Fed survey finds economy facing supply chain, other drags
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve reports that the economy was facing a number of headwinds at the…
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Samsung now lets you design your own flip smartphone
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Smartphone design hasn’t varied much in years and customers are typically beholden to whatever decisions…
Continue Reading Pinterest shares soar on reports PayPal may buy it
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Pinterest’s stock surged on Wednesday following a report that digital payments company PayPal is looking to…
Continue Reading New executive order aims to alleviate congestion at California’s ports
By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business To alleviate cargo congestion at shipping ports in California, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order…
Continue Reading Online shopping bummer: Out-of-stock products surged 172% from pre-pandemic levels
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business If you were shopping online in the late summer, chances are you may have been hit with an unfortunate message: The…
Continue Reading Coast Guard had earlier notice about California oil spill
By AMY TAXIN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Records show the Coast Guard received multiple reports of a possible…
Continue Reading Report: Trump golf club under new criminal probe over taxes
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s company is under criminal investigation by a district attorney in a New York City suburb into…
Continue Reading Supply chain stress is intensifying and showing no signs of fading, Moody’s Analytics says
By Matt Egan, CNN Business From port congestion and price spikes to widespread shortages, stress in US supply chains is intensifying and could slow…
Continue Reading FDA OKs mixing COVID vaccines; backs Moderna, J&J boosters
By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators are extending COVID-19 boosters to Americans who got the…
Continue Reading How Verizon became the Dow’s worst stock
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Verizon reported earnings that topped forecasts Wednesday morning and issued a more upbeat outlook for 2022.…
Continue Reading $650M plan would give Los Angeles Zoo flashy transformation
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A $650 million plan would give the Los Angeles Zoo a theme park-style transformation over the next 20 years. The Los Angeles…
Continue Reading Biden administration move could block Minnesota copper mine
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Biden administration has dealt a serious blow to the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel…
Continue Reading Gates Foundation to spend $120M on access for COVID-19 pill
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will spend $120 million to boost access to generic versions of…
Continue Reading Biogen CEO: ‘Major bottleneck’ still limits Alzheimer’s drug
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer A new Alzheimer’s drug from Biogen brought in only $300,000 in sales during its first full quarter on the market. It…
Continue Reading Bitcoin surges to new record above $66,000
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The bitcoin bull market is showing no signs of slowing down. Bitcoin, the world’s most valuable…
Continue Reading Ex-Alitalia flight attendants strip off uniforms in protest
ROME (AP) — Dozens of former flight attendants from defunct Italian airline Alitalia have stripped off their uniforms, wearing only undergarments…
Continue Reading Serbia introduces evening COVID passes amid infection surge
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia has introduced COVID passes for indoor venues in late evening hours following weeks of surging infections and…
Continue Reading Bitcoin tops $66,000, sets record as crypto goes mainstream
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin stormed above $66,000 for the first time on Wednesday, riding a wave of excitement about…
Continue Reading Walgreens begins testing drone delivery in Texas
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Walgreens will begin flying packages by drone to residents in a pair of Texas cities in partnership with…
Continue Reading Workers fed up with nights, weekends seek flexible schedules
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Companies are confronting demands by hourly workers on terms that often used to be…
Continue Reading Spanish court rules to extradite Venezuela spy chief to US
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has ordered the extradition of a former Venezuelan spy chief to the United States where he is wanted on charges of…
Continue Reading France to announce sanctions amid fishing dispute with UK
By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France says it will announce potential sanctions over energy prices and trade “by the end of…
Continue Reading Facebook fined $70 million for ‘deliberate’ failure to comply with UK regulator
Walé Azeez, CNN Business The UK competition regulator has slapped Facebook with a $70 million fine for repeatedly ignoring warnings and deliberately…
Continue Reading UK fines Facebook $69.4 million for failing to supply data
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s competition watchdog fined Facebook 50.5 million pounds ($69.4 million) on Wednesday for violating rules during the UK…
Continue Reading Everything you’re waiting for is in these containers
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Virtually every US home contains items that came through the ports of Los Angeles or Long Beach. The neighboring…
Continue Reading UK encourages booster jabs, resists new virus restrictions
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — With coronavirus cases rising in Britain, the government is urging millions of people to get booster…
Continue Reading White House explores deploying the National Guard to ease supply chain crisis but is unlikely to use this option
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Facing a mounting supply chain crisis, the White House is exploring whether to deploy the National Guard to ease…
Continue Reading This is the secret to dealing with inflation
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Procter & Gamble, the consumer goods giant that makes Pampers diapers, Crest toothpaste and Tide detergent, says…
Continue Reading Netflix co-CEO on Dave Chappelle fallout: I screwed up
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has some regrets about how he handled Dave Chappelle’s stand-up special, even…
Continue Reading Russians to stay off work for a week as virus deaths rise
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has ordered many of Russia’s workers to stay off work for a…
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