Facebook Oversight Board member calls for more transparency
CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business As more of Facebook’s internal documents are revealed, Facebook Oversight Board member and PEN America CEO…
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Despite hybrid release, ‘Dune’ draws well on the big screen
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” debuted with $40.1 million in ticket sales in its opening weekend in…
Continue Reading Average US price of gas spikes 13 cents per gallon to $3.44
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline spiked 13 cents over the past two weeks, to $3.44 per gallon. The price…
Continue Reading Italy, UniCredit break off talks on ailing Italian bank
ROME (AP) — Italy’s economy ministry and UniCredit bank have announced that they are breaking off acquistion talks regarding an ailing…
Continue Reading ‘Dune’ caps off solid month for movie theaters with strong opening
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Dune” — the science fiction epic from Warner Bros. — took in an estimated $40.1 million at the North…
Continue Reading ‘Dune’ caps off solid month for movie theaters with strong opening
CNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Dune” — the science fiction epic from Warner Bros. — took in an estimated $40.1 million at the…
Continue Reading With export restrictions eased, Colombia’s medical cannabis business is poised for liftoff
By Stefano Pozzebon When Beatriz Porras was studying agronomy at university in Tunja, Colombia, she thought her career would lead to growing coffee,…
Continue Reading ‘The Sopranos’ movie was never going to be as good as the TV show
Opinion by Bill Carter for CNN Business Perspectives I don’t know what people expected from “The Sopranos” prequel movie,…
Continue Reading Biden, Schumer, Manchin huddle, but still no budget deal
By LISA MASCARO and HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin appears to be on board with White House proposals for…
Continue Reading Everything is still getting more expensive
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business You’ve already noticed prices going up at the supermarket and the drugstore. Unfortunately, more sticker shock…
Continue Reading Facebook dithered in curbing divisive user content in India
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Leaked documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Facebook in…
Continue Reading Emirati prosecutors investigating Dubai’s Union Properties
By JON GAMBRELL and LUJAIN JO Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Federal prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates say they’ve…
Continue Reading Uzbek president heading toward landslide win in election
By AGNIESZKA PIKULICKA-WILCZEWSKA Associated Press TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) — Uzbeks have voted in a presidential election that the incumbent is…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What is the metaverse and how will it work?
By MATT O’BRIEN and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press The term “metaverse” is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry’s imagination _…
Continue Reading ‘SNL’ brings back Jason Sudeikis’ Joe Biden to help out the President
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Saturday Night Live” offered audiences not one, not two, but three Joe Biden’s on Saturday night.…
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‘SNL’ brings back Jason Sudeikis’ Joe Biden to help out the President
CNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Saturday Night Live” offered audiences not one, not two, but three Joe Biden’s on Saturday…
Continue Reading Walmart announces corporate staff will return to office in November
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Walmart announced its corporate employees will return to the office during the week of Nov. 8, the company said…
Continue Reading Facebook dithered in curbing divisive user content in India
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Leaked documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Facebook in…
Continue Reading Facebook dithered in curbing divisive user content in India
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Leaked documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Facebook in…
Continue Reading UK says time running out for solution in Brexit trade talks
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain is issuing a warning over talks to resolve post-Brexit trade troubles with the European…
Continue Reading Striking bourbon workers ratify new Heaven Hill contract
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Striking workers at one of the world’s largest bourbon producers have voted to a ratify a new contract with Heaven Hill on…
Continue Reading Uzbek president who has eased restrictions heads to new term
By AGNIESZKA PIKULICKA-WILCZEWSKA Associated Press TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) — Uzbekistan’s president is expected to win a new term by a…
Continue Reading Vaccine mandates create conflict with defiant workers
By DAVID SHARP, MIKE CATALINI and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — Some American workers are deciding to quit their jobs in…
Continue Reading Spain pledges quicker help for La Palma volcano damage
SANTA CRUZ DE LA PALMA, Canary Islands (AP) — Spain’s prime minister says that his government will speed up already promised aid to help the…
Continue Reading Virus surge persists in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia is set to launch partial COVID-19 passes while Croatia and Slovenia reported high…
Continue Reading Tens of thousands in Orban rally in Hungary capital Budapest
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Tens of thousands of supporters of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his…
Continue Reading What we learned this week in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business One witness occupied the stand for the better part of week seven in the criminal trial of Theranos founder…
Continue Reading The iPod turns 20. Here’s how it changed the way I think about music
by Sofia Barrett Twenty years ago this weekend, Apple launched the original, iconic iPod. Six years later, I was gifted my first and only version of…
Continue Reading Apple will let iPhone users repair their own devices
CNN By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Apple plans to give customers the ability to repair their own devices amid growing pressure from regulators and…
Continue Reading Is there a constitutional right to food? Mainers to decide
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Members of Maine’s farming community are divided over the possibility of a…
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