By RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds This has been a tough year to buy a new or used car in America. With COVID-19 factory shutdowns, semiconductor chip shortages, rising prices and supply chain issues, it’s been nothing but bad news for car shoppers. And for those who’ve waited, hoping Black Friday sales would bring some reprieve from
Continue ReadingBy RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds This has been a tough year to buy a new or used car in America. With COVID-19 factory shutdowns, semiconductor chip shortages, rising prices and supply chain issues, it’s been nothing but bad news for car shoppers. And for those who’ve waited, hoping Black Friday sales would bring some reprieve from
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows that German business confidence has dropped for the fifth consecutive month amid persistent supply-chain bottlenecks and a resurgence of coronavirus infections in Europe’s biggest economy. The Ifo institute said Wednesday that its monthy confidence index dropped to 96.5 points in November from 97.7 last month. Companies’ assessment
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows that German business confidence has dropped for the fifth consecutive month amid persistent supply-chain bottlenecks and a resurgence of coronavirus infections in Europe’s biggest economy. The Ifo institute said Wednesday that its monthy confidence index dropped to 96.5 points in November from 97.7 last month. Companies’ assessment
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia and Singapore say they will partially reopen their borders next week to fully vaccinated citizens, after nearly two years of closure due to the pandemic. The leaders of both countries said in separate statements Wednesday that limited travel will be allowed across the land border from Monday, with plans
Continue ReadingJack Guy, CNN “NFT,” the abbreviation of “non-fungible token,” has been named Word of the Year by dictionary publisher Collins, beating “crypto” and “cheugy” to the top spot. An NFT is “a unique digital certificate, registered in a blockchain, that is used to record ownership of an asset such as an artwork or a collectible,”
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS Jack Guy, CNN “NFT,” the abbreviation of “non-fungible token,” has been named Word of the Year by dictionary publisher Collins, beating “crypto” and “cheugy” to the top spot. An NFT is “a unique digital certificate, registered in a blockchain, that is used to record ownership of an asset such as an artwork
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden is recommending that everyone between the ages of 18 and 65 should get a booster shot against COVID-19 six months after having gotten the second jab. Swedish Social Affairs Minister Lena Hallengren said Wednesday about 7 million people in Sweden out of a total population of 10 million have had
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden is recommending that everyone between the ages of 18 and 65 should get a booster shot against COVID-19 six months after having gotten the second jab. Swedish Social Affairs Minister Lena Hallengren said Wednesday about 7 million people in Sweden out of a total population of 10 million have had
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo, CNN Business Samsung is planning to build a $17 billion semiconductor manufacturing facility in Texas as part of efforts to tackle a global shortage of chips. Announcing its largest ever investment in the United States, the South Korean electronics giant said Tuesday that the factory would create 2,000 high-tech jobs directly, and
Continue ReadingMariana Toro Londres (CNN Business) — Un resurgimiento de casos de covid-19 en Europa alimenta los temores de que la fuerte recuperación económica de la región pueda verse amenazada por otro invierno duro. Hasta ahora, la nueva ola de covid-19 solo tiene un impacto limitado en la actividad empresarial de los 19 países que utilizan
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN Business India is flirting with a ban on cryptocurrencies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Tuesday said that it is preparing to introduce a bill that would regulate digital currencies. There’s still much that’s unknown about the proposal. A cryptically worded description of the bill posted on the Indian parliament website
Continue Readingolivertapia Santiago de Chile (CNN) -– El recién electo diputado Johannes Kaiser, del ultraderechista Partido Republicano de Chile, protagonizó una polémica este martes luego de circular en las redes sociales un extracto de video sin fecha en el que cuestiona el derecho al voto femenino y se refiere a los inmigrantes como violadores. En las
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Magdalena Andersson has resigned as Sweden’s prime minister hours after being appointed as the country’s first female prime minister. She did so after suffering a budget defeat in parliament Wednesday and her coalition partner the Greens left the two-party minority government. The government’s own budget
Continue ReadingBy Michael Warrick Click here for updates on this story SPRINGFIELD, Tennessee (WSMV) — A new student caught everyone by surprise at a Robertson County elementary school Tuesday morning, except it wasn’t a person – it was a deer. The big buck crashed through an emergency exit at Westside Elementary School, locking itself inside a
Continue ReadingSkylar Mitchell, CNN In September, when the New York fashion scene converged for the city’s full return to live runway shows since the Covid-19 pandemic, one highly-anticipated brand was visibly absent from the runway. Months after being awarded a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund grant for emerging designers, Anifa Mvuemba, founder of women’s apparel label Hanifa, opted
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic have soared to a new record high, reaching almost 26,000 daily cases. The Health Ministry said Wednesday that the daily tally hit 25,864 on Tuesday, about 3,000 more than the previous record registered on Friday. The country’s infection rate has risen to 1,061 new cases per
Continue Readingolivertapia París (CNN) — La estrella del fútbol Karim Benzema recibió una sentencia de prisión en suspenso de un año y una multa de 75.000 euros (84.000 dólares) por su participación en el intento de chantaje contra su excompañero de la selección francesa Mathieu Valbuena con un video sexual, confirmó a CNN el abogado del
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s government says Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to the battlefront after the leader said martyrdom might be necessary in the yearlong war with rival fighters approaching the capital. A government spokesman told reporters the prime minister arrived at the front on
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has tested negative for COVID-19 after his French counterpart, whom he met early in the week, became infected with the coronavirus. De Croo’s office said Wednesday that he will do an important part of his work remotely in line with restrictive measures that the government as
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