Eccentric Japanese billionaire now betting that ’emotional’ robots can heal your heart
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Nearly two years before Japanese fashion titan Yusaku Maezawa embarked on his recent tourist visit to the…
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Eccentric Japanese billionaire now betting that ’emotional’ robots can heal your heart
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Nearly two years before Japanese fashion titan Yusaku Maezawa embarked on his recent tourist…
Continue Reading Recession-proof stocks are having a moment
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Investors are worried that the risks of a recession are rising in the United States. In Europe, they fear economies…
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Japan to expel 8 Russian officials, impose new sanctions
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan is expelling eight Russian diplomats and trade officials and will phase out imports of…
Continue Reading Russia’s Rusal calls for an investigation into Bucha ‘crime’
By Chris Liakos and Anna Cooban, CNN Business Russian metals company Rusal has called for an investigation into the killing of civilians in Bucha, a…
Continue Reading Greece gets 3.6 billion euros from European recovery fund
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has received a 3.6 billion euro payment out of its allotted 30.5 billion from the European Union’s pandemic recovery…
Continue Reading Deadly avian flu sends egg prices soaring
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business A deadly and highly infectious avian flu is forcing US farmers to kill millions of egg-laying hens, reducing…
Continue Reading Deadly avian flu sends egg prices soaring
CNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business A deadly and highly infectious avian flu is forcing US farmers to kill millions of egg-laying hens,…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka business leaders demand end to political impasse
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and ERANGA JAYAWARDENA Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan business leaders are calling for an end to…
Continue Reading Food prices soar to record levels on Ukraine war disruptions
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The United Nations says prices for world food commodities like grains and vegetable oils have…
Continue Reading Meituan calls for backup as Shanghai’s lockdown leads to scramble for food
By Michelle Toh and CNN’s Bejiing bureau Chinese food delivery service Meituan has sent almost 1,000 extra workers to Shanghai to help supply…
Continue Reading Foreign businesses protest Myanmar foreign currency rules
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Foreign business groups in Myanmar are balking at new rules requiring businesses and…
Continue Reading EU imposes sanctions on Putin’s daughters
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has imposed sanctions on two adult daughters of Russian…
Continue Reading Lockdowns in Shanghai and other Chinese cities pose a growing threat to the economy
By Laura He, CNN Business China’s unwavering commitment to stamping out Covid by locking down big cities such as Shanghai threatens to deal a…
Continue Reading Wall Street falls to first down week in four on rate worries
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed its first losing week in the last four with an up-and-down…
Continue Reading Tencent shuts down its rival to Amazon’s Twitch as China’s crackdown on tech continues
By Laura He, CNN Business Tencent is shutting down its game streaming service, the latest retreat by Big Tech in the face of a sweeping crackdown by…
Continue Reading North demolishing hotel that was symbol of Korean engagement
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is demolishing a South Korean-owned hotel at a North Korean resort that…
Continue Reading Japan’s Nissan plans ‘game changing’ electric car batteries
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan is working with NASA on a new type of battery for electric vehicles that promises to charge…
Continue Reading Biden bets strong job market will shield economy from slump
By JOSH BOAK Associated Pres WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden White House is betting the U.S. economy is strong enough to withstand the threats to…
Continue Reading Spirit Airlines will talk to JetBlue about takeover bid
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The fight for Spirit Airlines is heating up again. Spirit said late Thursday that it will talk to…
Continue Reading Why Russia might struggle to maintain its digital iron curtain
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business On March 14, the same day Russia banned Instagram, Russian tech entrepreneur Alexander Zobov announced he would soon…
Continue Reading State officials: Bird flu found at Indiana duck farm
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Avian influenza has been detected in a northern Indiana duck farm, state officials say, marking the disease’s spread to a…
Continue Reading Mexico high court OKs preference for state power plants
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled constitutional a controversial energy law pushed by…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka medical group warns of catastrophic shortages
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s medical association is warning that hospitals will be unable to provide…
Continue Reading Tesla holds the biggest by-invitation-only party in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An invitation-only party in Austin called the “Cyber Rodeo at Giga Texas” at Tesla’s new billion-dollar-plus…
Continue Reading Amazon plans to object to union win in New York
By HALELUYA HADERO The Associated Press Amazon plans to file objections to the union election on Staten Island, New York that resulted in the first…
Continue Reading Oregon sues COVID test company, millions of dollars pocketed
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The state of Oregon accused owners of an Illinois-based COVID-19 testing company of stealing…
Continue Reading Medicare weighs premium cut after limiting Alzheimer’s drug
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare said Thursday it’s considering a cut in enrollee…
Continue Reading Canada bans foreign home buyers for two years to cool market
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is banning foreign investors from buying homes in Canada for two years in a bid…
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El Paso Water working to correct overcharged fees; temporarily suspends disconnections
EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Water says customers were inadvertently overcharged for Environmental Services Department charges and EPWater stormwater…
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