Chinese fashion photographer in Dior controversy apologizes
By ZEN SOO and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A renowned Chinese fashion photographer has apologized for her past work after online…
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US adds a dozen Chinese companies to its trade blacklist
By Jill Disis and Kylie Atwood, CNN Business The Biden administration is piling more pressure on Chinese companies it claims could undermine US…
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CNN By Jill Disis and Kylie Atwood, CNN Business The Biden administration is piling more pressure on Chinese companies it claims could undermine US…
Continue Reading Cambodia promotes shared growth at virtual Asia-Europe meet
By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has opened a virtual meeting of Asian and European…
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What to do after a house fire
Stacker researched official recommendations from the US Fire Administration, the Red Cross, and other experts to compile this list of 17 steps you…
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15 precautions to take to prepare for an earthquake
Stacker used resources from the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other experts to compile a list…
Continue Reading Russia: Death toll in Siberian coal mine blast raised to 52
By DARIA LITVINOVA and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say 52 miners and rescuers have died after a…
Continue Reading South Korea to launch task force on banning dog meat
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it will launch a task force to consider outlawing dog meat consumption…
Continue Reading Europe’s Christmas markets warily open as COVID cases rise
By DAVID McHUGH, EMILY SCHULTHEIS and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Some of Europe’s Christmas markets are warily…
Continue Reading Merkel: ‘Sad day’ as Germany marks 100,000 deaths from COVID
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke of “a very sad day” as her country became the latest to…
Continue Reading Asian stock markets sink as traders watch Europe virus cases
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have declined as traders weigh the impact of a surge in coronavirus cases in…
Continue Reading Latest grab-and-run theft hits Southern California Nordstrom
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police are hunting for thieves who rushed into a Southern California Nordstrom store Wednesday night and ran off…
Continue Reading From serious to scurrilous, some Jimmy Hoffa theories
By ROGER SCHNEIDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The FBI’s confirmation last week that it was looking at a spot next to a New Jersey landfill…
Continue Reading Mexico gets female central bank head, supreme court justice
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has nominated the first woman to serve as governor of the country’s central bank, saying that…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes found guilty on four out of 11 federal charges
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO and founder of failed blood testing startup Theranos,…
Continue Reading What we’ve learned so far from Elizabeth Holmes’ testimony
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business For 11 weeks, the only words from Elizabeth Holmes in her criminal trial came from old TV interviews, an…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
The Associated Press Stocks ended with scant gains after another wobbly day of trading on Wall Street Wednesday as the market remained unsettled…
Continue Reading Gap, Nordstrom fall; Deere, Pure Storage rise
Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Gap, Nordstrom fall; Deere, Pure Storage…
Continue Reading Justice Dept. to prioritize prosecuting violence on flights
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland is directing U.S. attorneys across the nation to swiftly…
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 California denies most fracking permits ahead of 2024 ban
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators are denying most permits for the controversial oil and gas extraction process known as fracking,…
Continue Reading Fed officials express resolve to address inflation risks
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials in discussions earlier this month said the central bank…
Continue Reading Instagram head to testify before Senate subcommittee about the platform’s impact on kids
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, is set to testify in a Senate subcommittee hearing in early December about the…
Continue Reading More than 2,000 people rally in Belgrade against new laws
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — More than 2,000 people have rallied in Belgrade against Serbian government policies that they say favor investors over the…
Continue Reading Housing market trends fuel single-family home rental growth
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homebuilders and other real estate companies are increasingly betting that would-be homebuyers…
Continue Reading Israel, Belgium clash over settlement products labeling
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Pres TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s deputy foreign minister has canceled meetings with Belgian officials after a…
Continue Reading This tax would make wealthy corporations pay their fair share
Opinion by Reuven Avi-Yonah for CNN Business Perspectives Corporate America has perfected the art of dodging the taxes that everyone else pays. From…
Continue Reading Federal judge tells lawyers to pay in US election fraud case
DENVER (AP) — A federal judge has ordered two lawyers who filed a class action lawsuit alleging the 2020 presidential election was stolen from…
Continue Reading Brazilians find stock exchange bull unbearable, remove it
By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Many Brazilians felt bearish about the new Wall Street-inspired bull sculpture outside the…
Continue Reading How to financially prepare to quit your job
By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business Millions of Americans are leaving their jobs these days — and they don’t always have another one lined up.…
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