6 injured in explosion at Louisiana chemical plant
WESTLAKE, La. (AP) — An explosion at a southwest Louisiana chemical plant has left at least six people with minor injuries. Westlake Chemical South…
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The Fed is getting ready to raise interest rates
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The Federal Reserve is getting ready to raise interest rates, the central bank said in its monetary policy update…
Continue Reading Climate change is coming for our coffee
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Bad news for coffee lovers: Climate change will make it much harder to grow Arabica coffee in the coming…
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Longtime KVIA-TV G.M. Kevin Lovell to retire
EL PASO, Texas — Longtime KVIA-TV general manager Kevin Lovell today announced his impending retirement at the end of May. KVIA, the longtime…
Continue Reading Rate hikes are coming: What does that mean for you?
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Covid era of free money is coming to an end. After dropping interest rates to zero in March 2020 to…
Continue Reading Wordle-spoiling bot taken down by Twitter
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Twitter has suspended an annoying bot that automatically responded with the next day’s solution when people…
Continue Reading Mattel wins back rights for Disney Frozen, princess products
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Toy company Mattel has won back the licensing rights for Disney’s princess and “Frozen” franchises. The…
Continue Reading North Carolina chosen for supersonic passenger jet plant
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Colorado-based aviation company has chosen North Carolina as the location for a new…
Continue Reading WTO ruling finds China can penalize $645M worth of US goods
GENEVA (AP) — A World Trade Organization arbitrator has decided that China can impose retaliatory tariffs on imports from the United States…
Continue Reading Walmart-backed financial startup buys 2 companies
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The financial technology startup that Walmart is backing will buy two financial…
Continue Reading What is SWIFT and why it might be the weapon Russia fears most
By Charles Riley, CNN Business Some are calling it the “nuclear option.” As Western governments threaten Russia with a package of…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Oscar Mayer hot dogs and Velveeta cheese will get more expensive
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business The makers of top food and consumer goods brands plan to raise prices in the spring, dashing shoppers’…
Continue Reading What is SWIFT and why it might be the weapon Russia fears most
CNN, POOL, RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, HOST TV, UKRAINE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE By Charles Riley, CNN Business Some are calling it the “nuclear…
Continue Reading The pandemic has been great for electric car sales
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Electric vehicles grabbed a much bigger share of the global car market last year as sales more than doubled despite…
Continue Reading Los Angeles City Council approves phaseout of oil drilling
By DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer The Los Angeles City Council has approved a measure to ban new oil and gas wells and phase out existing ones. The…
Continue Reading Canada’s central bank leaves interest rate unchanged
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s central bank has declined to raise its benchmark interest rate but says rates will likely…
Continue Reading The Buick Roadmaster Tom Cruise drove in ‘Rain Man’ is up for sale
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business It wasn’t exactly “The Fast and the Furious” — pretty much the opposite — but the 1988…
Continue Reading Disney Princess toys and Frozen characters are coming back to Mattel
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It’s a magical world again for Mattel. The toy company won back the rights to make dolls based on…
Continue Reading The Buick Roadmaster Tom Cruise drove in ‘Rain Man’ is up for sale
CNN By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business It wasn’t exactly “The Fast and the Furious” — pretty much the opposite — but the 1988…
Continue Reading Man paralyzed in Uber vehicle crash sues for $63M
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man who was left a quadriplegic when his Uber vehicle crashed last year is seeking $63 million in damages in a…
Continue Reading US new home sales jump in December as prices fall
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Sales of new single family homes in December rose to their highest level in 10 months as…
Continue Reading Wynn Resorts wants to bring ‘gaming’ to the UAE
By Celine Alkhaldi, Eoin McSweeney and Hamzeh Noami, CNN Casino operator Wynn Resorts has inked a deal to build a luxury resort in Ras Al Khaimah in…
Continue Reading Croatia announces deal to buy US Bradley fighting vehicles
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia has reached an agreement with the United States to buy 89 Bradley fighting vehicles as part of cooperation with…
Continue Reading Wordle-spoiling bot taken down by Twitter
CBC, TWITTER, WORDLE, APPLE APP STORE, CNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Twitter has suspended an annoying bot that automatically responded with…
Continue Reading Gates Foundation expands board following Bill, Melinda split
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday it will add four new members to its board of…
Continue Reading McDonald’s is selling fan-made menu hacks
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business McDonald’s fans have long been creating menu hacks like using hash browns as a bun. Now the chain is putting…
Continue Reading Surging food prices are hurting those who can least afford it. This is what needs to happen
Opinion by Dana Peterson for CNN Business Perspectives Prices are rising for nearly everything, biting into everyone’s income. But the surging…
Continue Reading Norfolk Southern railroad’s Q4 profit up 13% on higher rates
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern railroad delivered 13% higher profit in the fourth quarter even though the…
Continue Reading So long, Saturdays: More couples embrace weekday weddings
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some coveted wedding venues are still backed up because of rescheduling caused by the pandemic.…
Continue Reading Most major employers are keeping vaccine mandate for workers, despite Supreme Court ruling
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Many major employers are going ahead with policies to require employees to take steps to combat Covid-19, even if the…
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