Japan’s Honda, Sony joining forces on new electric vehicle
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Two big names in Japanese electronics and autos are joining forces to make an electric vehicle…
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Russia-Ukraine War: What to know on Russia’s war in Ukraine
By The Associated Press Russia’s war on Ukraine is in its ninth day. U.N. and Ukrainian officials say no radiation was released from a Russian…
Continue Reading Court filing seeks to seize Iran oil on US-owned tanker
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks have asked the U.S. government to seize…
Continue Reading Months after pledge, India yet to submit emissions targets
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — India has yet to submit its targets for cutting greenhouse emissions to the U.N climate…
Continue Reading Harvard senior’s Disney-inspired Korean musical a hit online
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A Harvard student has gone viral on TikTok with a Korean folktale-inspired musical she…
Continue Reading For families, $6B deal with OxyContin maker is just a start
By JOHN SEEWER and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Some relatives of those who died in the opioid crisis will receive payments from a settlement with…
Continue Reading Backlash against Russian-branded gas stations hits Americans
By DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Outraged by the invasion of Ukraine, lawmakers in New Jersey’s largest city lashed out at…
Continue Reading Stocks tumble as war overshadows ‘fantastic’ US jobs data
By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks around the world tumbled Friday, after even a gangbusters report on the U.S.…
Continue Reading Strong job growth points to COVID’s fading grip on economy
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — In a buoyant sign for the U.S. economy, businesses stepped up their hiring last month.…
Continue Reading South Korea eases distancing despite record virus deaths
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials announced an easing of social distancing restrictions even as…
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Grab shares crash nearly 40% after posting a $1 billion loss
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Grab, the Southeast Asian startup known for its “super app,” had a terrible Thursday. The ride-hailing…
Continue Reading China’s legislature to meet with economy, Ukraine backdrop
BEIJING (AP) — China’s 3,000-member ceremonial parliament opens its annual session on Saturday with the government facing a slowing economy and…
Continue Reading Analysis: China can’t do much to help Russia’s sanction-hit economy
By Laura He, CNN Business Will China help Russia cope with the fallout from economic sanctions? That has been the big question since Russia invaded…
Continue Reading Masks optional at auto plants not in high virus risk areas
DETROIT (AP) — Face masks will be optional for U.S. union auto workers, as long as their factories are in counties that are not at high risk for…
Continue Reading Water proposals trickle through Utah Statehouse in last days
By SAM METZ and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In one of the driest states in the nation, Republican lawmakers have…
Continue Reading Oregon Legislature approves overtime pay for farmworkers
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Farmworkers in Oregon would earn overtime pay for the first time in the state under a bill…
Continue Reading Biden is vowing to seize Russian oligarchs’ yachts. Here’s where they are right now
By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Daniel A. Medina, CNN The ships span the length of a football field or longer, come outfitted with helipads and…
Continue Reading It’s not the best time to be a Russian oligarch
CNN By Allison Morrow, CNN Business If Russia’s oligarchs weren’t already shaking in their custom Italian-leather boots, they probably…
Continue Reading NJ fines DraftKings $150,000 for allowing proxy betting
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have fined DraftKings $150,000 for allowing a Florida man…
Continue Reading Report: Russia-backed RT America to cease production
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer CNN is reporting that the U.S. arm of Russian state-backed media outlet RT will be effectively shutting down. CNN…
Continue Reading The economy is recovering fast. But we need to ensure it works for everyone
Opinion by Elise Gould and Heidi Shierholz for CNN Business Perspectives When the coronavirus pandemic shut down businesses across the US in spring…
Continue Reading Delivery robots with Russian ties pulled from 2 US campuses
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Two U.S. university campuses are losing their food-delivery robots for now because of Russia’s invasion of…
Continue Reading Pelosi supports halting Russian oil imports to US: ‘Ban it’
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she supports banning Russian oil imports to the…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: A look at West’s tightening sanctions on Russia
By DAVID KOENIG and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press Washington (AP) — The United States and allies are stepping up sanctions against Russia over…
Continue Reading Russian space chief says Russia will no longer sell rocket engines to the US
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, will no longer deliver Russian-made rocket engines to the United States,…
Continue Reading Argentina reaches prospective deal to refinance $45B debt
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina’s government has announced a deal with the International Monetary Fund to…
Continue Reading GM loses bid to skip recall for lights that are too bright
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors has lost a bid to avoid recalling about 727,000 small SUVs in the U.S. with headlight beams that can be too bright…
Continue Reading Popular hard seltzers to be scarcer in Utah under new law
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hard seltzer drinkers in Utah will likely have their choices on grocery store shelves…
Continue Reading Okta, Veeva fall; Kroger, Pure Storage rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Okta, Veeva fall; Kroger, Pure Storage…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press Stocks ended another bumpy day lower on Wall Street and crude oil prices eased back as markets remain concerned about the…
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