How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
The Associated Press Stocks climbed to more record highs Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it will begin dialing back the extraordinary aid…
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Southwest Airlines pilot accused of assaulting another crew member over mask dispute
By Josh Campbell and Pete Muntean, CNN A Southwest Airlines pilot is accused of assaulting another crew member following a mask dispute last month in…
Continue Reading Why the Fed is winding down the party on Wall Street (and what it means for you)
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business It’s official: The Federal Reserve is winding down its aggressive pandemic-era stimulus measures, a process…
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 Tesla owners say they are wowed — and alarmed — by ‘full self-driving’
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Drivers with Tesla’s “full self-driving” software often don’t know what their cars will do…
Continue Reading The Fed begins stepping on the brakes
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The Federal Reserve has been pushing the economic stimulus pedal to the metal nonstop since March 2020. For the first…
Continue Reading Google engineer: What my own health scare taught me about the sharing of medical data
Opinion by Adam Connors for CNN Business Perspectives When I first developed a rash and some unusual bruising on my side, I didn’t worry about…
Continue Reading France frees UK trawler caught up in Channel fishing dispute
By JILL LAWLESS and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British-registered scallop boat caught up in a post-Brexit spat between the…
Continue Reading Putin urges development of new hypersonic missiles, lasers
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged the country’s arms makers to develop even more…
Continue Reading US blacklists Israeli firm NSO Group for use of spyware
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business The US Commerce Department on Wednesday blacklisted Israeli firms NSO Group and Candiru, accusing the companies of…
Continue Reading Fed pulls back economic aid in face of rising uncertainties
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Reporter WASHINGTON (AP) — If you find the current economy a bit confusing, don’t worry: So does the…
Continue Reading Rattled Democrats reckon with bruising results in VA, NJ
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are blending finger-pointing, optimism and a renewed push to unstick their stalled…
Continue Reading Smartmatic is now suing Newsmax and OAN for ‘disinformation campaign’
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Smartmatic, the voting technology company that is suing Fox News, some of its hosts and pro-Trump lawyers Rudy…
Continue Reading Australia regulator demands face-scanning firm delete photos
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer An Australian privacy authority has ordered facial recognition company Clearview AI to stop scanning the…
Continue Reading Gas prices are sky high and Bank of America warns $120-a-barrel oil is on the way
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Everyday Americans are getting hammered by high prices at the pump, and Bank of America thinks the pain may just be…
Continue Reading Former Apple employee who claims she was fired for #AppleToo organizing files NLRB complaint
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business A former Apple employee who helped form the #AppleToo movement against alleged harassment and discrimination inside the…
Continue Reading IPOs are having their best year ever — even better than the dot com boom
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Private companies are making their Wall Street debuts at a record clip this year. There already have been more…
Continue Reading Polish central bank raises interest rate as prices surge
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s central bank has made its second interest rate hike in as many months as consumer…
Continue Reading Workers are demanding action from their employers. Here’s how to address their concerns
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Employees calling for better wages and working conditions have always been a given in the workplace. But workers are…
Continue Reading $3.4B San Diego airport terminal project is now underway
SAN DIEGO (AP) — After nearly a decade of planning, work has started at San Diego International Airport on a $3.4 billion project that will…
Continue Reading Janet Yellen: Inflation is high, but this isn’t like the ’70s
By Anneken Tappe and Ken Olshansky, CNN High inflation is a thorn in America’s side. Prices of groceries and gas are rising and Americans are…
Continue Reading The era of free money is ending
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business For about 20 months, central banks have funneled an unprecedented amount of cash into the financial…
Continue Reading US puts new controls on Israeli spyware company NSO Group
By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Biden administration has announced it is putting new export limits on Israel’s NSO…
Continue Reading American journalist Danny Fenster denied bail and hit with new charge in Myanmar
By Helen Regan, CNN Business American journalist Danny Fenster, who has been detained in Myanmar for five months, was denied bail and hit with a new…
Continue Reading US service sector expands at record pace in October
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The rate of expansion in the U.S. services sector, where most Americans work, hit a record…
Continue Reading South Korea and Hungary commit to carbon neutrality by 2050
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in has met with Hungary’s president in Budapest, where…
Continue Reading West Hollywood is about to vote on the highest minimum wage in the United States
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business West Hollywood’s city council is set to vote on hiking the local minimum wage to $17.64 an hour, which would…
Continue Reading Thai companies accused of fraud in sales of medical gloves
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand have announced the arrest of the head of a company suspected of…
Continue Reading Treasury to trim debt auctions that accelerated in pandemic
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department plans to start scaling back the size of some of its…
Continue Reading UK homeowners brace for potential interest rate hike
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British homeowners and borrowers are bracing for a possible interest rate increase from the Bank of…
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