Weddings are booming again. They’re bigger and more expensive than ever
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Two years of pandemic uncertainty forced many couples to postpone or even cancel their nuptial…
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Russia’s ruble rebound raises questions of sanctions’ impact
By KEN SWEET and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Russian ruble has bounced back to almost its full value since before the…
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Local El Paso companies still dealing with high gas prices
EL PASO- Texas – Local El Paso businesses are still dealing with high gas prices. According to AAA, the average cost of gas in Texas is $3.86 for a…
Continue Reading Biden eyes boost to mining of minerals for electric vehicles
By JOSH BOAK and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is looking at invoking the Defense Production Act this week to…
Continue Reading After spate of strikes, big raises for Kellogg workers
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Several hundred workers at a Kellogg’s plant that makes Cheez-Its won a new contract that…
Continue Reading Even as inflation bites, corporate profits remain flush
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — What’s immune to high inflation? So far, the profits at big U.S. companies. Companies have…
Continue Reading Amazon, union organizers face off again in Alabama
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, HALELUYA HADERO, and JAY REEVES BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) — After a crushing defeat last year, the Retail, Wholesale and…
Continue Reading Los Angeles ends its business vaccine verification mandate
By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council has voted to end its mandate for many indoor businesses and…
Continue Reading Testimony: Pope approved Vatican payout for London property
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A suspect in the Vatican’s big embezzlement and fraud trial has testified that Pope…
Continue Reading Firm pays back $20M, insists petrochemical project viable
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The U.S. subsidiary of a Thailand-based petrochemical giant has repaid Ohio’s private…
Continue Reading Growth slows for endangered Mexican gray wolf population
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — There are now more Mexican gray wolves roaming the southwestern U.S. than at any…
Continue Reading Waymo to expand autonomous vehicle rides to San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Waymo’s self-driving ride-hailing service is branching out to San Francisco. The Alphabet, Inc., autonomous vehicle unit…
Continue Reading Florida secures $860M from CVS, others to settle opioid case
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The CVS drug store company and pharmaceutical companies will pay Florida a combined…
Continue Reading Hungary accuses Ukraine of interfering in upcoming election
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s foreign minister has accused Ukraine’s leadership of attempting to…
Continue Reading Russia war ends era of globalization that kept inflation low
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer For decades, the free flow of trade across much of the world allowed the richest nations to enjoy easy access to…
Continue Reading European Central Bank chief: No data suggests stagflation
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Central Bank’s president says no data currently suggests that Europe will fall into stagflation, which is…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia says it deposited $5B in Egypt’s central bank
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia has announced a $5 billion aid package to cash-strapped Egypt, where the economy is under…
Continue Reading Biden receives 2nd booster, presses Congress on virus funds
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has gotten a second booster dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine, and he used the…
Continue Reading US growth in Q4 revised lower to 6.9%, slower growth to come
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy ended 2021 by expanding at a healthy 6.9% annual pace from October…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What would paying for natural gas in rubles mean?
BERLIN (AP) — Russia is demanding payment in rubles for its natural gas exports to Europe. And that is rattling markets already in turmoil because…
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