3 ways executives hold Black women back at work
Opinion by Denise Hamilton for CNN Business Perspectives Despite promises from across the corporate world to diversify leadership and give people of…
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US home construction declines 1.6% in September
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S. home construction fell 1.6% in September as builders continue to be tripped up by…
Continue Reading Greece vows to link Egypt’s energy grid to European Union
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has promised to link Egypt to the European Union’s energy market with an undersea cable that would carry electricity…
Continue Reading Spain makes it easier for young migrants to legalize status
MADRID (AP) — Spain is smoothing the path for unaccompanied young migrants to obtain residence and work permits. Around 15,000 people are expected…
Continue Reading What actually happened during GameStop mania?
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business In late January, there was one question on the minds of investors: How did a struggling mall-based video game…
Continue Reading As deaths rise, Russian doctors despair at low vaccine rate
By KOSTYA MANENKOV and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Facing a surge of seriously ill COVID-19 patients, the head of an…
Continue Reading J&J hikes 2021 profit forecast, COVID-19 vaccine sales grow
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Sales of the cancer treatment Darzalex helped Johnson & Johnson deliver better-than-expected third quarter…
Continue Reading Taco Bell is giving away free breakfast burritos
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Breakfast is back on the menu at Taco Bell, so it’s giving away free food to celebrate. On Thursday, the chain…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Experts expect 5 things this Black Friday
By COURTNEY JESPERSEN of NerdWallet Black Friday takes place on Nov. 26 this year. A month ahead of the big discount day, we talked to retail experts…
Continue Reading UK courts green investment to fuel carbon-cutting plans
By JILL LAWLESS and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom is hosting a meeting aimed at attracting billions of dollars in…
Continue Reading USDA rethinks approach to controlling salmonella in poultry
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal health officials are rethinking their approach to controlling salmonella in poultry plants…
Continue Reading UK faces calls for ‘Plan B’ with virus cases high and rising
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Many scientists are pressing the British government to reimpose social restrictions and speed up…
Continue Reading Energy crunch hits global recovery as winter approaches
By DAVID McHUGH, COLLEEN BARRY, JOE McDONALD and TATIANA POLLASTRI Associated Press The world’s facing an energy crunch. Europe is feeling it…
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50 fall flowers that bloom in October
Autumn color is about more than the changing leaves—there are many flowers to enjoy, from native wildflowers to cultivated varieties that have been…
Continue Reading Chinese users have mixed feelings about LinkedIn departure
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — After nearly seven years in China, LinkedIn says it will stop operating its localized version of the…
Continue Reading BlackRock backs new hub for company climate data
LONDON (AP) — Investment giant BlackRock says it is backing a new London-based research hub which will provide asset managers with information on…
Continue Reading Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street rises for 5th day
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street rose for a fifth day on strong corporate…
Continue Reading Australia PM: Technology best way to achieve climate target
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says a net zero carbon emissions target by 2050…
Continue Reading New Zealand hits virus high, pushes vaccination as way out
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand counted its most new coronavirus cases of the pandemic as an outbreak in…
Continue Reading Right-wing media figures dishonestly use Colin Powell’s death to question Covid vaccines
CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Some prominent conservative media figures on Monday dishonestly used the death of former US Secretary of State…
Continue Reading Right-wing media figures dishonestly use Colin Powell’s death to question Covid vaccines
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Some prominent conservative media figures on Monday dishonestly used the death of former US Secretary of State Colin…
Continue Reading Bourbon producer signals intent to hire replacement workers
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press Spirits producer Heaven Hill Distillery says its contract talks with striking union workers have reached an…
Continue Reading Out-of-stock problems for online shopping are getting worse
CNN By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business If you’ve already started your online holiday shopping this year, you may be seeing a lot more of those…
Continue Reading North America’s biggest container port faces record backlog
By Alexandra Meeks, Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business Approximately 200,000 shipping containers remain on ships off the coast of Los…
Continue Reading Data shows ship crossed over oil pipeline that ruptured
By MATTHEW BROWN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Data shows a massive cargo ship that was supposed to be at anchor repeatedly…
Continue Reading German media group fires Bild editor after damning press reports
By Mick Krever and Charles Riley, CNN Business German media group Axel Springer said on Monday that it has fired the editor-in-chief of the Bild…
Continue Reading Zillow slams the brakes on home buying as it struggles to manage its backlog of inventory
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Zillow will stop buying homes through Zillow Offers for the rest of the year, as the company’s iBuying program…
Continue Reading Contract talks resume between Deere and its striking workers
MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Contract talks between Deere & Co. and its 10,000 striking workers have resumed, but it wasn’t immediately clear how far…
Continue Reading Treasury says it needs to modernize its economic sanctions
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says that the economic and financial sanctions the United States…
Continue Reading Oregon illegal pot grows: More calls to send National Guard
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Last week, police in southern Oregon raided a site that had roughly two tons of processed…
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