA:WCVB: CNN VIA ZOOM: POOL By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a major reason that US drivers are…
Continue Reading Why US gas prices are at a record, and why they’ll stay high for a long time
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a major reason that US drivers are paying record prices for gasoline. But…
Continue Reading Bill Gates has Covid
CNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Bill Gates said he has tested positive for Covid-19. The outspoken vaccine advocate said on Twitter he’s…
Continue Reading Bill Gates has Covid
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Bill Gates said he has tested positive for Covid-19. The outspoken vaccine advocate said on Twitter he’s…
Continue Reading How to avoid ‘rug pulls,’ the latest cryptocurrency scam
By ANDY ROSEN of NerdWallet With investors eager to get in early on new cryptocurrency projects, some unscrupulous developers have attracted…
Continue Reading Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh shot dead while covering Israeli military operation in West Bank
By Hadas Gold, Abeer Salman and Amir Tal, CNN Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was fatally shot while covering an Israeli…
Continue Reading The electric Ford F-150 Lightning is the best version of America’s best-selling truck
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The Ford F-150 Lightning may be the best pickup truck the company has ever made. All it took was making it…
Continue Reading Edmunds compares the 2022 Acura MDX to the 2022 Audi Q7
By ALEX NISHIMOTO Edmunds Can the redesigned Acura MDX unseat the reigning three-row luxury champ? The MDX makes a case for itself against the Audi…
Continue Reading UK ramps up threat to rewrite Brexit deal with the EU
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain and the European Union are once again at loggerheads over Brexit. The U.K. government has…
Continue Reading EU lifts mask recommendation for air travel as pandemic ebbs
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The European Union will no longer recommend medical masks be worn at airports and on planes…
Continue Reading Tesla’s China sales dive 98% as lockdowns take a toll
By Laura He, CNN Business Car sales saw a record decline last month in China, the world’s largest automobile market, as strict Covid-19…
Continue Reading Ukraine halts some Russian gas flows to Europe
By Mark Thompson and Anna Cooban, CNN Business Ukraine suspended the flow of some Russian natural gas to Europe on Wednesday, blaming Moscow for…
Continue Reading Ukraine halts some Russian gas flows to Europe
CNN, TELEGRAM, LVIV EMERGENCY HOSPITAL, GOOGLE MAP By Mark Thompson and Anna Cooban, CNN Business Ukraine suspended the flow of some Russian natural…
Continue Reading Toyota’s quarterly profit down on COVID parts crunch
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota has reported its net profit fell 31% from the year before in the January-March quarter but…
Continue Reading India’s top court halts use of controversial sedition law in rebuke to the government
By Swati Gupta and Rhea Mogul, CNN India’s top court on Wednesday ordered the temporary suspension of the country’s controversial…
Continue Reading Running Twitter may be much harder than Elon Musk thinks
By MATT O’BRIEN, KELVIN CHAN and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers On Tuesday, Elon Musk said he would reverse Twitter’s ban of former…
Continue Reading Asian shares track technology-led sell-off on Wall Street
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares are lower in Asia after declines in stocks in technology companies led heavy selling on Wall Street…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka leader vows to shed powers, appoint prime minister
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president is promising to appoint a new prime minister, empower the…
Continue Reading New Zealand to fully reopen borders, welcome skilled workers
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand will reopen its borders to tourists from all countries by July. The…
Continue Reading Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh shot dead while covering Israeli military operation in West Bank
CNN By Hadas Gold, Abeer Salman and Amir Tal, CNN Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was fatally shot while covering an…
Continue Reading Israeli police beat mourners with batons at funeral procession for veteran journalist
CNN By Atika Shubert and Abeer Salman, CNN Mourners flocked to Jerusalem’s streets on Friday to attend the burial of veteran Al Jazeera…
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