Shell walks ‘tightrope’ of demands amid climate pressures
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell has received approval from shareholders to simplify its archaic corporate…
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UK economy barely grows as nation faces new restrictions
LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom’s economy barely grew in October as construction activity slowed due to shortages of building materials and…
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How to prepare your garden for next season
Pela has put together a gardening to-do list to help you start preparing for spring while waiting out the cold months of the year.…
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Evergrande can’t pay its debts. China is scrambling to contain the fallout
By Laura He, CNN Business Evergrande has defaulted on its debt. Now Beijing is intervening to prevent a disorderly collapse of the indebted real…
Continue Reading SenseTime hit with US investment ban as it prepares to go public
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business SenseTime’s big stock market debut may have hit a major snag because of tensions between the United States and…
Continue Reading India pays tribute to helicopter crash victims ahead of funerals with military honors
By Esha Mitra, Vedika Sud and Rhea Mogul, CNN India was mourning the victims of a helicopter crash that killed 13 people including the…
Continue Reading UN: Afghanistan’s economy is collapsing `before our eyes’
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief is warning that Afghanistan’s economic collapse “is…
Continue Reading Interfaith coalition urges Louis Vuitton to shed fur items
BOSTON (AP) — A group of Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish leaders is urging luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton to stop using animal fur in its…
Continue Reading Companies rethink return-to-office plans amid omicron cases
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Companies are rethinking their plans to send workers back to the office as the new…
Continue Reading Stocks end higher, closing out best week since February
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer A late wave of buying sent stocks to solid gains on Wall Street Friday, sending the S&P 500 to another record…
Continue Reading Thousands in Oregon face eviction as lawmakers scramble
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In Oregon, where a long-standing housing crisis has been exacerbated by the…
Continue Reading Shortage of snowplow drivers hampers states as storms arrive
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — This winter, more motorists may find themselves stuck on snowy highways or have their…
Continue Reading Australian military switches from European to US helicopters
Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s military says it plans to ditch its fleet of European-designed Taipan helicopters and…
Continue Reading Filipino journalist shot dead in ‘cowardly’ killing, say Philippine authorities
Story by Reuters A Filipino journalist who formerly worked with Reuters has been killed in a drive-by shooting, authorities said on Thursday, one of…
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New Mexico chile labor program halted amid fight between governor, legislature
by Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico’s red chile harvest might become a casualty of a recent Supreme Court…
Continue Reading DNA match solves case of California waitress killed in 1996
DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) — A DNA match has helped detectives solve the killing of a San Francisco Bay Area waitress…
Continue Reading A Black couple had a White friend show their home and its appraisal rose by nearly half a million dollars
By Joe Johns, Laura Robinson and Nicole Chavez, CNN Tenisha Tate-Austin and her husband became suspicious when the Northern California home they…
Continue Reading A Black couple had a White friend show their home and its appraisal rose by nearly half a million dollars
CNN, KTLA, KGO By Joe Johns, Laura Robinson and Nicole Chavez, CNN Tenisha Tate-Austin and her husband became suspicious when the Northern California…
Continue Reading Monsanto to plead guilty to illegal pesticide use in Hawaii
By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Monsanto says in court papers that it has agreed to plead guilty to illegally using and storing…
Continue Reading GM CEO says making ventilators changed the company culture
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The CEO of General Motors says the automaker learned valuable lessons last year when it stepped in to…
Continue Reading Lawmakers say they will try again to regulate airline fees
WASHINGTON (AP) — Travelers love to hate airline fees, and several congressional Democrats say it’s time to regulate the extra charges for…
Continue Reading CEOs of Target, Best Buy, CVS and other retail chains ask Congress for help amid crime surge
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business The CEOs of Target, Best Buy, Nordstrom, Home Depot and CVS are among a group of 20 retail leaders who sent a letter…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Thursday as investors tapped the brakes after three days of gains. The S&P 500 and the…
Continue Reading CVS, Ciena rise; GameStop, Laboratory Corp. fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: CVS, Ciena rise; GameStop, Laboratory Corp.…
Continue Reading Judge: Justice must pay $2.5M for environmental violations
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has lost another costly court ruling over his coal companies’ environmental…
Continue Reading California adopts tough standards for trucks, lawn equipment
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California truck drivers will soon have to worry about pollution tickets along with…
Continue Reading Senate passes bill easing way for debt limit increase
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a fast-track plan for raising the debt limit. A key hurdle was cleared…
Continue Reading Amazon is misleading consumers with ‘deceptive’ ads in search results, FTC complaint says
By Jennifer Korn Amazon is potentially misleading consumers by not being clear enough in indicating which of its search results are paid…
Continue Reading Amazon is misleading consumers with ‘deceptive’ ads in search results, FTC complaint says
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jennifer Korn Amazon is potentially misleading consumers by not being clear enough in indicating which of its search results are…
Continue Reading One of the last independent newspaper chains unanimously rejects hedge fund’s bid to take over
By Kerry Flynn, CNN Business One of the last independent chains of local newspapers remaining in the U.S. has rejected a takeover bid from Alden…
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