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Uber CEO: We hope our drivers end up buying the Teslas they rent through Hertz
Anna Cooban for CNN Business Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he hopes drivers who rent Teslas through Hertz will eventually end up buying them. Hertz…
Continue Reading Avis Budget stock is soaring thanks to the rental car boom
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Hertz has made a lot of headlines lately thanks to its deals with Tesla and Uber. Wall Street has…
Continue Reading France threatens to block British fishing boats from ports
PARIS (AP) — France says it will bar British fishing boats from some French ports starting next week if no deal is reached with the U.K. in a…
Continue Reading Eight members of religious group charged with child abuse
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors allege eight people connected to an organization based in Kansas City, Kansas, forced children to work…
Continue Reading Theme park mecca lets pandemic emergency order expire
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The mayor of the Florida county that’s home to the nation’s biggest theme park resorts is lifting a pandemic-related…
Continue Reading Costco raised its minimum wage to $17 an hour
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Costco this week raised its starting wage for hourly store workers in the United States for the…
Continue Reading Costco raised its minimum wage to $17 an hour
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Costco this week raised its starting wage for hourly store workers in the United States for the second time this…
Continue Reading Maryland congressman deactivates Facebook account
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland congressman has deactivated his official congressional and campaign Facebook and…
Continue Reading Hard Rock considering two NYC-area casinos 8 miles apart
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Hard Rock wants to build a casino in or near New York City, even as it moves forward…
Continue Reading The housing crisis will continue if Congress fails to address its root cause
Opinion by Jim Parrott and Mark Zandi for CNN Business Perspectives The nation faces a dramatic housing shortage, sending home prices and rents…
Continue Reading Twin Metals to appeal federal decision on proposed mine
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Twin Metals says it will appeal a federal decision that dealt a serious blow to its proposed copper-nickel mine in northeastern…
Continue Reading John Deere worker is struck and killed by a car while walking to the picket line Wednesday
By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business A John Deere worker who was walking to the picket line Wednesday in Milan, Illinois, was struck and killed by a…
Continue Reading Marjorie Taylor Greene invested as much as $50,000 in the Trump SPAC before its stock plunged
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought as much as $50,000 worth of shares in a shell company that is merging with…
Continue Reading Which Cleveland Guardians? Roller derby team sues MLB team
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland-area roller derby team that has called itself the Guardians since 2013 is suing…
Continue Reading Facebook says it’s facing ‘government investigations’ related to whistleblower documents
CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook acknowledged to shareholders this week that it is facing “government investigations” related to…
Continue Reading Facebook says it’s facing ‘government investigations’ related to whistleblower documents
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook acknowledged to shareholders this week that it is facing “government investigations” related to the…
Continue Reading Spain presses Algeria to guarantee natural gas supply
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain has sent another minister to Algeria to seek guarantees that its supply of natural…
Continue Reading Bitcoin’s slide from record highs is a warning for crypto investors
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Only a week ago, Bitcoin hit an all-time high of nearly $67,000. But investors have been dumping the world’s…
Continue Reading Report: At least 59,000 meat workers caught COVID, 269 died
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A U.S. House report says at least 59,000 meatpacking workers became ill with COVID-19 and 269…
Continue Reading Cigarette sales in America were falling. Then Covid hit
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business We all had to find our own ways to cope with the pandemic lockdowns last year. Some people bought Pelotons and baked…
Continue Reading EU investigates Nvidia’s purchase of chip designer Arm
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators have opened an investigation into graphics chipmaker Nvidia’s $40…
Continue Reading UAW member hit, killed by car near John Deere picket line
MILAN, Ill. (AP) — Police say a vehicle struck and killed a United Auto Workers member as he was walking to a picket line outside a John Deere…
Continue Reading Retail trade group: holiday sales could set new record
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The National Retail Federation expects that holiday sales gain could shatter last…
Continue Reading ‘Greatest Show On Earth’ circus may return without animals
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Four years after the “Greatest Show On Earth” shut down, officials are planning to bring back the Ringling…
Continue Reading Moldova turns to Poland for gas amid tensions with Russia
By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Moldova has turned to a non-Russian natural gas supplier for the first time as the…
Continue Reading No one seems worried about a housing bubble. Just like last time the bubble burst
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Housing prices are surging to new records with no end in sight. They’re being fueled by historically low…
Continue Reading Florida judge sends Trump suit against Twitter to California
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump must pursue his…
Continue Reading Boeing’s 737 Max problems are improving, but plenty of other issues loom
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Boeing’s 737 Max troubles are improving, the company’s quarterly results released Wednesday showed — but…
Continue Reading Exacerbated by pandemic, child care crisis hampers economy
By SALLY HO and JOSH BOAK Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The pandemic has made clear what many experts had long warned: The absence of reliable…
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