NJ fines BetMGM $25K for bets on prohibited basketball games
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Mistakenly taking less than $100 worth of bets on college basketball games that are not…
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Oil climbs 5% after Russia warns of prolonged pipeline outage
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Oil prices rose sharply Wednesday after Russia warned a major oil pipeline could be out of service for more than a month…
Continue Reading Amazon scores legendary broadcaster for ‘Thursday Night Football’
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Amazon has found its announcers for “Thursday Night Football.” Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit will be…
Continue Reading Attorneys: Utility’s ex-CEO planned payments in Ohio scandal
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Attorneys representing investors in utility giant FirstEnergy Corp. say the company’s former chief executive and a…
Continue Reading Good news for the economy can be found in these 20 stocks
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Here’s a promising sign from Wall Street: Transportation stocks are leading the stock market this year, and…
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El Paso singer/songwriter makes FaZe1 Top 100, bringing him closer to a 1.25 million dollar signing
EL PASO, Texas- Every year FaZe Clan, a once high-level video game team, now turned into a business, recruits a couple of new players to fill their…
Continue Reading Rhode Island leaders want ‘bold’ commitment to offshore wind
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Rhode Island leaders want offshore wind to supply more of the state’s power. They say that will cement Rhode…
Continue Reading Outdoor Retailer show moving to Utah despite boycott threats
By THOMAS PEIPERT and JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Outdoor Retailer trade show has announced it is moving from Denver back to…
Continue Reading Nestlé pulls KitKat, Nesquik and other brands from Russia
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Following criticism from Ukraine’s president over Nestlé’s ties to Russia, the company is halting the…
Continue Reading Wall Street bonuses hit record high
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Wall Street firms have figured out a way to beat inflation for their employees: Just hike annual bonuses to record…
Continue Reading Rent jumped 17% since last year, hitting a new record
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business The cost of monthly rent reached a new high in February, with the typical apartment now $283 more expensive each month…
Continue Reading Grocery stores are struggling to supply Totino’s and Pillsbury
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business If you’ve found yourself struggling to find Pillsbury dough or Totino’s pizza rolls lately,…
Continue Reading The Pillsbury Doughboy can’t make it to your supermarket
CNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business If you’ve found yourself struggling to find Pillsbury dough or Totino’s pizza rolls lately,…
Continue Reading Wall Street profits drive average bonuses to a record $258K
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York state comptroller says soaring profits on Wall Street helped drive up the average bonus paid to employees in New York…
Continue Reading ‘People are begging us to sell.’ Africa’s richest man opens huge fertilizer plant as food crisis looms
By Stephanie Busari, CNN Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote opened the continent’s largest fertilizer plant this week as war in Ukraine…
Continue Reading Tennessee could scale back oversight of town’s finances
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say the state of Tennessee could scale back its financial oversight of a…
Continue Reading US warns businesses to prepare for Russian cyberattacks. Here’s how they can do that
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business As Russia’s war in Ukraine and its diplomatic conflict with the United States both continue to…
Continue Reading US warns businesses to prepare for Russian cyberattacks. Here’s how they can do that
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business As Russia’s war in Ukraine and its diplomatic conflict with the United States both continue to escalate, the…
Continue Reading MacKenzie Scott announces nearly $4 billion in donations
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott revealed that she has donated nearly $4 billion to 465 nonprofits in a…
Continue Reading Adidas’ plan to take over college sports: Sign endorsement deals with up to 50,000 student athletes
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Following a landmark Supreme Court decision last year that opened the door for college athletes to make money,…
Continue Reading March meme madness? GameStop and AMC soaring again
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The meme stocks are back. Shares of GameStop and AMC, two companies beloved by traders on Reddit and other social…
Continue Reading LA police: Wearing expensive jewelry could make you a target
By STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police are warning people that wearing expensive jewelry in…
Continue Reading Pandemic relief money spent on hotel, ballpark, ski slopes
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press review finds that state and local governments have spent nearly $1 billion…
Continue Reading Average US gas price dips below $5 a gallon
CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Business US drivers got a slight — very slight — break on prices this weekend as the AAA average for a gallon of…
Continue Reading UK to cut taxes on wages and fuel. Inflation will still leave many worse off
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business The UK government is cutting payroll taxes and duties on fuel in an attempt to take some of the sting out of the worst…
Continue Reading Stellantis, LG to make electric vehicle batteries in Ontario
DETROIT (AP) — A joint venture between Stellantis and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution plans to build a large electric vehicle battery factory in…
Continue Reading Putin wants ‘unfriendly countries’ to pay rubles for gas
The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will demand “unfriendly” countries pay for Russian…
Continue Reading Ex-Trump official praises Biden for uniting the West against Putin
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Former Trump national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Russian President Vladimir Putin has been caught off guard by…
Continue Reading Instagram brings back option for reverse chronological feed
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Instagram is bringing back a version of its news feed that sorts posts in reverse chronological order rather…
Continue Reading Egypt caps bread prices as shockwaves of Ukraine war hit Middle East
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN The war in Ukraine is only a month old, but its shockwaves are already being felt as far away as the Middle East, putting…
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