Google is buying cybersecurity firm Mandiant for $5.4 billion
By Jennifer Korn Google on Tuesday announced it has agreed to buy cybersecurity firm Mandiant for around $5.4 billion, one of the largest…
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EU commits to phasing out dependency on Russian fossil fuels
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is seeking to fully phase out its dependency on Russian energy “well before…
Continue Reading Biden announces ban on Russian energy imports
By Kaitlan Collins, Jeremy Diamond, Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his administration…
Continue Reading US strikes harder at Putin, banning all Russian oil imports
By ZEKE MILLER, MIKE BALSAMO and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced that the U.S. will ban all Russian…
Continue Reading Apple unveils first budget 5G iPhone
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business At its first product event of the year on Tuesday, Apple unveiled an upgraded iPad Air, a new desktop computer…
Continue Reading Beefing up its cybersecurity, Google buys Mandiant for $5.4B
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Google is fortifying its cloud services with a $5.4 billion acquisition of cyber security…
Continue Reading How Russia’s war could knock out Europe’s economy
By Charles Riley, CNN Business Stagflation strikes fear into the hearts of economists — and policymakers —the world over. Europe could be headed…
Continue Reading Former top national security officials side with Apple in app store antitrust case
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Brian Fung, CNN Former senior national security officials, including two ex-CIA directors and a past NSA director, are backing…
Continue Reading First sign of oil price relief: UAE says it wants OPEC to increase production
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By David Goldman and Becky Anderson, CNN Business The oil market has been stretched incredibly thin, with few producers willing —…
Continue Reading Europe plans to slash Russian gas imports by 66% this year
By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Europe is planning to slash consumption of Russian natural gas this year as it prepares for a complete break with its…
Continue Reading Progress slows on path to gender parity in the board room
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The days when only men sat on U.S. corporate boards are nearly extinct. But the pace at which…
Continue Reading Your toilet paper roll is slimming down
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Slimmed down toilet paper, fewer cookies in a bag, less conditioner in squeeze tubes. The changes are subtle and…
Continue Reading Malaysia to reopen borders April 1 after two years
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia will reopen its borders on April 1 after two years and lift remaining coronaviurs restrictions on businesses…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What does a US ban on Russian oil accomplish?
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With Russia intensifying its war on Ukraine, killing civilians and triggering…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Ready to spend like a college graduate?
By COLIN BERESFORD of NerdWallet Graduating from college brings with it a lot of change, and that might mean a shift in your financial situation.…
Continue Reading Shell won’t buy any more Russian oil and gas
By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Russia is finding it ever harder to sell its oil and gas. Shell said Tuesday it was breaking completely with…
Continue Reading Start-up airline Breeze plots major expansion this summer
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Less than a year after it started flying, new Breeze Airways is announcing an aggressive expansion…
Continue Reading Shell says it will stop buying Russian oil, natural gas
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Shell says it will stop buying Russian oil as international companies come under increasing to sever…
Continue Reading China’s amateur investors are betting big time on a boost to Russian trade
By Laura He, CNN Business Chinese retail investors are snapping up stocks with even the slightest link to trade with Russia, as they bet on closer…
Continue Reading Bus to nowhere: Indian students sent back to bunker after failed Sumy evacuation
By Esha Mitra and Rhea Mogul, CNN Indian university student Niranjana Santhosh was so close to being evacuated from the bombarded Ukrainian city of…
Continue Reading Bus to nowhere: Indian students sent back to bunker after failed Sumy evacuation
CNN By Esha Mitra and Rhea Mogul, CNN Indian university student Niranjana Santhosh was so close to being evacuated from the bombarded Ukrainian city…
Continue Reading Danish toy maker Lego again posts improved profit, revenue
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish toy company Lego says its net profit increased by more than a third in 2021, the second year of the COVID-19…
Continue Reading Asia stocks mixed after Wall St falls, US bans Russian oil
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks are mixed after Wall Street declined and China reported inflation edged higher.…
Continue Reading Board tells 3 Arizona universities to sell Russian holdings
PHOENIX (AP) — The board that oversees Arizona’s three public universities has ordered their presidents to sell any Russian investments their…
Continue Reading Teachers hit picket lines in Minneapolis as parents worry
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Teachers have hit the picket lines at public schools across Minneapolis,…
Continue Reading What to know about South Korea’s presidential election
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans are voting Wednesday to choose their next president.…
Continue Reading Online university fined $22M for misleading students
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California judge has ordered an online, for-profit university and its former parent company to pay $22 million in penalties,…
Continue Reading The digital Iron Curtain: How Russia’s internet could soon start to look a lot like China’s
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Like much else about the country, Russia’s internet has long straddled East and West. Russian citizens, unlike…
Continue Reading Minneapolis teachers set to strike; St. Paul works out deal
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Teachers in the Minneapolis School District said they would go on strike Tuesday after…
Continue Reading US gas hits a record: $4.17 a gallon
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business US drivers have never paid this much for gasoline. The price for a gallon of regular gas now stands at $4.17,…
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