Spanx employees given $10,000 and two first-class plane tickets
INSTAGRAM|@SARABLAKELY By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Business The chief executive and founder of shapewear company Spanx has surprised employees with two…
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Spanx employees given $10,000 and two first-class plane tickets
CNN By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Business The chief executive and founder of shapewear company Spanx has surprised employees with two first-class plane…
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FDA panel backs Pfizer’s low-dose COVID-19 vaccine for kids
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health advisers have endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19…
Continue Reading 150 people arrested in US-Europe darknet drug probe
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials in the U.S. and Europe have arrested 150 people and seized more…
Continue Reading 2 million Brits get a raise as minimum wage jumps to $13 an hour
By Walé Azeez, CNN Business Up to 2 million UK workers will be getting bigger paychecks starting in April following a hike to the minimum wage. The…
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The right way to follow up at every stage in your job search
By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business The job search process usually involves a lot of waiting around. Did they get my application? Did that interview go…
Continue Reading Hasbro says its toys will be ready for the holidays, despite the supply chain crisis
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Hasbro brushed off global supply chain concerns and reported solid sales and earnings for the third quarter,…
Continue Reading UK budget to mark shift away from pandemic firefighting
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief is set to deliver his first budget statement since the Conservative…
Continue Reading Kellogg’s customer files $5 million lawsuit alleging Pop-Tarts don’t have enough strawberries
By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business No one would mistake Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts for a bowl of fruit — they are an indulgent treat, loaded with…
Continue Reading Coroner IDs suspect in Boise mall shooting that killed 2
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities have identified the suspect in a Boise, Idaho mall shooting as 27-year-old Jacob…
Continue Reading US home prices surged in August at near-record pace
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices jumped in August by a near-record amount from a year earlier, as…
Continue Reading Wall Street’s $1 trillion club is growing. Don’t pop the champagne
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The exclusive group of American companies worth more than $1 trillion just added another member. What’s…
Continue Reading Trump SPAC slumps after wild week of trading
By Rob McLean and Jill Disis, CNN Business The shell company that plans to merge with former US President Donald Trump’s new media firm is…
Continue Reading Elon Musk is now worth more than ExxonMobil
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Elon Musk is rapidly approaching a net worth of $300 billion, as Tesla’s market cap soars past $1 trillion.…
Continue Reading Facebook froze as anti-vaccine comments swarmed users
By DAVID KLEPPER and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Last spring, as false claims about vaccine safety threatened to undermine the…
Continue Reading Facebook froze as anti-vaccine comments swarmed users
By DAVID KLEPPER and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Last spring, as false claims about vaccine safety threatened to undermine the…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Scary money tasks to tackle now
By AMRITA JAYAKUMAR of NerdWallet Caregiving for your parents and figuring out what happens to your finances when you die are things no one wants to…
Continue Reading Samsung’s Lee fined over illegally using propofol
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung’s de facto chief Lee Jae-yong has been fined 70 million won, or about $60,000, for illegally using the…
Continue Reading The big takeaways from the Facebook Papers
By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Business Facebook is no stranger to the limelight. While the company has repeatedly come under fire over the past few years…
Continue Reading Miles donations are providing flights for Afghan refugees
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Ordinary Americans and the nation’s airlines are combining to donate miles and cash to help Afghan refugees…
Continue Reading Higher shipping rates help UPS as Q3 results top Street
ATLANTA (AP) — UPS’ third-quarter results beat analysts’ expectations, as consumers are paying higher rates to have the package delivery…
Continue Reading Russia, Ukraine see record daily deaths, low vaccinations
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The daily number of COVID-19 deaths in Russia has reached another high amid a surge in…
Continue Reading EU ministers debate how to tackle rising energy costs
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — EU ministers have held emergency talks focused on energy that didn’t produce immediate…
Continue Reading Dutch pension fund to divest from fossil fuel producers
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands’ biggest pension fund says it will stop investing in companies that…
Continue Reading Evergrande and these Chinese real estate developers are already in trouble
By Anneken Tappe and Diksha Madhok, CNN Business China’s real estate crisis isn’t showing any sign of letting up. Embattled conglomerate…
Continue Reading Facebook has language blind spots around the world that allow hate speech to flourish
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business For years, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg touted his mission to connect the entire world — and his company has come…
Continue Reading Senators put YouTube, TikTok, Snap on defensive on kids’ use
By MARCY GORDON and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators have put executives of YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on the…
Continue Reading Asian stocks fall after Australia inflation accelerates
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are lower after Australia reported unexpectedly strong inflation,…
Continue Reading Hong Kong to tighten COVID-19 rules, hopes China reopens
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will tighten COVID-19 restrictions despite its lack of outbreaks to align with China’s…
Continue Reading Half its original size, Biden’s big plan in race to finish
By LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill is now half its…
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