Meta announces plans to slow hiring following challenging quarter
CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Meta said Thursday it is cutting back on hiring. The move is one of several shifts the Facebook parent company is…
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Brands should force Twitter to uphold content policies under Musk, advocacy groups say
By Brian Fung, CNN Some of the nation’s biggest brands including Coca-Cola, Disney and Kraft are facing calls to boycott Twitter if the…
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Spain govt says it has nothing to hide in spyware scandals
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government says it has nothing to hide amid mounting unease over national security controversies involving Pegasus spyware.…
Continue Reading Opinion: The GDP report isn’t as bad as it seems, but there are still economic risks ahead
Opinion by Erik Lundh and Dana Peterson for CNN Business Perspectives If you grimaced at the most recent US GDP report, you weren’t alone. At…
Continue Reading Wall Street needs a reason to buy stocks. Is this it?
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Stocks have been volatile in recent weeks, notching their worst start to the year since 1939. Between the war in…
Continue Reading German opposition leader visits Kyiv, Scholz refuses to go
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany’s conservative opposition leader has traveled to Kyiv for meetings with Ukrainian officials including President…
Continue Reading Ulta Beauty apologizes for ‘very insensitive’ email about Kate Spade
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Ulta Beauty is apologizing for sending a newsletter to customers with a subject line containing a “very…
Continue Reading Strong BP profit renews call for energy sector windfall tax
LONDON (AP) — BP posted its highest quarterly profit in more than a decade thanks to surging oil and gas prices. The earnings report Tuesday…
Continue Reading Stock market selloff is exactly what the Fed wants, former NY Fed chief says
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Matt Egan, CNN Business Turmoil on Wall Street is a feature, not a bug, of the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation,…
Continue Reading ‘Very, very unlikely’ Fed can tame inflation without sparking recession, former NY Fed chief says
By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Federal Reserve helped rescue the economy from the worst pandemic in a century. That task may prove easy compared with…
Continue Reading Change at the top for Biogen after Alzheimer’s drug flops
By MATTHEW PERRONE and TOM MURPHY Associated Press Biogen is looking for a new CEO less than a year after its launch of its Alzheimer’s drug…
Continue Reading Pope offers to meet Putin, still waiting to hear back
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has told an Italian newspaper that he has offered to travel to Moscow to meet with President Vladimir Putin to try…
Continue Reading HSBC’s biggest shareholder reignites debate about breaking up the bank
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business HSBC has long prided itself on being the bank that connects East and West. Now it’s under pressure to rethink…
Continue Reading Pfizer profit soars in first quarter, revises 2022 forecast
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Sales of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and treatment pushed the drugmaker well past expectations in the first quarter,…
Continue Reading Popeyes reveals a new twist on its chicken sandwich
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Popeyes started the chicken sandwich wars in 2019 — and it’s adding a new entree to the battle. The…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: A loved one owes you money. Now what?
By LAUREN SCHWAHN of NerdWallet You lent money to a friend or family member in need and they haven’t repaid the debt. Collecting money that a loved…
Continue Reading Hong Kong economy shrinks 4% under anti-virus controls
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s economy shrank by 4% compared with a year earlier in the quarter ending in March after the Chinese territory shut…
Continue Reading BP profit more than doubles on ‘exceptional’ oil trading
By Mark Thompson, CNN Business BP took a hit of more than $24 billion from ditching its business in Russia but reported a huge jump in profit for the…
Continue Reading Slovakia, Hungary won’t back EU sanctions on Russian energy
By KAREL JANICEK, JUSTIN SPIKE and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Slovakia and Hungary say they won’t support…
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How America’s aging population will affect nursing
Study.com reports that the U.S health care system will experience significant changes as it adapts to keep nurses that can meet the needs of an aging…
Continue Reading New Zealand rocket caught but then dropped by helicopter
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Using a helicopter to catch a falling rocket is such a complex task that Peter Beck…
Continue Reading Heat wave sparks blackouts, questions on India’s coal usage
By KRUTIKA PATHI and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — An unusually early and brutal heat wave is scorching parts of India, where…
Continue Reading Australian central bank hikes rate for 1st time in 11 years
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank has lifted its benchmark interest rate for the first time in…
Continue Reading 2 more survivors found 3 days after China building collapse
BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers have found two more survivors in the rubble of a building in central China that collapsed more than three days ago. The…
Continue Reading Russia storms Mariupol plant as some evacuees reach safety
By CARA ANNA and YESICA FISCH Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian fighters say Russian forces have begun storming a sprawling…
Continue Reading Asian shares slip ahead of Fed interest rate decision
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares are mostly lower in Asia, with markets in China, Japan and some other markets still closed for…
Continue Reading Beijing preps COVID-19 hospital spaces, though new cases low
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing is preparing new hospital facilities to deal with a possible spike in COVID-19 cases, even though the numbers of new cases…
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Settlement reached in California lawsuit alleging fraud by former EPISD superintendent, former board president
EL PASO, Texas – Former El Paso Independent School District Superintendent Juan Cabrera and former Board President Dori Fenenbock have settled a…
Continue Reading Rocket Lab catches, then drops booster in helicopter capture attempt
By Jennifer Korn and Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Rocket Lab, which aims to launch satellites into space quickly and cheaply, said it just used a…
Continue Reading Georgia sets $1.5B in aid for electric vehicle maker Rivian
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The state of Georgia and local governments will give Rivian Automotive $1.5 billion of incentives to…
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