EU approves Poland recovery fund, paving way to pay billions
By LORNE COOK and VANESSA GERA Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch has approved Poland’s pandemic recovery…
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Top EU official says Croatia ready to join the euro in 2023
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says Croatia is ready to join the group of countries using the euro single…
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Inflation worries are real but this isn’t the 1970s
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Inflation jitters are at a fever pitch, and some investing experts and economists are making…
Continue Reading Inflation worries are real but this isn’t the 1970s
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Inflation jitters are at a fever pitch, and some investing experts and economists are making comparisons to the…
Continue Reading Inflation worries are real but this isn’t the 1970s
CNN By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Inflation jitters are at a fever pitch, and some investing experts and economists are making comparisons to…
Continue Reading California drought could cut state’s hydropower in half this summer
by Matt Egan, CNN The severe drought in California threatens to significantly undermine the state’s ability to generate hydroelectric power,…
Continue Reading Instagram launches Amber Alerts to notify users of missing children in their area
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Instagram on Wednesday began rolling out an Amber Alert feature on its platform to notify users of missing…
Continue Reading Poland boosting its infrastructure to help Ukrainian exports
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says his country is improving its transport infrastructure to help increase the export of grain and…
Continue Reading Delta hikes Q2 revenue outlook on sharply higher airfares
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Delta Air Lines is boosting its outlook for second-quarter revenue because it expects phenomenal demand for travel…
Continue Reading The next holy grail for EVs: Batteries free of nickel and cobalt
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Twenty-one years ago, Bart Riley and co-founders bet their short-lived company, A123 Systems, on batteries free of…
Continue Reading Opinion: How streaming can avoid the same fate as cable TV
Opinion by Bill Carter for CNN Business Perspectives Streaming networks were the center of attention last month when the television industry — or,…
Continue Reading Pressure growing to remove PFAS from fast food wrappers
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Brenda Hampton first came across the toxic industrial compound PFAS after finding it was part of…
Continue Reading Elon Musk tells Tesla employees: Return to the office, or else
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Elon Musk is demanding that Tesla office workers return to in-person work or leave the company. The policy, disclosed…
Continue Reading Elon Musk threatens to walk away from Twitter deal
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Brian Fung, CNN Business Elon Musk issued his most direct threat yet to walk away from his purchase of Twitter on Monday, openly…
Continue Reading Why Russia isn’t hurting even as it cuts off Europe’s gas
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Russia’s increasingly aggressive actions against its European gas customers are taking a toll. The country’s…
Continue Reading It’s so hard to find workers that employers have essentially stopped firing people
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The number of workers being fired or laid off has hit the lowest point on record, the Labor Department reported…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Effects of EU Russia oil ban, Moscow’s response
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union has agreed to slash Russian oil imports in a tough escalation of…
Continue Reading US job openings decline from record level but remain high
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The white-hot demand for U.S. workers cooled a bit in April, though the number of…
Continue Reading Germany buys Chinook helicopters in arms procurement drive
Germany’s defense ministry says the country plans to buy 60 Boeing Chinook transport helicopters as part of a massive procurement drive to…
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 Wray: FBI blocked planned cyberattack on children’s hospital
By ERIC TUCKER and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray says agents thwarted a planned cyberattack on a…
Continue Reading UN chief worries Ukraine war overshadowing climate fight
By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the war in Ukraine is diverting attention…
Continue Reading Amazon sharply criticizes looming antitrust bill in Congress
By Brian Fung, CNN Amazon has sharply criticized a looming antitrust bill in Congress that it says unfairly targets the company and could degrade its…
Continue Reading US gas prices jump to record high $4.67 a gallon
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Gas prices just took another big step in the wrong direction. The national average for regular gasoline climbed by five…
Continue Reading Why the average gas price is at $4.99 a gallon and how high it’ll go
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Next stop, $5. The US average for the price of a gallon of regular gas hit $4.99 according to the…
Continue Reading From Elon Musk to the Feds, ‘sustainable’ investments are under fire
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Investors have been increasingly eager in recent years to deploy their money in a way that supports sustainability…
Continue Reading From Elon Musk to the Feds, ‘sustainable’ investments are under fire
CNN By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Investors have been increasingly eager in recent years to deploy their money in a way that supports…
Continue Reading Chances are fairly high that you’re investing in a gun retailer. Here’s how to tell
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The recent string of deadly shootings may send investors searching their portfolios to determine if they have…
Continue Reading Madrid taxi drivers protest proposed ride-hailing rules
MADRID (AP) — Hundreds of taxi drivers have protested in the streets of Madrid against what they claim is unfair competition from ride-hailing…
Continue Reading Malaysia suspends chicken exports amid rising food prices
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia suspended exports of live chickens Wednesday to guarantee adequate supplies for domestic markets, prompting…
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