Serious breach at Uber spotlights hacker social deception
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer The ride-hailing service Uber says all its services are operational following what security professionals are…
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NJ casino, online, sports betting revenue up 10% in August
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s casinos, horse tracks that offer sports betting and the online partners…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for October delivery rose 1 cent to $85.11 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for November delivery rose 51…
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Sunland Park among top sellers for cannabis in August
DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico — The Cannabis Control Disivion of the New Mexico Regulation & Licensing Department reports Cannabis sales were…
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An Indian tycoon just ousted Jeff Bezos as world’s second-richest person
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Jeff Bezos just lost his status as the world’s second-richest person, dropping to No. 3 as Indian business…
Continue Reading After climate bill passage, WVa natural gas plant unveiled
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Maryland company says it will build a natural gas power plant designed to capture…
Continue Reading No stamps: Why one NY neighborhood can’t buy them
By Alexandra Peers, CNN Business The labor shortage has reached peak stupid: One post office’s workers couldn’t sell stamps. For the past…
Continue Reading United CEO on FAA air traffic controllers: ‘They need more’
By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN United Airlines considers government air traffic controller staffing shortages its top concern and says…
Continue Reading First on CNN: House Democrats push Biden to unleash even more emergency oil
By Matt Egan, CNN Business A group of Democrats in Congress is calling on President Joe Biden to keep releasing oil from America’s emergency…
Continue Reading PayPal says if Sarver stays, it won’t remain Suns sponsor
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer PayPal said Friday that the company will no longer sponsor the Phoenix Suns if owner Robert Sarver remains part…
Continue Reading Americans are feeling better about the economy, but inflation worries still loom
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Americans continue to feel slightly better about the economy as gas prices retreat from their early summer highs.…
Continue Reading Depositors storm 5 banks as Lebanon’s cash crisis worsens
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese depositors have stormed at least five banks to demand their trapped savings, signaling…
Continue Reading Stocks fall after FedEx warns of global recession
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business US stocks fell on Friday after FedEx served investors a brutal pre-earnings announcement about the state of the…
Continue Reading EU drafts media act amid concern over spying, state pressure
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch has unveiled plans for new laws that it said would help…
Continue Reading Q&A: Craig Newmark aims to defend democracy via philanthropy
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Craig Newmark twists a “Batman” quote to jokingly refer to himself as “not the nerd you…
Continue Reading The biggest change to the new iPhone isn’t the hardware
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business When iPhone 14 users aren’t using their new Apple device, the screen is hardly asleep. It’ll…
Continue Reading FedEx warns of a global recession, cutting sales forecast by half a billion dollars
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business FedEx warned that a global recession could be coming, as demand for packages around the world tumbles. Shares of FedEx…
Continue Reading Germany takes control of Russian-owned oil refineries
By Nadine Schmidt and Anna Cooban, CNN Business The German government has seized control of three Russian-owned oil refineries to secure supplies of…
Continue Reading Elon Musk’s texts show how his relationship with Twitter went sideways
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Days before publicly announcing his investment in Twitter, Elon Musk texted with Jack Dorsey. The…
Continue Reading At Twitter whistleblower hearing, a key tech regulator comes under fire
By Brian Fung, CNN Business When a Twitter whistleblower testified at an explosive Senate hearing this week, the social media company wasn’t…
Continue Reading China sanctions Raytheon, Boeing Defense CEOs over Taiwan
BEIJING (AP) — China has announced sanctions against the CEOs of American defense contractors Raytheon and Boeing Defense over a major arms sale to…
Continue Reading British pound hits a 37-year low as UK economy skids
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The British pound slumped to a 37-year low on Friday after new data showed that shoppers are pulling back spending as…
Continue Reading British pound hits a 37-year low as UK economy skids
CNN, CNNI By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The British pound slumped to a 37-year low on Friday after new data showed that shoppers are pulling back…
Continue Reading Wall Street dodged a rail strike crisis, but there’s trouble ahead
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The announcement from the White House that a tentative deal has been reached to avert the first national rail strike…
Continue Reading Oktoberfest is back but inflation hits brewers, cost of beer
By MICHAEL FAULHABER and DANIEL NIEMANN Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Oktoberfest is back in Germany after two years of pandemic cancellations —…
Continue Reading Top China official wants high-tech cooperation with S. Korea
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The head of China’s legislature called for cooperation with South Korea in advanced…
Continue Reading Putin vows to press attack on Ukraine; courts India, China
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Friday to press his attack on Ukraine despite Ukraine’s latest…
Continue Reading Treasury recommends exploring creation of a digital dollar
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving one step closer to developing a central bank digital…
Continue Reading Trump openly embraces, amplifies QAnon conspiracy theories
By DAVID KLEPPER and ALI SWENSON Associated Press After winking at QAnon for years, Donald Trump is overtly embracing the baseless conspiracy theory,…
Continue Reading Poland, South Korea seal $3 billion military aircraft deals
By RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI Associated Press JANOW, Poland (AP) — Poland has sealed $3 billion deals with South Korea for the purchase of 48 Korean FA-50…
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