Worker absences triple because of Omicron
By Matt Egan, CNN Business The percentage of the adult population not working because of Covid-related reasons tripled between December and January,…
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LinkedIn economist: 3 ways the pandemic has dramatically changed the labor market
Opinion by Karin Kimbrough for CNN Business Perspectives Entering year three of the pandemic, the labor market today looks markedly different from…
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Correction: Starbucks-Union-Vote story
In a story published Dec. 9, 2021, and in prior stories on the same topic, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a Starbucks store in…
Continue Reading Giuliani associate gets year in prison in foreign donor case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man who helped Rudy Giuliani seek damaging information against Joe Biden in Ukraine…
Continue Reading Feds: Nursing home operator failed to pay $29.5M in taxes
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in New Jersey say the operator of a failed multi-state nursing home chain failed to pay $29.5 million in…
Continue Reading California jobless rate dips half-percentage point to 6.5%
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s unemployment rate dipped a half-percentage point in December as the most…
Continue Reading ‘SNL’ comics Jost, Davidson buy Staten Island Ferry boat
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” comics Colin Jost and Pete Davidson have purchased a decommissioned…
Continue Reading Hunger in America could get worse as supply chains tighten
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Just after Thanksgiving, Carmen Allen became alarmed by the jump in prices and shortages of food products at her…
Continue Reading Trump appointee blocks Biden federal worker vaccine mandate
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. judge in Texas has issued a nationwide injunction barring the federal government from enforcing President Joe Biden’s…
Continue Reading Canada, US and allies talk aid for Haiti at meeting
By ROB GILLIES and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Haiti’s spiraling insecurity and growing concerns about its ability to hold…
Continue Reading Strike ends at 78 Kroger-owned grocery stores in Denver
By Jeremy Harlan and Carma Hassan, CNN Business Nearly 8,000 workers at 78 King Soopers and City Market grocery stores in Colorado will return to…
Continue Reading New step to curb tech giants’ power advanced by Senate panel
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has taken a new step toward reining in the market dominance of Big Tech. Bipartisan…
Continue Reading Western embassies reject Serbia PM’s protest allegations
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The United States, the U.K. and Germany have rejected allegations that the three countries…
Continue Reading Peloton may be toast
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Peloton had a disastrous 2021. But as impossible as it may seem, the exercise equipment company is arguably off to…
Continue Reading Climate, COVID, China: Takeaways from online Davos event
GENEVA (AP) — Government and business leaders have urged global cooperation on climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and the economic recovery…
Continue Reading Chile’s incoming cabinet: Women, youth and a nod to markets
By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s leftist President-elect Gabriel Boric has announced his first cabinet, giving a…
Continue Reading GM renovating NY factory so it can make electric motor parts
LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — General Motors says it will spend about $154 million to revamp an old factory near Buffalo, New York, so it can make a key…
Continue Reading Vatican appeals court upholds convictions of ex-bank chiefs
ROME (AP) — A Vatican appeals court has upheld the convictions of two former managers of the Vatican bank. The court originally convicted Paolo…
Continue Reading Los Angeles weighs phasing out oil and gas drilling
BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Los Angeles, the second most populous U.S. city, is weighing whether to ban new oil and gas drilling and phase out…
Continue Reading Total and Chevron are pulling out of Myanmar
By Joseph Ataman and Matt Egan, CNN TotalEnergies and Chevron are withdrawing from Myanmar because of the deteriorating situation in the country…
Continue Reading Mars gives M&M’s a makeover to promote inclusivity
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers Candy maker Mars is giving a makeover to its six M&M’s characters as a way…
Continue Reading Think your home value is soaring? Talk to a farmer
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For all the talk about rising U.S. home values in cities and suburbs, they have…
Continue Reading Russia hits all-time high of new infections, blames omicron
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Daily new coronavirus infections in Russia have reached an all-time high and authorities are…
Continue Reading Airbus revokes Qatar Airways A321 jet order amid dispute
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Airbus says it has terminated a multibillion dollar order by Qatar Airways for…
Continue Reading Jamie Dimon gets a $3 million raise
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Jamie Dimon got a $3 million raise in 2021, JPMorgan Chase disclosed in a filing late Thursday. The raise boosts the…
Continue Reading Kohl’s, Peloton and Unilever have to watch their backs
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Forget about all the boardroom intrigue on “Succession” and “Billions.”…
Continue Reading The pandemic boom is over. Just ask Peloton and Netflix
By Charles Riley, CNN Business When the coronavirus pandemic swept across the world in 2020, investors responded by pouring money into companies that…
Continue Reading Intel to build $20B Ohio chip facility amid global shortage
By JOHN SEEWER and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Chipmaker Intel says it will invest $20 billion to build a factory…
Continue Reading As Big Tech stocks get slaughtered, Intel rises from the ashes
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Intel was once the undisputed king of the semiconductor industry until the chip giant lost momentum to rivals…
Continue Reading China criticizes US missile sanctions as hypocrisy
BEIJING (AP) — China has criticized Washington for imposing sanctions on Chinese companies accused of exporting missile technology, and accused the…
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