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By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon on Friday announced it has agreed to acquire the vacuum cleaner maker iRobot for approximately $1.7 billion, scooping up another company to add to its collection of smart home appliances amid broader concerns about its market power. iRobot sells its products worldwide and is
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN After years of failed attempts to bring Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed and surreal comic to the screen, Netflix finally creates a home for “The Sandman,” armed with enough top-notch British guest stars to populate a Harry Potter movie. The resulting series is visually striking but dramatically listless, made for those —
Continue ReadingCNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN After years of failed attempts to bring Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed and surreal comic to the screen, Netflix finally creates a home for “The Sandman,” armed with enough top-notch British guest stars to populate a Harry Potter movie. The resulting series is visually striking but dramatically listless, made for those
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street Friday following much stronger than expected hiring data from the Labor Department. The S&P 500 is off 0.8% at the opening bell and the Nasdaq is down by more than a percent. The Dow Jones industrials are also falling. Labor Department figures show U.S.
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By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in U.S. elections as the November midterm vote approaches. It’s a sharp departure from the social media giant’s multibillion-dollar efforts to enhance the accuracy of posts about U.S. elections
Continue Reading By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in U.S. elections as the November midterm vote approaches. It’s a sharp departure from the social media giant’s multibillion-dollar efforts to enhance the accuracy of posts about U.S. elections
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn Amazon has agreed to buy iRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba vacuum, in an all-cash deal valued at about $1.7 billion, including debt, the two companies announced Friday. The deal, which is pending approval from shareholders and regulators, has the potential to expand Amazon’s robotics lineup and deepen its presence in
Continue ReadingCNN By Manu Raju and Ali Zaslav, CNN Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on Thursday night offered critical support for President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda after party leaders agreed to change new tax proposals at her request, indicating she would “move forward” on Democrats’ sweeping economic package that has been the product of intensive negotiations for more
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a stunning 528,000 jobs last month despite raging inflation and anxiety about a possible recession, restoring all of the positions lost in the coronavirus recession. Unemployment fell to 3.5%, the lowest level since the pandemic struck in early 2020. There were 130,000 more
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El actor y cantante Diego Bertie murió en la madrugada de este viernes a los 54 años, según confirmó el Hospital Casimiro Ulloa de Lima, donde fue atendido el artista. De acuerdo al comunicado, Bertie ingresó a ese centro de salud a las 4:10 de este viernes, hora de
Continue Reading By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Police and rescue workers say 14 people were killed and dozens badly injured when a fire broke out at a crowded music pub in eastern Thailand. At least a dozen people are in critical condition, with severe burns covering much of their bodies. Videos on social media
Continue Reading BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — The Mall of America is expected to reopen Friday as police continue to search for an individual who fired gunshots inside the suburban Minneapolis shopping complex. Bloomington police say no one was struck by the gunfire Thursday afternoon. Officials temporarily locked down the mall, forcing some shoppers to shelter in place
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks in the U.S. fell in premarket trading after a hotter-than-expected report on hiring suggested the Federal Reserve will have to stay aggressive in its efforts to fight inflation. Futures on the S&P 500 fell 1% after being slightly higher just before the Labor Department released its latest employment figures, which
Continue ReadingCNN By Simone McCarthy, CNN As a US Air Force jet carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi approached Taiwan on Tuesday night, expectations ran high in China over how Beijing would respond. Since reports emerged that the key US lawmaker would visit Taiwan during an Asia tour, conversation in China had churned with nationalist furor and
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting Russia for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They’re expected to focus on a grain deal brokered by Turkey, prospects for talks on ending hostilities in Ukraine and the situation in Syria. Last month, Turkey and the
Continue ReadingBy Tara John and Angela Dewan, CNN As the Razoni left the Ukrainian port of Odesa on Monday with the first shipment of grain since the early days of Russia’s war in Ukraine, there were sighs of relief from Somalia to Turkey, Indonesia and China, given how reliant these countries have been on Ukrainian grain
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying anxiety about a possible recession and raging inflation, America’s employers added a stunning 528,000 jobs last month, restoring all the jobs lost in the coronavirus recession. Unemployment fell to 3.5%, lowest since the pandemic struck in early 2020. July’s job creation was up from 398,000
Continue Reading By ARIEL SCHALIT Associated Press KIBBUTZ YAD MORDECHAI, Israel (AP) — A couple of hundred Israelis have protested near the Gaza Strip to demand the return of a captive and the remains of two soldiers held by the territory’s militant Hamas rulers. Friday’s protest came amid heightened tensions following the arrest of a senior Palestinian
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Trevor Reed, a US citizen freed earlier this year after being detained in Russia for nearly three years, said Friday that Brittney Griner’s sentence by a Russian court is “clearly political.” Griner, a WNBA star who was arrested in Russia in February, was convicted Thursday of deliberately smuggling drugs into Russia
Continue ReadingCNN By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Trevor Reed, a US citizen freed earlier this year after being detained in Russia for nearly three years, said Friday that Brittney Griner’s sentence by a Russian court is “clearly political.” Griner, a WNBA star who was arrested in Russia in February, was convicted Thursday of deliberately smuggling drugs into
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