SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter posted quarterly earnings of $513 million days after it agreed to be sold to billionaire Elon Musk. The social media company said Thursday that revenue rose 16% to $1.2 billion in the three months to March compared with the same period last year. Twitter, based in San Francisco, reported an
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Southwest Airlines posted a first-quarter loss, but the company said that will be the last time it loses money for awhile. The airline had gone more than 11 years without a money-losing quarter and reported 47 straight years of annual profits before the pandemic. But Southwest said that it made
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Every quarter, investors on Wall Street parse earnings for intel on how much money a company brings in and the size of its profit. But this season has served as a reminder of how much traders who have piled into fast-growing tech stocks have come to value another metric. They’re
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By Virginia Langmaid, CNN US children under 5 are getting closer to authorized Covid-19 vaccines, but most parents may be reluctant to actually get them when they become available, a new survey found. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Vaccine Monitor survey, published Wednesday, only 18% of parents of children under 5 said they would
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By Kate Sullivan, Arlette Saenz, Betsy Klein and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday asked Congress for a $33 billion supplemental funding bill aimed at supporting Ukraine over the next several months as Russia’s brutal and unrelenting war enters a new phase. In another significant request, Biden outlined a proposal that would further
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI, ALAN FRAM and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is asking Congress for new powers to seize and repurpose the assets of Russian oligarchs as part of a new funding request to aid Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion. In remarks at the White House on Thursday,
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of John Kasich, former Republican governor of Ohio and 2016 presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: May 13, 1952 Birth place: McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania Birth name: John Richard Kasich Jr. Father: John Kasich Sr., mail carrier Mother: Anne Kasich, postal worker Marriages: Karen (Waldbillig) Kasich (1997-present);
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer McDonald’s said higher U.S. menu prices and easing COVID restrictions in Europe helped offset troubled markets like China and Russia in the first quarter. The Chicago burger giant said Thursday its revenue rose 11% to $5.66 billion in the January-March period. U.S. menu prices were up 8% over last
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The fossils of giant, extinct marine reptiles have been found in an unlikely place: within the high altitudes of the Swiss Alps. The fossils belong to three ichthyosaurs, and they may have been some of the largest animals that ever lived on Earth, according to a new study. The ancient creatures
Continue ReadingVerónica Ojeda (CNN) — El diamante azul más grande del mundo que sale a subasta se ha vendido por 450.925.000 HKD, es decir, US$ 57,5 millones. Bautizada como “The De Beers Cullinan Blue”, la enorme gema de 15,10 quilates de talla escalonada se vendió en Sotheby’s, en Hong Kong, tras una guerra de ofertas de
Continue Reading By ASHIFA KASSAM Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Algeria has threatened to suspend its gas exports to Spain, the latest twist in a complex triangle of diplomatic tensions between the gas supplier, the gas importer and their shared neighbor Morocco. Spain has been in talks with Morocco about helping the North African kingdom boost its
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain is postponing until the end of 2023 some checks on imports from the European Union that are required under post-Brexit trade rules. The U.K government is citing economic disruption caused by the war in Ukraine. Thursday’s announcement marks the fourth time the U.K. has delayed checks
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street pointed toward strong gains hours before trading opened Thursday with quarterly earnings reports from American tech heavyweights on tap. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrials rose 0.9% while the same for the S&P jumped 1.6%. Twitter, Apple and Amazon will report their results on Thursday, following strong results from
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is reporting a loss of $278 million in the first quarter but says it will be profitable the rest of 2022. Like other airlines, Southwest says travel demand is surging, and it’s hiring to increase staff before the expected summer rush. Southwest said Thursday that after a slow January and
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Moderna buscará la autorización de uso de emergencia de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos (FDA por sus siglas en inglés) para su vacuna contra el covid-19 para niños de 6 meses a 5 años, informó la compañía el jueves. “Creemos que el mRNA-1273 podrá proteger de
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish brewer Carlsberg says it saw a strong growth in the first three months of the year despite trying to sell its business in Russia, where it generated around 10% of its sales. The Copenhagen-based company announced last month that it was exiting Russia but says it’s operations are continuing there
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La superficie de bosque tropical destruida en 2021 fue suficiente para cubrir toda la isla de Cuba, y envió más dióxido de carbono a la atmósfera que la India en todo un año por la quema de combustibles fósiles, según un análisis publicado este jueves. Unos 11,1 millones de hectáreas
Continue ReadingVerónica Ojeda (CNN) — La familia de Halyna Hutchins exige a la oficina del sheriff del condado de Santa Fe, en Nuevo México, que retire el video que publicó de ella “agonizando en el suelo de la iglesia” en los momentos posteriores a que le dispararan en el rodaje de la película “Rust” el año
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Moderna is seeking to be the first to offer COVID-19 vaccine for the youngest American children, as it asked the Food and Drug Administration Thursday to clear low-dose shots for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Frustrated families are waiting impatiently for a chance to protect the nation’s littlest kids as
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer McDonald’s said higher U.S. menu prices and easing COVID restrictions elsewhere helped offset troubled markets like China and Russia in the first quarter. The Chicago-based burger giant said Thursday its revenue rose 11% to $5.66 billion in the January-March period. McDonald’s announced in early March that it would temporarily
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