Senate confirms Powell for 2nd term as Fed fights inflation
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Jerome Powell for a second four-year term as Federal…
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California lawmakers raise awards for malpractice lawsuits
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature has voted to increase how much money people can win in medical…
Continue Reading Managers fired from Twitter amid Musk buyout turmoil
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter fired two of its top managers Thursday, the latest sign of internal turmoil amid Tesla billionaire…
Continue Reading Poland’s controversial central bank chief secures 2nd term
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s controversial central bank chief has narrowly won a second term in office after the country’s governing…
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Twitter announces partial hiring freeze and senior exec exits
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter is halting hiring and parting ways with two senior leaders as it awaits a pending acquisition by Elon Musk. The…
Continue Reading Some Mega Millions players claim prizes after host calls out wrong number
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN We all make mistakes, but for a host of the Mega Millions lottery, it’s a potentially costly one: Prize payments for…
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‘Wanted Man’ is being filmed in Doña Ana County and will feature El Paso actress
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A new movie is being filmed right here in the Borderland from May 3-June 3. The movie is a border story called ‘Wanted Man’…
Continue Reading Meme mania returns. GameStop and AMC soar
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Apes of Reddit, rejoice! Shares of meme stock darling GameStop soared 10% Thursday, prompting trades to be halted…
Continue Reading Iran raises prices of food staples, stirring panic and anger
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has abruptly raised prices as much as 300% for a variety of staples like…
Continue Reading Coronavirus committee: Meat companies lied about impending shortage and put workers at risk
CNN, POOL, WHITE HOUSE By Parija Kavilanz and Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business At the height of the pandemic, as the coronavirus infected tens…
Continue Reading Coronavirus committee: Meat companies lied about impending shortage and put workers at risk
By Parija Kavilanz and Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business At the height of the pandemic, as the coronavirus infected tens of thousands of meat…
Continue Reading Thousands mourn slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh as Palestinians call for accountability
By Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN Thousands gathered in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday to mourn slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu…
Continue Reading Spain debates if menstrual leave policy will help or hurt
By ASHIFA KASSAM and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A government proposal that could make Spain the first country in Europe to allow…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What’s behind the baby formula shortage?
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Many parents are hunting for infant formula after a combination of short- and long-term…
Continue Reading U.S. civil rights enforcers warn employers against biased AI
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The federal government said Thursday that artificial intelligence technology used to screen new job…
Continue Reading US fishing haul fell 10% during first pandemic year
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — America’s commercial fishing industry fell 10% in catch volume and 15% in value during…
Continue Reading Manhattan rents have never been this expensive
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Manhattan rents just hit an all-time high — again. For the third straight month, rents have reached new record…
Continue Reading UK withholds security advice over peerage for oligarch’s son
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government is refusing to reveal whether intelligence agencies expressed concerns about…
Continue Reading Parents swap, sell baby formula as Biden focuses on shortage
By JOSH BOAK and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is stepping up his administration’s response to a…
Continue Reading Biden cancels offshore oil lease sales in Gulf Coast, Alaska
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it is canceling three oil and gas lease sales scheduled in the…
Continue Reading Adidas sports bra ads banned in UK over bare breasts
By Amarachi Orie, CNN Business Adidas advertisements showing photo grids of bare breasts have been banned in the UK by the Advertising Standards…
Continue Reading Spain, Morocco to open land borders next week after 2 years
By ASHIFA KASSAM Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government says the land borders between Morocco and Spain’s North African enclaves…
Continue Reading More than $7 trillion has been wiped out from the stock market this year
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Somebody cue the stock market’s park ranger: Bears are having a picnic on Wall Street this year. The…
Continue Reading EU plan aims to help get wheat from Ukraine to the world
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission is proposing to help Ukraine move its critical grain supplies to parts…
Continue Reading Average long-term US mortgage rates edge up to 5.3%
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged up again this week, with interest on the key 30-year…
Continue Reading Mortgage rates continue to climb
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates moved higher this week, continuing an upward trend that has kept rates above 5% since mid-April. The…
Continue Reading Mercedes tells owners of 292K vehicles to stop driving them
DETROIT (AP) — Mercedes-Benz is telling the owners of more than 292,000 vehicles in the U.S. to stop driving them because the brakes could fail.…
Continue Reading Report: Trump officials, meat companies knew workers at risk
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new congressional report says that in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, the meat…
Continue Reading Wickremesinghe chosen Sri Lanka PM in effort to quell crisis
By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Five-time former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil…
Continue Reading Not all recessions are the same. Here’s what could happen to the economy and markets
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Economists, CEOs, Wall Street and Main Street are sounding the recession alarm bell. Most agree a recession could…
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