Elon Musk buys 9.2% stake in Twitter, making him the largest shareholder
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Elon Musk recently purchased 9.2% of Twitter stock, according to a filing Monday, making him the largest shareholder…
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Coke’s latest flavor is here. And it’s a weird one
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Coke’s recent foray into bold new flavors has its latest entry, and it’s a doozy. Last month,…
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Kimberly Palmer: Spring-clean finances with some automation
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Automating bill payments and savings deposits can save time, but it can also cause problems if you forget to monitor…
Continue Reading Suddenly, Twitter’s biggest stakeholder is Tesla’s Elon Musk
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers Tesla CEO Elon Musk owns a 9% stake in Twitter and is now the social media platform’s…
Continue Reading China could make a U-turn to stop its companies being kicked off Wall Street
By Laura He, CNN Business China is extending an olive branch to the United States in a bid to prevent Chinese firms from being kicked off the US…
Continue Reading Late frost ices over French vineyards, threatens fruit crops
By THIBAULT CAMUS Associated Press CHABLIS, France (AP) — French vintners are lighting candles to thaw their grapevines to save them from a late…
Continue Reading Jamie Dimon: The war in Ukraine will slow the economy and it could ‘easily get worse’
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Jamie Dimon is worried about the powerful shockwaves set off by the combination of high inflation and Russia’s…
Continue Reading Turkey’s inflation hits 61% climbing to new 20-year high
ISTANBUL (AP) — Yearly inflation in Turkey has hit 61.14%, climbing to a new 20-year high and deepening a cost of living crisis for many…
Continue Reading India’s Gautam Adani joins Elon Musk and Warren Buffett in the centibillionaires club
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business India’s Gautam Adani has joined what is probably the most elite club in the world. The infrastructure…
Continue Reading Howard Schultz suspends Starbucks’ share buyback program
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner and Poppy Harlow, CNN Howard Schultz’s first act on his return as Starbucks CEO is to pause the company’s…
Continue Reading 10,000 health workers sent to help control Shanghai outbreak
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has sent more than 10,000 health workers to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical…
Continue Reading Ukrainian refugees find jobs, kindness, as they settle in
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Having escaped from Russian shelling, Ukrainian refugees are now…
Continue Reading Russia faces global outrage over bodies in Ukraine’s streets
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and NEBI QENA Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Russia is facing a fresh wave of condemnation after evidence emerged…
Continue Reading Oil prices up, Asian shares slip after tech rally on Wall St
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares are mostly lower in Asia and oil prices have risen after a tech-driven rally on Wall Street. Many…
Continue Reading ‘Green steel’ heating up in Sweden’s frozen north
By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press LULEA, Sweden (AP) — The steel-making industry is coming under increasing pressure to curb its environmental…
Continue Reading This Week: Trade balance, Fed minutes, consumer borrowing
The Associated Press The Commerce Department delivers its monthly snapshot of the nation’s trade gap Tuesday. The Federal Reserve issues the…
Continue Reading Drug shortages persist in Russia after start of Ukraine war
By The Associated Press Shortages of some vital drugs have appeared in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 and have persisted throughout…
Continue Reading Biden called Murdoch the ‘most dangerous man in the world,’ new book alleges
CNN By Brian Stelter, CNN Business In a forthcoming book, a pair of New York Times reporters and CNN political analysts report that President Joe…
Continue Reading Biden called Murdoch the ‘most dangerous man in the world,’ new book alleges
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business In a forthcoming book, a pair of New York Times reporters and CNN political analysts report that President Joe Biden…
Continue Reading Airlines cancel more than 3,500 US flights over weekend
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer Airlines have canceled more than 3,500 U.S. flights this weekend and delayed thousands more, citing bad weather in…
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‘I was absolutely convinced I was going to die:’ Journalists share firsthand account of ambush in Ukraine
CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Two Sky News journalists said they are lucky to be alive after their vehicle was ambushed outside Kyiv. Dominique van…
Continue Reading ‘I was absolutely convinced I was going to die:’ Journalists share firsthand account of ambush in Ukraine
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Two Sky News journalists said they are lucky to be alive after their vehicle was ambushed outside Kyiv. Dominique van Heerden…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka’s sports minister quits, Cabinet offers to resign
By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s sports minister and the president’s nephew,…
Continue Reading After a $625 million hack, the party must go on
By Jon Sarlin, CNN Business By all appearances, it was your typical tech party. There was the branded swag, the free drinks and the mingling. But…
Continue Reading Elon Musk’s latest court filing against the SEC quotes Eminem
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Elon Musk’s ongoing legal battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission has a new player — rapper Eminem.…
Continue Reading Russia war could further escalate auto prices and shortages
By TOM KRISHER and KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — Russia’s devastating war on Ukraine is bringing a whole set of new problems to…
Continue Reading Battle heats up over remaining federal rental assistance
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press A debate is playing out across the country as the Treasury Department begins reallocating some of the $46.5 billion…
Continue Reading Lithuania cuts off Russian gas imports, urges EU to do same
By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania says it has cut itself off entirely of gas imports from Russia, apparently…
Continue Reading Is the US dollar in danger?
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The US may have the world’s most powerful military, but the dollar is its greatest weapon. Now, after nearly…
Continue Reading Biden cites economic gains, but voters see much more to do
By JOSH BOAK, ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is turning his focus to kitchen-table issues as…
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