Indonesia just had its biggest-ever IPO
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business An e-commerce company has just pulled off Indonesia’s biggest initial public offering ever. It’s the latest…
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Chinese regulators eye unruly online fans and pop culture shows as their next crackdown targets
By Laura He, CNN Business Chinese internet and media regulators are pledging to come down hard on “unhealthy” online fan groups as…
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US hiring surges in July, but the variant is the wild card
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hiring surged in July as American employers added 943,000 jobs. The unemployment rate dropped…
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US likely enjoyed hiring spree in July as economy rebounds
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy likely enjoyed a burst of job growth last month as it bounced back with…
Continue Reading Asian stocks sink as investors watch for US jobs data
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have sunk after Wall Street rose to a high as investors wait for U.S. jobs…
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‘We are failing one another:’ USA Today front page implores people to pay attention to Covid surge
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A newspaper’s front page is designed to get your attention — sometimes more so than usual. USA Today’s…
Continue Reading Local reporters face backlash for covering Covid surge
Reporters Leada Gore in Alabama, Keisha Rowe in Mississippi, and Emily Woodruff in Louisiana talk about covering the pandemic in some of America’s…
Continue Reading FTC official raps Facebook for booting political ads probe
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Federal Trade Commission official is criticizing Facebook’s move to shut down the…
Continue Reading Turn up the grill: Weber off to a hot start in market debut
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Shares of grilling company Weber have caught fire in their market debut, closing their first day of trading up…
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Robots delivering food coming soon to the NMSU campus
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — This upcoming fall semester, students at New Mexico State University have something new to look forward to: Robots…
Continue Reading $45M mansion sale reflects hot Hawaii real estate market
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A San Francisco investment banker has sold his Maui mansion to a retired hedge fund CEO…
Continue Reading CNN fires three employees for coming to work unvaccinated
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN has fired three employees for violating its policy that employees must be vaccinated against…
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Virgin Galactic restarts space-trip sales at $450,000 and up
By The Associated Press Virgin Galactic is selling tickets for space flights again, just weeks after founder Richard Branson rode a rocket-powered…
Continue Reading Canadian justice lawyer: US didn’t mislead in Huawei arrest
By JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) —  A Canadian government lawyer says there is no evidence to support defense…
Continue Reading Correction: Apple-iPhone-Child Abuse story
In a story published August 5, 2021, about a new Apple technology for identifying encrypted images of child sexual abuse, The Associated Press…
Continue Reading California to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for health workers
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will require all of its roughly 2.2 million health care and long term care…
Continue Reading On the bus or off, Venezuela journalists try to deliver news
By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JUAN PABLO ARRAEZ Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Two decades of governments that see the press as an enemy…
Continue Reading Company fined $35M in North Dakota drilling wastewater spill
By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — An oil company operating in western North Dakota that waited more than five months to report a…
Continue Reading Beyond Meat sees Q2 sales jump on restaurant demand
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Plant-based meat maker Beyond Meat says that its revenue jumped 32% in the second quarter as demand from…
Continue Reading Apple to start checking iPhone and iCloud photos for child abuse imagery
Intel revealed 3DAT — a breakthrough 3D athlete tracking software — at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Selina Wang…
Continue Reading Apple to start checking iPhone and iCloud photos for child abuse imagery
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple on Thursday said it will begin testing a new system to automatically match photos on iPhones and…
Continue Reading US automakers pledge huge increase in electric vehicles
By TOM KRISHER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced a commitment from U.S. carmakers that…
Continue Reading Virgin Galactic shares climb even though Q2 earnings didn’t meet expectations
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) _ Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (SPCE) on Thursday reported a loss of $94 million in its second quarter. On a per-share basis,…
Continue Reading Richard Trumka, longtime president of AFL-CIO, dies at 72
By BRIAN SLODYSKO and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The longtime president of the AFL-CIO labor organization has died at age…
Continue Reading Novavax seeks OK for COVID vaccine in needy countries first
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Vaccine maker Novavax is asking regulators in India, Indonesia and the Philippines to allow emergency use of…
Continue Reading Senators struggle to amend, finish $1T infrastructure bill
By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are struggling to wrap up work on the bipartisan infrastructure plan.…
Continue Reading Virgin Galactic reopens ticket sales — for $450,000 per seat
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Virgin Galactic says it’s re-opening ticket sales for the first time in years, giving anyone who can afford it…
Continue Reading Biden’s electric vehicle sales goal won’t be too hard to reach by 2030
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business President Joe Biden announced an agreement Thursday that aims to push the US auto industry to sell more electric…
Continue Reading McConnell: Democrats ‘won’t get our help’ to lift debt limit
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says his Republicans will oppose raising the federal debt…
Continue Reading People are flocking to Applebee’s. This popular song is one reason why
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business The pandemic was difficult for casual dining brands like Applebee’s, which saw sales plummet when it…
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