France imposes new virus measures amid spike in infections
PARIS (AP) — The French government has announced new COVID-19 measures in an effort to curb the spread of the virus. But authorities stopped short…
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Zuckerberg buys more Hawaii land, including deadly dam site
HONOLULU (AP) — Billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has purchased more land in Hawaii, including most of a reservoir that unleashed a…
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Travel nightmare: Another 2,500 flights canceled Monday
By Chris Liakos and Sonnet Swire, CNN Business More than 2,800 flights have been canceled Monday as Covid cases surge across the globe. Of the more…
Continue Reading Judge sets hearing to reconsider trucker’s 110-year sentence
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — A truck driver sentenced to 110 years for an explosive crash that killed four people in…
Continue Reading The housing market was on a wild ride this year. Here’s what to expect in 2022
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business The US housing market has had a white hot year. Home sales are on track to reach the highest level in 15 years, with an…
Continue Reading Changes to Belarusian Constitution may extend leader’s rule
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus’ authorities have released a draft document proposing amendments to the…
Continue Reading The 3 reasons travel ground to a halt this Christmas
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Over the Christmas weekend, flying was a miserable experience for millions of travelers, as airlines canceled or…
Continue Reading Omicron, storms disrupt air travel for 4th consecutive day
By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Flight cancellations that disrupted holiday travel stretched into Monday. Staffers calling out…
Continue Reading For celebrations, English fizz is on the rise
By LOUISE DIXON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — English sparkling wine has been winning respect and an audience in recent years. Globally, English…
Continue Reading After shaking up Exxon’s board, Engine No. 1 widens sights
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Few people had heard of Engine No. 1 until this year, when it shocked corporate America by pushing…
Continue Reading US steps up probe into Hyundai-Kia engine failures and fires
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators have stepped up a series of investigations into multiple engine fires that…
Continue Reading Spirit Airlines to double flight attendant pay through January 4
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Reuters Spirit Airlines flight attendants are receiving double pay on any work through January 4, their union said, as the budget…
Continue Reading Travel nightmare continues: Another 2,800 flights canceled Tuesday
CNN, KUSA By Chris Liakos and Sonnet Swire, CNN Business Thousands of flights have been canceled over the past several days as Covid cases surge…
Continue Reading The Property Line: Don’t be misled by myths about iBuyers
By HOLDEN LEWIS of NerdWallet IBuyers are one of the few true innovations to hit the real estate industry in recent years. Yet consumers haven’t…
Continue Reading Polish president vetoes media bill that targeted US company
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president says he has decided to veto a media bill that would have forced U.S.…
Continue Reading Bulgarian shoppers find bargains in Turkey as lira struggles
By MEHMET GUZEL Associated Press EDIRNE, Turkey (AP) — Bulgarian shoppers are crossing Turkey’s western border in packed cars and buses, taking…
Continue Reading Delta: Flight to Shanghai turned back because of COVID rules
BEIJING (AP) — Delta Air Lines says new pandemic-related cleaning requirements at a Shanghai airport were behind the turning back of a recent…
Continue Reading China plans to tighten rules on overseas IPOs
By Jill Disis, CNN Business China is planning to tighten restrictions for Chinese companies that want to list overseas. And while Beijing won’t…
Continue Reading Chinese tech stocks are climbing on the last day of the year. But 2021 has been a bloodbath
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Diksha Madhok and Jill Disis, CNN Business Chinese tech stocks got a big boost in Hong Kong on the last day of the year, but…
Continue Reading Asian shares mixed as omicron worries crimp market optimism
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are trading mixed, as optimism set off by a rally on Wall Street was dampened by…
Continue Reading Holmes jury ends fourth inconclusive day of deliberations
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The jury weighing fraud charges against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes…
Continue Reading This Week: Home prices, wholesale stockpiles, jobless claims
The Associated Press S&P issues its latest monthly CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index Tuesday. The Commerce Department reports its November…
Continue Reading Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The metrics are ugly for many television, digital and print news organizations: after…
Continue Reading Asian stocks mixed in quiet end of year trading
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares are mixed at the outset of the last trading week of the year as countries…
Continue Reading The pandemic pushed nearly 100 million people in poverty. They’re struggling to escape
CNN By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Dipali Roy couldn’t afford to eat. She and her husband, Pradip Roy, were garment workers in Bangladesh when…
Continue Reading The pandemic pushed nearly 100 million people in poverty. They’re struggling to escape
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Dipali Roy couldn’t afford to eat. She and her husband, Pradip Roy, were garment workers in Bangladesh when the…
Continue Reading Nancy Keating, matriarch of influential family, dies at 94
CINCINNATI (AP) — Nancy Keating, matriarch of a large family with deep and philanthropic ties to the Cincinnati area, has died at age 94. Her son…
Continue Reading ‘Spider-Man’ surpasses $1B globally in second weekend
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Even with some mighty competition from new Matrix and Sing movies and rising concerns over the omicron variant,…
Continue Reading Thousands of flights canceled on Christmas weekend
CNN, KARE, WJLA, KUSA By Pete Muntean, CNN Business Major US airlines canceled hundreds more flights Sunday, the third day in a row of mass…
Continue Reading COVID-19 variant disrupts holiday travel but not shopping
By BRYAN GALLION and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The latest COVID-19 variant is upending holiday plans for tens of thousands…
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