Inflation is soaring. Enter the Omicron variant
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Consumer prices in the United States continued to surge in November, exacerbating anxiety about rising inflation…
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Cyprus issues 2nd offshore drilling license to ExxonMobil
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Energy have expanded their stake in potential oil and…
Continue Reading Uber helping detectives solve Florida ‘grandparent scams’
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Detectives in Tampa are asking Uber to help solve a “grandparent scam” that conned $10,000 from a 75-year-old man who was…
Continue Reading Varsity Truce: Last parent in college bribery scandal pleads
BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors say the owner of a warehousing company for the shipping industry who paid $75,000 to have someone correct his son’s…
Continue Reading Finland picks Lockheed Martin F-35A in $11B defense deal
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland has agreed to buy 64 Lockheed Martin fighter jets to replace its aging fleet of combat…
Continue Reading Elon Musk says he’s thinking of becoming a full-time influencer
By Reuters Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is “thinking of” leaving his jobs and becoming an influencer, the world’s…
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Surging inflation is forcing people and businesses to adapt
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — A warehouse worker in Tennessee is running up against price…
Continue Reading Chinese leaders promise more economic support after slowdown
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders have promised tax cuts and support for entrepreneurs to shore up slumping…
Continue Reading 2021 in Books: `Everything feels magnified’
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In 2021, few in the publishing industry worried that no one cared about books anymore.…
Continue Reading A key inflation measure rose to a 39-year high last month
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business America’s high pandemic-era price hikes were alive and kicking last month, when a key measure of inflation…
Continue Reading Shell walks ‘tightrope’ of demands amid climate pressures
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell has received approval from shareholders to simplify its archaic corporate…
Continue Reading UK economy barely grows as nation faces new restrictions
LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom’s economy barely grew in October as construction activity slowed due to shortages of building materials and…
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How to prepare your garden for next season
Pela has put together a gardening to-do list to help you start preparing for spring while waiting out the cold months of the year.…
Continue Reading Evergrande can’t pay its debts. China is scrambling to contain the fallout
By Laura He, CNN Business Evergrande has defaulted on its debt. Now Beijing is intervening to prevent a disorderly collapse of the indebted real…
Continue Reading SenseTime hit with US investment ban as it prepares to go public
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business SenseTime’s big stock market debut may have hit a major snag because of tensions between the United States and…
Continue Reading India pays tribute to helicopter crash victims ahead of funerals with military honors
By Esha Mitra, Vedika Sud and Rhea Mogul, CNN India was mourning the victims of a helicopter crash that killed 13 people including the…
Continue Reading UN: Afghanistan’s economy is collapsing `before our eyes’
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief is warning that Afghanistan’s economic collapse “is…
Continue Reading Interfaith coalition urges Louis Vuitton to shed fur items
BOSTON (AP) — A group of Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish leaders is urging luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton to stop using animal fur in its…
Continue Reading Companies rethink return-to-office plans amid omicron cases
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Companies are rethinking their plans to send workers back to the office as the new…
Continue Reading Stocks end higher, closing out best week since February
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer A late wave of buying sent stocks to solid gains on Wall Street Friday, sending the S&P 500 to another record…
Continue Reading Thousands in Oregon face eviction as lawmakers scramble
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In Oregon, where a long-standing housing crisis has been exacerbated by the…
Continue Reading Shortage of snowplow drivers hampers states as storms arrive
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — This winter, more motorists may find themselves stuck on snowy highways or have their…
Continue Reading Australian military switches from European to US helicopters
Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s military says it plans to ditch its fleet of European-designed Taipan helicopters and…
Continue Reading Filipino journalist shot dead in ‘cowardly’ killing, say Philippine authorities
Story by Reuters A Filipino journalist who formerly worked with Reuters has been killed in a drive-by shooting, authorities said on Thursday, one of…
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New Mexico chile labor program halted amid fight between governor, legislature
by Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico’s red chile harvest might become a casualty of a recent Supreme Court…
Continue Reading DNA match solves case of California waitress killed in 1996
DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) — A DNA match has helped detectives solve the killing of a San Francisco Bay Area waitress…
Continue Reading A Black couple had a White friend show their home and its appraisal rose by nearly half a million dollars
CNN, KTLA, KGO By Joe Johns, Laura Robinson and Nicole Chavez, CNN Tenisha Tate-Austin and her husband became suspicious when the Northern California…
Continue Reading A Black couple had a White friend show their home and its appraisal rose by nearly half a million dollars
By Joe Johns, Laura Robinson and Nicole Chavez, CNN Tenisha Tate-Austin and her husband became suspicious when the Northern California home they…
Continue Reading Monsanto to plead guilty to illegal pesticide use in Hawaii
By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Monsanto says in court papers that it has agreed to plead guilty to illegally using and storing…
Continue Reading GM CEO says making ventilators changed the company culture
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The CEO of General Motors says the automaker learned valuable lessons last year when it stepped in to…
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