Nestle plans Arizona factory for plant-based coffee creamers
PHOENIX (AP) — Nestle USA says it will build a $675 million plant in metro Phoenix to produce beverages including oat milk coffee creamers. The…
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Judge favors boosting Sackler payment in Purdue Pharma deal
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A judge has indicated he is moving forward with a plan for the owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to pump at…
Continue Reading BMW recalls vehicles for 3rd time due to engine fire risk
DETROIT (AP) — BMW is recalling more than 917,000 cars and SUVs in the U.S. _ most for a third time _ to fix a problem that can cause engine…
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Investors nervously wait for Putin’s next move
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Oil prices are pulling back and stocks are jumping higher as investors take a beat to consider what Russian President…
Continue Reading How Putin ‘destroyed’ the ruble and brought Russia to the brink of default
By Charles Riley, CNN Business Russia has banned its citizens from buying US dollars, completing the isolation of an economy that once had ambitions…
Continue Reading ‘It’s a tragedy we are witnessing’
By Jill Dougherty, for CNN A week after Russia invaded Ukraine, the staff of Russia’s last independent TV channel, TV Rain, also known as…
Continue Reading Joe Biden orders study of cryptocurrency risks and a digital dollar
By Betsy Klein, CNN Business President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Wednesday establishing the first-ever federal strategy on…
Continue Reading IHOP launches loyalty program
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business The International House of Pancakes is opening a bank. A pancake bank. That’s the concept for the…
Continue Reading Why US gas prices are at a record and why they’ll stay high for a long time
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a major reason that US drivers are paying record prices for gasoline. But…
Continue Reading ‘HODL’: A typo takes hold as a sound cryptocurrency strategy
By ANDY ROSEN of NerdWallet Originally a misspelling in an online forum, the term “HODL” has become gospel among some owners of bitcoin and other…
Continue Reading Ukraine bans exports of wheat, oats and other food staples
LONDON (AP) — Ukraine’s government has banned the export of wheat, oats and other staples that are crucial for global food supplies as…
Continue Reading Young Ukrainian dancers, trapped abroad, get Paris residency
By ALEX TURNBULL Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Kyiv City Ballet danced to a full house in Paris for the last show of a French tour that has…
Continue Reading Edmunds: Hyundai Ioniq 5 vs. Tesla Model Y
By MILES BRANMAN Edmunds The Hyundai Ioniq 5 joins the growing electric small SUV market touting affordability and a large feature set. But can it…
Continue Reading Biden signs order on cryptocurrency as its use explodes
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order on government oversight of cryptocurrency…
Continue Reading COVID-19 cases, deaths continue to drop globally, WHO says
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says the number of new coronavirus cases and deaths globally have continued to fall in the past week.…
Continue Reading Fertilizer giant Yara slashes production in Europe
By Reuters Norway’s Yara, one of the world’s largest fertilizer makers, is curtailing its ammonia and urea output in Italy and France due…
Continue Reading 1 million children leave behind lives, friends in Ukraine
By JUSTIN SPIKE and RENATA BRITO Associated Press ZAHONY, Hungary (AP) — Annamaria Maslovska left her friends, her toys and her life in Ukraine and…
Continue Reading Austria suspends vaccine mandate before enforcement starts
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s government says it’s suspending the country’s coronavirus vaccination…
Continue Reading Cathay will fly only 2% of normal passenger capacity as Hong Kong remains sealed off
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Cathay Pacific plans to continue operating at just minuscule levels as its home city remains largely cut off from the…
Continue Reading With Ukraine war, Europe’s geopolitical map is moving again
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia has lost influence and friends since the collapse of the Soviet empire in 1989. But the…
Continue Reading Changing snowfall makes it harder to fight fire with fire
By BRITTANY PETERSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DECKERS, Colo. (AP) — Thinning the dense stands of trees across millions of acres of U.S.…
Continue Reading Asian stocks surge after oil falls, easing inflation fears
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Tokyo’s stock benchmark soared 4% and other Asian markets have surged after oil prices dropped,…
Continue Reading Limits on insulin costs revived in push for Senate action
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to limit insulin costs for people with diabetes is getting a new push in…
Continue Reading Biden’s inflation plan upends thinking on jobs sent overseas
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a solution for high inflation that seems counterintuitive: Bring factory…
Continue Reading News outlets make difficult and varying decisions to navigate Russia’s new media law
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…
Continue Reading California pipeline at issue after ExxonMobil’s plan fails
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — A dispute over building an oil pipeline across California has intensified with the…
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From gas to grain; prices rise due to the Ukraine war, El Paso to feel impact
EL PASO, Texas — Gas prices aren’t the only thing increasing due to the war in Ukraine; we’re also seeing the price of grain go up too. The price of…
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El Paso companies feeling the spike in oil prices
EL PASO, Texas – As oil prices continue to spike in the country, one El Paso transportation company has felt that extra cost. Mesilla Valley…
Continue Reading US officials reverse course on pesticide’s harm to wildlife
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly…
Continue Reading US looks to boost cooperation with tribes on land management
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — National Park Service Director Chuck Sams says he and other federal officials are…
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