By Charles Riley, CNN Business El Salvador’s “Bitcoin Day” did not go especially well. The impoverished country’s vaunted adoption of bitcoin as legal tender on Tuesday was marred by street protests, technical glitches and an extreme drop in the value of the controversial digital currency. What went wrong? “Chivo Wallet,” a storage app created by
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden wants to corner the market on electric vehicles. In August, he announced a target that by 2030, half of the vehicles sold in the United States will be battery electric, fuel-cell electric or plug-in hybrid. It would be a seismic shift for an auto industry dominated by gas-powered
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Tuesday a bill that imposes a raft of new restrictions on voting in one of the nation’s fastest-growing and diversifying states. Abbott signed Senate Bill 1 after the Republican-led Legislature approved it during the second special session that the second-term GOP governor had called
Continue ReadingCNN, KTRK, KEYE, KLTV, KSAT By Eric Bradner, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Tuesday a bill that imposes a raft of new restrictions on voting in one of the nation’s fastest-growing and diversifying states. Abbott signed Senate Bill 1 after the Republican-led Legislature approved it during the second special session that the
Continue ReadingBy Liz Stark, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed more people away from the profession of driving, signaling a bumpy road ahead for key industries ranging from ride-hailing to delivery services. This issue is especially acute among school districts grappling with a shortage of school bus drivers as the new academic year begins this week
Continue ReadingCNN, WLOX, KCAL, KCBS, WRAL, WJRT, WISH, SPECTRUM NEWS 13 ORLANDO By Liz Stark, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed more people away from the profession of driving, signaling a bumpy road ahead for key industries ranging from ride-hailing to delivery services. This issue is especially acute among school districts grappling with a shortage of
Continue ReadingBy MARK TAKAHASHI Edmunds With all the developments in the auto industry you may think your next car will be electric, including a new federal target that would mean half of all new vehicles sold within a decade will have zero emissions. This will be a dramatic shift for car shoppers, and perhaps an unsettling
Continue ReadingBy MARK TAKAHASHI Edmunds With all the developments in the auto industry you may think your next car will be electric, including a new federal target that would mean half of all new vehicles sold within a decade will have zero emissions. This will be a dramatic shift for car shoppers, and perhaps an unsettling
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Sudan has summoned Ethiopia’s envoy to the country over an incident where bodies were found floating down the river separating the two nations, as civil war wages in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Sudan’s foreign ministry said in a statement late Tuesday that it summoned Ambassador Petal Amero on Aug. 30 to inform him
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark wants immigrants to work 37 hours a week to access social benefits. In Tuesday’s proposal, the government said “there are still too many people, especially with non-Western backgrounds, who do not have a job to get up to” in the morning. The minority Social
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Beech and Rafael Romo, CNN A powerful earthquake struck the southwest of Mexico late Tuesday, causing widespread shaking as far away as Mexico City and killing at least one person. The United States Geological Survey said the 7.0 magnitude quake struck 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) east-northeast of Los Órganos de San Agustín, about
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El salario mínimo se puede entender como la cantidad mínima que se le debe pagar a un trabajador de manera obligatoria por las actividades laborales que hayan desempeñado en un tiempo determinado, según la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT). ¿Alcanzan US$ 6 diarios para vivir en México? 2:21 “La finalidad del
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and former CEO of failed biotech startup Theranos, went from being hailed as the next Steve Jobs to facing up to 20 years in prison over federal fraud charges. How did Holmes get here? A Stanford University dropout, Holmes — inspired by her own fear
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s football federation has canceled plans for a training camp in Qatar in January after Swedish clubs expressed concern about the 2022 World Cup host’s human rights record. The federation has held a January camp in Qatar since 2019 with a team featuring mainly players from the Swedish league. However, it said
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed, CNN Abortion clinics and their allies are engaged in a game of Whac-A-Mole as they’ve obtained state court orders blocking individual anti-abortion activists from enforcing Texas’ six-week abortion ban — for now. But the effort has a larger end game: securing a Texas Supreme Court ruling striking down the law. Those
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN Abortion clinics and their allies are engaged in a game of Whac-A-Mole as they’ve obtained state court orders blocking individual anti-abortion activists from enforcing Texas’ six-week abortion ban — for now. But the effort has a larger end game: securing a Texas Supreme Court ruling striking down the law. Those abortion
Continue ReadingBy KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Health care in retirement is a big-ticket item, estimated to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. But there are ways to take the reins and keep expenses from spiraling, even before you retire. Health savings accounts can help you save tax-deductible cash toward future medical costs. Finding the right Medicare
Continue ReadingBy KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Health care in retirement is a big-ticket item, estimated to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. But there are ways to take the reins and keep expenses from spiraling, even before you retire. Health savings accounts can help you save tax-deductible cash toward future medical costs. Finding the right Medicare
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s interior minister is meeting her French counterpart amid a surge in migrants trying to cross the English Channel in small smuggling boats. Thousands have landed on beaches in southeast England in recent days amid calm, summery weather. Britain says 785 migrants arrived on Monday alone. More
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business This week was supposed to be the time when many workers began returning to offices, and business travelers started returning to the air. Neither of those things is happening the way US airlines had counted on. With the rise of Covid-19 cases in recent months, many offices have pushed back
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