Turkey’s inflation hits a 19-year high of 36%
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Official figures show that Turkey’s yearly inflation has climbed by the fastest pace in 19 years, jumping to 36.08% in…
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This Week: Job openings, Walgreens earns, nonfarm payrolls
The Associated Press The Labor Department issues its latest monthly snapshot of U.S. job openings Tuesday and its December tally of hiring by nonfarm…
Continue Reading Asian shares mixed, oil gains after rally on Wall Street
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are trading mixed as worries about the omicron variant of coronavirus tempered…
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Evergrande suspends trading of shares in Hong Kong
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Embattled Chinese property developer Evergrande suspended trading in Hong Kong on Monday as the heavily indebted…
Continue Reading Former Theranos CEO Holmes convicted of fraud and conspiracy
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Elizabeth Holmes has been convicted of duping investors into believing her startup…
Continue Reading Investigators narrow search for origin of Colorado wildfire
By COLLEEN SLEVIN, BRITTANY PETERSON and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Investigators looking for the cause of the Colorado…
Continue Reading Asian stocks mixed after Wall St ends 2021 with big gain
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are on 2022′s first trading day after Wall Street ended last year with a double-digit gain. Hong Kong…
Continue Reading AT&T, Verizon reject U.S. request to delay 5G wireless plans
WASHINGTON (AP) — Verizon and AT&T have rejected a request by the U.S. government to delay the rollout of next-generation wireless technology.…
Continue Reading Tesla says it delivered record 936K vehicles in 2021, up 87%
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tesla says it delivered a record 936,000 vehicles last year, up 87% from its 2020 delivery count. The electric vehicle company…
Continue Reading What chip shortage? Tesla posts record fourth quarter and full year sales
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Tesla bucked the industry-wide trend of reduced sales due to the shortage of computer chips and other parts, posting…
Continue Reading What chip shortage? Tesla posts record fourth quarter and full year sales
CNN, YOUTUBE, POMMIJATKAT, NBC, TWITTER, SPACEX By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Tesla bucked the industry-wide trend of reduced sales due to the…
Continue Reading One year later, reporters are still processing what happened on Jan. 6
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business One of the defining stories of this year was the Jan. 6 insurrection, and its significance is only growing from here,…
Continue Reading One year later, reporters are still processing what happened on Jan. 6
CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business One of the defining stories of this year was the Jan. 6 insurrection, and its significance is only growing from…
Continue Reading Snow storms and pandemic ground flights, delay holiday’s end
By MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press Wintry weather combined with the pandemic to frustrate air travelers whose return flights home from the…
Continue Reading 2021 box office closes with more fireworks for ‘Spider-Man’
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood closed out 2021 with more fireworks at the box office for “Spider-Man: No Way Home,”…
Continue Reading Goldman Sachs tells employees to stay home due to Covid
By Matt Egan Goldman Sachs is joining a growing list of Wall Street firms advising employees to stay home due to soaring Covid cases. The bank sent a…
Continue Reading Goldman Sachs tells employees to stay home due to Covid
CNN, KTVT, WFSB, WPLG, WCVB By Matt Egan Goldman Sachs is joining a growing list of Wall Street firms advising employees to stay home due to soaring…
Continue Reading Independent Hong Kong news outlet Citizen News shuts down over safety fears
By Eric Cheung and Tara John, CNN Business The independent Hong Kong news site Citizen News said it will be shutting down on Tuesday, citing the…
Continue Reading Twitter bans Rep. Greene’s personal account for COVID claims
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter says it’s banned the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of the…
Continue Reading UK makes omicron contingency plans for hospitals, schools
By MIKE FULLER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government has been making contingency plans in case hospitals, schools and other workplaces…
Continue Reading Suez Canal revenues hit all-time record at $6.3 billion
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Suez Canal says its annual revenues reached $6.3 billion last year, the highest in the crucial waterway’s history.…
Continue Reading Hong Kong news outlet to close amid crackdown on dissent
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong online news site says it will cease operations in light of deteriorating press freedoms,…
Continue Reading Here’s what Elon Musk is likely to do with those billions of dollars in stock sales
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business What’s Elon Musk doing with the billions he’s collected in the past two months from selling shares in…
Continue Reading Tesla just opened a new showroom in China’s Xinjiang region
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Tesla has opened a new showroom in Xinjiang, a region in western China that is purported to be…
Continue Reading Can the stock market’s momentum continue into 2022?
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The stock market just wrapped up one of its best years on record. Can it repeat its stellar performance in 2022, even…
Continue Reading Can the stock market’s momentum continue into 2022?
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The stock market just wrapped up one of its best years on record. Can it repeat its stellar…
Continue Reading EU draft on financing nuclear and gas plants raises ire
By RAF CASERT and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Draft European Union plans that would allow nuclear and gas energy to remain…
Continue Reading Holiday flight cancellations soar with Covid-19 disruptions and bad weather
By Gregory Wallace and Matt McFarland, CNN Business Thousands of US flights were canceled over New Year’s weekend as a combination of Covid-19…
Continue Reading 2 missing; survivors count blessings after Colorado fire
By THOMAS PEIPERT, BRITTANY PETERSON and EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Colo. (AP) — Search teams are looking for two missing people in…
Continue Reading Classic BlackBerry phones will stop working January 4
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business You soon won’t be able to use that old BlackBerry phone sitting at the bottom of your drawer somewhere.…
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