Category Archives: Business News – ABC Audio
Red-hot prices at the gas pump set to soar even higher. Here's why
Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Red-hot prices at the pump are not only showing no signs of cooling down -- but are instead set to soar even higher. The national a...
Mar 07, 2022
Americans seek to help Ukrainians by booking rental homes
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Americans like Chris and Amy Clary are booking Airbnb vacation rentals online in a bid to help Ukrainians directly amid Russian attacks of the Eastern European country. The Clary...
Mar 07, 2022
Western companies cutting ties to Russia has limited effect, experts say
Vlad Karkov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In light of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, many major American and Western companies have decided to drop their presence in ...
Mar 07, 2022
Mom reveals how she paid off $137,000 debt
Courtesy of Brandyn Rodriguez(CIBOLO, Texas) -- Where there's a will, there's a way. That just might be the perfect one-liner to describe Brandyn Rodriguez and her journey to paying off $137,000 in de...
Mar 07, 2022
US targets Russian oil refining sector with export controls
sarote pruksachat/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Commerce Department announced restrictions on certain goods used to refine oil preventing them from going into Russia in response to the invasion...
Mar 04, 2022
Unemployment rate drops to 3.8% as 678,000 jobs added in February
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. employers added 678,000 jobs to their payrolls last month, the latest figures released Friday by the Labor Department show, exceeding economists’ e...
Mar 04, 2022
Exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Hulu series, 'The Dropout: The Rise and Con of Elizabeth Holmes'
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- It’s a dramatic tale of money, power, tragedy and deceit. Elizabeth Holmes, once the world’s youngest female self-made billionaire and lauded by some as the next...
Mar 03, 2022
Banana Republic adds new baby and athletic categories
Bill Tompkins/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Banana Republic is known for its modern luxury-style adult clothing, but now, the brand is expanding to also include great picks for babies. The Gap Inc.-o...
Mar 03, 2022
Airbnb hosts opening their hearts -- and doors -- to refugees fleeing Ukraine
Thiago Prudencio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Russian invasion of Ukraine has displaced thousands of people, many of whom are fleeing to nearby Poland and elsewhere. Now A...
Mar 03, 2022
Old Navy's new FitsYou jeans adjust to one's body type
Old Navy(NEW YORK) -- It's no secret that your waist size today might not have the same exact measurements tomorrow, and that's one reason why one of Old Navy's latest denim launches is getting a lot ...
Mar 03, 2022
