McDonald’s sales haven’t been this good since Bill Clinton was president
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Higher prices and chicken sandwiches are helping boost McDonald’s sales. But earnings disappointed…
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Forget Zoom school. For some students, class is in session in VR
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Jeremy Bailenson has studied virtual reality for decades. But it wasn’t until last year that the Stanford…
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Report: 5,000-plus deaths under Ethiopia’s Tigray blockade
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Nearly 1,500 people died of malnutrition in just part of Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray region…
Continue Reading The investors who aren’t panicking
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The stock market has been jolted by indications the Federal Reserve will move to aggressively raise interest rates to…
Continue Reading Bud Light’s first-ever zero-carb beer hits shelves next week
By Jordan Valinsky and John General, CNN Bud Light Next, the first zero-carb beer from Anheuser-Busch, is hitting shelves next week. The new beer…
Continue Reading This year’s Super Bowl tickets are the most expensive ever
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Put America’s most popular sporting event in its second-largest metropolitan area. Put the…
Continue Reading 14.5M get health care under Obama law, with help from Biden
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says 14.5 million Americans got private health insurance for this…
Continue Reading Ukraine crisis updates: What to know as tensions rise
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The United States and NATO have made no concessions to the main Russian demands to resolve…
Continue Reading Southwest returns to profitability
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Southwest Airlines reported its first quarterly operating profit since the start of the pandemic. Still, when…
Continue Reading McDonald’s ends 2021 strong, but rising costs ding profit
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer McDonald’s ended 2021 on a high note, with U.S. customers spending more and fewer restaurant closures in…
Continue Reading Southwest, profitable again in Q4, expects slow 2022 start
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Thanks to strong passenger traffic over the winter holidays, Southwest Airlines is reporting a $68…
Continue Reading How to score points in the credit game
By BEV O’SHEA of NerdWallet Getting and maintaining good credit can feel like a long, hard journey. It’s not always easy to understand why…
Continue Reading Tata group regains control of debt-laden Air India
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Tata Sons, India’s oldest and largest conglomerate, has regained ownership of the country’s…
Continue Reading Israel, Cyprus, Greece power cable link secures EU funding
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ energy minister says the European Union has earmarked 657 million euros…
Continue Reading Buttigieg pledges help as car fatalities keep spiking higher
By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is pledging to tackle a rising U.S. epidemic of car…
Continue Reading Renault, Nissan to invest $26B in future electric vehicles
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The French-Japanese auto alliance of Renault and Nissan plans to invest 23 billion euros ($26…
Continue Reading Deutsche Bank sees biggest annual profit in a decade
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Deutsche Bank says it reaped its best annual profit in 10 years last year.…
Continue Reading China spends billions on Olympics with longer-term goal
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The finance model for the Winter Olympics calls for the host country to spend several billion…
Continue Reading Australia’s Woodside Petroleum pulls out of Myanmar projects
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Australia’s Woodside Petroleum says it is withdrawing from projects in strife-torn…
Continue Reading Abraaj founder fined staggering $135M by Dubai regulator
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A regulatory body in Dubai is seeking to fine the Pakistani-born founder of…
Continue Reading Apple is back on top in smartphone sales worldwide after a record win in China
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Apple has once again become the top-selling smartphone brand in top market China, along with the rest of the world.…
Continue Reading 6 cancer patients sue utility over Fukushima radiation
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Six people who were children living in Fukushima at the time of the 2011 nuclear disaster and have…
Continue Reading EU launches WTO action against China over Lithuania dispute
By RAF CASERT and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says it’s launched action against China at world trade’s…
Continue Reading Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street sinks for third day
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed as traders look ahead to data on U.S. employment costs that might…
Continue Reading Pizza Hut is selling its spiciest pizza ever
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Pizza Hut is hopping on the spicy food trend. Beginning Thursday, it’s rolling out the “Spicy…
Continue Reading Global markets retreat after Fed signals rate hikes are coming soon
By Laura He, CNN Business Global stock markets dropped Thursday after the US Federal Reserve signaled it that will move quickly to hike interest…
Continue Reading Anxiety and anger grip press corps in Mexico after spate of murders
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…
Continue Reading Japan’s Mitsubishi, energy body join Gates’ nuclear project
TOKYO (AP) — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency have signed an agreement to participate in a next-generation nuclear…
Continue Reading Samsung reports robust profit based on chip strength
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. says its operating profit for the last quarter rose by more than 53% from the same period last…
Continue Reading Another Navy officer pleads guilty in wide-spanning scandal
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Navy commander admitted in federal court in San Diego to sending a Malaysian defense contractor classified ship schedules…
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