Two years later, remote work has changed millions of careers
By Kathryn Vasel The pandemic thrust the working world into a new reality in March 2020 as offices closed and millions of people were forced to learn…
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Rubens’ ‘Portrait of a Lady’ sells for $3.4 million
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Peter Paul Rubens’ 17th century masterpiece “Portrait of a Lady” has sold for the equivalent of $3.4 million at a…
Continue Reading Oil ’emergency’: Work from home and drive slower, IEA says
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Governments around the world must consider drastic steps to slash oil demand in the face of an emerging global energy…
Continue Reading Dollar stores are battling over $1 prices
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Let the battle over $1 prices begin. Last year, Dollar Tree announced it was walking away from $1 prices and…
Continue Reading US home prices rose 15% in February from a year ago
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home prices rose 15% to a median price of $357,300 in February from last year, as inventory stubbornly stayed near…
Continue Reading LL Bean sales grow 14% during second year of pandemic
FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — Growing interest in the outdoors during the pandemic continues to give a boost to L.L. Bean. The outdoors retailer reported…
Continue Reading Energy agency: 10 steps would save 2.7M barrels of oil a day
BERLIN (AP) — The International Energy Agency says the world could quickly reduce global oil demand by 2.7 million barrels a day by cutting down on…
Continue Reading Hit by high costs, Greek farmers stage tractor protest
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of protesting farmers have blocked traffic in central Athens to demand that the government grant them additional…
Continue Reading US jobs are recovering, but women are still being left behind
Opinion by Karin Kimbrough for CNN Business Perspectives As the latest jobs numbers continue to show a resurging labor market, women have seen an…
Continue Reading Granddaughters vs. gas: Surge in fuel prices force Americans to make tough choices
By Tami Luhby, CNN Business Connie Waters’ two young granddaughters are her life, and she’s only grown closer to them during the…
Continue Reading German lawmakers vote to abolish most pandemic restrictions
BERLIN (AP) — Lawmakers in Germany have voted to abolish most of the country’s coronavirus pandemic restrictions despite a surge in infections,…
Continue Reading Wall Street is starting to tune out Ukraine
By Charles Riley, CNN Business The S&P 500 surged 6% this week, its best weekly performance since November 2020. What? That’s right. US…
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Granddaughters vs. gas: Surge in fuel prices force Americans to make tough choices
CNN, KMAX, KOVR By Tami Luhby, CNN Business Connie Waters’ two young granddaughters are her life, and she’s only grown closer to them…
Continue Reading ‘We come for our own’: How Black volunteers rallied online to help African students in Ukraine
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business After some of the hundreds of Black students stranded in the besieged city of Sumy, Ukraine, released desperate…
Continue Reading Bulgaria’s ex-PM Borissov freed after corruption probe
By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s ex-Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has been freed from custody following…
Continue Reading US sanctions Uganda gold dealer, citing illicit Congo origin
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Belgian businessman sanctioned by the U.S. over allegations of illicit gold trade in…
Continue Reading VW recalls over 246,000 SUVs due to unexpected braking
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen is recalling more than 246,000 SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because faulty wiring harnesses…
Continue Reading P&O Ferries mass firings of UK crew members outrage unions
By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Unions are protesting at British ports after major ferry operator P&O Ferries…
Continue Reading Britain bans Russian state TV channel RT
By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Britain has banned Russian state TV channel RT, saying it was incapable of providing impartial coverage of the war in…
Continue Reading Norway’s Telenor gets go-ahead to sell Myanmar venture
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Norway-based Telenor says authorities in military-ruled Myanmar have approved its plan to…
Continue Reading Stocks extend rally, notching biggest weekly gain since 2020
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks rose for a fourth day in a row Friday, closing out their biggest weekly gain since…
Continue Reading China’s President Xi Jinping vows to ‘minimize’ the economic impact of Covid spike
By Laura He, CNN Business As Covid makes a resurgence in China, the country’s leader signaled that his focus this time around is on containing…
Continue Reading India buys Russian oil despite pressure for sanctions
ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian official says state-run Indian Oil Corp. bought 3 million barrels of crude oil from Russia…
Continue Reading Photographers document Ukraine’s destruction and ask: ‘How could this be happening in 2022?’
By Brian Stelter and An Phung, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign…
Continue Reading Britain bans Russian state TV channel RT
CNN By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Britain has banned Russian state TV channel RT, saying it was incapable of providing impartial coverage of the war…
Continue Reading SNL star Pete Davidson will no longer fly to space after launch postponed
By Ross Levitt, CNN Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson is not going to be on Blue Origin’s next space flight after the company pushed back…
Continue Reading Facing its first COVID outbreak, Samoa goes on lockdown
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa will go into lockdown from Saturday as it faces its first outbreak of COVID-19…
Continue Reading China weighs exit from ‘zero COVID’ and the risks involved
By DAKE KANG and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Even as authorities lock down cities in China’s worst outbreak in two years, they…
Continue Reading Argentina’s debt deal with IMF gets final legislative OK
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s Senate has given final legislative approval for…
Continue Reading Hope, hard reality mix in Japanese town wrecked by disaster
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press FUTABA, Japan (AP) — Until recently, Futaba, home to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, has been entirely…
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