Elizabeth Holmes’ defense rests its case
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes’ defense rested its case Wednesday, shortly after the founder and former CEO of…
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Explainer: What caused Amazon’s outage? Will there be more?
By MATT O’BRIEN and FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writers Robotic vacuum cleaners wouldn’t start. Doorbell cameras stopped watching for…
Continue Reading CP shareholders back $31B purchase of Kansas City Southern
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion plan to acquire Kansas City Southern cleared one of its final hurdles Wednesday when…
Continue Reading 2022 will mark the end of the pandemic and a full economic recovery, JPMorgan says
By Matt Egan, CNN Business After nearly two full years of Covid-driven chaos, JPMorgan Chase is predicting 2022 will usher in a return to normalcy…
Continue Reading 3 Better.com executives resign after CEO lays off 900 over Zoom
By Moira Ritter Days after Better.com’s CEO unceremoniously fired 900 people over Zoom, several executives are handing in their resignation…
Continue Reading Employers are preparing for big pay raises in 2022
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business If you have a job, you’re probably getting a bigger raise next year. Base pay may increase by an average of 3.9%…
Continue Reading Hallmark takes familiar holiday role; NFL leads prime time
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An assembly line of holiday films to make the heart sing is the Hallmark Channel’s blueprint,…
Continue Reading Roku soars on new deal with Google to keep streaming YouTube
CNN By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Roku customers no longer have to worry about losing access to the channels of their favorite creators. The…
Continue Reading Roku soars on new deal with Google to keep streaming YouTube
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Roku customers no longer have to worry about losing access to the channels of their favorite creators. The company…
Continue Reading Serbia moves to defuse protests over Rio Tinto lithium mine
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Trying to defuse large protests by environmentalists, Serbia’s populist government…
Continue Reading Defense team rests in Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The defense team for fallen Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has rested its case in…
Continue Reading WH has new slogan on infrastructure, but message the same
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Joe Biden is rebranding his bipartisan infrastructure package with the new…
Continue Reading $56K Alzheimer’s drug avoiding Biden’s cost curbs, for now
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s medication that’s leading to one of the biggest…
Continue Reading FAA issues aircraft restrictions linked to 5G technology, warns of possible flight diversions
By Brian Fung The Federal Aviation Administration announced a new rule on Tuesday that forbids pilots from using auto-landing and other certain…
Continue Reading Slovakia eases virus lockdown but not for the unvaccinated
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s government has eased the current lockdown for vaccinated people and those who have recovered from…
Continue Reading Southwest sees Q4 profit, says omicron not hurting bookings
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines says travel was strong over Thanksgiving and that momentum is carrying into…
Continue Reading Australia foreign minister welcomes EU security pledge
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Australia’s foreign minister has started a European tour in Athens. Marise Payne on Wednesday welcomed a recent…
Continue Reading French junior finance minister resigns after conviction
PARIS (AP) — A junior finance minister has quit the French government after being convicted of failing to declare all his wealth and income. The…
Continue Reading Costco is offering a new perk to club members
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Costco is searching for ways to make paying $60 for a membership every year worth more to online shoppers —…
Continue Reading US businesses advertised near-record 11 million open jobs
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers posted 11 million open jobs in October, nearly matching a record high…
Continue Reading Bosnian security chief accused of corruption in weapons sale
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia’s security minister has been formally charged with malfeasance and corruption over the irregular sale…
Continue Reading Market volatility is back but investors are still buying the dip
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Last week’s stock market selloff seems like ancient history. Stocks surged Monday and Tuesday and were flat…
Continue Reading America’s job openings jumped to 11 million in October
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business American companies’ search for workers didn’t get any easier this fall. In October, the nation’s…
Continue Reading Europe’s largest travel company says Omicron is hurting winter bookings
By Walé Azeez, CNN Business TUI says a surge in Covid-19 infections and the Omicron variant is taking its toll on winter holiday bookings.…
Continue Reading Europe’s largest travel company says Omicron is hurting winter bookings
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Walé Azeez, CNN Business TUI says a surge in Covid-19 infections and the Omicron variant is taking its toll on winter holiday…
Continue Reading Report: Chinese hackers targeted Southeast Asian nations
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A U.S.-based private cybersecurity company says it has uncovered evidence Chinese hackers, likely…
Continue Reading Intel CEO: The best way to fix America’s chip shortage
Opinion by Pat Gelsinger for CNN Business Perspectives For almost a year, US companies and consumers have had to navigate a global chip shortage.…
Continue Reading Flood insurance costs rise in areas once deemed lower risk
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A revamped federal flood insurance program means higher rates for many…
Continue Reading Instagram head faces senators amid anger over possible harms
By MARCY GORDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of Instagram, appearing before a Senate panel, met with deep…
Continue Reading Austria to end lockdown on Sunday but not for unvaccinated
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s new chancellor says the country’s fourth national lockdown will end on Sunday…
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