Elizabeth Holmes asks for leniency for her Theranos crimes
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is casting herself as a Silicon Valley scapegoat who overcame an…
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery rose $2.49 to $88.96 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for January delivery rose $2.32…
Continue Reading Deuxmoi, Instagram’s Gossip Girl, talks new novel ‘Anon Pls’
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press These days, people hungry for a status update on Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson or Shawn Mendes’…
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Musk’s Twitter may have already violated its latest FTC consent order, legal experts say
By Brian Fung, CNN Just two weeks into Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter, the company may have already violated its consent agreement with the…
Continue Reading Larry David predicted FTX’s implosion
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Larry David made a prediction about this week’s crypto meltdown that was prettaaay prettaaay good. In a Super…
Continue Reading FTX crash is eerily similar to the Bernie Madoff scandal, ex-regulator Sheila Bair says
CNN By Matt Egan, CNN Business In the span of just three years, Sam Bankman-Fried built FTX into a massive crypto exchange backed by marquee…
Continue Reading In less than a week, Sam Bankman-Fried’s $16 billion fortune evaporated
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Sam Bankman-Fried woke up on Monday still a billionaire, even as his cryptocurrency empire was beginning to unravel.…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy says Ukrainian special military units in Kherson
By HANNA ARHIROVA and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president said Friday that special military units have…
Continue Reading Space Shuttle Challenger remnants discovered underwater by documentary crew
Explorers trudged the Atlantic Ocean searching for World War II artifacts lost at sea, but they stumbled on something else — a 20-foot-long piece…
Continue Reading F1 team Mercedes suspends sponsorship deal with FTX
By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Formula One team Mercedes says it has suspended its sponsorship deal with FTX, one of the…
Continue Reading Utility backs solar farm atop capped Kentucky coal ash pit
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility is proposing a $216 million solar farm project…
Continue Reading Many vets are landing jobs, but the transition can be tough
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Phillip Slaughter left the Army after 18 years and found a job similar to one he had in uniform:…
Continue Reading A day of chaos brings Twitter closer to the brink
By Brian Fung, CNN Two weeks after Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter, the future of the company has never looked less certain. In the…
Continue Reading Americans are feeling worse about the US economy
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Consumers were feeling slightly worse about the US economy in November, amid punishing rate hikes and decades-high…
Continue Reading Gulf Arab states can’t give up oil. But they can slash their emissions
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN As Western states try to wean themselves off their addiction to hydrocarbons, Gulf oil nations have been pushing back hard,…
Continue Reading Crypto exchange giant FTX collapses, files for bankruptcy
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Embattled cryptocurrency exchange FTX, short billions of dollars, is seeking bankruptcy protection…
Continue Reading Crypto giant files for bankruptcy as CEO resigns in a stunning downfall
By Matt Egan and Allison Morrow, CNN Business FTX Group said Friday it has filed for bankruptcy in the United States and that its CEO has resigned,…
Continue Reading Crypto giant files for bankruptcy as CEO resigns in a stunning downfall
CNN By Matt Egan and Allison Morrow, CNN Business FTX Group said Friday it has filed for bankruptcy in the United States and that its CEO has…
Continue Reading Thousands protest in Bulgaria for higher salaries
By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of Bulgarians have taken to the streets to demand higher salaries to…
Continue Reading Famed painting ‘The Scream’ targeted by climate activists
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian police said two climate activists tried in vain Friday to glue themselves to…
Continue Reading Germany rejects Iranian complaint over stance on protests
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister has rejected a complaint by her Iranian counterpart that she was taking an “interventionist” stance…
Continue Reading Wall Street picks hope over reality… again
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Stocks surged on Thursday in their best day since 2020 after a key inflation indicator came in softer than expected.…
Continue Reading UN reports progress on Russia’s grain and fertilizer exports
GENEVA (AP) — Top U.N. officials updated a high-level Russian delegation on progress to facilitate Russia’s exports of food and fertilizer to…
Continue Reading KFC apologizes for app alert urging orders for Kristallnacht
BERLIN (AP) — KFC has apologized for accidentally sending an automated push alert to its app users in Germany that appeared to urge people to order…
Continue Reading Apple curbs AirDrop file sharing on devices in China
By Steven Jiang and Juliana Liu, CNN Apple has limited the use of the AirDrop wireless file sharing function on devices in China, just weeks after…
Continue Reading Just Stop Oil pauses UK highway protest that snarled traffic
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British climate activists say they are suspending a days-long protest that has clogged a major…
Continue Reading China’s Singles Day sales could top 1 trillion yuan even as the economy cools
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business China’s Singles Day, the world’s biggest annual shopping event, is known for regularly smashing sales…
Continue Reading The UK economy is sliding into recession and Europe is set to follow
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business The UK economy shrank in the third quarter, signaling the start of a recession that is likely to hit Europe next. UK GDP…
Continue Reading Spain appeases Catalans with planned reform of sedition law
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s coalition government has presented a proposal in Parliament to reform the…
Continue Reading ‘Wakanda Forever’ aims to recreate blockbuster magic. Disney and theaters are counting on it
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” hits theaters this weekend, and with it comes the type of anticipation…
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