Barry Diller’s IAC buying Iowa-based magazine publisher Meredith
NEW YORK — Barry Diller’s IAC is buying Meredith, one of the country’s largest magazine companies and the publisher of People, Southern Living and InStyle,…
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Inflation knocks businesses off balance as recovery slows
Companies will soon start reporting their latest quarterly financial results and investors have been warned that inflation is going to sting. Retailers, auto makers and…
Major Hollywood strike looms on horizon
A major Hollywood strike could be on the horizon for some 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers in the entertainment industry. Over the weekend, members of the International…
Russia says it could boost supplies to ease Europe gas costs
MOSCOW — Russia has the potential to boost natural gas supplies to Europe, where surging gas prices have ramped up pressure on consumers, the Kremlin…
Pfizer asks U.S. to allow COVID shots for kids ages 5 to 11
Pfizer asked the U.S. government today to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 — and if regulators agree, shots…
US jobless claims fall to 326,000, first drop in four weeks
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week, another sign that the U.S. job market and economy continue their steady…
GM, GE look to develop rare earth materials supply chain
General Motors and General Electric are looking at developing a supply chain of rare earth materials that help make electric vehicles and renewable energy equipment….
Can $1 trillion coin fix debt limit? Quirky law says maybe
WASHINGTON — Some politicians think they’ve found a silver bullet for the impasse over the debt limit, except the bullet is made of platinum: Mint…
Nobel in chemistry honors pair for new way to make molecules
STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to German scientist Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute and Scotland-born scientist David W.C….
Facebook blames outage on error during routine maintenance
LONDON — The global outage that knocked Facebook and its other platforms offline for hours was caused by an error during routine maintenance, the company…