Wholesale inflation jumps record 9.6% over past 12 months
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices at the wholesale level surged by a record 9.6% in November from a year earlier,…
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Women say they do most chores, child care: AP-NORC poll
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writer Many couples who don’t have children expect that they’ll more or less share household duties equally…
Continue Reading Resale is making gains in December holiday gift shopping
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Second hand. Like new. Thrift. Buy Nothing. Gently used. There are lots of ways to describe…
Continue Reading Martin Scorsese Institute to be established by NYU
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Scorsese’s alma mater, New York University, is establishing a film institute in his name…
Continue Reading EU nations set fish quota leaving environmentalists outraged
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations have set fish catch quotas for next year in an attempt to protect fragile…
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The travel industry is getting hit again. Can it take it?
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading fast. But even as scientists urge patience while they assess the…
Continue Reading Vatican fraud trial sees more delay amid procedural errors
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s big fraud and embezzlement trial has suffered another delay. The tribunal…
Continue Reading Banks slowly reconsider overdraft fees, amid public pressure
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The banking industry appears to have overdone it on overdraft fees. After decades of raking in…
Continue Reading Fireball from overturned tanker kills 75 in Haiti: official
By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA and EVENS SANON Associated Press CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) — Authorities say at least 75 people were killed and dozens more…
Continue Reading Portugal picked for Europe’s biggest lithium treatment plant
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A Portuguese and a Swedish company are joining forces to build in Portugal what they say will be Europe’s largest lithium…
Continue Reading German COVID panel to give advice by Christmas as cases ease
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Members of a new expert panel advising the German government on the coronavirus pandemic are…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Keep an eye on debt using visual aids
By MELISSA LAMBARENA of NerdWallet When you’re trying to stay accountable and motivated while paying down debt, visual aids can offer encouragement…
Continue Reading ‘Boost everybody.’ CEOs should mandate boosters before returning office workers, Andy Slavitt says
By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Omicron coronavirus variant will cause a “winter wave” that will complicate the return of workers to…
Continue Reading NATO chief applies for job as Norway’s central bank governor
BY JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he has applied to be the next governor of…
Continue Reading Toyota is spending $35 billion on electric cars to close gap on rivals
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Toyota is pumping more than $35 billion into electric vehicles as it tries to catch up with other global automakers in…
Continue Reading Scientists cautious as erupting Spanish volcano falls quiet
MADRID (AP) — A volcano that has been spewing lava in Spain’s Canary Islands for almost three months has fallen quiet. But scientists are warning…
Continue Reading Europe’s biggest economy is on the brink of a winter recession
By Charles Riley, CNN Business Germany is teetering on the brink of recession this winter as supply bottlenecks and a wave of new coronavirus cases…
Continue Reading Data indicate omicron is milder, better at evading vaccines
By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The omicron variant is offering more hints about what it may have in store as it spreads…
Continue Reading Supply chain disruptions cloud German machinery outlook
BERLIN (AP) — A group representing Germany’s machinery industry says it expects a weaker rebound in production this year than previously forecast…
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Tips for a sustainable holiday season
In the hopes of helping others have a more sustainable holiday season, Almond Cow compiled a list of ideas to celebrate the winter holidays with the…
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The 90 companies responsible for two-thirds of historical greenhouse gas emissions
Scientists estimate that emissions from just 90 companies contributed to nearly 50% of the rise in global mean surface temperature, and 57% of the…
Continue Reading Omicron stalks UK jobs market after previous fears allayed
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s jobs market appears to have brushed aside the ending of a salary support program that…
Continue Reading Misogynistic question in national high school exam sparks outrage and protest in India
By Swati Gupta and Jessie Yeung, CNN High school students in India will be given full marks for a national exam question criticized as…
Continue Reading Japan’s Toyota promises more electric models, investment
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Toyota is beefing up its electric vehicle lineup, offering 30 new fully…
Continue Reading China Mobile gets the green light to list in Shanghai after it was kicked out of New York
By Laura He, CNN Business China’s largest telecom company has received the green light to raise billions of dollars for its 5G ambitions by…
Continue Reading Militant attack in India’s Srinagar kills three police officers, injures 11
By Swati Gupta and Mukhtar Ahmad, CNN A militant attack in Indian Kashmir left three police officers dead and 11 others injured, according to local…
Continue Reading Fox stays silent about new texts that expose Hannity and Ingraham’s Jan. 6 hypocrisy
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…
Continue Reading Fox stays silent about new texts that expose Hannity and Ingraham’s Jan. 6 hypocrisy
CNN By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for…
Continue Reading Fox stays silent about new texts that expose Hannity and Ingraham’s Jan. 6 hypocrisy
CNN By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for…
Continue Reading Asian shares mixed ahead of Fed policy statement
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia as traders await the outcome of the last Federal Reserve meeting of…
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