By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Savvy consumers have found a way around sky-high inflation to keep buying more than just necessities. They’re doing it by shopping for their closets, homes, outdoor spaces, home offices and workout areas not from retailers but from each other. Large chains such as Walmart, Target, and Bed Bath & Beyond
Continue ReadingBy Olga Voitovych, Jo Shelley, Tara John, Olga Konovalova, Rebecca Wright, CNN As Ukraine ramps up its offensive to retake Russian-occupied territory in the country’s south, its forces have regained four villages and broken through Russian defenses at multiple points of the frontline in the Kherson region, according to Ukrainian officials. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s annual inflation rate rose to 7.9% in August, returning to its highest level in nearly half a century after it dipped in the two previous months, according to official data. Inflation in Europe’s biggest economy first hit 7.9% in May — the highest rate since the winter of 1973-1974, when prices
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Business) — Gautam Adani ya era el hombre más rico de Asia. Ahora también es la tercera persona más rica del mundo, superando al presidente de LVMH, Bernard Arnault, y convirtiéndose en la primera persona asiática en ocupar ese puesto, según Bloomberg y su Índice de Multimillonarios. Adani, quien dirige uno de los principales
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NEW YORK (AP) — When Serena Williams won the 1999 U.S. Open for her first Grand Slam title at age 17, she wore white beads in her hair. On Monday night, when Williams won her first match of the 2022 U.S. Open at age 40, her daughter, Olympia, was courtside, sporting a hairstyle paying homage
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street was poised to rebound Tuesday after two days of widespread losses stemming from last week’s Federal Reserve pledge to fight inflation by keeping interest rates elevated. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials jumped 0.6% and futures for the benchmark S&P 500 index rose 0.7% after falling 0.7% on Monday.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street was poised to rebound Tuesday after two days of widespread losses stemming from last week’s Federal Reserve pledge to fight inflation by keeping interest rates elevated. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials jumped 0.6% and futures for the benchmark S&P 500 index rose 0.7% after falling 0.7% on Monday.
Continue Reading By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Gibraltar authorities say they have beached a cargo ship to prevent it from sinking after it collided with a liquefied natural gas carrier in the Bay of Gibraltar. A government spokesman said that the situation was under control and the cargo ship was not in danger. He
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — More than 747,000 Canadians currently live with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, but a new study suggests age-related memory loss could be reversed with a 20-minute non-invasive treatment. Researchers from Boston University outlined their findings in a paper published in
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, paid sick leave became a hot topic of conversation as people began to ask in earnest if it might save lives. The answer, according to a new U.S. study, is yes — but
Continue ReadingBy Isaac Trussoni for Madison365 and Frank Vaisvilas for Green Bay Press-Gazette Click here for updates on this story MADISON, WI (365 Media Foundation, Inc) — The history of Indigenous peoples in Wisconsin is deep and abundant, yet it’s a history that has long gone glossed over without proper attention or, in many cases, unacknowledged
Continue Reading By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say they have picked up a group of 30 people from a wooden boat that had lost steering and was drifting close to the rocky coast of a small islet north of Crete in the latest case of boats carrying migrants running into trouble
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, says that “just by existing,” she and her husband Prince Harry “upset the dynamic of the hierarchy” when they were in the U.K. The former actress made headlines in Britain on Tuesday with comments made during an interview with U.S. magazine The Cut. In the interview published
Continue ReadingBy Toyin Owoseje, CNN Robert “Bob” LuPone, the Tony and Emmy nominated actor arguably best known for his role in hit TV show “The Sopranos,” has died at the age of 76. He died on Saturday following a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer, said the Manhattan Class Company (MCC) Theater, the influential off-Broadway theater company
Continue Reading By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president says his bankrupt country’s talks with the International Monetary Fund for a rescue package have successfully reached final stages as he presented an amended budget that seeks to tame inflation and hike taxes. President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is also
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy posted declines in fiscal second quarter profits and sales as the nation’s largest consumer electronics chain struggled with weakening consumer demand for gadgets and high costs that rippled through its supply chain. But the results, announced on Tuesday, were above analysts’ expectations. That
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN The pace of new monkeypox cases reported in some major cities — and in the US overall — has started to slow recently, but experts say it’s too early to know if the trend will last. On Friday, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said that
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business First it was the coronavirus pandemic that forced pubs to shut their doors and rely on government support to survive the collapse in business. Now, Britain’s iconic watering holes say they are battling an even greater threat: soaring energy prices. The chief executives of six leading pub and brewing businesses
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung and Clare Duffy, CNN Business Elon Musk is formally citing allegations leveled by Twitter whistleblower, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, as justification for terminating a $44 billion acquisition deal for the social media company. On Monday, Musk’s legal team sent a letter to Twitter highlighting Zatko’s claims, which were first reported by CNN and
Continue ReadingCNN, WPTV, KOMO, WPBF By Kate Bennett, CNN Shortly after the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home earlier this month, former President Donald Trump fumed on social media about agents rummaging through his wife’s clothing and personal items. “Just learned that agents went through the First Lady’s closets and rummaged through her clothing and personal items.
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