Australia passes law to cap energy prices against ‘wartime whims’
By Angus Watson, CNN Australia’s parliament passed a new law Thursday capping its domestic gas price and some states’ coal prices, a move…
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China’s economy plunged before major Covid policy shift. A rebound may be months away
By Laura He, CNN The end of pandemic restrictions in China will eventually usher in a strong economic rebound as the country learns to live with the…
Continue ReadingBritish nurses launch historic strike, as pay and staffing crises threaten the NHS
By Rob Picheta, CNN Nurses across much of the UK launched a historic strike on Thursday, as they walked out of hospitals and onto picket lines after…
Continue ReadingFormer employees suing Twitter over layoffs score an early victory
By Clare Duffy, CNN A group of former employees suing Elon Musk’s Twitter scored an early win Wednesday when a judge ordered the company to…
Continue ReadingDemocratic lawmakers urge Meta not to restore Trump’s account in January
By Brian Fung, CNN Two Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday urged Meta to maintain Donald Trump’s suspension from its platforms when it revisits…
Continue ReadingTaco Bell may add fries to its menu permanently to compete with McDonald’s
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Taco Bell knows you want fries with that. Especially during lunch. To compete with rivals such as McDonald’s…
Continue ReadingWho’s manning the train? Railroads want a one-person crew
By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN When a freight train travels across the country, two people are in the cab of the locomotive working to…
Continue ReadingParents of Sam Bankman-Fried face scrutiny over their roles in FTX
By Allison Morrow, CNN Sam Bankman-Fried’s multibillion-dollar crypto empire was run primarily by “grossly inexperienced and…
Continue ReadingAn Ethiopian professor was murdered by a mob. A lawsuit alleges Facebook fueled the violence
By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN The son of an Ethiopian chemistry professor who was killed during unrest in the country last year has filed a lawsuit…
Continue ReadingWhy Tom Brady, David Ortiz, Jimmy Fallon and other celebrities are getting sued over crypto
By Jennifer Korn With the implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX dominating the headlines, celebrities who hawked cryptocurrency are now finding…
Continue ReadingWhy Tom Brady, David Ortiz, Jimmy Fallon and other celebrities are getting sued over crypto
By Jennifer Korn With the implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX dominating the headlines, celebrities who hawked cryptocurrency are now finding…
Continue ReadingThe Washington Post will conduct layoffs, its publisher says at contentious town hall
By Oliver Darcy, CNN The Washington Post will conduct layoffs in the coming year as it reorients itself for the future and reinvests in other areas,…
Continue ReadingAn electric scooter company just pulled off Russia’s only IPO of the year
By Julia Horowitz, CNN An electric scooter service just became the only company to pull off an initial public offering in Russia this year. Whoosh,…
Continue ReadingTwitter suspends account that tracked Musk’s private jet, despite billionaire’s ‘free speech’ pledge
By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Twitter on Wednesday permanently suspended an account that tracked the location of Elon Musk’s private jet,…
Continue ReadingWhat to do about the highest interest rate in 15 years
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN In its last policymaking meeting of the year, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate for the…
Continue ReadingUS government charges 8 social media influencers over alleged pump-and-dump scheme
By Brian Fung, CNN The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged seven Twitter users and a podcaster in an alleged $100 million stock…
Continue ReadingAttention procrastinators: Drop-dead holiday shipping deadlines are coming soon
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN It happens every year — the mad dash to ship holiday gifts to get them to loved ones on time. And it bears repeating,…
Continue ReadingBernard Arnault just became the world’s richest person. So who is he?
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Bernard Arnault, the chairman of French luxury goods giant LVMH, has just become the first European to top Bloomberg’s list…
Continue ReadingInvestors are hoping for the economic tide to turn. The wait may soon be over
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN It’s been a harrowing year for markets and investors are tired. Months of sky-rocketing inflation and interest rates,…
Continue ReadingWhy a growing number of states are cracking down on TikTok
By Brian Fung, CNN Two years after TikTok avoided a national ban in the United States, the popular short-form video app is now facing growing…
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