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…
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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…
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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…
Continue Reading This Colorado steel mill ‘built the American west,’ but its ownership has ties to Russia
By Casey Tolan and Audrey Ash, CNN Photographs by Rachel Woolf for CNN The steel mill that looms over low-slung neighborhoods in Pueblo, Colorado, is…
Continue Reading Twitter, Hertz rise; Starbucks, Alnylam fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Twitter, Hertz rise; Starbucks, Alnylam…
Continue Reading Airlines reduce cancellations, but US flight problems linger
By DAVID KOENIG and JULIE WALKER Associated Press Air travelers in the U.S. are getting a break after a bad weekend that left thousands of flyers…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Monday
The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Monday with help from big technology and communications stocks. Twitter soared following a…
Continue Reading Nevada toad declared endangered at site of geothermal plant
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — In a rare emergency move, the U.S. government has temporarily declared a Nevada toad endangered,…
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 Greece completes early repayment of bailout loans to IMF
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s finance minister says the country has repaid its outstanding debts dating back to its financial crisis to the…
Continue Reading Democrats to Big Oil: Suspend buybacks and dividends during Ukraine war
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Two top House Democrats are pushing the CEOs of ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Shell to scrap their stock buyback and…
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