Energy startup to bring electric battery factory to W.Va.
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The energy startup SPARKZ says it plans to build an electric battery factory in West…
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US adult smoking rate fell during first year of pandemic
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The first year of the pandemic saw fewer Americans smoking. U.S. cigarette smoking dropped to a…
Continue Reading PayPal enables customers to send money to Ukrainians
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — PayPal says that its users will now be able to send money to Ukrainians, both in the war-ravaged…
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Koch Industries: Here’s why we’re staying in Russia
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Koch Industries, the conglomerate run by billionaire Charles Koch, is planning to stay in Russia even as hundreds of…
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Workforce Solutions application deadline nears for 1 year of free child care
EL PASO, Texas — Two weeks remain for workers in the service industry to apply for one full year of free childcare through Workforce Solutions…
Continue Reading Ever Forward’s hull undamaged after Chesapeake Bay grounding
BALTIMORE (AP) — The operator of a cargo ship that ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay says the Ever Forward’s hull wasn’t damaged and…
Continue Reading Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is making a huge bet on this oil company
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Oracle of Omaha is making an even bigger bet on a major oil company as crude prices continue to surge.…
Continue Reading US Textron to acquire Slovenian electric aircraft pioneer
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — U.S. industrial conglomerate Textron Inc. has signed a deal to acquire Pipistrel, the Slovenian ultralight aircraft…
Continue Reading Oil spikes back above $100 as Russia fears grow
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Oil prices surged Thursday back above $100 a barrel on renewed concerns about the war in Ukraine disrupting Russia’s…
Continue Reading Lebanon arrests brother of embattled central bank chief
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says the brother of the country’s central bank governor has been arrested on…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Bids arrive ahead of Chelsea sale deadline day
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Deadline day is Friday for bids to be submitted to buy Chelsea and end the 19-year ownership of…
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Netflix cracking down on account sharing
LOS GATOS, California — Netflix revealed plans to make account sharing outside of the household a thing of the past. Netflix says they created…
Continue Reading Russia says it transferred bond payment to avoid default
LONDON (AP) — Russia’s Finance Ministry said it transferred a $117 million bond interest payment in an attempt to avoid a default on government…
Continue Reading Guilty plea for Nevada man who grabbed woman’s leg on flight
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada man could face more than 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he groped a woman who had fallen…
Continue Reading Koch to continue running 2 glass facilities in Russia
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Koch Industries is planning to continue running two glass manufacturing facilities in Russia, saying it…
Continue Reading Nearly 400 gallons of gas were stolen from a North Carolina gas station after the payment system was bypassed, owner says
By Jamiel Lynch and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Nearly 400 gallons of gas were stolen from a North Carolina gas station this week, prompting the owner to…
Continue Reading Samsung’s latest budget 5G smartphone takes on the iPhone SE
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Barely a week after Apple unveiled its first budget 5G smartphone, Samsung announced a competing model that…
Continue Reading Average U.S. mortgage rates rise; 30-year loan breaches 4%
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week as the key 30-year loan vaulted over 4% for the first time since May 2019.…
Continue Reading Big new California reservoir on track for $2.2B federal loan
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A long-delayed plan to build a giant lake in Northern California has received a big…
Continue Reading UK ferry company fires 800 seafarers. Some are refusing to leave their ships
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business A Dubai-owned British ferry company fired 800 seafarers on Thursday, bringing chaos to some of the country’s…
Continue Reading UK ferry company fires 800 seafarers. Some are refusing to leave their ships
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Anna Cooban, CNN Business A Dubai-owned British ferry company fired 800 seafarers on Thursday, bringing chaos to some of the…
Continue Reading Federal judge finds another Iowa ag-gag law unconstitutional
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Legislature has been trying for a decade to make it illegal for animal rights…
Continue Reading Amazon closes $8.5 billion deal to acquire MGM
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business James Bond is now an Amazon employee. The tech giant has closed its $8.5 billion deal to acquire MGM, the home of the…
Continue Reading Spanish authorities deploy 23,000 police amid trucker strike
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government says it is mobilizing more than 23,000 police to crack down on striking truck drivers blamed for attacks on…
Continue Reading Vatican cardinal says donations went to charity, not brother
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A once-powerful cardinal has told a Vatican court that he donated 125,000 euros ($140,000)…
Continue Reading What it means for Russia to default on its debt
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Russia is barreling toward a default on its foreign debt payments, threatening to plunge its economy deeper into…
Continue Reading Czech Republic opens tender for new nuclear reactor
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic has launched a tender to build a new reactor at the Dukovany nuclear power plant…
Continue Reading Mortgage rates rise above 4% for the first time since 2019
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates climbed past 4% for the first time since May 2019. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.16% in the…
Continue Reading Kansas impasse shows green energy opposition has lost steam
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Efforts to propel Kansas’ renewable energy future are mired in legislative stalemate. At…
Continue Reading US home prices rose 15% in February from a year ago
CNN, FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home prices rose 15% to a median price of $357,300 in February from last year, as inventory…
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