Business Stories from October 22, 2021 (Change date)
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Lyft report: Sexual assaults rose sharply in recent yearsOct 22, 2021 4:30 pm - Lyft received an increasing number of reports of sexual assault in recent years, including more than 1,800 in 2019, according to a safety report from the ride-hailing co...
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Polish miners protest top EU court's order to shut coal mineOct 22, 2021 8:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Some 2,000 Polish coal miners traveled to Luxembourg to stage a noisy protest Friday against a decision by the European Union's top court to shut d...
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Snap, Intel fall; American Express, Mattel riseOct 22, 2021 3:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Intel Corp., down $6.54 to $49.46. The chipmaker gave investors a disappointing prof...
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Climate change disrupting natural cycles at drier Lake TahoeOct 22, 2021 7:30 pm - TAHOE CITY, Calif. (AP) - Drought fueled by climate change has dropped Lake Tahoe below its natural rim and halted flows into the Truckee River, an historically cyclical...
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Jury gets chance to hear Elizabeth Holmes' bold promisesOct 22, 2021 6:30 pm - SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A jury weighing the fate of fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes got its first chance Friday to listen to recordings of her boasting to in...
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Study says tech firms underreport their carbon footprintOct 22, 2021 1:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - Large technology companies such as SAP, IBM and Google are underreporting their greenhouse gas emissions at a time of heightened scrutiny over the role of ...
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Alabama: App may help cut long stadium food, drink linesOct 22, 2021 1:30 pm - TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Plagued by a shortage of stadium workers and complaints about long concession lines at home football games during the pandemic, the University of...
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesOct 22, 2021 2:30 pm - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery rose $1.26 to $83.76 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil for December delivery rose 92 cents to $85.53 a barrel. Wholesale ga...
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Powell says inflation risks rising, but Fed can be 'patient'Oct 22, 2021 3:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday that the tangled supply chains and shortages that have bedeviled the U.S. economy since this summer hav...
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American Express profits jump as travel, dining normalizeOct 22, 2021 10:30 am - NEW YORK (AP) - American Express saw its profits surge last quarter by 70%, the company said Friday, as Americans and companies pulled out their cards to start traveling...