Health worker vaccine mandate blocked in half the states
By KEVIN McGILL and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has lifted a nationwide ban against President…
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Freelance journalist accredited to AP detained in Ethiopia
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Associated Press says a freelance video journalist accredited to the AP in Ethiopia has…
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The Fed hints at multiple rate hikes in 2022 to combat inflation
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business America’s inflation spikes have prompted the Federal Reserve to pick up the pace in normalizing its pandemic-era…
Continue Reading Freight rails trying other locomotive fuels to cut emissions
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The major freight railroads across North America continue to experiment with alternative…
Continue Reading Sources: Rivian to build $5B electric truck plant in Georgia
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Sources briefed on the decision say electric truck maker Rivian Automotive will announce Thursday that…
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Why the Fed feels now is time to tighten credit more quickly
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell responded to surging inflation by…
Continue Reading Why the Fed feels now is time to tighten credit more quickly
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell responded to surging inflation by…
Continue Reading Goldman Sachs cuts US economic forecast after Joe Manchin rejects Build Back Better
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Matt Egan, CNN Senator Joe Manchin’s opposition to the Build Back Better Act prompted Goldman Sachs to swiftly dim its US…
Continue Reading Dutch judge: Remove tweets comparing unvaccinated to Jews
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A judge has ordered a Dutch right-wing populist lawmaker to take down four tweets in which he drew comparisons…
Continue Reading Meta wants researchers to help it avoid having users’ personal data exposed online
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is asking for help in avoiding having personal data about its users…
Continue Reading Wall Street has fallen in love with bowling
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business “Bowling for Dollars” was a popular 1970s game show. The company that owns the Professional Bowlers…
Continue Reading The Log4j security flaw could impact the entire internet. Here’s what you should know
CNN By Jennifer Korn A critical flaw in widely used software has cybersecurity experts raising alarms and big companies racing to fix the issue. The…
Continue Reading The Log4j security flaw could impact the entire internet. Here’s what you should know
By Jennifer Korn A critical flaw in widely used software has cybersecurity experts raising alarms and big companies racing to fix the issue. The…
Continue Reading Dollar General is putting workers’ safety at risk, Labor Department says
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business The Labor Department sharply criticized Dollar General’s “troubled history” on worker safety,…
Continue Reading AP source: Biden, Manchin sharply divided over $2T Dem bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Sen. Joe Manchin are said to be sharply divided over Democrats’ huge…
Continue Reading India unveils $10.2B plan to attract semiconductor makers
ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has announced a $10.2 billion incentive plan in an attempt to attract global chipmakers and…
Continue Reading Nations renew talks on ‘killer robots’ as deal hopes narrow
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The countries behind a U.N. agreement on weapons have been meeting this week on the thorny issue of…
Continue Reading EU, ex-Soviet state leaders meet as Russia tensions simmer
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have met with their counterparts from five former Soviet republics, including Ukraine, with an eye toward…
Continue Reading Audi recall: water can enter computer, reducing engine power
DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen’s Audi luxury brand is recalling 289,000 SUVs in the U.S. because water can get into a control computer under the back…
Continue Reading Businesses: Idaho education politics are hurting state
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Political hostility to public education in the Republican-dominated Idaho Legislature is…
Continue Reading Evictions on the rise months after federal moratorium ends
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Housing advocates say evictions are increasing around the country, several months after a federal…
Continue Reading Subaru recall: chain can slip and break, causing power loss
DETROIT (AP) — Subaru is recalling about 200,000 vehicles in the U.S. because a chain in the transmission can break, causing a loss of power. The…
Continue Reading After 3 tense months, Spanish volcano eruption may be over
By ARITZ PARRA and BARRY HATTON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Residents on the Spanish island of La Palma are daring to hope that a volcanic…
Continue Reading Elon Musk calls Elizabeth Warren ‘Senator Karen’ in fight over taxes
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Senator Elizabeth Warren and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are in the middle of a full-scale Twitter war. Warren called the…
Continue Reading Elon Musk calls Elizabeth Warren ‘Senator Karen’ in fight over taxes
CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Senator Elizabeth Warren and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are in the middle of a full-scale Twitter war. Warren called the…
Continue Reading Former SC gov candidate John Warren launches Bitcoin venture
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The multimillionaire businessman who forced South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster into a GOP…
Continue Reading Holiday shopping gets off to a disappointingly sluggish start
By Anneken Tappe and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Americans dialed back their spending in November, new data from the Census Bureau showed…
Continue Reading Modest 0.3% November retail sales bump, optimism still high
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Americans slowed their spending from October to November but still continued to…
Continue Reading Poland’s COVID deaths highest since April, new restrictions
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has registered the highest rate of COVID-19-related deaths since April amid a continuing high rate of new infections.…
Continue Reading Is the Federal Reserve blowing its best chance to fight inflation?
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The Federal Reserve, faced with the highest jump in inflation in almost four decades, is preparing to pivot.…
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