Supply chain nightmares are doing what regulators and rivals can’t: Slow Amazon down
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Amazon’s rise has been relentless for more than a decade, with regulators and rivals alike failing to slow…
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Feds say Michael Avenatti should head to prison in Nike case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors have asked a judge to order California lawyer Michael Avenatti to begin…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has hit Iran with a fresh set of sanctions as President Joe Biden prepares for a key weekend meeting with…
Continue Reading Minnesota man charged in hacking MLB and for trying to extort the league
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business A Minnesota man has been charged with hacking into computer systems used by Major League Baseball and trying to extort…
Continue Reading Toyota announces $461 million investment in Kentucky plant
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — Toyota says it is investing $461 million into its first U.S. plant to add new technology, increase production flexibility…
Continue Reading Ruling: Can’t fire unvaccinated while mandate is challenged
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A state appeals court says Louisiana’s largest health system can’t fire or…
Continue Reading UK wants to be the first major economy to force companies to reveal climate risks
Walé Azeez, CNN Business The United Kingdom is pushing ahead with legislation that will force more than 1,300 of its largest companies to disclose…
Continue Reading California oil spill: Surfing, swimming OK but fishing out
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Four weeks after an oil spill off Southern California’s coast, surfers have been…
Continue Reading High oil prices are unlikely to last, Chevron CFO tells CNN
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Oil prices are unlikely to stay elevated for long, Chevron’s chief financial officer told CNN. “This feels…
Continue Reading Partisanship, employee dissent and ‘dead bodies’: Inside Facebook’s struggle to combat misinformation and hate speech in India
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business In early 2019, a team of Facebook’s researchers spent two weeks interviewing 30 users across two Indian cities,…
Continue Reading US wages jump by the most in records dating back 20 years
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wages and salaries jumped in the three months ending in September by the most on…
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 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 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 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…
Continue Reading 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…
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