Facebook apps hit with two-hour disruption days after massive outage
CNN By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Just days after several of its major services went down for about six hours, Facebook on Friday suffered another…
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2 parents convicted in 1st trial of college bribery scandal
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Two wealthy parents have been convicted of buying their kids’ way into school as athletic…
Continue Reading 136 countries agree to minimum corporate tax rate after Ireland drops its opposition
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Hanna Ziady and Mark Thompson, CNN Business A group of 136 countries have agreed to a global treaty that would tax large…
Continue Reading NHL tracking pucks this season, opening up gambling options
By LARRY LAGE AP Hockey Writer DETROIT (AP) — The latest generation of NHL pucks allow infrared cameras to constantly connect the vulcanized rubber…
Continue Reading White House proposes tech ‘bill of rights’ to limit AI harms
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Top science advisers to President Joe Biden are calling for a new “bill of rights” to guard against…
Continue Reading Whistleblower: Facebook harms children, stokes division and weakens our democracy
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said in her opening statement before a Senate subcommittee that the company consistently put profit over moral…
Continue Reading How do you start a second or third career? Scott Galloway explains
Scott Galloway weighs chasing your passion versus pursuing economic security when switching careers later in life. Check out Scott Galloway’s new…
Continue Reading Trump hotel lost $70M despite millions in foreign business
By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s company lost more than $70 million on his Washington, D.C.,…
Continue Reading Stock indexes closing lower as jobs data sparks uncertainty
By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers U.S. stock indexes are closing lower Friday after a weak jobs report sparked…
Continue Reading Are you a parent concerned about the impact Instagram is having on your children? Share your family’s story
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business A Facebook whistleblower has helped renew concerns that some parents have likely had for years: what impact…
Continue Reading Former state lawmaker, regent pleads guilty to racketeering
CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — The state attorney general’s office says a former Georgia state lawmaker and university regent has pleaded guilty to…
Continue Reading UK to offer new vaccine shots to Novavax trial volunteers
LONDON (AP) — Britain says it it will offer new vaccinations to thousands of people who volunteered for trials of the Novavax coronavirus vaccine,…
Continue Reading 2nd spill in weeks at US Steel plant prompts precautions
PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — A second spill in less than two weeks at a U.S. Steel plant in northwest Indiana sent an oily sheen onto a Lake Michigan…
Continue Reading The US economy added 194,000 jobs in September
US employers added only 194,000 jobs in September, another troubling sign that Covid is disrupting the economy. CNN’s Christine Romans…
Continue Reading Brazil’s inflation hits double digits, punishing the poor
By DAVID BILLER and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Inflation has come roaring back in Brazil and surpassed 10% for the first…
Continue Reading ‘Kick the can down the road’: Why debt issue is far from over
CNN’s Manu Raju says that while the Senate has agreed on a deal that will temporarily raise the US debt ceiling preventing the country from…
Continue Reading India’s Tata Sons wins bid for national carrier Air India
By ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI (AP) — Tata Sons, India’s oldest and largest conglomerate, will be the new owner of the country’s debt-laden national…
Continue Reading French activists pose as employers to expose racism
PARIS (AP) — French anti-racism activists have telephoned temporary employment agencies posing as a construction firm that wanted to hire only…
Continue Reading ‘What’s the government afraid of?’ Maria Ressa speaks up after verdict in Philippine court (2020)
Philippine journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of “cyber libel” in a case she and press freedom groups have described as a politically motivated…
Continue Reading Hungary: Budapest mayor pulls out of opposition primary race
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The mayor of Hungary’s capital has announced he would withdraw from a primary contest…
Continue Reading Slovenia denies excessive police force against protesters
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia’s interior minister has rejected accusations that police used excessive force to curb anti-government…
Continue Reading Smart robots do all the work at Nissan’s ‘intelligent’ plant
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer KAMINO KAWA, Japan (AP) — Nissan’s “intelligent factory” hardly has any human workers. The robots do the…
Continue Reading Another disappointment: US economy adds only 194,000 jobs in September
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business America’s economic recovery has hit a roadblock: US employers added only 194,000 jobs in September, another…
Continue Reading Mohamed El-Erian: The Fed needs to ease off the accelerator
Mohamed El-Erian, Allianz and Gramercy Advisor, says the US needs three policy responses to support the economic…
Continue Reading More than 130 countries reach deal on corporate minimum tax
By DAVID McHUGH and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — More than 130 countries have agreed on a tentative deal that would make…
Continue Reading Google cracks down on climate change denial by targeting ads
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Google is cracking down on digital ads promoting false climate change claims or being used to make…
Continue Reading Finland joins other Nordic nations in curbing Moderna shots
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland has joined other Nordic countries in suspending or discouraging the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in…
Continue Reading Watch this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner be announced
The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which presented the award in Oslo on…
Continue Reading Swiss-backed project aims to avert new ‘Cold War’ in science
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s foreign minister says concerns about a “new Cold War” over science and…
Continue Reading Americans agree misinformation is a problem, poll shows
By AMANDA SEITZ and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly all Americans agree that the rampant spread of misinformation is a…
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