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By David Goldman, CNN Business A Russian state television journalist who protested the invasion of Ukraine during a live news broadcast was found guilty Tuesday of organizing an “unauthorized public event.” A district court in Moscow said in a statement that Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at Channel One, had been found guilty of the “administrative
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Movie theater chain and meme stock favorite AMC has taken several steps of late to diversify beyond its core business. The company has recently gotten into cryptos and NFTs and also plans to sell its own popcorn brand at retail stores. And in another unconventional move, AMC is
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy and Brian Stelter, CNN Business A Monday attack on a Fox News crew reporting near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv left two of the network’s journalists dead and its correspondent severely injured, the channel said on Tuesday. Killed in the attack were Pierre Zakrzewski, a 55-year-old longtime war photojournalist, and Oleksandra “Sasha”
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business March Madness isn’t just for college basketball fans. That phrase is also an apt description of the volatility on Wall Street, and this March is no different. Just look at what stocks have done so far this month. It began with worries about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and Rachel Metz, CNN Business Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is unfolding online like no war in history, providing a real-time stream of information on social platforms like Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. But with that unique view into the conflict comes a flood of misinformation that’s especially hard to root out — effectively
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business After more than a month of surging prices, Tuesday brought some modest — very modest — relief to drivers. The average price of a gallon of regular gas fell to $4.32 a gallon, down from $4.33 a gallon Monday, according to AAA. Even at just nine-tenths of a cent, it
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Business Nazmin Begum has a problem: she’s having to pay much more to keep her two children warm and fed as the United Kingdom endures its worst cost of living crisis in three decades. “Everything’s increasing,” she told CNN Business during a visit to The Boiler House, which provides discounted food,
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Prices kept rising in February as another key inflation gauge soared and hit double digits. The US producer price index, which tracks what America’s producers get paid for their goods and services on average over time, rose 10% for the 12-month period ended in February, not adjusted for seasonal swings,
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business After Russia invaded Ukraine, global oil prices experienced a dramatic spike. Just over a week ago, Brent crude leaped above $139 per barrel. Analysts warned prices could touch $185, then $200 as traders shunned Russian oil, pushing inflation even higher and adding huge strain to the global economy. But there’s
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Americans have watched prices for everything from diapers to gas go up over the past year. So far, they have kept reaching for their wallets. But what happens when they reach their breaking point? The pandemic and the supply chain crisis have pushed the cost of virtually everything higher. Food
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters and Angela Dewan, CNN Environmental lawyers ClientEarth said on Tuesday they were preparing legal action against the directors of Shell over the company’s climate transition plan, in what they said would be the first such case of its kind. The lawyers from ClientEarth — which is a Shell shareholder — said they
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business For many years, the world’s most popular emerging markets have been the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. But given that Russia is no longer a market that Westerners can access following the invasion of Ukraine, it might be time for investors to stop lumping
Continue ReadingBy Paul P. Murphy, CNN In a bold protest against the invasion of Ukraine, a Russian state television journalist interrupted a live news broadcast Monday, holding a sign that said, “NO WAR.” Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at Channel One, stood behind a news anchor on air with a poster board sign written in English and
Continue ReadingCNN By Charles Riley, CNN Business The Russian state television journalist who took a dramatic stand against President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine during a live broadcast says it was “impossible to stay silent” and that she wants the world to know that many Russians are against the invasion. Marina Ovsyannikova told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour
Continue ReadingCNN By David Goldman, CNN Business A Russian state television journalist who protested the invasion of Ukraine during a live news broadcast was found guilty Tuesday of organizing an “unauthorized public event.” A district court in Moscow said in a statement that Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at Channel One, had been found guilty of the
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul and Swati Gupta, CNN An Indian high court has upheld a ban on the wearing of hijabs or headscarves in educational institutes in Karnataka state, weeks after religious clashes erupted over the right to wear the Islamic garment in schools. The state’s top court on Tuesday ruled that the hijab was not
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business China’s economy started the year on a bright note, with several major indicators beating forecasts. But as Covid cases in the country spike, keeping up the same pace of growth in the coming months may prove difficult. Retail sales rose 6.7% in the first two months of 2022 compared to
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and Lizzy Yee, CNN Business Maria was just about to start a new job as a domestic worker in Hong Kong last month when she found out she had Covid-19. She immediately told her employer, who urged her to get to a hospital. But once she was there, she said she was
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business NASA said Monday that NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei will return from the ISS later this month aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft as previously planned. The space agency sought to reaffirm Monday that it’s still working closely with Russian space agency Rocosmos on the International Space Station, despite mounting geopolitical
Continue ReadingCNN By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Lyft on Monday said it plans to add a small fee on rides to help drivers deal with rising gas prices across the country, days after Uber laid out its plans to do the same. Lyft did not specify how much extra passengers will pay or when the
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