Banker in bribe scandal pleads not guilty in Puerto Rico
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An international banker accused of bribing Puerto Rico’s then-governor to undermine…
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Royal Caribbean to offer internet service from SpaceX
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Cruise operator Royal Caribbean is bringing SpaceX’s satellite-based internet service to its cruise ships in…
Continue Reading McDonald’s is fighting California’s fast food bill
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business California lawmakers want more control over how fast food chains treat workers.…
Continue Reading McDonald’s is fighting California’s fast food bill
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business California lawmakers want more control over how fast food chains treat workers. Restaurants, including…
Continue Reading The Wing, the once-buzzy women’s coworking community, has closed its doors
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business The Wing, the once-buzzy social club and luxury coworking community geared towards women, has shuttered…
Continue Reading Fox News hosts deposed in voting tech company’s $1.6 billion lawsuit against network
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Some of the biggest stars at Fox News have been deposed in recent days as a voting technology company presses forward…
Continue Reading Judge nixes no-prison deal in 2018 limo crash that killed 20
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — A judge rejected a plea agreement that would have meant no prison time for the operator of…
Continue Reading Toyota investing $5.6 billion to build EV batteries, despite its own doubts
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Toyota announced plans Wednesday to invest $5.6 billion in new plants to build electric vehicle batteries in Japan and…
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WHO: New COVID cases, deaths keep falling nearly everywhere
GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally continued to fall nearly everywhere in the world in what the World…
Continue Reading No sagging spirits for Jack Daniel’s maker
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The bourbon boom is showing no signs of ending anytime soon: Wall Street is still wild about whiskey. Jack…
Continue Reading Deadly bird flu returns to Midwest earlier than expected
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bird flu has returned to the Midwest earlier than authorities expected after a lull of…
Continue Reading Snap cutting 20% of staff as ad sales continue to dry up
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The parent company of social media platform Snapchat said Wednesday that it is letting go…
Continue Reading Venezuelan migration picks up, reaches about 6.8M
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press LOS PATIOS, Colombia (AP) — About 6.8 million Venezuelans have left their homeland since economic crisis…
Continue Reading Major events in the life and career of Mikhail Gorbachev
By The Associated Press The Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United States Before Mikhail Gorbachev came…
Continue Reading Snapchat to lay off more than 1,200 staffers, or 20% of global headcount
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Snap Inc., the parent company of the popular app Snapchat, announced plans to lay off some 20% of its more than…
Continue Reading EU to tighten travel rules for Russians, but no visa ban
By LORNE COOK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — European Union countries have agreed on the need to make it harder for Russian citizens to enter the…
Continue Reading UK leader hopefuls make final push amid soaring cost crisis
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The two candidates vying to become Britain’s next prime minister are making their final push to win…
Continue Reading US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that…
Continue Reading India quarterly growth rises to 13.5% after pandemic slump
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian government says the country’s economy grew by 13.5% in the April-June quarter from a year earlier, pushed up by a…
Continue Reading Big discounts are coming this holiday season
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Few of us want summer to end, but there’s some good news coming this winter holiday: you’ll find…
Continue Reading Private sector job growth slows to just 132,000 positions added in August, new ADP report shows
Martha C. White for CNN Business The private sector added 132,000 jobs in August, an indication that the white-hot pace of hiring could be slowing…
Continue Reading FBI’s team to investigate massive cyberattack in Montenegro
By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — A rapid deployment team of FBI cyber experts is heading to Montenegro to investigate…
Continue Reading Bed Bath & Beyond is making a last-ditch effort to save itself
By Jordan Valinsky and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Bed Bath & Beyond is in deep turmoil. The company is trying to rescue itself and stay out of…
Continue Reading Bed Bath & Beyond to close stores, cut jobs in rebound bid
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bed Bath & Beyond says that it will shutter stores and lay off workers in a bid to…
Continue Reading Don’t expect home prices to come crashing down anytime soon
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Rising mortgage rates are taking a toll on the US housing market. But those hoping for prices to drop probably…
Continue Reading South Korea objects to World Bank’s order to pay Lone Star
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it plans to challenge a World Bank tribunal’s order to pay $216.5 million plus interest to Texas-based…
Continue Reading German prosecutors search JPMorgan offices in tax probe
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors have raided the office of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Frankfurt as part of a broader tax evasion investigation…
Continue Reading Silver lining: Northeast drought benefits some businesses
By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — There is a silver lining to the drought affecting the northeastern U.S. that has frustrated farmers,…
Continue Reading Ford recalls pickups, cars to fix cloudy rear camera lens
DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 277,000 pickup trucks and cars in the U.S. because the rear view camera lens can get cloudy and reduce…
Continue Reading Spain’s ‘Tomatina’ battle returns after pandemic hiatus
By ALICIA LEÓN Associated Press BUNOL, Spain (AP) — People from around the world pasted each other with tomatoes Wednesday as Spain’s famous…
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