EXPLAINER: What Twitter’s ‘poison pill’ is supposed to do
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Twitter is trying to thwart billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover attempt with a “poison pill” — a…
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Renters are growing pessimistic they will ever own a home as prices keep rising
By Matt Egan Faced with a white-hot real estate market, renters are losing confidence they will ever own a home. On average only 43.3% of renters…
Continue Reading Bahrain confirms firm’s talks to buy AC Milan for $1.1B
MILAN (AP) — Bahrain’s government has announced that a private equity firm based in the country is in “exclusive talks” to buy seven-time…
Continue Reading Yellen to see Ukraine PM, avoid Russians at global meetings
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to meet with Ukraine’s prime minister during this…
Continue Reading Florida judge voids US mask mandate for planes, other travel
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida struck down a national mask mandate on airplanes and mass…
Continue Reading Ukraine rejects Serbian bomb threat claims on Russia flights
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Ukraine has rejected as baseless and false the accusations made by Serbia’s president that Ukraine’s secret service is…
Continue Reading Police speak to Scottish leader Sturgeon over mask slip-up
LONDON (AP) — Police said Monday that they spoke to Scotland’s leader to remind her about sticking to coronavirus mask rules after she was filmed…
Continue Reading Why Tesla investors may need to worry about Elon Musk’s Twitter distraction
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Tesla is in a highly competitive electric car market. It has no chief operating officer. And CEO Elon Musk was…
Continue Reading Why Tesla investors may need to worry about Elon Musk’s Twitter distraction
CNN By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Tesla is in a highly competitive electric car market. It has no chief operating officer. And CEO Elon Musk was…
Continue Reading Natural gas pipeline future in doubt after SCOTUS rejection
By JIM SALTER Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear a St. Louis-based natural gas company’s appeal of a lower court’s decision…
Continue Reading J&J’s Janssen settles with WVa for $99M in opioid lawsuit
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia will receive $99 million in a settlement finalized with Johnson &…
Continue Reading Western exodus could cost 200,000 jobs in Moscow, says mayor
By Uliana Pavlova, Chris Liakos and Anna Cooban, CNN Business The exodus of Western companies from Russia could cost hundreds of thousands of jobs in…
Continue Reading Opinion: My father went to prison for standing up for Uyghurs. Here’s how companies can support his mission
Opinion by Jewher Ilham for CNN Business Perspectives “Go. Go. Don’t look back. This is probably your last chance.” Those were the…
Continue Reading Right-wing conspiracy outlet Infowars files for bankruptcy protection as founder Alex Jones faces defamation suits
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Three companies tied to the far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, including his fringe media organization InfoWars,…
Continue Reading Shareholders await Musk’s next move in Twitter takeover bid
By TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — Twitter has dropped a major roadblock in front of Elon Musk’s effort to…
Continue Reading German bosses, unions jointly oppose boycott of Russian gas
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s employers and trade unions have joined together in opposing an immediate European Union ban on natural gas imports from…
Continue Reading Justices reject states’ appeal over cap on tax deductibility
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland to the 2017 tax law that capped…
Continue Reading Spyware use on separatists in Spain “extensive,” group says
By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A cybersecurity rights group says the phones of dozens of pro-independence supporters in Spain’s…
Continue Reading Insider Q&A: SAP-CEO-Christian Klein
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Christian Klein was a teenager the first time he set foot in SAP’s headquarters in Walldorf, Germany as…
Continue Reading Bank of America Q1 profits fall 12%, much less than rivals
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America posted a 12% decline in first-quarter profits from a year earlier, a decline that…
Continue Reading France: EU fraud agency investigating candidate Le Pen
By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris prosecutors are studying a report by the EU fraud agency accusing French far-right…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What does Infowars’ bankruptcy filing mean?
By PAUL J. WEBER and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Infowars has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website’s…
Continue Reading Trading metals is still a mess. It’s not just about nickel
By Nicole Goodkind and Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Almost two months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the global metals trade remains in…
Continue Reading Streaming services take a hit as inflation forces Brits to choose
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Britons are abandoning streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+ to save money as they suffer the biggest cut to…
Continue Reading Streaming services take a hit as inflation forces Brits to choose
CNN By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Britons are abandoning streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+ to save money as they suffer the biggest cut…
Continue Reading Liz Weston: Find out and fix what big data says about you
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Information about you — things you may have thought were private — is stored in databases operated by consumer…
Continue Reading Taco Bell is bringing back a fan-favorite menu item
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Taco Bell is bringing back the Mexican Pizza after a roughly two-year hiatus. The beloved menu item will permanently…
Continue Reading Biden to require US-made steel, iron for infrastructure
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking a key step to ensure federal dollars will support U.S.…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading On Tax Day, an extension may be better than rushing a return
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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