Stitch Fix, Sonic Automotive rise; FedEx, Facebook fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Stitch Fix, Sonic Automotive rise; FedEx, Facebook…
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Fendi, Del Core lead Milan fashion’s runway return
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Italy’s fashion capital is again alive with the sound of shoppers swarming boutiques and editors…
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…
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Fed holds policy but signals ‘a gradual tapering process’
The Federal Reserve signaled it would start rolling back stimulus measures if the economic recovery continues to progress. CNN’s Clare Sebastian…
Continue Reading The Federal Reserve is getting ready to roll back its massive stimulus
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The Federal Reserve isn’t ready to take its foot off the stimulus gas pedal just yet, but that soon might…
Continue Reading Moody’s chief economist: US default would be ‘cataclysmic’
Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi says “the economy will be shaken at the core” if the US defaults on its debt…
Continue Reading Polish regulators renew license for Discovery-owned channel
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s broadcasting regulators have extended the license of Discovery Inc.-owned TVN24. But they also also adopted a…
Continue Reading Fed: On track to slow support for economy later this year
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled Wednesday that the Fed plans to announce…
Continue Reading COVID-19 creates dire US shortage of teachers, school staff
By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Schools have welcomed students back to classrooms but face a new challenge: a shortage of…
Continue Reading 50 million views later, one TikTok made this eye cream sell out
Peter Thomas Roth’s cosmetic products began selling out after a viral TikTok video showing someone using the product racked up nearly 50 million…
Continue Reading California man charged with perjury in Hollywood execs suit
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors have charged a Los Angeles man with perjury, saying he falsified emails…
Continue Reading United Airlines say 97% of US employees have been vaccinated
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The vast majority of United Airlines employees are deciding to get vaccinated against COVID-19…
Continue Reading How Microsoft built ‘The Frankenstein’ device during the pandemic
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business When Microsoft closed its Redmond, Washington offices in March 2020 due to the pandemic, the Surface team…
Continue Reading DraftKings makes $22.4 billion bid for UK’s Entain
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The British betting company Entain has confirmed a takeover bid worth about $22.4 billion (16.4 billion…
Continue Reading German official slams online ‘incitement’ after mask killing
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister has partly blamed “incitement” against the government’s pandemic…
Continue Reading They took a stand against Amazon for their drivers. They say it cost them their businesses
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Ryan Schmutzer and Tracy Bloemer, owners of businesses that deliver packages for Amazon in Portland, Oregon, hit…
Continue Reading US-French spat seems to simmer down after Biden-Macron call
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The most significant rift in decades between the United States and France seems on the mend after…
Continue Reading Existing US home sales fell in August, price growth slows
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in August and the pace of price growth eased, the latest sign the…
Continue Reading Loop hopes to go mainstream with reusable packaging
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Reusable packaging is about to become more common at groceries and restaurants worldwide. Loop, which collects…
Continue Reading Louisiana’s struggling seafood industry teetering after Ida
By JAY REEVES Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The wrecked boats, docks and processing equipment left by Hurricane Ida has some wondering what…
Continue Reading UK to subsidize US company to prevent food crisis
CF Industries halted operations at its UK fertilizer plants because soaring natural gas prices had made them unprofitable. Carbon dioxide, a…
Continue Reading Nurse who found bodies of businessman, wife sues for damages
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A home health nurse who discovered the bodies of a prominent Minnesota businessman and his wife in a murder-suicide case is…
Continue Reading European Central Bank climate report: Early action is better
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has carried out its first climate change stress test. The…
Continue Reading UK’s Johnson concedes US trade deal not in the offing
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has conceded that a post-Brexit trade deal with the U.S. is not…
Continue Reading UK climate activists face prison for blocking highways
LONDON (AP) — Environmental activists who have repeatedly blocked Britain’s busiest highway face possible imprisonment after a judge granted an…
Continue Reading Ford invests in electric vehicle battery recycling company
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is investing $50 million in an upstart electric vehicle battery recycling company as the automaker moves to…
Continue Reading Netflix buys Wonka author Dahl’s catalog
LONDON (AP) — Netflix says it has bought the works of Roald Dahl, the late British author of celebrated children’s books such as “Charlie and…
Continue Reading Study: 2.7 million European Union workers can’t afford heat
BRUSSELS (AP) — As winter looms, the European Trade Union Confederation says three million European workers can’t afford heating their houses…
Continue Reading Lithuanian agency warns against use of Chinese-made phones
By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press Writer VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanian cybersecurity authorities are urging the country’s governmental…
Continue Reading Nigeria-born designer Joy Meribe opens Milan Fashion Week
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Nigeria-born designer Joy Meribe opened Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday with her debut runway…
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