Dollar General is putting workers’ safety at risk, Labor Department says
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business The Labor Department sharply criticized Dollar General’s “troubled history” on worker safety,…
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AP source: Biden, Manchin sharply divided over $2T Dem bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Sen. Joe Manchin are said to be sharply divided over Democrats’ huge…
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ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has announced a $10.2 billion incentive plan in an attempt to attract global chipmakers and…
Continue Reading Nations renew talks on ‘killer robots’ as deal hopes narrow
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The countries behind a U.N. agreement on weapons have been meeting this week on the thorny issue of…
Continue Reading EU, ex-Soviet state leaders meet as Russia tensions simmer
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have met with their counterparts from five former Soviet republics, including Ukraine, with an eye toward…
Continue Reading Audi recall: water can enter computer, reducing engine power
DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen’s Audi luxury brand is recalling 289,000 SUVs in the U.S. because water can get into a control computer under the back…
Continue Reading Businesses: Idaho education politics are hurting state
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Political hostility to public education in the Republican-dominated Idaho Legislature is…
Continue Reading Evictions on the rise months after federal moratorium ends
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Housing advocates say evictions are increasing around the country, several months after a federal…
Continue Reading Subaru recall: chain can slip and break, causing power loss
DETROIT (AP) — Subaru is recalling about 200,000 vehicles in the U.S. because a chain in the transmission can break, causing a loss of power. The…
Continue Reading After 3 tense months, Spanish volcano eruption may be over
By ARITZ PARRA and BARRY HATTON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Residents on the Spanish island of La Palma are daring to hope that a volcanic…
Continue Reading Elon Musk calls Elizabeth Warren ‘Senator Karen’ in fight over taxes
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Senator Elizabeth Warren and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are in the middle of a full-scale Twitter war. Warren called the…
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CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Senator Elizabeth Warren and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are in the middle of a full-scale Twitter war. Warren called the…
Continue Reading Former SC gov candidate John Warren launches Bitcoin venture
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The multimillionaire businessman who forced South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster into a GOP…
Continue Reading Holiday shopping gets off to a disappointingly sluggish start
By Anneken Tappe and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Americans dialed back their spending in November, new data from the Census Bureau showed…
Continue Reading Modest 0.3% November retail sales bump, optimism still high
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Americans slowed their spending from October to November but still continued to…
Continue Reading Poland’s COVID deaths highest since April, new restrictions
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has registered the highest rate of COVID-19-related deaths since April amid a continuing high rate of new infections.…
Continue Reading Is the Federal Reserve blowing its best chance to fight inflation?
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The Federal Reserve, faced with the highest jump in inflation in almost four decades, is preparing to pivot.…
Continue Reading Briton still held after deadly ship collision off Sweden
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish prosecutors say a Croatian national has been released because the suspicion against him of being drunk on the…
Continue Reading New Dutch coalition vows to spend big on broad reforms
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The leaders of four political parties set to join forces in the next Dutch ruling…
Continue Reading How millions of jobless Americans can afford to ditch work
By Allison Morrow and Anneken Tappe, CNN Business One of the more insidious myths this year was that young people didn’t want to work because…
Continue Reading How millions of jobless Americans can afford to ditch work
CNN By Allison Morrow and Anneken Tappe, CNN Business One of the more insidious myths this year was that young people didn’t want to work…
Continue Reading Winter storms, COVID: How to make last-minute flight changes
By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Rerouting, rebooking, diverting, you name it. Making last-minute flight changes can be an enormous stressor amid an…
Continue Reading The Fed’s huge challenge: Taming inflation, without starting a recession
By Matt Egan, CNN Business President Joe Biden is taking the political punches for high inflation. But price stability is the responsibility of the…
Continue Reading Edmunds Top Rated Awards announced for 2022
By RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds Edmunds Top Rated Awards are bestowed annually upon the best vehicles of the year. The winners aced their Edmunds track…
Continue Reading EU regulators: J&J vaccine booster OK to give after 2 months
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union drugs regulator says people 18 and older can receive a booster shot for the Johnson & Johnson…
Continue Reading Target CEO addresses omicron, wages and shopper habits
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Target is heading into the final stretch of the holiday season with lots of momentum.…
Continue Reading Kraft will pay you $20 not to make cheesecake for Christmas
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Kraft is using its cream cheese shortage as a marketing opportunity. For just a few days this holiday…
Continue Reading Norway fines dating app Grindr $7.16M over privacy breach
By JAN M. OLSEN and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s data privacy watchdog fined gay dating app Grindr $7.16…
Continue Reading Britain’s nightmare economy of the 1970s may be making a comeback
By Charles Riley, CNN Business Talk of stagflation has been brewing for months. Now that toxic combination of stagnant economic growth and high…
Continue Reading China was already facing an economic slowdown in 2022. Now here comes Omicron
By Laura He, CNN Business China’s economy is still struggling with real estate woes and fallout from sporadic Covid-19 lockdowns. Throw the…
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