Shanghai eases 2-week shutdown, letting some residents out
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Some residents of Shanghai are able to leave their homes as China’s largest city eases a…
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Germany’s Bosch buys British automated driving startup Five
BERLIN (AP) — German auto parts and technology company Bosch says it is buying Five, a British automated driving startup, for an undisclosed…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly rise on interest rate, inflation hopes
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are trading mostly higher on hopes that the curbs on U.S. interest rates may moderate…
Continue Reading Russian war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies
By GEOFFREY KAVITI, CHINEDU ASADU and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press KIAMBU COUNTY, Kenya (AP) — Russia’s war in Ukraine has pushed up fertilizer…
Continue Reading Seoul: North Korea destroying S. Korean-owned golf course
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seoul says North Korea is destroying a South Korean-owned golf course at a scenic…
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Covid lockdowns are causing chaos in the world’s biggest car market
By Laura He, CNN Business Factories shut down, new model launches delayed and sales plunging. China’s huge car market has been thrown into…
Continue Reading Sacramento shooting is latest struggle for downtown strip
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The recent mass shooting in California’s capital city has shaken a downtown…
Continue Reading Biden waiving ethanol rule in bid to lower gasoline prices
By WILL WEISSERT, JOSH BOAK and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press MENLO, Iowa (AP) — President Joe Biden has journeyed to corn-rich Iowa to announce…
Continue Reading US inflation jumped 8.5% in past year, highest since 1981
By PAUL WISEMAN, ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation soared over the past year at its fastest…
Continue Reading Japan’s Honda outlines strategy to forge ahead on EVs
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Honda is investing $40 billion over the next decade in research, especially to realize a major…
Continue Reading Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show is going weekly starting in May
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Starting in May, MSNBC’s highest-rated star Rachel Maddow will be hosting her 9 p.m. Eastern show just one day a…
Continue Reading PM says protests are hurting rebuilding of Sri Lanka economy
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa appealed for protesters to end the weeks…
Continue Reading US pulls non-emergency staff from Shanghai amid COVID surge
BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. has ordered all non-emergency government staff to leave Shanghai, which is under a tight lockdown to contain a COVID-19…
Continue Reading Etsy sellers protest fees by halting their sales for a week
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some vendors on Etsy say they are halting sales of their items on the site for a…
Continue Reading Some Etsy sellers to strike as online marketplace hikes transaction fees
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business A coalition of thousands of Etsy sellers signaled support for a one-week strike starting on Monday — the same…
Continue Reading Farms, fish on dry California-Oregon border see scant water
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Farmers who rely on a federal irrigation project on the California-Oregon border will get…
Continue Reading NJ approves 7 facilities for recreational cannabis sales
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey regulators have approved seven facilities that already sell medical marijuana to…
Continue Reading Zuckerberg money won’t be in next round of aid for elections
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The nonprofit that distributed most of the $350 million in donations from Facebook founder Mark…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What Elon Musk’s dance with Twitter really means
By MATT O’BRIEN and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s great Twitter turnabout — in which he…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Where do US opioid trials, settlements stand?
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A trial on whether pharmacy chain Walgreens bears responsibility for the opioid crisis started Monday in Florida…
Continue Reading Power restored in Puerto Rico nearly 5 days after blackout
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A private company says power has been fully restored to Puerto Rico’s 1.5 million…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Monday
The Associated Press Stocks fell on Wall Street Monday, extending a losing streak from last week. Technology stocks sank and were the biggest weights…
Continue Reading Ultra Clean, NIO fall; AT&T, SailPoint rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Ultra Clean, NIO fall; AT&T, SailPoint…
Continue Reading Johnson acknowledges his company, others benefited from law
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson told backers at a recent event in Wisconsin that his plastics company benefitted from a key…
Continue Reading University of Southern California sues YouTubers over pranks
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California is suing two YouTube performers who the school says created panic after barging into…
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 Tesla fans struggle to get loved ones on board with ‘full self-driving’
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Frugal Tesla Guy, a YouTube personality focused on Tesla, gives his passengers a speech to prepare them before he…
Continue Reading Opinion: The best solution to high gas prices: tax the oil companies
Opinion by Patrick Gaspard for CNN Business Perspectives President Biden has led a successful campaign to cut Russia off from the global economy,…
Continue Reading Families of 5 killed in Indiana FedEx shooting file lawsuit
By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Relatives of five of the eight people fatally shot last year at an Indianapolis FedEx…
Continue Reading CVS, feds reach agreement on vaccine portal accessibility
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — CVS Pharmacy has reached a settlement with federal prosecutors that will ensure the company’s online vaccination…
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