Asian markets mixed after Wall St decline, virus unease
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after a turbulent day on Wall Street as traders tried to forecast…
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Ransomware attack on Planned Parenthood exposes 400,000 patients’ personal data
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The Los Angeles chapter of Planned Parenthood suffered a ransomware attack in October that compromised the personal information…
Continue Reading GivingTuesday: Record $2.7B raised during day of generosity
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Organizers for GivingTuesday say American donors gave $2.7 billion during Tuesday’s giving day. The…
Continue Reading Prosecute shoplifters under existing laws, governor says
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom says in no uncertain terms that he thinks shoplifters should be…
Continue Reading Slithering ‘snake burglar’ steals thousands from CA salon
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Police were looking for a man dubbed the “snake burglar” who wriggled his way through a Southern California business…
Continue Reading Hawaii: Petroleum detected in tap water near Pearl Harbor
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The state of Hawaii says a laboratory has detected petroleum product in a water sample from an…
Continue Reading From Square to Block: Another tech company changes its name
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — There’s a new Silicon Valley corporate name change on the block. A month after Facebook changed its name to Meta, Square…
Continue Reading Laos-China railway to launch as debt to Beijing mounts
By JOE McDONALD, SAM McNEIL and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Laos, an isolated, mountainous nation of 7 million people wedged…
Continue Reading Data hacked for 400,000 Planned Parenthood LA patients
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles branch of Planned Parenthood chapter has been hit by a data breach involving about 400,000 patients, but the…
Continue Reading Airlines told to keep data on travelers from southern Africa
By The Associated Press Airlines are being required to gather information about some passengers that will help with contact tracing if they develop…
Continue Reading Auto workers likely to approve direct election of leadership
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Members of the United Auto Workers union apparently will approve picking their leaders in direct…
Continue Reading Square is changing its name to ‘Block’
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Days after Jack Dorsey resigned as CEO of Twitter, his other company is changing its name. Square, the digital…
Continue Reading Canada excludes Boeing from fighter jet competition
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada has officially narrowed its decade-long hunt for a new fighter jet to two choices as the federal government confirmed…
Continue Reading Colorado panel issues guidelines for injecting ketamine
By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s health department says emergency workers should not use a condition…
Continue Reading Tesla officially moves headquarters from California to Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tesla says it has officially moved its corporate headquarters from Silicon Valley to a large factory under construction…
Continue Reading California water districts to get 0% of requested supplies
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Water agencies in drought-stricken California that serve 27 million residents…
Continue Reading Christian television network founder and preacher Marcus Lamb, who discouraged vaccinations, dies after being hospitalized for Covid-19
By Carma Hassan, Michelle Watson, CNN Business Prominent Christian televangelist and anti-vaccine advocate Marcus Lamb died after being hospitalized…
Continue Reading Jury in Elizabeth Holmes trial fails to reach a verdict for second straight week
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Rishi Iyengar and Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business The high-profile criminal fraud trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes testifies she reached out to Rupert Murdoch to try to kill a damning Wall Street Journal story
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business When Elizabeth Holmes got wind that then-Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou was working on a…
Continue Reading Ambarella, Box rise; Salesforce.com, Generac fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Ambarella, Box rise; Salesforce.com, Generac…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
The Associated Press Markets turned cautious again, erasing an early gain and ending lower Wednesday as investors try to handicap how much the new…
Continue Reading Fox host doubles down on outrageous comparison of Fauci to Nazi ‘Angel of Death’ doctor as network remains silent
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Lara Logan, a Fox News personality and host on the network’s streaming service, appeared on Wednesday to stand by…
Continue Reading Facebook: Fake scientist used to spread anti-US propaganda
By DAVID KLEPPER and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press Facebook says it removed hundreds of fake accounts linked to an effort to spread unfounded claims…
Continue Reading Fauci calls out Fox for its silence after host compares him to Nazi doctor
CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Dr. Anthony Fauci on Thursday night called out Fox News for staying silent after one of its personalities and…
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…
Continue Reading Gates, French Gates offer post-divorce philanthropic plans
The Associated Press Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates say they will still work with the Giving Pledge. That’s the campaign they co-founded…
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Las Cruces Walmart store to temporarily close due to Covid-19 outbreak
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Walmart store in Las Cruces is temporarily closing down after a Covid-19 outbreak. A Walmart spokesperson said…
Continue Reading Top Meta exec blames users for spreading misinformation
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Brian Fung, CNN Individual users, not tech platforms, shoulder the responsibility for the spread of misinformation online,…
Continue Reading Facebook says Belarusian KGB used fake accounts to stoke border crisis
By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Business Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, says it has evidence the Belarusian KGB used fake accounts to…
Continue Reading Fed survey finds supply-chain shortages boosting inflation
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is reporting that many parts of the country were hit by supply chain…
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