Unemployment claims drop to 269,000, another pandemic low
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a fresh pandemic low last…
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US trade deficit hits record of $80.9 billion in September
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit hit an all-time high of $80.9 billion in September as American…
Continue Reading US mandates vaccines or tests for big companies by Jan. 4
By DAVID KOENIG Associated Press Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be vaccinated against…
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US mandates vaccines or tests for big companies by Jan. 4
By DAVID KOENIG Associated Press Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be vaccinated against…
Continue Reading Your favorite comfort foods are getting more expensive
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Nathaniel Meyersohn and Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Get ready to pay even more for the fun stuff in your grocery cart. Top snack…
Continue Reading Moderna warns its Covid vaccine shipments are falling short. Stock plunges
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Moderna fell short of profit and sales expectations for the third quarter, and the Covid vaccine maker warned that its…
Continue Reading Russia expels Dutch newspaper reporter, cites violations
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch newspaper reporter has been expelled from Russia, a move denounced as…
Continue Reading The era of free money is ending
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business For about 20 months, central banks have funneled an unprecedented amount of cash into the financial system, aiming to…
Continue Reading UK Conservatives back down on lobbying plan overhaul
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is facing allegations of favoritism and…
Continue Reading Moderna lowers forecast for 2021 COVID-19 vaccine deliveries
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Moderna is scaling back expectations for the number of COVID-19 vaccine deliveries it expects to make this year and…
Continue Reading Gasoline prices are soaring. OPEC and Russia aren’t coming to the rescue
By Charles Riley, CNN Business OPEC and its allies have disregarded calls from US President Joe Biden to do more to tame soaring energy prices that…
Continue Reading Moderna warns its Covid vaccine shipments are falling short. Stock plunges
CNN, HARTFORD HEALTHCARE, PFIZER By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Moderna fell short of profit and sales expectations for the third quarter, and the…
Continue Reading MGM is selling Mirage casino: ‘We have enough of Las Vegas’
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business MGM Resorts is putting the Mirage resort and casino in Las Vegas up for sale, ending a 21-year ownership of one of…
Continue Reading Nintendo says the chip shortage is hurting Switch sales
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Nintendo has become the latest victim of a global chip shortage that is battering supply chains. The Japanese company…
Continue Reading Nintendo says the chip shortage is hurting Switch sales
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Nintendo has become the latest victim of a global chip shortage that is battering supply chains. The…
Continue Reading German factory orders make feeble recovery in September
BERLIN (AP) — Official data shows that German factory orders, an important indicator for Europe’s biggest economy, made a feeble recovery in…
Continue Reading Russia sets another COVID-19 daily death record with 1,195
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has set another record for daily coronavirus deaths as it struggles through a long surge of…
Continue Reading UK authorizes Merck antiviral pill, 1st shown to treat Covid
By MATTHEW PERRONE and MARIA CHENG Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain has granted a conditional authorization to Merck’s coronavirus…
Continue Reading Countries pledge to cut heavily polluting coal, with caveats
By FRANK JORDANS and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — In the fight to curb climate change, several major coal-using…
Continue Reading Vietnam seeks information from Iran about seized oil tanker
By HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam is seeking more information about a Vietnamese oil tanker that was seized at gunpoint…
Continue Reading OPEC+ keeps cautious oil production despite Biden pressure
By DAVID McHUGH and JOSH BOAK Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries have decided to stick with their…
Continue Reading Good news for Joe Biden: America is getting back to work
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business America’s job market recovery hit a roadblock in the late summer and early fall. In recent months, the tally of…
Continue Reading Japan labor leader vows to fight for stable, better work
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of Japan’s largest labor federation says stable work must be…
Continue Reading Norway fund divests from companies tied to weapon production
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s largest pension fund says it has divested from 14 companies involved in…
Continue Reading Is it green, or forever toxic? Nuclear rift at climate talks
By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press SOULAINES-DHUYS, France (AP) — Nuclear power is a central sticking point as negotiators plot out the world’s…
Continue Reading Bank of England holds rates steady, confounding expectations
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has confounded market expectations and held interest rates steady. It said Thursday…
Continue Reading Nintendo’s profit drops from last year’s pandemic boom
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese video game maker Nintendo says its profit dropped 19% in the first half of its fiscal…
Continue Reading Germany reports record number of new coronavirus cases
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s disease control agency has reported the highest number of new infections with the…
Continue Reading Bees, sheep, crops: Solar developers tout multiple benefits
By JOHN FLESHER and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press MONTICELLO, Minnesota (AP) — Solar is a renewable energy source that can help wean the world off…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly lower after fresh Wall St records
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares are mostly lower in Asia, with Chinese markets weighed down by concerns over property…
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