Small businesses face tax headaches on top of pandemic woes
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses that have been buffeted by the pandemic, inflation and shipping woes have…
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EU agrees on new digital rules to rein in Big Tech dominance
By KELVIN CHAN and SAM PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union set the stage for a stepped-up crackdown on tech companies…
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Deepfakes are now trying to change the course of war
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In the third week of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky appeared in a video, dressed in a dark green…
Continue Reading Recession risks are ‘uncomfortably high and moving higher,’ Mark Zandi says
By Matt Egan, CNN Business The war in Ukraine. Red-hot inflation. And rapid interest rate hikes. The economic recovery that began two years ago faces…
Continue Reading Spain’s truckers get gas price cut but some keep striking
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government and the country’s main trucking federations have reached an agreement on financial help for an industry hurt…
Continue Reading German business confidence drops sharply on war worries
BERLIN (AP) — A survey shows that German business confidence has dropped sharply as company managers’ outlook for the coming months darkens…
Continue Reading Activists stage global climate protest, slam Ukraine war
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists have staged a 10th series of worldwide protests to demand that leaders take…
Continue Reading UK transport chief vows to reverse illegal ferry firings
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s transport secretary has vowed to force a ferry operator to reverse the illegal firing of…
Continue Reading Ukraine war drives US, EU deal to undercut Russian energy
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden is offering a major expansion of natural gas shipments to Europe amid the…
Continue Reading US stocks end mostly higher after another up-and-down day
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks wound up mostly higher on Wall Street Friday after another day of bouncing around as…
Continue Reading As NY preps pot market, sales grow on Native American land
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ST. REGIS MOHAWK RESERVATION, N.Y. (AP) — As New York inches toward launching a retail marijuana market, sales are…
Continue Reading 5 days after crash, 2nd black box eludes China searchers
By NG HAN GUAN Associated Press WUZHOU, China (AP) — Five days after the crash of a passenger jet in mountainous southern China, the…
Continue Reading These fossil fuel companies sent more than $15B in taxes to Russia since it annexed Crimea, NGOs say
By Angela Dewan, International Climate Editor, CNN Nine European and US fossil fuel companies have paid a collective $15.8 billion to Russia in…
Continue Reading AP-NORC poll: Low marks for Biden on economy as prices rise
By JOSH BOAK and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Americans say they don’t blame President Joe Biden for high…
Continue Reading China Eastern Airlines grounds 223 Boeing 737-800 aircraft after crash
By Laura He, CNN Business China Eastern Airlines is grounding dozens of aircraft after a deadly crash earlier this week. The airline and its…
Continue Reading California’s Hearst Castle to reopen after pandemic, damage
SAN SIMEON, Calif. (AP) — California’s famous Hearst Castle will reopen to the public in May after a two-year closure due to the pandemic and…
Continue Reading EU officials agree on rules to rein in Big Tech dominance
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union officials agreed Thursday on a landmark provisional agreement aimed at clamping down on the biggest online…
Continue Reading Searchers in China find wing, engine parts after plane crash
By NG HAN GUAN Associated Press WUZHOU, China (AP) — People in rain gear and rubber boots are searching muddy, forested hills in southern China for…
Continue Reading 5 charged in Georgia-to-California black market gun scheme
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say five people illegally trafficked more than 500 guns from Georgia to California, where they would…
Continue Reading Ukrainian crew member who tried to sink a yacht linked to an oligarch: ‘It was my first step for the war with Russia’
By Bob Ortega, Al Goodman, Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Jeff Winter, CNN For 10 years, Taras Ostapchuk worked at what many might consider a dream…
Continue Reading Ukrainian crew member who tried to sink a yacht linked to an oligarch: ‘It was my first step for the war with Russia’
CNN By Bob Ortega, Al Goodman, Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Jeff Winter, CNN For 10 years, Taras Ostapchuk worked at what many might consider a dream…
Continue Reading Credit Suisse faces US probe after telling investors to ‘destroy documents’ linked to oligarch yacht loans
CNN By Matt Egan, CNN Business The House Oversight Committee launched a probe Monday into Credit Suisse, demanding documents linked to the…
Continue Reading SailGP could have team owned by cryptocurrency fans by 2023
By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer Global sailing league SailGP could have a team owned and operated by cryptocurrency enthusiasts as soon as the…
Continue Reading As gas prices skyrocketed, Google search interest for electric vehicles smashed a record
By Rachel Ramirez As gas prices soared and deepened the pain at the pump this month, consumers reacted by searching for — and possibly dreaming of…
Continue Reading Putin’s demand for ruble payments? No way! say EU nations
By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — President Vladimir Putin’s threat to have “unfriendly” countries pay for…
Continue Reading Russian officials charged in years-old energy sector hacks
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says four Russian government officials have been charged in hacks that…
Continue Reading Oklahoma woman arrested in 1993 killing in California
SAN CARLOS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Northern California say a 61-year-old woman was arrested in Oklahoma in the 1993 killing of a Northern…
Continue Reading US pipeline agency pulls back plan to assess climate impacts
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid pushback from industry groups and lawmakers in both parties, federal energy regulators are…
Continue Reading Edward Johnson III, Fidelity CEO who revolutionized investing, dies at 91
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Edward “Ned” Johnson III, who oversaw Fidelity Investments’ transformation into a financial…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Thursday and oil prices slipped as a streak of uneven trading continues on world markets.…
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