Amazon hiring 500 workers for El Paso warehouse center
EL PASO, Texas — Amazon announced Wednesday that it would begin hiring immediately for over 500 full-time jobs needed for the anticipated opening…
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Supply chain delays disrupt California agriculture exports
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California farmers say they are having trouble exporting their crops because of delays in…
Continue Reading Government suspends training at sea program after college student says she and others were raped
By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN The federal government’s academy for merchant mariners is halting a key training program that sends…
Continue Reading Judge in Mexico orders ex-head of state oil company jailed
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The former head of Mexico’s state-run oil company has finally been ordered to jail, a year after he was extradited from…
Continue Reading Ford is first major US automaker to mandate vaccines
By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Ford will mandate vaccines for most of its 32,000 US salaried employees, a spokesperson for the company said Wednesday.…
Continue Reading Ford is first major US automaker to mandate vaccines
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Ford will mandate vaccines for most of its 32,000 US salaried employees, a spokesperson for the company…
Continue Reading Facebook removes Ethiopian PM’s post for inciting violence
By CARA ANNA and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Facebook says it has removed a post by Ethiopia’s prime minister that urged…
Continue Reading Deere warns striking workers not to expect better offer
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer Deere executives say the company won’t return to the bargaining table with striking workers because it…
Continue Reading Labor secretary: Pandemic, worker vexation feed port issues
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — Labor Secretary Marty Walsh says slowdowns and bottlenecks at the nation’s shipping…
Continue Reading Labor leader apologizes for likening Holocaust to mandates
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas labor leader is apologizing for remarks he made during a legislative hearing comparing…
Continue Reading CVS Health, T-Mobile rise; Zillow, Activision fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: CVS Health, T-Mobile rise; Zillow, Activision…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
The Associated Press Stocks climbed to more record highs Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it will begin dialing back the extraordinary aid…
Continue Reading Southwest Airlines pilot accused of assaulting another crew member over mask dispute
By Josh Campbell and Pete Muntean, CNN A Southwest Airlines pilot is accused of assaulting another crew member following a mask dispute last month in…
Continue Reading Why the Fed is winding down the party on Wall Street (and what it means for you)
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business It’s official: The Federal Reserve is winding down its aggressive pandemic-era stimulus measures, a process…
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 Tesla owners say they are wowed — and alarmed — by ‘full self-driving’
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Drivers with Tesla’s “full self-driving” software often don’t know what their cars will do…
Continue Reading The Fed begins stepping on the brakes
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The Federal Reserve has been pushing the economic stimulus pedal to the metal nonstop since March 2020. For the first…
Continue Reading Google engineer: What my own health scare taught me about the sharing of medical data
Opinion by Adam Connors for CNN Business Perspectives When I first developed a rash and some unusual bruising on my side, I didn’t worry about…
Continue Reading France frees UK trawler caught up in Channel fishing dispute
By JILL LAWLESS and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British-registered scallop boat caught up in a post-Brexit spat between the…
Continue Reading Putin urges development of new hypersonic missiles, lasers
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged the country’s arms makers to develop even more…
Continue Reading US blacklists Israeli firm NSO Group for use of spyware
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business The US Commerce Department on Wednesday blacklisted Israeli firms NSO Group and Candiru, accusing the companies of…
Continue Reading Fed pulls back economic aid in face of rising uncertainties
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Reporter WASHINGTON (AP) — If you find the current economy a bit confusing, don’t worry: So does the…
Continue Reading Rattled Democrats reckon with bruising results in VA, NJ
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are blending finger-pointing, optimism and a renewed push to unstick their stalled…
Continue Reading Smartmatic is now suing Newsmax and OAN for ‘disinformation campaign’
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Smartmatic, the voting technology company that is suing Fox News, some of its hosts and pro-Trump lawyers Rudy…
Continue Reading Australia regulator demands face-scanning firm delete photos
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer An Australian privacy authority has ordered facial recognition company Clearview AI to stop scanning the…
Continue Reading Gas prices are sky high and Bank of America warns $120-a-barrel oil is on the way
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Everyday Americans are getting hammered by high prices at the pump, and Bank of America thinks the pain may just be…
Continue Reading Former Apple employee who claims she was fired for #AppleToo organizing files NLRB complaint
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business A former Apple employee who helped form the #AppleToo movement against alleged harassment and discrimination inside the…
Continue Reading IPOs are having their best year ever — even better than the dot com boom
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Private companies are making their Wall Street debuts at a record clip this year. There already have been more…
Continue Reading Polish central bank raises interest rate as prices surge
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s central bank has made its second interest rate hike in as many months as consumer…
Continue Reading Workers are demanding action from their employers. Here’s how to address their concerns
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Employees calling for better wages and working conditions have always been a given in the workplace. But workers are…
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