New England shrimp fishery to stay shuttered as waters warm
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — New England’s commercial shrimp fishery will remain shuttered because of concerns…
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Forbes writers questioned before Trump Organization grand jury
By Kara Scannell Two staffers with Forbes magazine testified before the grand jury investigating the Trump Organization on Thursday as investigators…
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KINGSLAND, Ga. (AP) — A federal agency expects to announce its decision Monday on whether to allow a launchpad that would fly commercial rockets…
Continue Reading Spider-Man could be the biggest box office hero of the year
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Everybody loves a hero.” The immortal words of Aunt May from 2004’s “Spider-Man 2”…
Continue Reading The market may be ignoring risk of Omicron shutdowns
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Wall Street is getting nervous about what will happen to the economy next year. The big concern is whether…
Continue Reading Dow tumbles as volatility returns to Wall Street
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Volatility is back on Wall Street: Stocks fell as central banks around the world turn more hawkish and worries about…
Continue Reading Supply shortages and emboldened workers: A changed economy
By PAUL WISEMAN and DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writers The global economy hadn’t experienced anything like this for decades. Maybe ever. After…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes’ criminal fraud case heads to jury as closing arguments conclude
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business After three months of testimony from 32 witnesses, the criminal fraud case of Theranos founder Elizabeth…
Continue Reading Daily Mail and Mail Online publisher quits stock market after 90 years
By Walé Azeez, CNN Business A billionaire British aristocrat is taking the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail Online private after agreeing to buy…
Continue Reading Sears to sell its suburban Chicago corporate headquarters
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Sears plans to sell the sprawling suburban Chicago corporate headquarters that has been the struggling retailer’s…
Continue Reading Vague and viral TikTok warning of school violence is not credible but has schools and law enforcement on high alert
By Brian Fung and Geneva Sands, CNN Business A vague and viral TikTok trend warning of nationwide school violence on Friday — which authorities…
Continue Reading Labor shortage just cost FedEx $470 million. But it thinks things will get better soon
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The nation’s labor shortage just cost FedEx $470 million in its most recent quarter. But its executives believe…
Continue Reading TikTok sued by content moderator who claims she developed PTSD from reviewing disturbing content
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Clare Duffy and Jennifer Korn, CNN A content moderator for TikTok is suing the social media platform after she says she developed…
Continue Reading Despite Christmas truce, EU, UK still fight over Brexit deal
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and the departed United Kingdom are showing that their relationship remains on…
Continue Reading Kosovo, Denmark ironing out prison rent agreement
By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo is hopeful that a deal with Denmark to rent 300 prison cells…
Continue Reading Polish lawmakers overturn senate veto on disputed media law
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president will have the final decision on a controversial media bill seen as…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes’ fraud case heads to the jury
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The jury that will weigh 11 charges of fraud and conspiracy against former Theranos…
Continue Reading France wants EU legal action over fishing dispute with UK
PARIS (AP) — French authorities say they will seek European Union legal action against Britain over a months-long, unresolved fishing dispute. The…
Continue Reading Zoom Santas are back and eager as ever
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Continue Reading Zoom Santas are back and eager as ever
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business “We’re about to be joined by a very important customer,” said Christian Braun, CEO of…
Continue Reading France offering top defense technology for ties with India
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and France have discussed future collaboration and co-production of defense equipment…
Continue Reading Biden’s Build Back Better bill under threat from surging prices, Goldman Sachs says
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Consumer prices are already rising at the fastest pace in nearly 40 years. Inflation may get worse before it gets better…
Continue Reading Emirati mall, supermarket billionaire Majid Al Futtaim dies
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Emirati billionaire Majid Al Futtaim, who rose from working as a bank clerk to…
Continue Reading Kellogg says it has a deal with union that could end 10-week long strike
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Kellogg says it has reached a second tentative agreement with the union representing 1,400 workers who have been on…
Continue Reading Inflation is bad enough. One country is making it even worse
By Charles Riley, CNN Business Unnerved by surging prices, the Bank of England on Thursday became the first major central bank to hike interest rates…
Continue Reading South Africa to give J&J vaccines to other African nations
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s government says the country will donate just over…
Continue Reading Surging COVID-19 cases bring a 2020 feel to the end of 2021
BY JENNIFER PELTZ and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. officials intensified calls for unvaccinated Americans to get…
Continue Reading In Your Debt: Get skills, not bills, at an unpaid internship
By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet A summer spent fetching coffee and answering phones can result in a more impressive resume, but you may be paying for…
Continue Reading Inflation a worry for most economies, but not Japan
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer The Federal Reserve and most other central banks are shifting into inflation-fighting mode as pandemic…
Continue Reading Turkey’s lira sinks to new low, prompting bank to intervene
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s currency has crashed to an new all-time low against the dollar a day after the Central Bank again lowered a key…
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