Asia faces three big economic shocks: War in Ukraine, China and the Fed
By Laura He, CNN Business The World Bank said on Tuesday that countries in Asia may have to deal with three major economic shocks this year — the…
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Germany shuts down darknet platform specializing in drugs
BERLIN (AP) — German investigators have shut down a Russian-language darknet marketplace that they say specialized in drug dealing. They seized…
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks have followed Wall Street lower after a Federal Reserve official’s comments fueled…
Continue Reading COVID outbreak ‘extremely grim’ as Shanghai extends lockdown
BEIJING (AP) — A city official says the COVID-19 outbreak in China’s largest metropolis of Shanghai remains “extremely grim” amid an…
Continue Reading Sudanese go hungry as prices spiral upward in wake of coup
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Living conditions for many in Sudan have rapidly deteriorated since an October military coup sent the…
Continue Reading Harvard students’ site helping Ukraine refugees find housing
By RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Two Harvard University freshmen have launched a website designed to connect people…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy at the UN accuses Russian military of war crimes
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the U.N.…
Continue Reading Amazon’s first US union overcomes hurdles, faces new ones
By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A stunning upset in a union election on Staten Island had…
Continue Reading World Bank says war shocks to drag on Asian economies
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A report by the World Bank says disruptions to supplies of commodities, financial strains…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka opposition rejects proposed unity government
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s largest opposition party has rejected the president’s invitation…
Continue Reading A California law requiring more diversity on company boards is unconstitutional, judge rules
By Tiffany Anthony and Nicole Chavez, CNN A judge in Los Angeles has ruled a law requiring public companies headquartered in California to diversify…
Continue Reading Dick Kelsey, beloved AP broadcast editor, dies at age 76
By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Dick Kelsey, a retired Associated Press broadcast editor who was revered as much for his humor as his…
Continue Reading McDonald’s workers reach settlement deal over harassment
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Former McDonald’s workers who alleged rampant sexual harassment at their Michigan restaurant have reached a…
Continue Reading This Colorado steel mill ‘built the American west,’ but its ownership has ties to Russia
By Casey Tolan and Audrey Ash, CNN Photographs by Rachel Woolf for CNN The steel mill that looms over low-slung neighborhoods in Pueblo, Colorado, is…
Continue Reading Twitter, Hertz rise; Starbucks, Alnylam fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Twitter, Hertz rise; Starbucks, Alnylam…
Continue Reading Airlines reduce cancellations, but US flight problems linger
By DAVID KOENIG and JULIE WALKER Associated Press Air travelers in the U.S. are getting a break after a bad weekend that left thousands of flyers…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Monday
The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Monday with help from big technology and communications stocks. Twitter soared following a…
Continue Reading Nevada toad declared endangered at site of geothermal plant
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — In a rare emergency move, the U.S. government has temporarily declared a Nevada toad endangered,…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue Reading Greece completes early repayment of bailout loans to IMF
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s finance minister says the country has repaid its outstanding debts dating back to its financial crisis to the…
Continue Reading Democrats to Big Oil: Suspend buybacks and dividends during Ukraine war
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Two top House Democrats are pushing the CEOs of ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Shell to scrap their stock buyback and…
Continue Reading Guyana OKs Exxon’s $10B Yellowtail offshore oil project
By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana’s government has granted permission for U.S. supermajor ExxonMobil to develop…
Continue Reading Amazon warehouse workers in New York made history voting for a union. Here’s what could happen next
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business After Christian Smalls was fired two years ago from an Amazon warehouse in New York City following his…
Continue Reading Amazon warehouse workers in New York made history voting for a union. Here’s what could happen next
CNN By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business After Christian Smalls was fired two years ago from an Amazon warehouse in New York City following his…
Continue Reading JPMorgan’s Dimon warns of myriad issues for economy, bank
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jamie Dimon laid out a laundry list of big risks looming for the global and U.S. economy in his…
Continue Reading Stock tied to Trump social firm drops on report of turmoil
By BERNARD CONDON and TALI ARBEL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shares in a company planning to buy former President Donald Trump’s new social…
Continue Reading Medicare enrollees to get free COVID-19 tests at drug stores
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare says that millions of enrollees will finally have access to free…
Continue Reading Coke’s new ‘Pixel’ flavor first appeared in Fortnite
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business On Monday Coca-Cola unveiled a new, limited-edition flavor that’s supposed to taste like…pixels.…
Continue Reading Is returning to the office taking a bite out of your finances?
More workers are returning to the office after working from home the last two years. Not only has this meant an adjustment to daily routines, but…
Continue Reading Is returning to the office taking a bite out of your finances?
CNN, POOL More workers are returning to the office after working from home the last two years. Not only has this meant an adjustment to daily…
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