El Paso sees rent rate increases more than double a typical year
EL PASO, Texas — Rent prices are on the rise in El Paso, but they aren’t just increasing in the Borderland. According to Scott Lynch, who is the…
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Starbucks says employees must get vaccine or test weekly
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks says its U.S. workers must be fully vaccinated by Feb. 9 or face a weekly COVID testing requirement.…
Continue Reading Tesla, ODP rise; Applied Therapeutics, Newmont fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Tesla, ODP rise; Applied Therapeutics, Newmont…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Monday
The Associated Press Wall Street got 2022 off to a solid start with more record highs for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Every…
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says Facebook blocked her account for 24 hours
By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Facebook has blocked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from posting on its platform for 24 hours, the Georgia Republican…
Continue Reading Stocks kicked 2022 off at record highs
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Start the year how you intend to spend it, right? For the Dow, that means at all-time highs. The index finished up…
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…
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NASA’s new space telescope ‘hunky-dory’ after problems fixed
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new space telescope is doing well more than a week after liftoff,…
Continue Reading GM was America’s largest automaker for nearly a century. It’s about to be dethroned by Toyota
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Toyota is about to become the leader in US auto sales for the first time, taking away a title that General Motors has…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes Trial: Jury says it is deadlocked on three counts
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Editor’s Note: The jury has now returned a verdict in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes. Read the full…
Continue Reading AMC CEO vows on Twitter to refinance movie theater chain’s debt load
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Movie theater chain AMC was a darling of the meme stock crowd in 2021, soaring nearly 1,200% last year thanks to…
Continue Reading Apple has become the world’s first $3 trillion company
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Apple has reached yet another major milestone. The iPhone maker topped a market value of $3 trillion Monday —…
Continue Reading Apple’s warp-speed journey to $3 trillion
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The first trading day of the year featured a major milestone for Corporate America and financial…
Continue Reading 5 ways to nail a financial negotiation
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Having to negotiate for what you want can feel like getting a root canal. You’d rather not do it, but sometimes…
Continue Reading Mercedes says its electric concept has 620 miles of range and seats made with mushrooms
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Mercedes has unveiled a new all-electric concept car, the EQXX, that the company claims can go 620 miles on a…
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Trump, Ivanka, Don Jr. subpoenaed in New York AG’s probe
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general recently issued subpoenas to former President Donald Trump and…
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Beto O’Rourke’s blunt support of marijuana legalization gives advocates hope for policy change
At a crowded rally in downtown Austin, Beto O’Rourke ticked off his usual laundry list of campaign promises: stabilizing the power grid, rolling…
Continue Reading Mercedes says its electric concept has 620 miles of range and seats made with mushrooms
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Mercedes has unveiled a new all-electric concept car, the EQXX, that the company claims can go…
Continue Reading Wall Street is getting greedy again
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The calendar has flipped to 2022 but investors are still partying like it’s 2021. Stocks remained near…
Continue Reading Big banks are booming. Now here come earnings
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The prospect of higher interest rates this year is spooking investors in tech stocks and other…
Continue Reading Starbucks unveils its new employee vaccine policy
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business To comply with the Biden administration’s upcoming vaccine mandate, Starbucks is requiring its workers to be…
Continue Reading Tech’s biggest event starts this week. Here’s what to expect
By Samantha Kelly and Clare Duffy, CNN Business CES, typically one of the year’s biggest tech trade shows, is moving forward with plans to host…
Continue Reading We can’t afford to let Build Back Better fail
Opinion by Mark Wolfe for CNN Business Perspectives The Build Back Better bill, the large social safety net and environmental spending bill being…
Continue Reading AT&T and Verizon won’t further delay 5G rollout amid a looming aviation impasse
By Brian Fung, CNN Business The nation’s biggest cellular carriers say they won’t further delay the rollout of 5G wireless service near…
Continue Reading Sweetgreen is selling a salad subscription
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Sweetgreen is hoping to alleviate some of the pain of paying for its expensive salads with a new discount program.…
Continue Reading FDA expands Pfizer boosters for more teens as omicron surges
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters as it confronts the omicron surge. The Food and Drug Administration on…
Continue Reading Thousands of flights canceled, delayed at start of workweek
By DAVID KOENIG and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press A winter storm hitting the mid-Atlantic combined with the pandemic to further frustrate air…
Continue Reading Insider Q&A: Kroll Institute’s Megan Greene
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Forecasting economic change in a pandemic was always going to be hard. Now omicron, the new…
Continue Reading Disney needs a comeback year. Will it get it?
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Disney did not have a magical 2021. Even as Covid-19 vaccines allowed countries around the world to lift…
Continue Reading Little Caesars’ Hot-N-Ready pizza no longer costs $5
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Not even Little Caesars is immune from price increases: The chain’s signature $5 Hot-N-Ready pizza now costs…
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