By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin says his concerns about political interference in Albanian soccer elections were alleviated after meeting with the country’s prime minister on Thursday. Ceferin also committed to staging the inaugural Europa Conference League final in Tirana after a meeting with Prime Minister Edi Rama
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By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Meatpacking giant JBS has agreed to a $52.5 million settlement in a beef price-fixing lawsuit that some say supports their concerns about how the lack of competition in the industry affects prices. Colorado-based JBS didn’t admit any wrongdoing as part of the settlement and a spokeswoman
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Unas entradas que retroceden. Una calvicie que se extiende en la parte superior de la cabeza. Pelo dolorosamente fino que se nota especialmente en donde se parte el cabello. Alrededor del 90% de los hombres sufrirán algún tipo de pérdida de cabello a lo largo de su vida, lo que suele
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By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Meatpacking giant JBS has agreed to a $52.5 million settlement in a beef price-fixing lawsuit that some say supports their concerns about how the lack of competition in the industry affects prices. Colorado-based JBS didn’t admit any wrongdoing as part of the settlement and a spokeswoman
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business US oil prices jumped above $90 a barrel on Thursday for the first time in more than seven years. The latest rally comes just a day after OPEC and its allies declined to aggressively ramp up production to cool off red-hot energy prices. Crude jumped 2.2% to $90.15 a barrel
Continue Reading COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Ficken has been hired by the Los Angeles Chargers as special teams coordinator after he spent the past 15 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings. Ficken was Minnesota’s special teams coordinator this season after spending the previous eight years as the assistant special teams coach. He replaces Darius Swinton, who
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Sky high real estate prices have made a growing number of homeowners “equity rich,” according to a report on home equity. That means they have at least 50% equity in their property, or put another way, that the amount they owe on the home is no more than half of
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Opinion by Carlo Pizzinelli and Ippei Shibata for CNN Business Perspectives Almost two years after the pandemic upended labor markets, job openings are plentiful in many advanced economies, yet workers have not fully returned. The broader trend of plentiful jobs and not enough workers can have major implications for growth, inequality and inflation. This gap,
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Wag, a dog-walking startup that once received $300 million from a single investor only to stumble in executing its strategy, is set to go public in a deal valued not much higher than that one investment. Wag said Thursday that it has entered an agreement to go public through
Continue Reading CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals fans won’t get to watch the Super Bowl on the giant screens at Paul Brown Stadium. The NFL has said no to a plan for a watch party inside the stadium on Feb. 13. The league sent a letter to stadium officials saying the legal and logistical barriers are too
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By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has a new feature aimed at cutting down on harassment and assault in virtual reality: It will give avatars in its Horizon Worlds social app and Horizon Venues events app an invisible “personal boundary” of four feet to stop others from getting too close.
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, just had its worst trading day in its history as a public company. The company’s shares closed down more than 26% Thursday, shaving off nearly $240 billion from its market value, after a rough earnings report released after trading hours on Wednesday.
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Chris Silverwood stepped down as England cricket coach on Thursday, becoming the second significant departure amid the fallout from England’s humiliating Ashes series loss in Australia. Ashley Giles, England’s director of cricket, left his role on Wednesday in the wake of the men’s team losing 4-0 to Australia. An interim coach will
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By FELICIA FONSECA and TED WARREN Associated Press Money that will flow to Native American tribes as part of an opioid drug settlement with a major manufacturer and three distributors won’t come quickly. But tribal leaders say it will play a part in healing their communities from an epidemic that has disproportionately killed Native Americans.
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Stacker compiled a list of the most valuable crops produced in Missouri using data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Breanna Stewart is remaining in Seattle for at least one more season while Stefanie Dolson is coming home to New York. Those are among the deals completed since the WNBA’s free agent singing period started earlier this week. Stewart led the Storm to WNBA titles in 2018 and 2020.
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET and LORNE COOK The Associated Press LILLE, France (AP) — European Union interior ministers have agreed to create a new decision-making body in efforts to beef up the 27-nation bloc’s borders, and to kick-start desperately needed reforms to the EU’s malfunctioning asylum system. The EU has been mired in a deep political
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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Bill Fitch, who guided the Boston Celtics to one of their championships during a Hall of Fame coaching career, has died. He was 89. A two-time NBA coach of the year, Fitch died Wednesday in Lake Conroe, Texas. Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said Fitch’s daughter,
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Nearly a dozen US Senators are calling for the Biden administration to curb overseas shipments of natural gas as Americans struggle with home heating sticker shock this winter. “As families across the country continue to face steep residential energy and heating costs, we urge you to take swift action to
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Some schools have started to cancel Friday classes as the area continues to dig out from a snowstorm that dumped as much as nearly 10 inches on Mid-Missouri.
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