Microsoft return to U.S. offices delayed indefinitely
REDMOND, Washington (AP) — Microsoft is telling employees Thursday that their return to U.S. offices is delayed indefinitely until it’s safer to…
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Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest cuts exposure to China
The fund’s move is in response to Beijing’s sweeping regulatory changes, according to a Financial Times report. CNN’s Clare Sebastian…
Continue Reading Airlines say rise in COVID-19 cases is hurting ticket sales
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The leading U.S. airlines say that the rise in COVID-19 cases is hurting ticket sales and pushing…
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Fast hiring: UPS to hire 100,000, many in 30 minutes or less
By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Besides packages, UPS is promising to deliver something else fast: job offers. The Atlanta-based…
Continue Reading Furlough total in UK falls to new low as many return to work
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The number of workers still on furlough in Britain has fallen to its lowest level since a salary…
Continue Reading After exiting Brazil, Ford pulls plug on production in India
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Ford is ending auto production in India after logging accumulated operating losses of more than $2 billion…
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The head of Russia’s space agency is jealous of US billionaires
CNN’s Kristin Fisher spoke to Dmitry Rogozin in his first interview with western media since becoming the head of Roscomos, Russia’s space agency.…
Continue Reading EasyJet rejects bid approach as it seeks to raise more money
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British airline easyJet said it has rejected an unsolicited takeover approach as it announced plans to…
Continue Reading Ground zero rebuilding still unfinished, 20 years later
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Even after two decades, the work to rebuild the World Trade Center complex after its destruction…
Continue Reading Merkel: Party was always aware it faced fight in German vote
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel says her party is fighting and was always aware that it wouldn’t…
Continue Reading Burger King copies McDonald’s with celebrity meals
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Burger King’s menu is getting a big makeover and its customers might not even notice. That’s why Burger…
Continue Reading Australian court says media companies are liable for comments on their Facebook pages
By Jill Disis and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Business Media companies in Australia are liable for the comments that Facebook users post under their…
Continue Reading IAEA: Science key to Fukushima plant water release
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An International Atomic Energy Agency official says objective, science-based monitoring is the key…
Continue Reading Unionist leader says Brexit deal could sink N Ireland govt
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The leader of Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party says the U.K.’s divorce deal…
Continue Reading India’s got the next big thing in tech, and it could be worth $1 trillion
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business More than two decades ago, India began its transformation into a global IT powerhouse, ushering in an era of wealth…
Continue Reading Polish Senate rejects media bill affecting US-owned company
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Senate voted has rejected a media bill seen as targeting a U.S.-owned television…
Continue Reading Europe’s central bank eases support, but it’s not a taper
BY DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank says it is dialing back some of its massive emergency…
Continue Reading Australia won’t allow UN climate goals in UK free trade deal
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government has confirmed it has refused to allow climate change goals to…
Continue Reading German FM arrives in Libya to reopen country’s embassy
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister has arrived in Libya to reopen the country’s embassy in Tripoli. Heiko Maas said Thursday upon his…
Continue Reading China tells Tencent and Netease to focus less on profit as gaming crackdown expands
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Chinese regulators have summoned companies to demand they play down profits and further clamp down on how minors can…
Continue Reading Magnet milestones move distant nuclear fusion dream closer
By FRANK JORDANS, SETH BORENSTEIN and DANIEL COLE Associated Press SAINT-PAUL-LES-DURANCE, France (AP) — Teams working on two continents have…
Continue Reading Subdued 9/11 remembrances reflect Boston’s invisible scars
By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Both of the hijacked jetliners that slammed into the World Trade Center towers flew out of…
Continue Reading Asian shares rebound; Wall St headed for weekly decline
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares are higher in Asia as investors stepped up buying despite another decline on Wall Street that kept the…
Continue Reading Sports betting starts in Arizona in time for NFL season
By BOB CHRISTIE and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s first sports betting operations are now open in time for the…
Continue Reading Crushed by pandemic, conventions mount a cautious return
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer In pre-COVID times, business events like conferences and trade shows routinely attracted more than 1 billion…
Continue Reading Taiwan’s president commissions domestic-made naval warship
JOHNSON LAI Associated Press SU’AO, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s president has overseen the commissioning of a new domestically made navy warship…
Continue Reading Japan extends virus emergency until end of September
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has extended a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and 18 other areas until the end of…
Continue Reading Defense lawyers say 1st Amendment protected ads on Backpage
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers defending the founders of Backpage.com against allegations they knowingly ran ads for…
Continue Reading United lays out employee rules as vaccine requirement looms
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer United Airlines says more than half its workers who weren’t vaccinated last month have gotten the shots…
Continue Reading Hot, dry air, possible lightning raise California fire worry
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — California’s interior is hot and dry and the forecast calls for a risk of fire-starting dry lightning as…
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