How to access AT&T and Verizon’s new super fast 5G networks
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Many mobile device users in the United States now have access to blazing-fast internet speeds…
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Thinking of buying a home in 2022? Here’s what to expect
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business If you’re one of many would-be homebuyers who got shut out of the real estate market last year, you might be…
Continue Reading Home prices are starting to lose steam
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Anna Bahney Overheated home prices continue to show signs of cooling off a bit. Home prices rose 18.8% year-over-year in…
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Britain says Russia seeking to replace Ukraine government
By JILL LAWLESS and JARI TANNER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government on Saturday accused Russia of seeking to replace Ukraine’s…
Continue Reading What’s getting more expensive
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Inflation and supply chain snags have sent prices for everyday items soaring, from Tide laundry detergent to new…
Continue Reading Weber Grills apologizes for ill-timed meatloaf recipe email
NEW YORK (AP) — Weber picked the wrong day to suggest grilling meatloaf. The Illinois-based outdoor grill company apologized on Friday for sending…
Continue Reading Official: Man killed by police had 2 toy replica guns
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An official says the man fatally shot by police officers at the San Francisco International Airport was carrying two toy…
Continue Reading New York mobile sports bets top $600M in 2 weeks, rival NJ
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New York sportsbooks took more than $600 million worth of bets from phones or computers…
Continue Reading Netflix, SunPower fall; Peloton, Bank OZK rise
Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Netflix, SunPower fall; Peloton, Bank OZK…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday
The Associated Press Stocks fell for a fourth straight day on Wall Street Friday, and the S&P 500 finished its worst week since March 2020, when…
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 GM to spend $6.5B, add 4,000 jobs at Michigan EV factories
By DAVID EGGERT and TOM KRISHER Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — General Motors is poised to announce next week major electric vehicle…
Continue Reading US, Colorado reach proposed settlement in 2015 mine spill
By JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado, the U.S. government and a gold mining company have agreed to resolve a longstanding…
Continue Reading US blocks flights by Chinese airlines in escalating dispute
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is blocking some flights by Chinese airlines in retaliation for China canceling more than a dozen flights there…
Continue Reading A group of Activision Blizzard employees is demanding union recognition
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Workers at an Activision Blizzard-owned game studio announced plans on Friday to form what would be the…
Continue Reading US unveils changes to attract foreign science, tech students
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press The Biden administration has announced policy changes to attract international students specializing in science,…
Continue Reading These recent grads landed office jobs, but they’ve barely set foot in the office
By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business The past 22 months of the pandemic have forced many companies to recruit, work and retain talent remotely. And that…
Continue Reading IBM is selling off its Watson Health assets
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business IBM said Friday that it will sell off the healthcare data and analytics assets housed under its Watson Health unit to…
Continue Reading The stock market is a ‘superbubble’ about to burst, top hedge fund manager warns
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Stocks are off to a tough start this year. The tech-heavy Nasdaq is already in a correction, a more than 10% drop.…
Continue Reading 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,…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
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