Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
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Volkswagen increases spending on EVs to $100 billion
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business More than half the money Volkswagen Group spends in the next five years will go towards electric vehicles and…
Continue Reading Online inflation hits a record high ahead of the holidays
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Online shopping used to be the one part of the economy where prices would reliably fall. Covid has changed that. Online…
Continue Reading Amtrak expects to cut service as vaccine requirement, hiring halt thins its workforce
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Amtrak service will likely be reduced next year as it complies with the upcoming vaccine requirement for federal…
Continue Reading Facebook Oversight Board reiterates calls for Meta to be more transparent
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business The independent board that oversees Facebook parent company, Meta, is once again urging the social media giant to be…
Continue Reading Someone just paid $7,753 for school papers graded by Elon Musk
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Today, a lot of business students would probably pay serious money for Elon Musk’s…
Continue Reading Someone just paid $7,753 for school papers graded by Elon Musk
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Today, a lot of business students would probably pay serious money for Elon Musk’s opinion of their work.…
Continue Reading Starbucks workers agree to union in Buffalo, NY
By DEE-ANN DURBIN and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Starbucks workers at a store in Buffalo, New York, voted to unionize…
Continue Reading Amtrak expects to cut service as vaccine requirement, hiring halt thins its workforce
CNN By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Amtrak service will likely be reduced next year as it complies with the upcoming vaccine requirement for federal…
Continue Reading Metropolitan Museum of Art cuts Sackler name amid opioid ire
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Museum of Art is dropping the Sackler name from seven exhibition spaces…
Continue Reading Macron urges Britain to ease asylum measures, keep promises
French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Britain to make it easier for people to apply for asylum and harder for people to work illegally to stem…
Continue Reading Sienna Miller settles phone hacking claim against tabloid
LONDON (AP) — Actor Sienna Miller has accepted “substantial” damages from the publisher of British tabloid newspaper The Sun which she accuses…
Continue Reading Russia military chief warns Ukraine against attacking rebels
By DASHA LITVINOVA and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top military officer has sternly warned Ukraine against…
Continue Reading It’s not quite the metaverse, but Meta is launching its virtual world
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Meta is bringing its vision of a so-called metaverse closer to (virtual) reality. The company formerly known as Facebook…
Continue Reading Saudi activist sues 3 former U.S. officials over hacking
By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A prominent political activist who pushed to end a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia is…
Continue Reading For NYC businesses, vaccine mandates put damper on holiday
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MAE ANDERSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A surprise year-end decree by Mayor Bill de Blasio ordering virtually all…
Continue Reading Wall Street investor Cathie Wood is back with yet another new ETF
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest just launched another new exchange-traded fund Wednesday. But it comes at a time…
Continue Reading 2021 is now the highest-winning year ever for US casinos
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — America’s casinos have won more money this year than ever before, according to figures…
Continue Reading GM exec: Cruise to start autonomous taxi service next year
General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle subsidiary plans to start running a fully autonomous taxi service in San Francisco next year. Product…
Continue Reading American cites Boeing delay in trimming international plans
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is dropping some international flights from its plans for next summer because…
Continue Reading Food banks see more volunteers, but uncertainty looms
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Inside the bustling New York Common Pantry, people hustle to assemble bags of carrots, apples, potatoes and…
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US expands Pfizer COVID boosters, opens extra dose to age 16
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters, opening a third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine to…
Continue Reading NY attorney general seeks Trump’s testimony in civil probe
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general is seeking former President Donald Trump’s testimony in an…
Continue Reading AP-NORC Poll: Income is up, but Americans focus on inflation
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ overall income has accelerated since the…
Continue Reading Wanted: just a pizza cardboard. Mill squares box shortage
OLD TOWN, Maine (AP) — A Maine paper mill is asking local residents for cardboard to turn into packaging because of the rising cost of the raw…
Continue Reading Lee Enterprises rejects takeover bid from Alden hedge fund
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer Newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises has rejected a takeover offer from the Alden Global Capital hedge fund that is…
Continue Reading To learn about climate quality, scientists turn to drones
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Three ocean drones were launched from Rhode Island to travel along the Gulf Stream, collecting data in tough…
Continue Reading MacKenzie Scott to share donation details in ‘year to come’
Following a blog post that led to some criticism about her giving style, billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott said her team will share details…
Continue Reading ‘TikTok changed my life.’ Real estate agents find huge success on the app
By Kameryn Griesser and Sofia Barrett, CNN Business In the midst of a global pandemic, the real estate market has been on fire. Demand for homes has…
Continue Reading ‘TikTok changed my life.’ Real estate agents find huge success on the app
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Kameryn Griesser and Sofia Barrett, CNN Business In the midst of a global pandemic, the real estate market has been on fire.…
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