Big Oil is crushing it as oil prices boom
CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Profits soared at the nation’s two largest oil companies, as ExxonMobil and Chevron both benefited from the…
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Big Oil is crushing it as oil prices boom
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Profits soared at the nation’s two largest oil companies, as ExxonMobil and Chevron both benefited from the…
Continue Reading Big Oil is crushing it as oil prices boom
CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Profits soared at the nation’s two largest oil companies, as ExxonMobil and Chevron both benefited from the…
Continue Reading Puneeth Rajkumar, Indian actor, dies aged 46 after suffering cardiac arrest
By Hannah Ritchie and Esha Mitra, CNN Indian actor Puneeth Rajkumar has died aged 46 after suffering cardiac arrest on Friday, according to a…
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US consumer spending up a modest 0.6% with inflation high
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers slowed their spending to a gain of just 0.6% in September, a…
Continue Reading US to deepen relations with Taiwan in face of China tensions
By HUZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. wants to deepen its relationship with Taiwan, the self-ruled island claimed by China,…
Continue Reading Malaysia plans record budget to bolster economic recovery
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government is proposing a record budget for 2022 to bolster an economic recovery following the…
Continue Reading Profitable Exxon, Chevron emerge as global economy rebounds
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Exxon Mobil swung to a hefty profit in its third quarter, thanks to increased demand for oil and higher…
Continue Reading Apple sounds a $6 billion holiday season warning
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business What will dominate this holiday shopping season: Huge demand, as shoppers use pent-up savings to splurge, or supply…
Continue Reading Dutch watchdog slams tax office fraud list as privacy breach
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch data protection watchdog has issued a damning report on the country’s tax…
Continue Reading China tightens control over company data with transfer rules
BEIJING (AP) — China’s internet regulator plans to require companies to obtain government approval to transfer data deemed important abroad.…
Continue Reading UK leader seeks to calm tensions in fishing spat with France
By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to calm stormy waters over fishing with France…
Continue Reading China’s Inner Mongolia quarantines tourists over virus fears
BEIJING (AP) — More than 2,000 tourists visiting China’s Inner Mongolia region have been sent to hotels to undergo two weeks of quarantine.…
Continue Reading Troubled Chinese developer makes delayed bond payment
BEIJING (AP) — A newspaper reports a troubled Chinese developer whose struggle to avoid a multibillion-dollar debt default has rattled global…
Continue Reading European consumer prices hit highest level in over 13 years
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Consumer prices across the 19 European Union countries that use the euro currency have spiked to the…
Continue Reading Greek president to Germany’s Merkel: Greece often felt alone
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s often-strained relations in past years with European economic powerhouse…
Continue Reading Huawei sales off 32% after US sanctions, smartphone sale
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei’s sales fell 32% from a year earlier in the first nine months of…
Continue Reading G20 leaders to confront energy prices, other economic woes
By DAVID McHUGH and JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROME (AP) — The global economy is giving leaders of the Group of 20 countries a lot to talk about at…
Continue Reading Wall Street closes at new highs after day of choppy trading
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are ending higher Friday as Wall Street closed out a milestone-setting week. Health…
Continue Reading Tonga reports its first COVID-19 case from plane traveler
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The island nation of Tonga has reported its first-ever case of COVID-19 after a…
Continue Reading Evergrande has reportedly made good on another payment, averting default once again
By Laura He, CNN Business For the second time this month, China’s most indebted developer Evergrande has reportedly managed to avoid default at…
Continue Reading Big, messy, complicated: Biden’s plan churns in Congress
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s big, messy and complicated as the Democratic leaders in Congress try…
Continue Reading Medicaid issues, not Medicare’s, get fixes in Biden budget
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicaid issues are turning up as winners in President Joe Biden’s social budget…
Continue Reading Baldwin shooting highlights risks of rushed film production
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on a movie set has put a microscope on an often-unseen corner of…
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Striking LCPS bus drivers returning to bargaining table; service to resume Friday
UPDATE: The union representing striking Las Cruces school bus drivers announced late Thursday afternoon that it would be returning to the bargaining…
Continue Reading Japan keeps tourism freeze despite plunge in virus cases
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Filled with pink and fuzzy things and cuddly bears, 6%DOKIDOKI, a tiny store in the heart of…
Continue Reading Biden unveils details of his $1.7T economic plan – here’s what’s in it
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden promised to show the world that democracies can work to meet the challenges of the 21st century. As he…
Continue Reading US average mortgage rates rise; 30-year sat 3.14%
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term mortgage rate rose this week as inflation pressures, the coronavirus pandemic and some supply shortages linger.…
Continue Reading California wins $3.5M payoff in illegal gambling lawsuit
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A company that made and operated casino-style games used for illegal gambling will pay $3.5 million and permanently stop its…
Continue Reading Starbucks workers will vote on union at 3 Buffalo stores
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Workers at three Starbucks stores in Buffalo, New York, will hold union elections next month after winning a…
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