Treasury bars Russia payments in dollars from US accounts
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department will not allow any Russian government debt payments from accounts at…
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Amazon announces huge rocket deal to launch its satellite internet constellation
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Amazon is moving its business into the exosphere, with plans to deploy more than 3,000 satellites to beam internet…
Continue Reading Europe proposes ban on Russian coal imports
By Mark Thompson and Chris Liakos, CNN Business Europe is planning to cut deeper into the Russian economy with a new round of sanctions that includes…
Continue Reading Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Elon Musk is set to join Twitter’s board of directors, a move that potentially boosts his…
Continue Reading Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Elon Musk is set to join Twitter’s board of directors, a move that potentially boosts his influence over the…
Continue Reading Donors secure $100M to benefit minorities on climate change
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A group of financial donors committed to racial equity plans to announce that it has secured at…
Continue Reading Myanmar orders foreign money held by banks changed to kyats
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — An order by Myanmar’s central bank that all foreign currency in bank accounts must be…
Continue Reading UK plans rules for some cryptocurrencies amid global effort
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Britain has unveiled plans to regulate some cryptocurrencies as part of a broader plan to become a…
Continue Reading Elon Musk joins Twitter board after amassing massive stake
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Elon Musk is joining Twitter’s board of directors, one day after it was disclosed that the Tesla CEO took a…
Continue Reading Peru imposes, then withdraws curfew to quell price protests
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has lifted a curfew he had decreed less than a day…
Continue Reading GM, Honda plan to co-develop affordable electric vehicles
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer General Motors and Honda are planning to co-develop some affordable electric vehicles that will use GM’s…
Continue Reading Chinese stocks on Wall Street aren’t in the clear yet
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Investors are breathing a sigh of relief after regulators in Beijing extended an olive branch to the United States,…
Continue Reading US agency opens probe into electric vehicle batteries
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation into electric and hybrid vehicle batteries after…
Continue Reading Taiwan’s ‘baby Tesla’ of scooters heads to Wall Street
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Gogoro, a Taiwanese electric scooter startup that’s backed by Al Gore and one of Apple’s biggest suppliers,…
Continue Reading Sri Lankan lawmakers seek interim government to solve crisis
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and ERANGA JAYAWARDENA Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A group of Sri Lankan governing party lawmakers has…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Take your money to the next level
By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet You’ve mastered the basics of money management — the bank accounts, the emergency fund, the 401(k) you contribute…
Continue Reading European Union proposes Russian coal ban in new sanctions
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch has proposed a ban on coal imports from Russia in what…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading Asia stocks decline amid worries over US rate hikes, Russia
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…
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