S.D. high court: Warrants in Sanford probe will be unsealed
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that search warrants will be unsealed in an…
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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 Facebook Inc.: A look at other corporate rebranding efforts
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook Inc. says it is changing its name to Meta Platforms Inc., joining a long list of…
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Facebook rebrands itself as Meta after intense criticism
MENLO PARK, California — Facebook is changing its company name to reflect its future ambitions and confronts wide-ranging scrutiny of the…
Continue Reading In the middle of a crisis, Facebook Inc. renames itself Meta
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his company is rebranding itself as Meta, an…
Continue Reading Citigroup to US staff: Get vaccinated, or you’re fired
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Citigroup told staff Thursday that US-based employees will be required to get fully vaccinated if they want to stay…
Continue Reading Rupert Murdoch is letting his media empire spread January 6 and election conspiracy theories
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Is Rupert Murdoch a 1/6 or election truther? The conservative media mogul hasn’t weighed in directly on the…
Continue Reading ‘Stupid’ and ‘insane’: Some billionaires vent over tax plan
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Elon Musk isn’t happy. With a personal fortune that is flirting with $300 billion, the Tesla CEO — the…
Continue Reading UK eases travel, takes all countries off virus ‘red list’
LONDON (AP) — Britain has removed the seven remaining countries on its travel “red list.” The change means that travelers who have been…
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Fintechs are the new corner bank, but big financial firms are fighting back
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Fintech giants Square and PayPal are taking Main Street by storm. More consumers, especially younger ones, are…
Continue Reading Tesla fan attacks on government’s new safety advisor are ‘calculated,’ says head of safety agency
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), said Tuesday that the recent backlash…
Continue Reading Bulgarian restaurant workers protest new COVID-19 pass rule
By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of restaurant owners, chefs, waiters and bartenders are protesting in cities…
Continue Reading GE Appliances announces $450 million investment in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — GE Appliances has announced plans to add more than 1,000 jobs at its sprawling Kentucky…
Continue Reading Facebook changes its company name to Meta
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Facebook is changing its company name as it shifts its focus to the “metaverse” and confronts…
Continue Reading Ohio Attorney General sues Meta over revelations from the ‘Facebook Papers’
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Monday announced that he is suing Meta, the social media giant…
Continue Reading There’s now a McRib NFT and what are we even doing anymore?
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business It is a curse of the modern age that technology has rendered us incapable of experiencing beauty in real time — all…
Continue Reading Democrats plan to tax buybacks to help pay for $1.75 trillion spending plan
By Matt Egan, CNN Business The framework on President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion economic and climate agenda calls for paying for the ambitious…
Continue Reading Cannabis is one industry that’s actually coming out of Covid even stronger
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business When members of the cannabis industry descended upon Las Vegas last week for the biggest trade show in the business,…
Continue Reading Cannabis is one industry that’s actually coming out of Covid even stronger
CNN By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business When members of the cannabis industry descended upon Las Vegas last week for the biggest trade show in the…
Continue Reading Minister: Poland should not pay any of its EU court fines
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s justice minister says the European Union member should not pay any of…
Continue Reading Report: Dutch govt missing climate targets, must act faster
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An independent Dutch government advisory panel says the government must urgently take more action to rein in…
Continue Reading 72% of unvaccinated workers vow to quit if ordered to get vaccinated
By Chris Isidore and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Business A large number of unvaccinated workers say they’ll quit their jobs if their employers…
Continue Reading Skypod firm in UAE tied to investment company flagged abroad
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A company in the United Arab Emirates hopes to sell its electric pod transit…
Continue Reading US companies announce plans for gene-edited strawberries
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho company that successfully brought genetically modified potatoes to the market has…
Continue Reading CEO says Volkswagen has ‘seen the worst’ of the chip shortage
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Volkswagen thinks the worst of the global chip shortage is in its rear-view mirror. CEO Herbert Diess told CNN Business…
Continue Reading Energy prices lift oil and gas stocks, weigh on the economy
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Energy prices are soaring in 2021 and oil and gas stocks are the clear winners, but the losers might just turn…
Continue Reading US economy slowed to a 2% rate last quarter in face of COVID
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hampered by COVID-19 cases and supply shortages, the U.S. economy slowed sharply to a 2%…
Continue Reading US jobless claims drop to pandemic low of 281,000
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a pandemic low last week,…
Continue Reading America’s economic recovery hits a major roadblock
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business This summer, the American economic recovery hit a roadblock. The US economy grew at an annualized rate of only 2% in…
Continue Reading America’s economic recovery hits a major roadblock
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business This summer, the American economic recovery hit a roadblock. The US economy grew at an annualized…
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