Transcript gaps? Strong college application remains possible
By COLIN BERESFORD of NerdWallet Applying to college is rarely easy, but applicants this year are faced with one additional challenge: creating a…
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Big Lots is opening 500 stores
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Big Lots is betting shoppers will still want to buy cheap couches and pillows in person for years to come. The…
Continue Reading Lockdown party claims add to list of Boris Johnson scandals
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Allegations that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s staff held a “bring your own booze” garden…
Continue Reading Edmunds: Shopping for a car this year will not be the same
By RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds 2021 was an unusual year for the automotive industry. While customer demand for new cars rebounded from the economic…
Continue Reading UK’s Johnson apologizes for attending party during lockdown
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized for attending a garden party during Britain’s first…
Continue Reading Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in Britain, US
By MARIA CHENG and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain…
Continue Reading Putin: Russia on the verge of a new virus surge
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has reiterated warnings that Russia is facing a new surge of coronavirus…
Continue Reading KFC Australia is running low on chicken and McDonald’s Japan is restricting sales of french fries
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business If you’re looking for your usual order at a KFC in Australia or McDonald’s in Japan these days, you might…
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How the changing workplace could reshape American health care
Sidecar Health used news sources and research reports to compile a list of how the changing workplace in the United States could impact the health…
Continue Reading After Kazakhstan unrest, relatives await detainees’ release
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — With life in Kazakhstan’s largest city starting to return to normal after anti-government protests turned violent,…
Continue Reading No Ukraine breakthrough, but NATO and Russia eye more talks
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The United States and NATO have rejected key Russian security demands for easing tensions over…
Continue Reading With more girls pregnant, Zimbabwe pushes a return to school
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press MUREHWA, Zimbabwe (AP) — The number of pregnancies among girls and teenagers in Zimbabwe rose dramatically during…
Continue Reading With more girls pregnant, Zimbabwe pushes a return to school
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press MUREHWA, Zimbabwe (AP) — The number of pregnancies among girls and teenagers in Zimbabwe rose dramatically during…
Continue Reading Japan minister aims to control COVID while achieving growth
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese minister assigned the task of containing COVID-19 while steering the world’s third…
Continue Reading Asian stocks mixed as inflation augurs Fed rate hikes
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia after the latest report of surging prices in the U.S. appeared to…
Continue Reading More than 80 fact-checking organizations call out YouTube’s ‘insufficient’ response to misinformation
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business A group of more than 80 fact-checking organizations from around the world has called YouTube “one of the major…
Continue Reading US airlines say China is forcing them to cancel some flights
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer China is blocking more than a dozen U.S. airline flights to the country because some passengers on recent flights…
Continue Reading Judge rejects Facebook’s request to dismiss FTC antitrust complaint
By Brian Fung, CNN Business US antitrust officials can continue their case to break up Meta, Facebook’s parent company, a federal judge ruled…
Continue Reading Meta pauses new users from joining analytics tool CrowdTangle
CNN by Reuters Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc has paused new users from joining its social media tracking tool CrowdTangle due to…
Continue Reading US Steel to build $3 billion mill in northeast Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A northeast Arkansas site has been chosen for a $3 billion steel mill that’s expected to employ at least 900 people.…
Continue Reading Citi to pull out of Mexican consumer banking business
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Citigroup is ending its consumer banking operation in Mexico as part of a broad strategic shift under CEO Jane…
Continue Reading Judge says FTC’s antitrust case against Facebook can proceed
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer A federal judge has ruled that the Federal Trade Commission’s revised antitrust suit against Meta,…
Continue Reading Molson Coors scraps Saint Archer, sells San Diego brewery
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Seven years after purchasing San Diego’s Saint Archer Brewery, Molson Coors has discontinued the brand and sold the brewery and…
Continue Reading US shoppers find some groceries scarce due to virus, weather
By DEE-ANN DURBIN and PARKER PURIFOY AP Business Writer Shortages at U.S. grocery stores have grown more acute in recent weeks. New problems like the…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Tuesday as technology companies rebounded after an early slide. The S&P 500 rose after…
Continue Reading Medicare limits coverage of $28,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare says it will limit coverage of a $28,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug whose…
Continue Reading Oil prices climb to two-month high
CNN By Matt Egan, CNN Business US oil prices rose sharply on Tuesday, climbing above $81 a barrel for the first time in two months. Crude closed at…
Continue Reading Oil prices climb to two-month high
By Matt Egan, CNN Business US oil prices rose sharply on Tuesday, climbing above $81 a barrel for the first time in two months. Crude closed at…
Continue Reading Big Lots, Aptiv fall; Illumina, Shake Shack rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Big Lots, Aptiv fall; Illumina, Shake Shack…
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…
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