New Texas rules after blackout, but not for this winter
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Regulators of Texas’ oil and gas industry that buckled during February’s deadly freeze…
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Sports bettors dream: 86 able to bet on game after it ended
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Eighty-six gamblers in New Jersey thought they’d found the Holy Grail of sports…
Continue Reading Swift selling local media assets to Ogden Newspapers
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Swift Communications is selling its local media and publishing businesses to West Virginia-based Ogden Newspapers. The…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes gets emotional under fire by prosecutors
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — One-time entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes on Tuesday struggled to recall key events…
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Sky high home prices push Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to back loans of nearly $1 million
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home prices across the US have seen stratospheric increases within the past year as demand for homes spiked and…
Continue Reading Labor group says Amazon massively underreported Covid cases contracted at work
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Amazon had at least 20,000 employees test positive for Covid-19 last year. But it reported that only 27 of those cases…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
The Associated Press Wall Street’s losses deepened on Tuesday after the head of the Federal Reserve said it will consider shutting off its support…
Continue Reading Can California legally require women on corporate boards?
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s first-in-the-nation law requiring women on corporate boards is being…
Continue Reading Stocks plummet as Omicron variant rattles Wall Street
NEW YORK, NY — Wall Street’s losses deepened on Tuesday amid worries that the omicron variant would hit the global economy. On top of those…
Continue Reading RR Donnelley, Lithia Motors rise; Intuit, Moderna fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: R.R. Donnelley, Lithia Motors rise; Intuit, Moderna…
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 Court upholds California ban on high-capacity magazines
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld California’s ban on…
Continue Reading Meta exec behind Facebook’s cryptocurrency project to step down
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business David Marcus, the executive in charge of the troubled cryptocurrency project at Meta Platforms — the company…
Continue Reading Michigan drops oil pipeline suit, refocuses on separate case
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is abandoning a lawsuit aimed at shutting down an oil pipeline that runs…
Continue Reading California now limits medical parole to those on ventilators
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California corrections officials have begun limiting medical parole only to inmates so…
Continue Reading States: Sackler family members abusing bankruptcy process
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a handful of states say members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker…
Continue Reading Meet the new CEO of Twitter
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Parag Agrawal isn’t a household name, but he could soon become one as he takes the lead at one of the world’s…
Continue Reading Kiss those juicy post-holiday clearance sales goodbye
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business If you’re the kind of shopper who holds out for the bigger and better year-end deals after Christmas, you…
Continue Reading Omicron and the Fed might finally kill this bull market
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business So much for a year-end Santa Claus rally? The broader market has pulled back in the past week as worries about the…
Continue Reading Home prices jumped 19.5% in September
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home prices rose 19.5% in September compared to a year ago, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national…
Continue Reading The pandemic will continue to rage as long as the WTO keeps bickering over vaccine rules
Opinion by Joseph Stiglitz and Lori Wallach for CNN Business Perspectives If international organizations are subject to karma, last week’s…
Continue Reading Travel is back, but Omicron could change everything
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Just when US airlines thought they were on the verge of profitability again, along came the Omicron variant to put…
Continue Reading Former Temple U business dean convicted in rankings scandal
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A jury has convicted the former dean of Temple University’s business school on charges related to a scheme to falsely boost…
Continue Reading Charities fundraising for other nonprofits on GivingTuesday
By EMILY HAYNES of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy GivingTuesday, the annual fundraising blitz on the Tuesday after…
Continue Reading Jerome Powell: The Fed may wind down its stimulus sooner than expected
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The Federal Reserve might end its pandemic-era stimulus sooner than expected, Chairman Jerome Powell told the Senate…
Continue Reading Amazon, Walmart and the world’s biggest retailers are making port congestion and pollution worse, new report finds
By Moira Ritter, CNN Business The supply chain is facing major blockages, and container ships are heaping pollution into communities near the…
Continue Reading UK launches booster vaccination blitz as new variant spreads
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain says it will offer all adults a booster dose of vaccine within two months to bolster the…
Continue Reading In shadow of Texas gas drilling sites, health fears escalate
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Next to a North Texas day care center is a site where Total Energies…
Continue Reading The FTC wants information from Amazon, Walmart and other giant stores about empty shelves and rising prices
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that it is ordering Amazon, Walmart, Kroger, Procter & Gamble,…
Continue Reading Biden tries to reassure on COVID as he sells spending plan
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROSEMOUNT, Minn. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday went to Minnesota to pitch his completed infrastructure deal…
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