Former NBA executive O’Neil new CEO of Merlin Entertainments
LONDON (AP) — Scott O’Neil has been named CEO for London-based Merlin Entertainments. O’Neil will be responsible for overseeing the business…
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German parliament halts jobless benefit reform plan
BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament’s upper house has halted a proposed reform of the country’s unemployment benefit system, a central policy…
Continue Reading Germany’s Scholz: Asia-Pacific ‘far more than just China’
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said during a visit to Singapore that his country wants to strengthen its economic ties with the…
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Jeff Bezos’ top tips for managing the economic downturn
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN Business Amazon founder Jeff Bezos recently warned consumers and businesses they should consider postponing large purchases in…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Jeff Bezos says he will give most of his money to charity
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN Amazon founder Jeff Bezos plans to give away the majority of his $124 billion net worth during his lifetime, telling CNN in an…
Continue Reading Handshake sparks climate hope, but officials remain worried
By FRANK JORDANS, SETH BORENSTEIN and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AP) — A handshake in lush Bali is being felt at climate talks…
Continue Reading What’s at stake for the world’s top two economies as Biden and Xi meet
By Juliana Liu, CNN Business When President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, there were expectations on both sides of the Pacific that he would…
Continue Reading Crypto crisis continues. Here’s the latest on the FTX collapse
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Aftershocks from the massive earthquake in the trillion-dollar crypto industry last week continued to reverberate on…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy calls liberation of Kherson ‘beginning of the end’
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy triumphantly walked the streets of the newly liberated city…
Continue Reading FTX bankruptcy also endangers founder’s philanthropic gifts
By THALIA BEATY and GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The rapid collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX into bankruptcy last week has…
Continue Reading China’s real estate crisis could be over. Property stocks are soaring
By Laura He, CNN Business Chinese authorities are making their biggest effort yet to end a crisis in the country’s vast real estate sector that…
Continue Reading This Week: Tyson Foods, Krispy Kreme, Target earnings
The Associated Press Chicken processor Tyson Foods reports fourth-quarter results Monday. Donut chain Krispy Kreme reports third-quarter results on…
Continue Reading Musk touches on Twitter criticism, workload at G-20 forum
By ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — It’s not easy being Elon Musk. That was the message the new Twitter owner and…
Continue Reading Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall sends shockwaves through crypto
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried received numerous plaudits as he rapidly achieved superstar status as the head of…
Continue Reading Flying home for the holidays will cost you more this year
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer People still looking to book trips home to visit family or take a vacation during the holidays need to act fast…
Continue Reading Wall Street slips, gives back some of last week’s big gains
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell on Wall Street Monday, giving back some of their huge gains made…
Continue Reading New Zealand targets cow burps to help reduce global warming
By NICK PERRY Associated Press PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand (AP) — How do you stop a cow from burping? It might sound like the start of a humorous…
Continue Reading G-20 summit casts spotlight on Bali’s tourism revival
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — Bali wants the world to know it’s back. Dozens of world leaders and other…
Continue Reading Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall sends shockwaves through crypto
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried received numerous plaudits as he rapidly achieved superstar status as the head of…
Continue Reading Musk’s latest Twitter cuts: Outsourced content moderators
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk is further gutting the teams that battle…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What’s happening at bankrupt crypto exchange FTX?
The imploding cryptocurrency trading firm FTX is now short billions of dollars after experiencing the crypto equivalent of a bank run. The exchange,…
Continue Reading Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is under criminal investigation in The Bahamas
By Matt Egan Authorities in The Bahamas are investigating potential criminal misconduct surrounding the stunning implosion of crypto exchange FTX,…
Continue Reading A guide to parental controls on social media
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business A little over a year ago, social media companies were put on notice for how they protect, or fail to protect,…
Continue Reading ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ notches record opening for November
CNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” had the major challenge of following “Black Panther,”…
Continue Reading ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ notches record opening for November
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” had the major challenge of following “Black Panther,” one of…
Continue Reading Kherson celebrates Russian exit yet faces huge rebuilding
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Residents of Kherson celebrated the end of Russia’s eight-month occupation for the…
Continue Reading Smaller food cos. get set for a high-priced holiday season
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Holiday celebrants in Hilo, Hawaii, might notice something different about the traditional Yule…
Continue Reading Beware: The companies that hold your crypto aren’t insured the way banks are
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business The “crypto winter” that hit earlier this year walloped digital asset prices and served as a healthy…
Continue Reading Battle over the iPhone app store spills into appeals court
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple and the company behind the popular video game Fortnite squared off Monday before…
Continue Reading Elon Musk heads to court over Tesla pay that made him the world’s richest person
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Tesla and CEO Elon Musk will spend this week in court to defend the massive compensation package that helped make him…
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