Airlines cancel Ukraine flights as threat of war grows
CNN By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Air France and Lufthansa are the latest airlines to suspend flights into Ukraine as fears of a Russian invasion…
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Airlines cancel Ukraine flights as threat of war grows
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Air France and Lufthansa are the latest airlines to suspend flights into Ukraine as fears of a Russian…
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Iran’s president meets Qatar emir in Doha ahead of gas forum
By AMIR VAHDAT and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s president has arrived in Qatar and was welcomed in an…
Continue Reading Insider Q&A: Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan talks to The Associated Press about the continued strength of…
Continue Reading With all eyes on Ukraine, Putin to send his envoy to Balkans
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — With all eyes on a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir…
Continue Reading Portugal’s drought worsens, rainfall down to 7% of average
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s winter drought is getting worse. The national weather agency reported Monday that 91% of the country is…
Continue Reading Billionaire Carl Icahn targets McDonald’s over pig welfare
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Legendary investor Carl Icahn is known for his aggressive campaigns to shake up Corporate America. Now, he’s…
Continue Reading Liz Weston: Painless — even fun — ways to learn about money
By Liz Weston of NerdWallet Everywhere you look, somebody’s willing to give — or sell — you financial advice. In all likelihood, there’s a…
Continue Reading China sanctions Raytheon, Lockheed over Taiwan deal
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China says it will sanction Raytheon Technologies and Lockheed Martin, two U.S. defense contractors that previously faced…
Continue Reading EU vows to help prevent the possible breakup of Bosnia
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat says the bloc is ready to use all tools available to prevent…
Continue Reading This Week: Consumer confidence, Lowe’s earns, new home sales
The Associated Press The Conference Board delivers its latest monthly index of U.S. consumer confidence Tuesday. Home improvement chain Lowe’s Cos.…
Continue Reading Here’s what workers really want from their employers
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business It’s no surprise that anyone looking to quit their current job for a new one will want a position that offers…
Continue Reading World shares drop after Putin orders troops to east Ukraine
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares in Asia have fallen sharply after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered forces…
Continue Reading At Olympics, cybersecurity worries linger in background
By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Warnings to use disposable “burner” phones and laptops. Privacy-protecting software. Concerns…
Continue Reading Credit Suisse pushes back on reports of controversial accounts
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Credit Suisse pushed back Sunday after multiple media outlets reported that the Swiss investment bank had clients…
Continue Reading Australian electricity generator AGL rejects $5.8B offer
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s largest electricity generator, AGL Energy, has rejected a takeover bid from Australian tech…
Continue Reading Australia welcomes back tourists with toy koalas, Tim Tams
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — International tourists and business travelers are arriving in Australia after it lifted…
Continue Reading Investor pushes McDonald’s to change the way it buys pork
The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An activist investor is trying to make McDonald’s change the way it buys pork for its bacon cheeseburgers and…
Continue Reading Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff’s sister, husband found dead
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities have identified a couple found dead in what investigators said was an apparent murder-suicide in Florida as…
Continue Reading Huge opal sells for nearly $144,000 at Alaska auction
Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A gemstone, billed as one of the largest gem-quality opals in existence, has been sold for nearly $144,000…
Continue Reading Leak gives details on over 30,000 Credit Suisse bank clients
BERLIN (AP) — A German newspaper and other media say a leak of data from Credit Suisse, Switzerland’s second-biggest bank, reveals details of the…
Continue Reading CNN reporter describes the challenges of covering the conflict in Ukraine
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Covering what’s really happening on the Ukrainian border is being made even more difficult because of the constant flow…
Continue Reading CNN reporter describes the challenges of covering the conflict in Ukraine
CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Covering what’s really happening on the Ukrainian border is being made even more difficult because of the constant…
Continue Reading US adds sites operated by Tencent and Alibaba to ‘notorious markets’ list
By Reuters E-commerce sites operated by China’s Tencent and Alibaba Group were added to the US government’s latest “notorious…
Continue Reading ‘Uncharted’ is another box office win for Tom Holland and Sony
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Tom Holland does it again for Sony. “Uncharted” — starring Holland as adventurer Nathan Drake from the…
Continue Reading ‘Uncharted’ is another box office win for Tom Holland and Sony
CNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Tom Holland does it again for Sony. “Uncharted” — starring Holland as adventurer Nathan Drake from…
Continue Reading Rents reach ‘insane’ levels across US with no end in sight
By R.J. RICO Associated Press Rents have exploded across the country, causing many to fall behind on payments, dig deep into their savings or…
Continue Reading Presidents Day 2022: What’s open and closed
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN The third Monday of February marks Presidents Day, a federal holiday commemorating the nations’ 45 commanders in chief.…
Continue Reading Solid earnings season wasn’t enough to calm investors
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Corporate earnings season was supposed to turn around Wall Street’s sour mood. In the end, it wasn’t much…
Continue Reading BEIJING SNAPSHOT: As Olympics ebb, smartphone synchronicity
By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — As part of the closing ceremony for the most locked-down and sequestered Olympics in human…
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