American, Southwest post Q3 profits with help from taxpayers
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — American and Southwest Airlines are reporting that they made profits in the third quarter, thanks…
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COVID vaccine: CDC expands booster rollout, OKs mixing shots
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials say millions more Americans can get a COVID-19…
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App gives Texas teens money for driving safely
EL PASO, Texas — Seeing your teen get behind the wheel can be nerve-racking, especially if they’re picking up the phone while driving. But there’s…
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Trump is going public by taking advantage of Wall Street’s blank-check boom
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Former President Donald Trump is planning a return to Wall Street. Trump, whose companies have a long history of filing…
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CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Matt Egan, CNN Business Former President Donald Trump is planning a return to Wall Street. Trump, whose companies have a long…
Continue Reading Buying a home or refinancing? A 30-year mortgage may not be your best option
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business If you’re thinking of buying a home or refinancing one, a big question will be whether to get a 30-year mortgage…
Continue Reading NTSB: Driver was behind wheel at time of Texas Tesla crash
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A driver was behind the wheel when a Tesla electric car crashed and burned last April near Houston,…
Continue Reading German parties aim to have new chancellor in early December
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The three parties that hope to form Germany’s new government say they aim to have the country’s…
Continue Reading Existing home sales surge as interest rates point higher
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes bounced back in September to their strongest pace since January as worries…
Continue Reading Report: Tax evasion schemes cost treasuries $175 billion
BERLIN (AP) — A German report says elaborate tax evasion schemes have cost some of the world’s major treasuries a total of at least $175…
Continue Reading Tesla’s ‘full self-driving’ rolls back its privacy protection of trip videos
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Tesla owners can buy the company’s “full self-driving” software for $10,000, but they may have to…
Continue Reading US salmonella outbreak tied to onions sickens more than 650
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say a salmonella outbreak tied to onions has sickened more than 650 people…
Continue Reading Volvo adds 195,000 vehicles to recall for dangerous air bags
DETROIT (AP) — Volvo is recalling another 195,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the front driver’s air bags could explode and send shrapnel into…
Continue Reading Union Pacific Q3 profit up 23% even with flat volume
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific hauled in 23% more profit in the third quarter even though the total number of…
Continue Reading Inflation, Fed action set stage for higher mortgage rates
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mortgage rates are hovering near all-time lows, but that could begin to change. The Federal…
Continue Reading Turkish lira drops to new low after harsh interest rate cut
ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish lira has plunged to a record low against the U.S. dollar after a harsher-than-expected cut in interest rates. The…
Continue Reading This warehouse worker became the face of a union push at Amazon. She’s still bracing for the fallout
Story by Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Video by Sean Clark, Frank Fenimore & Matt Gannon, CNN Business When Amazon opened a sprawling…
Continue Reading This warehouse worker became the face of a union push at Amazon. She’s still bracing for the fallout
CNN Story by Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Video by Sean Clark, Frank Fenimore & Matt Gannon, CNN Business When Amazon opened a…
Continue Reading US unemployment claims fall to new pandemic low of 290,000
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to a new low…
Continue Reading How the maker of Cheerios and Häagen-Dazs copes with hundreds of supply chain snafus a month
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business The global supply chain is struggling under the weight of a series of disruptions, including a shortage of…
Continue Reading Facebook says it will pay French publishers for news content
PARIS (AP) — Facebook says it’s struck a deal with a group of French publishers to pay for links to their news stories that are shared by…
Continue Reading Facebook kept its own oversight board in the dark on program for VIP users
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Facebook failed to provide crucial details about its “Cross-Check” program that reportedly shielded millions…
Continue Reading Warmer welcome for WeWork 2 years later on Wall Street
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WeWork will become a publicly traded company Thursday after a spectacular collapse during its first attempt to…
Continue Reading American Airlines posts $169 million profit on taxpayer help
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines earned $169 million in the third quarter, but the delta variant of COVID-19 slowed down its recovery…
Continue Reading WeWork is finally going public. A lot has changed
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business When WeWork’s plans for a blockbuster initial public offering imploded in 2019, the company became a poster…
Continue Reading Southwest’s service meltdown cost it $75 million
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Southwest Airlines says that its recent service problems, which prompted it to cancel more than 2,000 flights over a…
Continue Reading Passenger revenue soars at Southwest despite hit from virus
The Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Passenger revenue almost tripled and Southwest Airlines posted a smaller loss that most had expected in the…
Continue Reading PPP is gone, but government help for small businesses isn’t
By RANDA KRISS of NerdWallet The Paycheck Protection Program provided small-business owners with just under $800 billion in COVID-19 relief. That…
Continue Reading EU leaders seek to safeguard energy supplies as prices soar
By MIKE CORDER, RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are meeting to discuss ways to ease the…
Continue Reading EU summit loads pressure on Poland over rule of law
By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are pressuring a defiant Polish Prime Minister Mateusz…
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