Toyota, Volkswagen and Tesla are bringing factories in China back on line
By Laura He, CNN Business Toyota and Volkswagen are gradually bringing their China factories back on line after they were closed for weeks because of…
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Monday is Tax Day, the federal deadline for individual tax filings and payments. The IRS…
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CNN By Laura He, CNN Business China’s economy made a solid start to the year, recording first quarter growth that surpassed expectations. But a…
Continue Reading US oil sinks below $100 on China Covid concerns
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Matt Egan, CNN Business Oil prices fell sharply Monday as Covid lockdowns in China stoked concerns that the country’s…
Continue Reading China’s economy grows still-weak 4.8% in January-March
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s economic growth edged up to a still-weak 4.8% over a year earlier in the first three…
Continue Reading Sri Lankan president admits mistakes led to economic crisis
By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president has acknowledged that he made…
Continue Reading Mexican president fails in bid to limit foreign energy firms
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has failed to get enough votes to pass a constitutional reform limiting private…
Continue Reading Shanghai reports first deaths in current COVID-19 outbreak
BEIJING (AP) — Officials say three people have died from COVID-19 in Shanghai, in the first reported deaths in the latest outbreak in China’s…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly higher despite fears of recession
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mostly higher in Asia, despite growing worries over the risks of recession. Oil…
Continue Reading Congress seeks compromise to boost computer chip industry
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A global computer chip shortage has made it harder for consumers to get their hands on cars,…
Continue Reading This Week: Netflix and American Airlines results; home sales
The Associated Press Netflix reports its first-quarter results Tuesday. The National Association of Realtors issues its monthly snapshot of U.S. home…
Continue Reading Asian shares sink as China says 1Q growth at 4.8%
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are lower in Asia after China reported that its economy expanded at a 4.8% annual…
Continue Reading China’s economy had a good first quarter. Lockdowns leave it ‘in distress’
By Laura He, CNN Business China’s economy made a solid start to the year, recording first quarter growth that surpassed expectations. But a…
Continue Reading China’s economy grows still-weak 4.8% in January-March
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s economic growth edged up to a still-weak 4.8% over a year earlier in the first three…
Continue Reading Who’s who: Meet the Murdoch Family
CNN By Beth Marengo and Samaria Parker, CNN Over the past 70 years, media mogul Rupert Murdoch built a small Australian family newspaper company into…
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CNN By Beth Marengo and Samaria Parker, CNN Over the past 70 years, media mogul Rupert Murdoch built a small Australian family newspaper company into…
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CNN By Beth Marengo and Samaria Parker, CNN Over the past 70 years, media mogul Rupert Murdoch built a small Australian family newspaper company into…
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By Beth Marengo and Samaria Parker, CNN Over the past 70 years, media mogul Rupert Murdoch built a small Australian family newspaper company into…
Continue Reading Shanghai quarantine: 24-hour lights, no hot showers
BEIJING (AP) — Thousands of people in Shanghai who test positive for the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms are being ordered into quarantine…
Continue Reading Tesla stockholders ask judge to silence Musk in fraud case
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A group of Tesla shareholders suing CEO Elon Musk over some 2018 tweets about taking the company…
Continue Reading How Estonia wants to steer clear of Russian propaganda
CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN It’s hard to find out what’s going on inside Russia as its attack on Ukraine rages. So those looking for news…
Continue Reading How Estonia wants to steer clear of Russian propaganda
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN It’s hard to find out what’s going on inside Russia as its attack on Ukraine rages. So those looking for news of…
Continue Reading SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches spy satellites for a second time
By Theresa Waldrop and Luis Jaime Rodríguez, CNN A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket once again successfully launched a US spy satellite from the Vandenberg…
Continue Reading US intelligence satellite launched from California
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office was launched into space from…
Continue Reading SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches spy satellites for a second time
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Theresa Waldrop and Luis Jaime Rodríguez, CNN A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket once again successfully launched a US spy satellite from…
Continue Reading Mexico’s Congress to vote on energy constitutional reform
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Congress is holding a debate ahead of a vote on a constitutional reform promoted by President Andrés Manuel López…
Continue Reading New owner incoming, Chelsea into FA Cup final with Liverpool
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Chelsea will play Liverpool in the FA Cup final after beating Crystal Palace 2-0. Academy…
Continue Reading For ‘Fantastic Beasts’ series, a case of diminishing returns
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” got off to a less than magical start in its first weekend in U.S.…
Continue Reading Libya oil company says field closed amid political impasse
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s national oil company says it has been forced to shut down an oil field amid a political…
Continue Reading The biggest risk to the global economy no one is talking about
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Nearly 400 million people across 45 cities in China are under full or partial lockdown as part of China’s…
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