Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
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New York mobile sports bets likely pass New Jersey for No. 1
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New York likely surpassed New Jersey for the top spot in the U.S. sports betting market…
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Is Electronic Arts the next to get bought in the gaming deal frenzy?
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It’s game on for video game mergers. Microsoft’s nearly $69 billion acquisition of the controversial…
Continue Reading Europe rolled out 5G without hurting aviation. Here’s how
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Charles Riley and Joseph Ataman, CNN Business Major international airlines are canceling flights to the United States over…
Continue Reading Former New York Post digital chief alleges wrongful firing after privately reporting longtime Murdoch lieutenant propositioned her for sex
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Michelle Gotthelf, the former editor in chief of the New York Post’s digital operation, filed a lawsuit on…
Continue Reading Truist cuts down overdraft fees, joining other big banks
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Truist Bank says it is reducing its overdraft fees. It’s the latest big bank to announce a…
Continue Reading Report: Chinese Olympic app has serious security flaws
By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A new report shows that an app that’s expected to be widely used by athletes and…
Continue Reading Ford, ADT form venture to make vehicle security products
DETROIT (AP) — Ford and security company ADT have formed a joint venture that will help businesses protect vehicles and expensive equipment they…
Continue Reading White House soft-launches COVID-19 test request website
By ZEKE MILLER and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has quietly launched its website for Americans to…
Continue Reading Federal antitrust enforcers are considering updating corporate merger guidelines
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business The Federal Trade Commission and US Justice Department’s Antitrust Division on Tuesday announced a joint review of…
Continue Reading AT&T, Verizon delay launching 5G near some airports after airlines ask Biden to intervene
By Pete Muntean, CNN Business AT&T and Verizon announced Tuesday that they would delay activating 5G on some towers around certain airports. The…
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AT&T, Verizon pause some new 5G after airlines raise alarm
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer AT&T and Verizon say they will delay some new 5G wireless service after the airline industry raised alarms…
Continue Reading US regulators aiming at illegal and anticompetitive mergers
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. competition regulators have mounted an effort to tighten enforcement against illegal…
Continue Reading Felony charges are 1st in a fatal crash involving Autopilot
By TOM KRISHER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — California prosecutors have filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against…
Continue Reading Egypt’s president raises minimum monthly wage to around $172
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s president has raised the minimum monthly wage to about $172, a move meant to ease the burdens of Egyptians hurt by painful…
Continue Reading COVID-19 health emergency could be over this year, WHO says
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A leading World Health Organization official says the worst of the coronavirus pandemic —…
Continue Reading Still no deal in Czech, Poland lignite mine dispute
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The environment ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic say they have made progress but still need to consult on some…
Continue Reading Lawyer outlines defense for indicted Baltimore prosecutor
BALTIMORE (AP) — A lawyer for Baltimore’s top prosecutor has outlined her defense against federal criminal charges stemming from her purchase of…
Continue Reading Rome villa with Caravaggio fails to sell, to be reauctioned
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Rome villa containing the only known ceiling painted by Caravaggio is going back on a…
Continue Reading Polish chief auditor seeks to question leader over spying
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s chief auditor says he plans to audit the state’s supervision of the secret…
Continue Reading Lebanese judge freezes assets of central bank governor
By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An investigating judge in Lebanon has ordered the freezing of some assets belonging to the…
Continue Reading US plans $50B wildfire fight where forests meet civilization
By MATTHEW BROWN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration says it will significantly expand efforts…
Continue Reading The pitchforks are out for Kohl’s
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Kohl’s can’t catch a break from Wall Street. For the second time in as many months and third time in…
Continue Reading Stephen A. Smith after Covid: If I wasn’t vaccinated, ‘I wouldn’t be here’
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Stephen A. Smith returned to ESPN‘s “First Take” Monday after a bout with…
Continue Reading Stephen A. Smith after Covid: If I wasn’t vaccinated, ‘I wouldn’t be here’
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Stephen A. Smith returned to ESPN‘s “First Take” Monday after a bout with Covid-19, which the…
Continue Reading Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard in $68.7 billion deal
By Jennifer Korn and Clare Duffy, CNN Business Microsoft on Tuesday announced plans to acquire Activision Blizzard in a blockbuster deal worth nearly…
Continue Reading Dow drops more than 500 points as bond yields rise and earnings season gets into full swing
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Wall Street had another day in the red at the start of this shortened trading week as investors grapple with earnings…
Continue Reading $388 million funding cut will force the BBC to cancel shows
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business The BBC has warned that it will be forced to slash services and cancel shows after the UK government froze its main…
Continue Reading Israel lawmakers outraged over claim police used NSO spyware
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli lawmakers are calling for a parliamentary inquiry into the police’s alleged use of…
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Microsoft buys game maker Activision Blizzard for about $70B
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Microsoft is paying the enormous sum of nearly $70 billion for Activision Blizzard, the maker of Candy…
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