Meta is giving avatars a four-foot buffer zone to cut back on VR harassment
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has a new feature aimed at cutting down on harassment and assault in virtual…
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Is it too late to protect your pipes with this Borderland freeze?
EL PASO, Texas – The winter storm that moved through the area on Wednesday night brought freezing temperatures to the Borderland. For reference, on…
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EXPLAINER: 5 key takeaways from the January jobs report
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The message the U.S. jobs report sent Friday was a surprising one: Despite a surge in viral…
Continue Reading Laser strikes against aircraft hit a record in US last year
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pointing lasers at airplanes and helicopters is becoming a bigger problem. The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that…
Continue Reading ‘Blockbuster’ jobs report suggests Fed can raise rates without tanking the economy, Austan Goolsbee says
By Matt Egan, CNN Business January’s shockingly strong jobs report suggests the US economy is healthy enough to withstand the Federal…
Continue Reading Biden sets first-year record with 6.6 million jobs added
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Employers added a record 6.6 million jobs during Joe Biden’s first 12 months in office, by far the strongest…
Continue Reading New York blows past New Jersey as top sports betting market
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — It’s official: New York is now the largest sports betting market in America after just…
Continue Reading 4 reasons why this jobs report matters to your wallet
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business The Labor Department’s monthly jobs report can be hard to interpret, especially as Covid has blown up…
Continue Reading Pandemic pricing is over. Manhattan real estate prices were near record highs last year
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Manhattan real estate is back and it is booming. In 2021, prices were near record highs and sales were higher than…
Continue Reading GOP’s election inquiry: Courts, conspiracies and more costs
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican inquiry into Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election spurred on by former…
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Biden touts January jobs report that beat expectations despite Omicron surge
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday touted the January jobs report released earlier in the morning that was…
Continue Reading EU slaps sanctions on 5 top Mali officials, including PM
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is imposing sanctions on five senior members of Mali’s transitional government,…
Continue Reading Biden extends Trump-era solar tariffs, but loosens some
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has extended tariffs imposed by former President Donald Trump on most solar…
Continue Reading News Corp. hacked, reporters targeted; believed China-linked
By ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Wall Street Journal’s publisher, News Corp., says it has been hacked,…
Continue Reading Discovery chief praises CNN ahead of merger, addresses ouster of network president Jeff Zucker
By Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Discovery CEO David Zaslav praised CNN on Friday and said “news is going to be really…
Continue Reading Southwest Airlines bringing back alcohol on planes
By Marnie Hunter, CNN Southwest Airlines is bringing back alcoholic beverages on flights this month after suspending their sale in March 2020. Beer,…
Continue Reading Amazon workers try new tactics to unionize in Alabama
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers and organizers in Bessemer, Alabama, are making door-to-door house…
Continue Reading Unpredictable income? Here’s how to manage your money
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Entrepreneurs. Freelancers. Gig workers. Consultants. Salespeople. If you freelance, earn commissions, run a small…
Continue Reading German ex-leader Schroeder nominated as director at Gazprom
BERLIN (AP) — Russian state-owned gas company Gazprom says German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has been nominated to join its board of…
Continue Reading Suspected Chinese hackers hit News Corp with ‘persistent cyberattack’
By Sean Lyngaas News Corp suffered a “persistent cyberattack,” the company said Friday, and investigators believe Chinese spies may be…
Continue Reading Tesla recalls 817,000 vehicles due to seat belt alert issue
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Tesla has issued a second recall in a week’s time, in this case due to a chime that would not always sound if a…
Continue Reading Why Elon Musk and Joe Biden both love EVs but can’t stand each other
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business President Joe Biden loves electric vehicles. He wants half of all new US cars sold by 2030 to be EVs. He proposed a…
Continue Reading Kohl’s: Buyout offers undermine value of business
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kohl’s says that recent offers to purchase the department store chain undervalue its…
Continue Reading At an Amazon warehouse in Alabama, a milestone union election is set to begin all over again
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Last year, an improbable organizing effort among Amazon warehouse workers in a central Alabama suburb led…
Continue Reading US backs rare flower habitat amid Nevada lithium mine fight
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed designating critical habitat for a Nevada…
Continue Reading Yacht reportedly built for Bezos too big for Dutch bridge
By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA and MIKE CORDER Associated Press ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — A giant, $500 million yacht reportedly being built for Amazon…
Continue Reading Surprisingly strong jobs report: America adds 467,000 positions in January
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business America’s jobs recovery got an unexpected boost in January despite the Omicron variant spreading rapidly…
Continue Reading Judge says post-Brexit N Ireland border checks must continue
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A judge has suspended an order by Northern Ireland’s agriculture minister to halt border checks on…
Continue Reading Austria vaccine mandate to take effect, but few emulating it
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — A law requiring most adults in Austria to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is…
Continue Reading Amazon is the anti-Facebook
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Amazon and Facebook’s Meta are two of the market’s biggest players. Both have come under pressure during…
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