Pork is already super expensive. This new animal-welfare law could push prices higher
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Pork, much like everything else these days, has gotten more expensive due in part to the supply chain issues and…
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Cities seek to loosen rules on spending federal pandemic aid
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Some cities are urging President Joe Biden’s administration to loosen its rules for spending $350 billion of…
Continue Reading Louisiana gators thrive, so farmers’ return quota may drop
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Once-endangered alligators are thriving in the wild, so Louisiana authorities are…
Continue Reading Celebrities join Prince William for Earthshot Prize award
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Celebrities have joined Prince William in London for the inaugural awards ceremony of his Earthshot…
Continue Reading In quiet debut, Alzheimer’s drug finds questions, skepticism
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Persistent concerns about the first new Alzheimer’s treatment in more than 20 years are curbing access more than…
Continue Reading ‘Squid Game’ is a huge hit. That may not be enough for Netflix
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business For much of this year, Netflix shares have trailed big tech rivals Facebook, Apple and Amazon. That’s no…
Continue Reading ‘SNL’ tackles the NFL’s Jon Gruden email scandal
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business The NFL had a rough week, and “Saturday Night Live” made sure to tackle it on this weekend’s…
Continue Reading Ship owner, operator of interest in California oil spill
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has designated the Mediterranean Shipping Company and others as parties of interest in an…
Continue Reading Labor flexes its muscle as leverage tips from employers to workers
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Workers are saying enough is enough. And many of them are either hitting the picket lines or quitting their jobs as a…
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3 ways executives hold Black women back at work
CNN, KTVO, ABC’S “THIS WEEK”, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Opinion by Denise Hamilton for CNN Business Perspectives Despite promises from across…
Continue Reading University offers to rehire prof acquitted of ties to China
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has offered to reinstate a professor who was acquitted of federal charges that…
Continue Reading Netflix fired an employee who it says leaked information about Dave Chappelle’s special
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Netflix fired an employee for sharing “confidential, commercially sensitive information” outside of the…
Continue Reading Netflix fired an employee who it says leaked information about Dave Chappelle’s special
CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Netflix fired an employee for sharing “confidential, commercially sensitive information” outside of…
Continue Reading In South Texas, aging water system meets growing population
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Designed more than a century ago, the Rio Grande Valley’s canal system in South Texas…
Continue Reading Hertz files for a new IPO
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Hertz is going public again. The rental car company, which filed for bankruptcy early in the pandemic and emerged on…
Continue Reading What we learned this week in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business This week in the criminal trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, jurors heard from a second former…
Continue Reading Sephora launches same-day delivery service
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Beauty addicts beware. Your Sephora addiction is about to get a whole lot worse. Sephora has launched a same-day…
Continue Reading Big turkeys are back for an IRL Thanksgiving
CNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn and Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Thanksgiving 2021 may feel a lot more like a normal holiday than last…
Continue Reading Big turkeys are back for an IRL Thanksgiving
By Nathaniel Meyersohn and Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Thanksgiving 2021 may feel a lot more like a normal holiday than last year’s…
Continue Reading Tens of thousands demonstrate in Rome against neo-fascists
ROME (AP) — Tens of thousands of union members and other Italians gathered in Rome to stand up against rising fascism Saturday, a week after…
Continue Reading Storage containers are scarce, so toymakers are focused on small, squishy toys for the holidays
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Jay Foreman, the chief executive of toymaker Basic Fun, was in a bind over the summer. The end-of-year holiday…
Continue Reading Bitcoin-mining power plant raises ire of environmentalists
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press A bitcoin operation in central New York has taken over a power plant to find cheap energy for currency mining in a…
Continue Reading New skyscraper lab will test elevators high above Atlanta
By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — One of the world’s largest elevator towers will soon be opened to test elevators of the future…
Continue Reading Unhappy with prices, ranchers look to build own meat plants
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Frustrated with persistently low prices, ranchers and others in the beef industry are…
Continue Reading The global economy’s 2020 hangover is far from over
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business It’s almost 2022, but 2020 isn’t done with us yet. Despite good news about Covid-19 vaccinations, a solid…
Continue Reading AP review: At least 13 auto safety rules are years overdue
By HOPE YEN and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As pandemic-era traffic fatalities spike, the U.S. agency in charge of auto safety…
Continue Reading Cyprus, Egypt sign deal to speed up electricity grid linkage
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ energy minister says an undersea cable linking the electricity grids of Cyprus and Egypt could be key to helping…
Continue Reading AP review: At least 13 auto safety rules are years overdue
By HOPE YEN and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As pandemic-era traffic fatalities spike, the U.S. agency in charge of auto safety…
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El Paso restaurants, hotels grapple with labor shortages ahead of border reopening
EL PASO, Texas — Just weeks away from the United States reopening its border with Mexico, many businesses in El Paso are eager to welcome foreign…
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Doña Ana County new ‘major manufacturing hub’ to create 315 jobs
CHAMBERINO, New Mexico — National wind and solar supplier WTEC Energy is reviving a dormant plant in Chamberino and turning it into a…
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