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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Inflation is soaring, markets are down and savings rates are still very low. But there’s one investment that…
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More than 100,000 UK postal workers begin holiday season strikes
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Postal workers in the United Kingdom are walking out during the busiest period of the year to demand higher pay as…
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US opts to not rebuild renowned Puerto Rico telescope
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The National Science Foundation announced Thursday that it will not rebuild a…
Continue Reading Federal prosecutors take over German rail sabotage probe
BERLIN (AP) — German federal prosecutors are taking charge of the investigation into the suspected sabotage of a railway communication system that…
Continue Reading Activist investor continues push for Kohl’s board shake-up
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An activist investor that has been pressing department chain Kohl’s to make changes…
Continue Reading Opinion: It’s time for employers to stop caring so much about college degrees
Opinion by Ryan Roslansky and Byron Auguste for CNN Business Perspectives The urgent business case for finding new ways of hiring has never been…
Continue Reading Indonesia launches its first home-grown COVID-19 vaccines
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s leader launched the country’s first home-grown COVID-19 shot…
Continue Reading Samsung gets temporary OK on China chip facilities
Associated Press Samsung Electronics has been granted an exception that will allow it to continue to temporarily maintain its memory-chip production…
Continue Reading Alexis Ohanian gets sports award, calls for reforms in NWSL
By MELISSA MURPHY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Angel City FC founding investor Alexis Ohanian is calling for a safe work environment in the…
Continue Reading How Social Security works and what to know about its future
By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of millions of older Americans will see a major increase in benefits this January when a new…
Continue Reading Food prices are still surging — here’s what’s getting more expensive
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Prices at the grocery store continued to soar last month, adding even more pressure to shoppers’ wallets.…
Continue Reading FCC could ban all new purchases of Huawei and ZTE telecom gear
By Brian Fung, CNN The US government is poised to ban all future telecom equipment produced by Huawei and ZTE, two Chinese technology giants, from…
Continue Reading Americans have largely avoided health care inflation so far — but that’s about to change
By Tami Luhby, CNN Although Americans have been paying a lot more at the pump and the supermarket this year, they have largely been spared from price…
Continue Reading Ex-safety chief pleads innocence in Spain train crash case
MADRID (AP) — The former head of safety for Spain’s state-owned rail infrastructure company has told a court that he was not responsible for the…
Continue Reading Quality of life concerns weigh heavily on rail contract vote
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The lack of some benefits most American workers can readily count on, like paid sick leave and…
Continue Reading Average long-term US mortgage rates up another quarter point
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates reached their highest level in more than two decades this…
Continue Reading Mortgage rates hit 20-year high
By Anna Bahney, CNN After taking a breather last week, mortgage rates rose again — moving even closer to 7%. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage…
Continue Reading IMF chief urges aggressive fight against soaring inflation
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The managing director of the International Monetary Fund urged global policymakers to stop…
Continue Reading Ohio offers $156M in incentives for Honda battery plant
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio plans to offer approximately $156.3 million in tax incentives and infrastructure improvements as part of battery plant…
Continue Reading Ticket to ride: Germany eyes public transit revolution
BERLIN (AP) — Germany wants to introduce a public transit pass that costs 49 euros ($47) a month and will be valid nationwide. The proposal follows…
Continue Reading Apple store workers in Oklahoma to vote on labor union
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Apple workers in Oklahoma City are set to vote this week on whether to form the second-ever labor union at one…
Continue Reading High levels of toxic chemical found in sports bras, watchdog warns
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business New testing on a variety of popular branded sports bras and athletic wear has revealed high levels of BPA, a…
Continue Reading Walgreens beats fiscal 4Q forecasts, absorbs UK business hit
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Walgreens Boots Alliance topped earnings forecasts in the final quarter of fiscal 2022, and the drugstore chain’s…
Continue Reading Germany’s Merkel defends decision to get Russian natural gas
BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended decisions made during her tenure to buy natural gas from Russia. Speaking in…
Continue Reading IKEA calls 2022 an ‘exceptional year’ despite challenges
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA says that despite “unprecedented challenges” caused by the war in Ukraine, supply chain…
Continue Reading Surging prices show the Fed must continue its tough battle against inflation
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business A key inflation report showed consumer prices came in hotter than expected in September, punishing Americans and…
Continue Reading Federal appeals court pauses Texas social media law’s enforcement amid looming Supreme Court petition
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN A federal appeals court has agreed to suspend enforcement of Texas’ social media law restricting content moderation, in…
Continue Reading Federal appeals court pauses Texas social media law’s enforcement amid looming Supreme Court petition
By Brian Fung, CNN A federal appeals court has agreed to suspend enforcement of Texas’ social media law restricting content moderation, in the…
Continue Reading Social Security recipients get 8.7% cost-of-living increase, the highest in more than 40 years
By Tami Luhby, CNN Social Security recipients will receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment of 8.7% next year, the largest increase since 1981,…
Continue Reading U.S. applications for jobless aid rise last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week but remains…
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