Dow jumps more than 650 points as stocks end four-day losing streak
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Stocks surged Wednesday, snapping a four-day losing streak, as investors celebrated a drop in crude oil prices.…
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Soaring gas prices are hurting Americans. It’s time for more stimulus checks
Opinion by Mark Wolfe for CNN Business Perspectives Rising inflation is hitting all sectors of the economy. The overall rate of inflation on an…
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Europe faces pressure to join US, British ban on Russian oil
By RAF CASERT, KELVIN CHAN and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe faces a rough choice: is it worth a recession to choke off oil…
Continue Reading Charles Entenmann, who helped expand family’s bakery, dies
BAY SHORE, N.Y. (AP) — Charles Edward Entenmann, who helped turn his family’s New York-based bakery into a national brand, has died at age 92.…
Continue Reading Amazon may face criminal liability for lying to Congress, House lawmakers allege
By Brian Fung, CNN House lawmakers who spent much of 2019 and 2020 probing Amazon for possible antitrust violations now accuse the tech giant of…
Continue Reading Ballmer crafts new funding strategy to confront gun violence
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Gun violence in America is a public health crisis that is worsening with pandemic-like speed. So says Steve…
Continue Reading Tinder is making criminal background checks available on your dates
CNN By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Tinder wants to help people surface red flags about potential dates through quick and affordable…
Continue Reading Tinder is making criminal background checks available on your dates
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Tinder wants to help people surface red flags about potential dates through quick and affordable criminal…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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,…
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