MLB to end 70-year partnership with Topps trading cards
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Major League Baseball is ending a 70-year relationship with trading card company Topps after signing a new…
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Amazon truck creates its own exit off interstate
Watch an Amazon truck make its own exit off an interstate. CNN’s Jeanne Moos reports on a shortcut that went…
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This $15 billion startup promises 30-minute deliveries. Now it’s facing a worker backlash
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Gopuff, a startup that originally launched to offer hookah deliveries for college students and later food…
Continue Reading J&J CEO Gorsky to step down, company veteran to lead in 2022
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Johnson & Johnson will replace Chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky with another veteran company executive starting next…
Continue Reading COVID anxiety rising amid delta surge, AP-NORC poll finds
By JAMES ANDERSON and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Anxiety in the United States over COVID-19 is at its highest level since…
Continue Reading Mohseni: Ghani fleeing was ‘selfish’ and ‘cowardly’
Afghan media mogul Saad Mohseni says Ashraf Ghani’s quick departure from Afghanistan triggered the collapse of the…
Continue Reading German train drivers’ union calls new 2-day strike
BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many train drivers at Germany’s national railway operator is calling members out on a new strike. The head of…
Continue Reading Bidding war for UK supermarket chain Morrisons heats up
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Shares in British supermarket chain Morrisons have spiked higher after New York-based private equity…
Continue Reading China passes sweeping data privacy law, stinging tech stocks again
By Steven Jiang and Jill Disis, CNN Business China has passed sweeping new rules about the collection and use of personal data as Beijing toughens…
Continue Reading Stocks end higher on Wall Street, still post weekly losses
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks ended higher on Wall Street Friday but not enough to erase the market’s losses from earlier in the week.…
Continue Reading New Chinese law tightens control over company data on users
BEIJING (AP) — China is tightening control over data gathered by companies about the public under a law approved by its ceremonial legislature. The…
Continue Reading Elon Musk just added a robot to his list of things always coming ‘next year.’ For now he’s got a guy in a suit
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Elon Musk said Thursday night at Tesla’s AI Day that the company is building a humanoid robot, and will…
Continue Reading Bangladesh factories open as economic worries trump virus
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh is suffering through its deadliest surge of the pandemic, but you wouldn’t…
Continue Reading San Francisco’s new rule: Proof of vaccine or no dining in
By DAISY NGUYEN and ERIC RISBERG Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco became the first major city in the nation to require proof of…
Continue Reading OnlyFans says it will ban sexually explicit content
By Rob McLean and Jill Disis, CNN Business OnlyFans is banning sexually explicit content starting in October, the company announced Thursday.…
Continue Reading Asia Today: Sydney lockdown extended, masks required outside
SYDNEY (AP) — A lockdown in Australia’s largest city was extended through September and tougher measures to curb the coronavirus’s delta…
Continue Reading US average mortgage rates little changed; 30-year at 2.86%
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mortgage rates were mixed this week and barely changed after rising for the first time last week following six weeks of declines.…
Continue Reading ‘Twilight’ backer gets 5 years in prison in fraud case
NEW YORK (AP) — A tech entrepreneur who invested in the film studio that made the “Twilight” movies has been sentenced to five years in prison…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How social platforms are dealing with the Taliban
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer As the Taliban negotiates with senior politicians and government leaders following its lighting-fast takeover…
Continue Reading Patagonia boycotts Wyoming ski resort over owners’ GOP event
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The outdoor gear and clothing company Patagonia has stopped providing its merchandise for…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press Major indexes closed mixed on Wall Street Thursday after another choppy day of trading. The S&P 500 closed slightly higher…
Continue Reading OnlyFans website to ban ‘sexually explicit’ content
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer OnlyFans, a site where fans pay creators for their photos and videos, is planning to ban “sexually explicit”…
Continue Reading Boy Scouts get conditional approval of $850M bankruptcy deal
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A bankruptcy judge has approved a proposal by the Boy Scouts of America to set up an $850…
Continue Reading Macy’s, Kohl’s rise; Toyota, Red Robin fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Macy’s, Kohl’s rise; Toyota, Red Robin…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue Reading Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are arguing over the moon already. Here’s what it all means
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, the two wealthiest people on this planet, both want to be center stage when NASA returns…
Continue Reading Workers at Mexico GM plant end contract, oust union in vote
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Workers at a General Motors plant in Mexico have voted to end a collective bargaining contract negotiated by an old guard union…
Continue Reading Lawsuits: Iowa governor’s office violating open records law
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A pair of new lawsuits contend the office of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is illegally delaying…
Continue Reading FTC files fresh antitrust complaint seeking to break up Facebook
By Brian Fung, CNN Business The Federal Trade Commission renewed its bid to break up Facebook on Thursday by filing an amended complaint in federal…
Continue Reading Wall Street’s gains, more savings lift 401(k) balances
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Solid stock market gains and workers putting more of their pay toward their golden years are…
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