Volkswagen falls further behind Tesla in the race to electric
By Charles Riley, CNN Business Volkswagen is falling further behind Tesla in the race to dominate the market for electric cars. Europe’s…
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The grocery cashier ringing you up is not OK
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Sam Dancy has witnessed it all during his 30 years at supermarket chain QFC in Seattle. But the Omicron variant…
Continue Reading Delta posts a profit but warns Omicron will mean a loss this quarter
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business A strong holiday travel season helped Delta Air Lines to a better-than-forecast profit in the last three months of…
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EU rejects merger of SKorean shipbuilders Daewoo, Hyundai
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has rejected the merger between South Korean shipbuilders Hyundai and Daewoo.…
Continue Reading 5 reasons why ‘shoulder season’ is the best time to travel
By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Travel in the second half of 2021 was a chaotic mess in many capacities, with canceled flights, long delays and other…
Continue Reading Massive winter storm could keep grocery shelves empty even longer
CNN, KOMO, WJLA, WUSA, KMAX, WSVN, KYW, WCCO By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Grocery stores had already been struggling to keep their shelves…
Continue Reading There are plenty of N95 masks, but they’re not designed for your kids
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business N95 respirators, the gold standard of filtration masks, are back in the pandemic spotlight because of the highly…
Continue Reading After wave of cancellations, Delta sees recovery in 2022
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Delta Air Lines is reporting a $408 million loss for the final quarter of 2021, dragged down by a COVID-19 surge…
Continue Reading Key dates in Costa Concordia shipwreck, trial and cleanup
By The Associated Press (AP) — Italy on Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck off the Tuscan island of…
Continue Reading KFC blasted by China for ‘causing unnecessary food waste’
By Michelle Toh and CNN’s Beijing bureau, CNN Business KFC is being accused of causing food waste in China amid recent concerns about food…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How Europe is trying to deal with its gas crisis
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s natural gas crisis isn’t letting up. Prices are high. Reserves that…
Continue Reading Costa Concordia is gone, but horror lingers 10 years later
By TRISHA THOMAS and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press GIGLIO, Italy (AP) — Italy has paid tribute to the 32 victims of the Costa Concordia…
Continue Reading Taiwan chipmaker TSMC says quarterly profit $6 billion
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the biggest contract manufacturer of processor chips, says its quarterly profit rose…
Continue Reading India, Britain launch talks on free trade deal
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Britain have launched talks on a free trade deal that is expected to boost bilateral…
Continue Reading Asian shares skid, tracking Wall Street retreat
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares are lower after a retreat on Wall Street that left the Nasdaq composite down…
Continue Reading Tarnished Gold: Illegal Amazon gold seeps into supply chains
By DAVID BILLER and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — A Sao Paulo-based company called Marsam is known for its commitment to the…
Continue Reading Film armorer blames ammo supplier in deadly ‘Rust’ shooting
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A new lawsuit accuses an ammunition supplier of creating dangerous conditions on a movie set…
Continue Reading Chicago teachers accept COVID deal, keeping kids in school
By SOPHIA TAREEN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Teachers Union has narrowly backed an agreement dictating COVID-19…
Continue Reading ‘One of a kind’: Former AP reporter Mike Cochran dies at 85
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Mike Cochran, who during a nearly 40-year career with The Associated Press told the stories of…
Continue Reading Delta extends life of expiring travel vouchers from pandemic
ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines says customers will get an extra year to use travel vouchers that they received after canceling a flight during the…
Continue Reading Fact checkers say YouTube lets its platform be ‘weaponized’
SAN FRANCISCO More than 80 fact checking organizations are calling on YouTube to address what they say is rampant misinformation on the platform. A…
Continue Reading Brainard vows to help combat inflation as No. 2 Fed official
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Lael Brainard pledged in written remarks to help the Federal Reserve fight a spike in…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Wednesday after the latest report of surging prices appeared to keep the Federal Reserve on…
Continue Reading Dish Network, Ally Financial rise; Biogen, Carvana fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Dish Network, Ally Financial rise; Biogen, Carvana…
Continue Reading Nigeria lifts its ban on Twitter after 7 months
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian government has lifted its ban on Twitter, seven months after the West African…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue Reading Domino’s is giving customers fewer wings as prices surge
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Domino’s Pizza customers ordering chicken wings will soon get fewer of them for the same price. The pizza…
Continue Reading Fed survey finds economy growing modestly despite COVID
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve says the economy was growing at a modest pace at the end of 2021 but…
Continue Reading US posted smallest monthly deficit in 2 years in December
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government last month posted its smallest monthly budget…
Continue Reading Key dates in Costa Concordia shipwreck, trial and cleanup
By Associated Press (AP) — Italy on Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck off the Tuscan island of Giglio.…
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