Juan Pablo Elverdin Londres (CNN Business) — Yandex, el mayor motor de búsqueda de Rusia, podría colapsar a medida que se extienden las consecuencias financieras de la invasión de Ucrania. Yandex, que controla alrededor del 60% del tráfico de búsqueda en Internet en Rusia y opera un gran negocio de transporte por carretera, advirtió a
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. markets were poised to follow global shares lower while oil prices moderated Friday as investors assessed the deepening impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On Wall Street, the futures for the benchmark S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.9%. Benchmarks fell in Europe and Asia. Russian forces gained
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By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Winter Paralympics have opened in Beijing with the Russian athletes sent home and the Ukrainian team escaping a war zone to get to China. The head of the Ukrainian delegation says “it’s a miracle that we have made it to the Paralympics.” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN When the explosions rocked Kyiv’s city center, Yana and Sergii Lysenko were stunned. Like many Ukrainians, they had been listening to warnings about Russia readying an assault on their country for weeks. But the idea of the war reaching their city seemed just too far-fetched. Now, it was a reality. This
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By Charles Riley, CNN Business Russia’s second largest oil company has broken ranks with President Vladimir Putin. Lukoil, which produces more than 2% of the world’s crude oil and employs over 100,000 people, has called for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The company’s board of directors said in a statement to shareholders, staff
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The US economy added 678,000 jobs in February, exceeding economists’ expectations. It was the best month for job growth since July. The nation has 2.1 million jobs to go before hitting the February 2020 level and recouping all positions lost in the pandemic, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Andy Murray is bringing back Ivan Lendl as his coach. The duo is reuniting about 4 1/2 years after splitting up for a second time. Murray’s manager says the 34-year-old from Scotland and Lendl have agreed to return to working together over the next few months. Their partnership produced
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business As Russia’s assault on Ukraine continues, American bar and restaurant owners are hoping a small word change will help show their solidarity with the Ukrainian people. In a move reminiscent of the “freedom fries” fad of the early aughts, they’re taking Moscow Mules off the menu and replacing them with
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business As Russia’s assault on Ukraine continues, American bar and restaurant owners are hoping a small word change will help show their solidarity with the Ukrainian people. In a move reminiscent of the “freedom fries” fad of the early aughts, they’re taking Moscow Mules off the menu and replacing them with
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Hiccups. Everyone has a cure, and everyone insists theirs is the best. But when they try to pass it along to others, the home remedy can be hit or miss. For something that impacts almost everyone, there are some surprisingly large gaps in information about hiccups, said Dr. Ali Seifi, director
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Leah Dolan, CNN Contributors: Brook Joyner, CNN When costume designer Glyn Dillon got a call asking if he’d be interested in working on Matt Reeves’ newly-released movie “The Batman,” the first thing he sketched was a pair of ears. “How big are the ears?” he remembered worrying about. “For some reason, it’s a big deal
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The Opening Ceremony of the Winter Paralympics kicks off in Beijing today and a record number of Para athletes — around 700 — are ready to showcase their skills in events such as alpine skiing and wheelchair curling. Notably absent, though, are about 80 Russian and Belarusian athletes who were banned
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The Opening Ceremony of the Winter Paralympics kicks off in Beijing today and a record number of Para athletes — around 700 — are ready to showcase their skills in events such as alpine skiing and wheelchair curling. Notably absent, though, are about 80 Russian and Belarusian athletes who were banned
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN The Opening Ceremony of the Winter Paralympics kicks off in Beijing today and a record number of Para athletes — around 700 — are ready to showcase their skills in events such as alpine skiing and wheelchair curling. Notably absent, though, are about 80 Russian and Belarusian athletes who were banned
Continue Readingolivertapia Hong Kong (CNN Business) — ¿Ayudará China a Rusia a hacer frente a las consecuencias de las sanciones económicas? Esa ha sido la gran pregunta desde que Rusia invadió Ucrania la semana pasada. Las dos naciones han forjado lazos estrechos en los últimos años, y el líder chino Xi Jinping llamó al presidente ruso
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By Allison Morrow, CNN Business If Russia’s oligarchs weren’t already shaking in their custom Italian-leather boots, they probably are now. In his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Joe Biden addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s cronies directly, telling them that the United States and its allies are coming to “seize your yachts,
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Covid-19 drove global supply chains to the breaking point, causing shortages and sending prices skyrocketing. Just as the pandemic has calmed down, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to further scramble those fragile supply chains. Russia is a major producer of commodities, everything from oil and natural gas to palladium and
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By Laura He, CNN Business Chinese retail investors are snapping up stocks with even the slightest link to trade with Russia, as they bet on closer economic ties between the two countries following unprecedented Western sanctions on Moscow. From shipping firms to port operators, shares of more than a dozen Chinese companies that have trade
Continue Reading LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang has lost his final appeal against a ban for violating anti-doping rules. Switzerland’s highest court dismissed the Chinese swimmer’s appeal against last year’s Court of Arbitration for Sport verdict. The Swiss federal court can intervene if legal process was abused. Sun was banned by CAS for
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By Melissa Alonso and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to sign into a law a bill that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, allowing only for exceptions involving “serious risk” to the pregnant person and fatal fetal abnormality but with no exceptions for rape or incest. The Republican-sponsored
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