FDA takes more time to decide on e-cigarettes
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it will need more time to decide whether the biggest-selling…
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Lawsuit: Farm hired white immigrants over Black US laborers
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Six Black farmworkers in Mississippi say their former employer has brought white…
Continue Reading US average mortgage rates rise slightly; 30-year at 2.88%
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term mortgage rates were marginally higher this week as the recovering economy appeared stalled against the backdrop…
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 In a hot market, companies compete with would-be homeowners
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Soaring home prices and rents are fueling real estate companies’ appetite for houses,…
Continue Reading Feds, North Dakota to negotiate pipeline policing costs
By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal and state lawyers will meet next week to negotiate a settlement for money that…
Continue Reading FDA delays decision on e-cigarettes from vaping giant Juul
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have delayed a high-stakes decision on whether to permit bestselling…
Continue Reading Fund manager admits orchestrating $100M investment fraud
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — An investment fund manager from Philadelphia has admitted orchestrating a $100 million securities fraud scheme. Federal…
Continue Reading Microsoft abandons plan to reopen US offices amid Covid worries
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Microsoft announced Thursday that it’s scrapping plans to fully reopen US offices early next month because of…
Continue Reading EPA seeks to restart process that could restrict Alaska mine
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will seek to restart a process that could…
Continue Reading Judge Judy returning to TV in November, with granddaughter
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Judge Judy Sheindlin will return to television on on November 1 with “Judy Justice,” a new show…
Continue Reading US, Mexico restart high-level economic talks after 4 years
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Mexico have restarted high-level economic talks after a four-year pause.…
Continue Reading After Ida, small businesses face uncertainty on many fronts
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses from Louisiana to Connecticut are facing an uncertain recovery after being…
Continue Reading Facebook, Ray-Ban launch smart glasses — who will wear them?
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Seven years after the ill-fated Google Glass, and five years after Snap launched its Spectacles, another tech…
Continue Reading Facebook and Ray-Ban are rolling out smart glasses that actually look cool. Will anyone buy them?
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business On a sunny May day in 2012, Google cofounder Sergey Brin walked down King Street in San Francisco’s SoMa…
Continue Reading EU court ruling could lift Champagne makers’ spirits
BRUSSELS (AP) — Champagne makers have had their hopes of winning a legal case against a tapas bar chain boosted after the European Court of Justice…
Continue Reading Germany: Fraud trial of ex-VW boss delayed by health issues
BERLIN (AP) — A German court says former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn’s trial on fraud charges in connection with the automaker’s diesel…
Continue Reading Microsoft return to U.S. offices delayed indefinitely
REDMOND, Washington (AP) — Microsoft is telling employees Thursday that their return to U.S. offices is delayed indefinitely until it’s safer to…
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Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest cuts exposure to China
The fund’s move is in response to Beijing’s sweeping regulatory changes, according to a Financial Times report. CNN’s Clare Sebastian…
Continue Reading Airlines say rise in COVID-19 cases is hurting ticket sales
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The leading U.S. airlines say that the rise in COVID-19 cases is hurting ticket sales and pushing…
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Fast hiring: UPS to hire 100,000, many in 30 minutes or less
By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Besides packages, UPS is promising to deliver something else fast: job offers. The Atlanta-based…
Continue Reading Furlough total in UK falls to new low as many return to work
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The number of workers still on furlough in Britain has fallen to its lowest level since a salary…
Continue Reading After exiting Brazil, Ford pulls plug on production in India
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Ford is ending auto production in India after logging accumulated operating losses of more than $2 billion…
Continue Reading The head of Russia’s space agency is jealous of US billionaires
CNN’s Kristin Fisher spoke to Dmitry Rogozin in his first interview with western media since becoming the head of Roscomos, Russia’s space agency.…
Continue Reading EasyJet rejects bid approach as it seeks to raise more money
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British airline easyJet said it has rejected an unsolicited takeover approach as it announced plans to…
Continue Reading Ground zero rebuilding still unfinished, 20 years later
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Even after two decades, the work to rebuild the World Trade Center complex after its destruction…
Continue Reading Merkel: Party was always aware it faced fight in German vote
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel says her party is fighting and was always aware that it wouldn’t…
Continue Reading Burger King copies McDonald’s with celebrity meals
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Burger King’s menu is getting a big makeover and its customers might not even notice. That’s why Burger…
Continue Reading Australian court says media companies are liable for comments on their Facebook pages
By Jill Disis and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Business Media companies in Australia are liable for the comments that Facebook users post under their…
Continue Reading IAEA: Science key to Fukushima plant water release
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An International Atomic Energy Agency official says objective, science-based monitoring is the key…
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