New York (CNN Business)Airlines have canceled thousands of flights for Saturday as a powerful winter storm packing strong winds and many inches of snow is set to envelop major cities on the East Coast. According to FlightAware, nearly 1,500 flights within, into or out of the United States are canceled […]

The challenges before the Budget are more daunting than those in 2021, observes A K Bhattacharya. When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her last Union Budget, the odds were heavily stacked against her. The Indian economy was going through its worst contraction and the uncertainty over the next Covid wave […]

Netflix’s stock is rising again after a very rough week, but the streamer took a hit today in court over The Queen’s Gambit. A federal judge denied the streamer’s desire to see Soviet chess icon Nona Gaprindashvili’s $5 million seeking complaint of sexism and historical inaccuracy against the multiple Emmy […]

Twitter Inc. has launched a new feature to allow some users of its Blue subscriber service to keep non-fungible tokens or NFTs as their profile pictures. Twitter Blue is now available in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. NFT is a crypto token, which is non-fungible, meaning that it […]

Lena Waithe and Rishi Rajani’s development and production company Hillman Grad Productions has announced the return of its mentorship lab which offers support and opportunities to marginalized creatives. The Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab is an 8-month, tuition-free program that offers mentees the opportunity to enhance their creative skillset through personalized […]

Disney and the WWE have reached a deal for the WWE Network to stream exclusively on Disney+ Hotstar in Indonesia, a potential prelude to other global pacts. The move follows that of the WWE Network, a pioneering direct-to-consumer service, to NBCUniversal’s Peacock in the U.S. last spring. That $1 billion […]

Amazon.com (AMZN), the e-commerce giant which ended the dominance of brick-and-mortar retail stores, has announced plans to open a physical clothing store in Los Angeles. Amazon Thursday announced that it will open Amazon Style, its first clothing, shoe and accessories’ store, later this year at the posh shopping complex The […]

European stocks recovered from an early slide to trade on a flat note Wednesday, as luxury stocks surged after upbeat trading updates from Richemont and Burberry. A cautious undertone prevailed after U.S. Treasury yields hit fresh two-year highs amid Fed rate hike expectations. Benchmark German debt yields turned positive for […]

The Washington Post has named Matea Gold as national editor and Philip Rucker as deputy national editor, with plans to expand the department in a drive toward more visual storytelling. Gold succeeds Steven Ginsberg, who was named one of the Post’s managing editors last month. Gold had served as acting […]

New York (CNN Business)The makers of top food and consumer goods brands plan to raise prices in the spring, dashing shoppers’ hopes for a quick drop in their grocery bills. Kraft Heinz (KHC) said in a recent letter to its customers that it will raise prices in March on dozens […]