6 ways technology is evolving travel in 2022
By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Driven in part by pressure for contactless interactions during the pandemic, technology is rapidly evolving in the…
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Big companies aren’t shy about raising prices
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Consumers are feeling the pinch from inflation, and that will likely continue for the foreseeable future.…
Continue Reading Oil surges above $110 and natural gas soars as markets ‘panic’ over Russia
By Charles Riley, CNN Business Global crude oil prices surged to more than $110 per barrel and the cost of natural gas skyrocketed to a new record in…
Continue Reading Russia says its economy is taking ‘serious blows’ as isolation grows
By Mark Thompson and Vasco Cotovio, CNN Business The Russian economy is taking “serious blows,” the Kremlin acknowledged Wednesday, as…
Continue Reading Here are the companies pulling back from Russia
By CNN Business staff Dozens of the world’s biggest companies have abandoned or scaled back their operations in Russia in response to its…
Continue Reading China says it won’t join in financial sanctions on Russia
BEIJING (AP) — China’s chief bank regulator says his government won’t join the United States and European governments in imposing financial…
Continue Reading OPEC sticks to plan of gradual output hikes as crude soars
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The leaders of OPEC and its oil-producing allies are sticking with their plan to gradually…
Continue Reading Here are the companies pulling back from Russia
CNN By CNN Business staff A growing number of international companies, including Apple, Disney and Ford, are dialing back operations in Russia over…
Continue Reading COVID cases, deaths continue to fall globally, WHO reports
GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases reported globally dropped by 16% last week, marking a month-long decline in COVID-19 infections,…
Continue Reading Inflation in 19 nations using euro sets record for 4th month
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Inflation in Europe hit a record high for the fourth month in a row. The European Union statistics…
Continue Reading Russia-Ukraine War: What to know on Day 7 of Russian assault
By The Associated Press The number of people who have fled Ukraine since Russian forces invaded on Feb. 24 has reached 1 million. The U.N. refugee…
Continue Reading UN: Droughts, less water in Europe as warming wrecks crops
By ARITZ PARRA and SERGIO RODRIGO Associated Press LA HERRADURA, Spain (AP) — Declining agricultural yields in Europe — and the battle for…
Continue Reading ‘Minister No’: Lavrov embodies Moscow’s steely posture
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is embodying the Kremlin’s defiant posture during…
Continue Reading Germany to give $720 million to Holocaust survivors globally
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — An organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis says…
Continue Reading Asian stocks rise after Fed chair supports smaller rate hike
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have rebounded and oil prices climbed after the head of the Federal Reserve…
Continue Reading Economic dangers from Russia’s invasion ripple across globe
By PAUL WISEMAN and DAVID McHUGH AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Moscow’s war on Ukraine and the ferocious financial backlash it’s…
Continue Reading Here’s how President Biden wants to fight inflation
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Rising prices on everything from food to gasoline are hurting Americans. Now the White House has unveiled a plan to…
Continue Reading Here’s how President Biden wants to fight inflation
CNN By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Rising prices on everything from food to gasoline are hurting Americans. Now the White House has unveiled a plan…
Continue Reading Oil prices surge $7 per barrel despite release of supplies
BEIJING (AP) — Oil prices have surged another $7 per barrel after an agreement by the United States and other major governments to release supplies…
Continue Reading Exxon is quitting its last Russian project
By Matt Egan, CNN Business ExxonMobil pledged Tuesday to leave its last remaining oil-and-gas project in Russia, and it will not invest in new…
Continue Reading Satellite photos show Iran had another failed space launch
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran likely suffered another failed launch of a satellite-carrying rocket in…
Continue Reading Biden joins allies, bans Russian planes from US airspace
By DAVID KOENIG. ZEKE MILLER and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press President Joe Biden announced Tuesday night in his State of the Union address…
Continue Reading GOP pushes to strip safety measures from West Va mining law
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republicans have forged ahead with an overhaul of mine safety regulation…
Continue Reading Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sends news network ratings up
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent television viewers to the cable news networks for updates,…
Continue Reading Stellantis plans to double revenues by 2030
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Stellantis, the company formed one year ago from the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and France’s PSA,…
Continue Reading Wheat futures are soaring. Food prices could be next
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business Russia’s attack on Ukraine is causing wheat prices to spike, exacerbating…
Continue Reading Wheat futures are soaring. Food prices could be next
CNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business Russia’s attack on Ukraine is causing wheat prices to spike, exacerbating…
Continue Reading State officials: Bird flu found at 6th Indiana turkey farm
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State officials say avian influenza has been found at a sixth commercial turkey farm in southern Indiana. The Indiana State…
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A new ride and New Mexico’s minimum wage increase prompts ticket price increase at Western Playland
EL PASO, Texas– Fire-ball, the newest ride at Western Playland and the rise on labor pay in New Mexico pushed the park to raise prices. “We had to…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
The Associated Press Oil prices soared and investors shifted more money out of stocks and into ultra-safe U.S. government bonds as Russia stepped up…
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