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…
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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…
Continue Reading Cargo jet skids off runaway in Costa Rica, splits in half
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — A DHL cargo jet has broken in half after sliding off the runway while landing at San Jose’s international airport.…
Continue Reading Lawsuit: Boy’s brain damaged by errant Angel Stadium throw
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The mother of a boy accidentally hit in the head with a baseball thrown by a Los Angeles…
Continue Reading US consumer debt jumped by $40 billion in February
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Americans got into a lot more debt in February as rampant inflation kept up the pressure, the Federal Reserve’s…
Continue Reading Ukrainian hacker sentenced in Seattle to 5 years in prison
SEATTLE (AP) — A Ukrainian man who served as a high-level hacker in a ring that stole more than 20 million credit and debit card records, causing…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press Stocks recovered from an early slide and closed higher on Wall Street Thursday as investors weigh the latest update from the…
Continue Reading Tesla marks opening of new Texas Gigafactory with ‘Cyber Rodeo’
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Tesla held a party Thursday night to mark the opening of its new manufacturing plant in Austin, Texas. Tesla’s…
Continue Reading HP, Lamb Weston rise; JD.com, AvalonBay fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: HP, Lamb Weston rise; JD.com, AvalonBay…
Continue Reading McDonald’s investors will consider civil rights audit
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer McDonald’s investors will consider a proposal for a civil rights audit of the company. Shareholder advocacy…
Continue Reading Fed casting its inflation fight as battle against inequality
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Federal Reserve intensifies its efforts to tame high inflation, its top…
Continue Reading China used TV, TikTok stars in discreet Olympics campaign
By AMANDA SEITZ, MIKE CATALINI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” TV star, a Paralympic…
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 Home affordability gets worse as prices and mortgage rates rise
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business As both home prices and mortgage rates rise, buying a home is increasingly unaffordable for a growing number of…
Continue Reading UK Treasury chief pressured to explain wife’s tax status
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief has faced pressure to explain his wife’s tax affairs after she…
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…
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