White House: Congress must act soon to replenish COVID funds
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is warning that the U.S. will soon start running out of money to bolster COVID-19…
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Russia cracks down on dissenting media, blocks Facebook
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH Associated Press DUSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has intensified a crackdown on media outlets and…
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Turn down the heat to stop Putin? Europe wrestles with its Russian gas addiction
By Angela Dewan, CNN When you turn on the heating in your home, you may not think much about where your energy comes from, let alone where the money…
Continue Reading CNN, BBC, and others suspend broadcasting from Russia after Putin signs law limiting press
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Russian President Vladimir Putin’s creeping authoritarianism got a lot more overt on Friday when he signed a…
Continue Reading China to raise defense spending by 7.1% to $229 billion
BEIJING (AP) — China is raising its defense spending in 2022 by 7.1% to $229 billion, up from a 6.8% increase the year before. Saturday’s…
Continue Reading China cuts economic growth goal as it tries to reverse slump
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has cut its annual economic growth target to its lowest level in decades as Beijing tries to…
Continue Reading White House: Congress must act soon to replenish COVID funds
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is warning that the U.S. will soon start running out of money to bolster COVID-19…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday
The Associated Press Wall Street fell again Friday as even a gangbusters report on the U.S. jobs market couldn’t pull investors’ focus…
Continue Reading PNC, Rapid Micro fall, Broadcom, Splunk rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: PNC, Rapid Micro fall, Broadcom, Splunk…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Why a no-fly zone is unlikely in Ukraine
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has renewed calls for NATO to…
Continue Reading Apple investors urge company to undergo civil rights audit
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple’s shareholders have approved a proposal urging the iPhone maker to undergo…
Continue Reading This Toyota just sold for $2.5 million
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business A Toyota sold at a Florida collector car auction Friday for $2.5 million. As you might guess, this was not your…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
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EPCC gets more than $273,000 from Marathon Petroleum for student welding program
EL PASO, Texas – On Thursday morning, the Marathon Petroleum Foundation announced its $273,838 donation to El Paso Community College to help train…
Continue Reading Ukrainian drone enthusiasts sign up to repel Russian forces
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer In better times, Ukrainian drone enthusiasts flew their gadgets into the sky to photograph weddings,…
Continue Reading This Toyota just sold for $2.5 million
CNN By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business A Toyota sold at a Florida collector car auction Friday for $2.5 million. As you might guess, this was not…
Continue Reading Stellantis CEO: Halting Russia business hurts workers, not Putin
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Stellantis, the maker of Dodge and Jeep vehicles, has a factory in Russia. But it has not announced plans to…
Continue Reading Russia says it’s blocking access to Facebook
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN Business Russia moved to block access to Facebook within its borders on Friday, seeking to shut down the world’s biggest…
Continue Reading Russia says it’s blocking access to Facebook
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Russia moved to block access to Facebook within its borders on Friday, seeking to shut down the world’s biggest…
Continue Reading Russian propaganda ‘outgunned’ by social media rebuttals
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Russian state media is spreading false claims that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fled Kyiv in what…
Continue Reading What Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could mean for the US economic recovery
Opinion by Mark Zandi for CNN Business Perspectives Painfully high inflation has become the nation’s number one economic problem, ignited by…
Continue Reading Shell won’t buy any more Russian oil and gas
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Russia is finding it ever harder to sell its oil and gas. Shell said Tuesday it was breaking…
Continue Reading Visa lowers merchant credit fees for small businesses
NEW YORK (AP) — Visa says it will lower its credit card “swipe” fees for online and in-store transactions by 10% for small businesses starting…
Continue Reading How to manage your money amid global unrest
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business With Russia’s internationally condemned invasion of Ukraine, one thing is certain: No one knows…
Continue Reading How to manage your money amid global unrest
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business With Russia’s internationally condemned invasion of Ukraine, one thing is certain: No one knows exactly how…
Continue Reading Fantasy author’s surprise new book series sets Kickstarter record
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Brandon Sanderson, the prolific fantasy author, broke the record for the most-funded Kickstarter recipient by…
Continue Reading Ukraine digital army brews cyberattacks, intel and infowar
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — The hundreds-strong Ukrainian volunteer “hacker” corps that formed in a fury to counter…
Continue Reading ‘The Batman’ wants to save Gotham, and movie theaters too
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “The Batman” opens this weekend and theaters are hoping this blockbuster film will help the industry…
Continue Reading 400 Family Dollar stores closed after a rat infestation. It’s part of a troubling pattern
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business The conditions described by the US Food and Drug Administration at a Family Dollar warehouse in West Memphis,…
Continue Reading Russia’s invasion of Ukraine leaves global trade in tatters
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Sanctions on Russia are starting to wreak havoc on global trade, with potentially devastating…
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