PG&E charged in California wildfire last year that killed 4
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and other…
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Mercedes-Benz joins European EV battery joint venture
Mercedes-Benz is teaming up with Stellantis and TotalEnergies in a European electric vehicle battery joint venture. The partners in Automotive Cells…
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Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou reaches agreement with US to resolve fraud charges
By Clare Duffy and Evan Perez, CNN Business Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou and the US Department of Justice on Friday entered an agreement to defer…
Continue Reading Canadians released after Huawei CFO resolves US charges
By ERIC TUCKER, JIM MUSTIAN and ROB GILLIES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two Canadians detained in China have been released from prison.…
Continue Reading Severe Brazil drought reignites debate over daylight saving
By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil is in the throes of its worst drought in 91 years, which has returned the specter of…
Continue Reading EU warns Russia over cyberattacks ahead of German elections
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is warning Russia against allowing hackers to attack data bases or spread…
Continue Reading Biden: Budget talks hit ‘stalemate,’ $3.5T may take a while
By LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says talks over his $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan have…
Continue Reading Saint Laurent becomes latest fashion house to go fur free
French luxury house Saint Laurent will go completely fur free in its collections from next year, its parent company Kering says. In a statement…
Continue Reading New homes sales rise for second straight month in August
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Sales of new homes in the U.S. rose modestly in August as rising prices continue to…
Continue Reading UK airports report delays as IT failure shuts e-gates
LONDON (AP) — Travelers arriving at U.K. airports are facing delays after electronic passport gates have failed, forcing passengers to wait in line…
Continue Reading China’s cryptocurrency crackdown intensifies
Chinese government agencies said that all cryptocurrency-related business activities are illegal. CNN’s Clare Sebastian reports on the latest…
Continue Reading China’s HNA Group says chairman, CEO detained by police
BEIJING (AP) — HNA Group, the Chinese airline operator that ran into financial trouble following a global acquisition spree beginning in 2014, says…
Continue Reading US booster shots start, even as millions remain unprotected
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers The U.S. launched a campaign to offer boosters of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to millions of…
Continue Reading Foundations offer cities help convincing workers to relocate
By OLIVERA PERKINS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy A new effort in Northwest Arkansas offering $10,000 incentives to new…
Continue Reading Workers for soon-to-be-defunct Alitalia block highway exit
ROME (AP) — Hundreds of Alitalia workers are blocking a highway exit outside Rome’s main airport to demonstrate their anger that most of the…
Continue Reading Stop making employees turn on webcams during meetings
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business The latest battle in office life may be over whether or not to keep the camera on during virtual meetings. One…
Continue Reading Small Fry: Peru’s fishermen battle China’s overseas fleet
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer ABOARD THE OCEAN WARRIOR in the eastern Pacific Ocean (AP) — José López proudly remembers his first…
Continue Reading The iPhone 13 hits shelves
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple officially launched its next-generation iPhone 13 line on Friday, with four new smartphones hitting…
Continue Reading Costco is limiting how much toilet paper you can buy again
By Chris Isidore and Matt Egan, CNN Business Costco is once again placing limits on purchases of toilet paper, paper towels and cleaning supplies.…
Continue Reading UK government seeks injunction against climate protestors
By KHADIJA KOTHIA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government is seeking a legal injunction against climate protestors who blocked the…
Continue Reading China says all crypto transactions illegal; Bitcoin tumbles
BEIJING (AP) — China’s central bank has declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign…
Continue Reading Biden official reveals the failure behind America’s epic chip shortage
By Matt Egan, CNN Business The shortage of computer chips is raising the price of new and used cars, delaying shipments of electronics and holding…
Continue Reading Shortages cause ‘bottleneck recession’ for German industry
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Shortages of semiconductor chips and other raw materials are continuing to hit…
Continue Reading Alibaba was building a media empire. Now it’s dumping Chinese TV shares
By Laura He, CNN Business Alibaba is dumping its shares in one of China’s largest TV broadcasters just months after it bought them, as the…
Continue Reading Stocks end mixed on Wall Street, S&P 500 manages weekly gain
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks ended a wobbly day with mixed results on Wall Street Friday as the market cooled off…
Continue Reading Drive for Britain! UK scrambles for truckers amid supply woe
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain doesn’t have enough truck drivers. The shortage is contributing to scarcity of…
Continue Reading NY hospitals, schools fear staff shortage from vaccine rules
By MICHAEL HILL, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the nation’s most aggressive COVID-19 vaccine…
Continue Reading Chinese banks try to calm fears about developer’s debts
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Trying to dispel investor fears, some Chinese banks are disclosing what they are owed by a real…
Continue Reading Great Wall of Lights: China’s sea power on Darwin’s doorstep
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press ABOARD THE OCEAN WARRIOR in the eastern Pacific Ocean (AP) — It’s 3 a.m., and after five days plying through…
Continue Reading Ex-OppenheimerFunds worker charged in $8M inside trade case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former OppenheimerFunds analyst was freed on $1.5 million bail after he was arrested on…
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