American Express profits fall slightly, but spending jumps
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — American Express’ first-quarter profits fell roughly 6% from a year earlier, but the company saw…
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Opinion: We need to do more to prevent burnout among health care workers
Opinion by Kapil Parakh for CNN Business Perspectives Almost two decades ago, I was a resident physician working in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit…
Continue Reading Algae a winner in Elon Musk-funded greenhouse gas contest
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Ideas for reducing greenhouse gas in the atmosphere are getting a funding boost from famed…
Continue Reading Forget the FAANGs. It’s a stock picker’s market now
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business investors who have been blindly buying all big techs got a rude awakening this week after Netflix imploded. But…
Continue Reading New blasts at Polish coal mine halt search for 7 missing
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — New blasts at a Polish coal mine have injured 10 rescue workers and have forced…
Continue Reading Struggling factories and booming airlines put Fed in a bind
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business How should policymakers react when two core parts of the economy are headed in different directions? That’s the…
Continue Reading Thailand ends mandatory quarantine for vaccinated visitors
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has announced that beginning next month, visitors who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will no longer have to…
Continue Reading Netflix may clamp down on password sharing. Here’s what that means
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Netflix shares plunged this week after the platform reported its first subscriber loss in more than a decade. One…
Continue Reading Chinese officials slam YouTube for removing account of Hong Kong’s expected next leader
By Michelle Toh, Wayne Chang and Lizzy Yee, CNN Business Chinese officials have slammed YouTube for taking down the account of a politician expected…
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Over 45? Here’s how often you should be screened for these health conditions
Are you over age 45? Guava Health outlines how frequently you should be screened for 10 health conditions and diseases, citing research from the…
Continue Reading France issues arrest warrant for disgraced auto tycoon Ghosn
PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors have issued an international arrest warrant for disgraced auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan in 2019 for…
Continue Reading 4 ways Russia is trying to prove it can live with sanctions
By Clare Sebastian, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has devoted considerable airtime over the past few weeks to reassuring the Russian public…
Continue Reading Shanghai easing virus rules, Hong Kong ending entry ban
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Officials in Shanghai have promised to ease anti-virus controls on truck drivers that are hampering…
Continue Reading Stocks stumble 2.8% as worries about interest rates worsen
By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slumped on Wall Street Friday, leaving the S&P 500 with its biggest…
Continue Reading Clashing strategies doomed CNN+ amid corporate merger
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…
Continue Reading Philadelphia to end mask mandate, days after reinstating it
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Philadelphia health officials say they’re ending the city’s indoor mask mandate, abruptly reversing…
Continue Reading Hong Kong Disney opens as COVID eases; Shanghai deaths rise
By ZEN SOO and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong has relaxed pandemic restrictions with Disneyland and museums reopening and…
Continue Reading Arizona Supreme Court reinstates massive income tax cuts
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court says the state’s voters do not have the right to reject a massive…
Continue Reading California hikes costs for flood protections in farm country
By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press California officials say as much as $30 billion is needed to protect the heart of the state’s farm country…
Continue Reading Workers unionize at flagship Seattle Starbucks roastery
SEATTLE (AP) — Starbucks workers at the coffee giant’s flagship roastery in Seattle have voted to form a union, the chain’s latest location…
Continue Reading California will keep workplace pandemic rules through 2022
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California workplace regulators have extended mandatory pay for workers affected by the…
Continue Reading Seattle CEO, big-business antagonist accused of assault
SEATTLE (AP) — Court records show a Seattle CEO who gained national attention for raising employees’ salaries and slashing his own is facing…
Continue Reading Boston urges masks as battle brews over transit rule
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press Boston has urged people to start wearing masks, and the Biden administration is…
Continue Reading 2 plead guilty in ‘We Build The Wall’ fraudulent fundraiser
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The co-founder of the “We Build The Wall” project aimed at raising money for a border wall…
Continue Reading Mattel unveils Elizabeth II Barbie on queen’s birthday
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has got her own Barbie in honor of her 96th birthday and upcoming Platinum Jubilee. California-based toymaker…
Continue Reading Elon Musk’s The Boring Company now valued at nearly $5.7 billion
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business The Boring Company, Elon Musk’s bid to beat traffic by putting Teslas in tunnels, has raised $675 million,…
Continue Reading NFL gives defense against Black coaches’ discrimination suit
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is telling a judge there are multiple reasons why a lawsuit brought against it by…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press Stocks shed early gains and closed broadly lower on Wall Street Thursday after the head of the Federal Reserve said the central…
Continue Reading American Airlines, Tesla rise; Xerox, Sleep Number fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: American Airlines, Tesla rise; Xerox, Sleep Number…
Continue Reading Amazon to let other online retailers offer Prime delivery service directly on their sites
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon announced Thursday that it will let third-party merchants offer Prime membership benefits such as free…
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