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Created: Tue, 24 May 2022 08:44:56 -0400
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Best Buy Co. posted first-quarter results that showed shoppers pulled back on their spending and higher costs ate into profits
Read more: Best Buy's Q1 results show inflation's bite
Created: Tue, 24 May 2022 08:37:42 -0400
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U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in Davos that Russia’s war in Ukraine shouldn’t deter climate goals
Read more: Davos updates | Kerry says war shouldn't deter climate goals
Created: Tue, 24 May 2022 08:34:01 -0400
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U.S. markets were poised to open in negative territory Tuesday as worries over persistent inflation outweighed optimism brought by President Joe Biden’s remark that he was considering reducing U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports
Read more: Wall Street points lower, dragged down by tech, social media
Created: Tue, 24 May 2022 08:33:12 -0400
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Two top Russian security officials have vowed that Russia will achieve all the goals set for the “military operation” in Ukraine
Read more: Live updates | Russian officials: War goals to be achieved
Created: Tue, 24 May 2022 08:31:11 -0400
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Americans on the cusp of retiring are facing a tough choice as they watch their nest eggs shrink: Stay the course or keep working
Read more: Stock market slump unsettling Americans eying retirement
Created: Tue, 24 May 2022 08:15:57 -0400
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Government and corporate leaders at the World Economic Forum are debating whether oil and gas companies can or should be part of the future transition to renewable energies such as wind and solar
Read more: At Davos, climate debate over role of oil in 'going green'
Created: Tue, 24 May 2022 07:32:45 -0400
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Airbnb Inc. says it will stop representing short-term rental properties in China and focus its business in the country on serving Chinese tourists looking for lodgings abroad
Read more: Airbnb ends rentals in China to focus on outbound tourists
Created: Tue, 24 May 2022 07:23:26 -0400
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A representative of the Cyprus Central Bank says nine Lebanese banks are shutting down their operations on the island
Read more: Official: Nine Lebanese banks to withdraw from Cyprus
Created: Tue, 24 May 2022 06:15:12 -0400
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President Joe Biden has warned fellow leaders of the informal Indo-Pacific security coalition known as the Quad that they are “navigating through a dark hour in our shared history.”
Read more: Biden: Leaders navigating 'dark hour' after Ukraine invasion
Created: Tue, 24 May 2022 05:50:12 -0400
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Across Britain, food banks and community food hubs that helped struggling families, older people and the homeless during the pandemic are now seeing soaring demand
Read more: More turn to UK food banks as food and fuel bills soar
Created: Tue, 24 May 2022 00:35:22 -0400
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Americans are becoming less supportive of punishing Russia for launching its invasion of Ukraine if it comes at the expense of the U.S. economy, a sign of rising anxiety over inflation and other challenges
Read more: AP-NORC poll: Economy grows as priority on Russia response
Created: Mon, 23 May 2022 23:16:35 -0400
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Asian shares are mostly lower as worries over inflation temper optimism over President Joe Biden’s remark that he was considering reducing U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports
Read more: Asian shares mostly lower as inflation worries cloud outlook
Created: Mon, 23 May 2022 23:04:57 -0400
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Leaders of the U.S., Japan, Australia and India gathered in Tokyo on Tuesday for a summit of what's known as the Quad
Read more: EXPLAINER: What's the 4-nation Quad, where did it come from?
Created: Mon, 23 May 2022 22:15:55 -0400
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Amazon is planning to sublease some of its warehouse space because the pandemic-fueled surge in online shopping has slowed
Read more: Amazon to sublease warehouses as online shopping slows
Created: Mon, 23 May 2022 19:44:37 -0400
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Stellantis has scheduled an announcement for Tuesday in Kokomo, Indiana, for what could be the company’s second North American electric vehicle battery factory
Read more: Stellantis making Indiana announcement; may be battery plant
Created: Mon, 23 May 2022 18:35:49 -0400
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The statistics discussed at the inaugural Global Citizen NOW conference were bleak
Read more: Global Citizen NOW summit seeks solutions for global issues
Created: Mon, 23 May 2022 18:21:09 -0400
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The District of Columbia has sued Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg
Read more: DC sues Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica privacy breach
Created: Mon, 23 May 2022 22:16:50 -0400
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Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it will start publicly providing more details about how advertisers target people with political ads
Read more: Facebook, Instagram to reveal more on how ads target users
Created: Mon, 23 May 2022 17:00:56 -0400
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Starbucks is pulling out of the Russian market
Read more: Starbucks leaving Russian market
Created: Mon, 23 May 2022 16:34:35 -0400
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The head of the U.N.’s World Food Program is telling billionaires it’s “time to step up” as the global threat of food insecurity rises because of Russia’s war in Ukraine
Read more: World Food Program chief presses billionaires 'to step up'
Created: Mon, 23 May 2022 16:30:12 -0400
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Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Monday following seven weeks of declines that nearly ended the bull market that began in March 2020
Read more: How major US stock indexes fared Monday
Created: Mon, 23 May 2022 16:23:11 -0400
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Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has announced the creation of a carbon market in Brazil but it is voluntary and the announcement is thin on the kind of details that make for a robust trading forum
Read more: Brazil president announces carbon market, thin on details
Created: Mon, 23 May 2022 16:20:41 -0400
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Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: JPMorgan Chase, Electronic Arts rise; Broadcom, Amazon fall
Read more: JPMorgan Chase, Electronic Arts rise; Broadcom, Amazon fall
Created: Mon, 23 May 2022 16:13:43 -0400
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Video game workers at a division of game publisher Activision Blizzard have voted to unionize, creating the first labor union at a large U.S. video game company
Read more: Video game workers create first union at big U.S. game maker
Created: Mon, 23 May 2022 15:54:08 -0400
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A Florida law intended to punish social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter for allegedly discriminating against conservative thought is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment
Read more: Appeals court: Florida law on social media unconstitutional