Nestlé pulls KitKat, Nesquik and other brands from Russia
CNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Following criticism from Ukraine’s president over Nestlé’s ties to Russia, the company is halting…
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Zelensky calls out Nestlé over its ties to Russia
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling out Nestlé for the Swiss company’s continued relationship with…
Continue Reading Match launches new dating app for single parents
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Match on Monday rolled out a new service called Stir that aims to remove some of the barriers around dating as…
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Workers go on strike at California refinery owned by Chevron
OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 500 workers at a Chevron Corp. refinery in the San Francisco Bay Area are on strike over safety…
Continue Reading Doctors finding hurdles to using pills to treat COVID-19
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer COVID-19 patients now have new treatments they can take at home to stay out of the hospital — if doctors get the…
Continue Reading Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is buying insurer Alleghany for $11.6 billion
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It may not be the “elephant-sized” deal that Warren Buffett has long promised, but Berkshire Hathaway…
Continue Reading Zaghari-Ratcliffe seeks freedom for remaining Iran hostages
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former Iranian captive Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says that brushing her daughter’s hair is now one…
Continue Reading Nielsen ratings rejects $9B takeover bid and shares slide
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Nielsen is down 16%  after the TV ratings company rejected a $9 billion takeover bid from…
Continue Reading Why WhatsApp wants to convince Americans to stop sending text messages
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Since the start of this year, a series of advertisements have appeared on television screens and billboards across the…
Continue Reading ‘Kill more’: Facebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya
By VICTORIA MILKO and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate…
Continue Reading Taco Bell workers are getting new uniforms. Here’s what they look like
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Taco Bell turns 60 this summer and its employees will have new outfits to mark the occasion. Employees will be given…
Continue Reading Apple Co-Founder Wozniak still looking for next big thing
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has remained immersed in technology while also exploring divergent interests…
Continue Reading White House considered gas cards to ease pain at the pump
By Matt Egan, CNN Business The White House considered sending gas cards to families to cushion the blow from record-high gas prices before eventually…
Continue Reading Hong Kong tries to ‘relaunch’ its economy by lifting flight bans and cutting quarantine
By Michelle Toh and Jojo Chan, CNN Business Hong Kong announced Monday that it would lift flight bans and shorten quarantine requirements after two…
Continue Reading Security staff at 8 German airports to strike on Tuesday
BERLIN (AP) — A union has called on security staff at eight German airports, including Frankfurt, to walk off their jobs all day Tuesday in a pay…
Continue Reading Countries around the world are slashing education budgets. Children will suffer most
Opinion by Yamini Aiyar for CNN Business Perspectives My children last entered their school gates on March 10, 2020, weeks before India’s…
Continue Reading Jergens lotion recalled for possible bacterial infection
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Some types of Jergens moisturizer have been recalled because of possible bacterial contamination. The Food and Drug…
Continue Reading Europe is talking about joining the Russian oil embargo
By Mark Thompson and James Frater, CNN Business Europe will consider joining a US-led embargo of Russian oil this week as the West looks for new ways…
Continue Reading Energy markets are changing in big ways
By Charles Riley, CNN Business Russia’s war in Ukraine is reshaping global energy markets. The scale and long-term impact of the changes are…
Continue Reading China Eastern crash is rare disaster for state-run airlines
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China is, along with North America and Europe, one of the world’s top three air travel markets…
Continue Reading Russian bond trading resumes for 1st time since Ukraine war
By The Associated Press Russia’s central bank cautiously reopened bond trading on the Moscow exchange for the first time since the country invaded…
Continue Reading Lebanese judge charges central bank chief with corruption
BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese judge says she has charged the country’s central bank governor with illegal enrichment and money laundering during the…
Continue Reading Australia understands India’s stance on Ukraine, after talks
NEW DELHI India’s foreign secretary says ally Australia understands New Delhi’s position on the ongoing Ukraine crisis, as the two…
Continue Reading China mulls package to ease Sri Lanka’s economic crisis
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — China’s ambassador to Sri Lanka says it is considering a request for $2.5…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia says it’s not responsible for high oil prices
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia says it won’t bear any responsibility for a shortage in global…
Continue Reading Liz Weston: How to keep your tax return from getting hung up
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet The IRS is overburdened and understaffed, which means even the smallest error could delay the processing of your tax…
Continue Reading EU slams ‘war crimes’ in Ukraine, mulls fresh sanctions
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries are accusing Russia of committing war crimes in Ukraine. But the 27-nation…
Continue Reading Berkshire’s $11.6B Alleghany deal expands insurance business
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and JOSH FUNK AP Business Writers Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is buying the insurance company Alleghany in a deal…
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ABC-7 Xtra: El Paso makes list of least affordable cities
EL PASO, Texas-El Paso made a top ten list this week, one of the nation’s least affordable cities. That’s the topic of this Sunday’s ABC-7 Xtra. The…
Continue Reading Egypt’s central bank raises interest rates, cites Ukraine
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The Central Bank of Egypt has raised its key interest rate for the first time since 2017, citing…
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