Women living in states with abortion bans suffer greater economic insecurity
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By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Women living in states that restrict or ban abortion face greater economic insecurity than those living in states where…
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By Laura He, CNN The yen plunged on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan decided to maintain its ultra-easy monetary policy, defying market expectations…
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Friday marks the end of the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, an elite gathering of some of the…
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By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN Investigators are probing the narrowly avoided catastrophic collision between two airliners at New…
Continue Reading Tesla-induced pileup involved driver-assist tech, government data reveals
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business The Tesla Model S that braked sharply and triggered an eight-car crash in San Francisco in November had the…
Continue Reading Tesla reports record earnings but tighter profit margins
By Chris Isidore, CNN Tesla reported record profits for the fourth quarter and the full year, but its profit margins were tighter due to higher…
Continue Reading Ousted Disney CEO Bob Chapek will get $20 million exit pay
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Ousted Disney chief executive Bob Chapek is set to receive a hefty paycheck following his exit. The Walt Disney Company said…
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By Chris Isidore, CNN A four-year old tweet from Elon Musk has the Tesla CEO back in court starting Tuesday. Musk, Tesla and other Tesla directors…
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Continue Reading Americans are already starting to pull back on their spending, survey shows
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Continue Reading India is set to become the world’s most populous country. Can it create enough jobs?
By Diksha Madhok, CNN India will overtake China this year to become the world’s most populous country. The likelihood of India passing that…
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN After having surgery to remove a small cancerous tumor from his neck last year, Publicis Groupe CEO Arthur Sadoun decided to…
Continue Reading The world has a major debt problem. Is a reset coming?
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The world is in debt. A record amount of debt. Three hundred trillion dollars, to be exact. That’s the total…
Continue Reading The Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray is the first-ever hybrid Corvette
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Exactly 70 years after the very first Chevrolet Corvette was unveiled in January, 1953, General Motors revealed the first…
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Let’s not make a deal? Investment banking powerhouses Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley both reported substantial…
Continue Reading Europe’s ban on Russian diesel could send pump prices even higher
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Continue Reading The Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray is the first-ever hybrid Corvette
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Continue Reading The rich should pay higher fares to clean up aviation, says Heathrow boss
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Rich travelers will have to pay more to fly if the aviation industry is to transition to greener fuels, the boss of one of the…
Continue Reading The world has a major debt problem. Is a reset coming?
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The world is in debt. A record amount of debt. Three hundred trillion dollars, to be exact. That’s the total…
Continue Reading China records first population decline in 60 years
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Continue Reading China posts one of its worst economic performances in decades because of Covid
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Continue Reading Netflix plans its biggest-ever slate of Korean content
By Michelle Toh, CNN Netflix is planning its largest-ever lineup of South Korean content, with 34 new and returning titles set to roll out this year.…
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Continue Reading Are you a restaurant worker who recently came back to the industry? Tell us about it
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Continue Reading The top 1% captured nearly twice as much new wealth as the rest of the world over last two years
By Tami Luhby, CNN The world’s wealthiest residents have been getting far richer, far faster than everyone else over the past two years. The…
Continue Reading The steep plunge in used car prices — what it means, and what’s ahead
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Continue Reading Bitcoin rallies 25% as crypto markets rebound
By Allison Morrow, CNN The bitcoin bulls are back. After getting pummeled by losses for the better part of last year, bitcoin and other…
Continue Reading Shane Co. will pay you $1,500 to go on 15 first dates
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Continue Reading Gen Z has a new ‘vintage’ technology to obsess over
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN First, it was disposable cameras. Then it was low-rise jeans. Now, Gen-Z’s latest “vintage” obsession is the…
Continue Reading Forget inflation, it’s all about earnings
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Continue Reading Americans are spending an extra $371 a month because of inflation
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Continue Reading Best Buy, Dunkin’ and Starbucks changed their rewards programs. Then came the backlash
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN If you want to earn rewards points at Best Buy, you’ll have to take out a Best Buy credit card to be able to redeem…
Continue Reading Covid broke supply chains. Now on the mend, can they withstand another shock?
By Alicia Wallace, CNN The pandemic dislodged the global supply chain, hurling once smoothly running businesses, industries and economies into a…
Continue Reading What’s open and closed on MLK Day 2023
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the birthday of civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who won the Nobel…
Continue Reading Global air traffic may return to pre-Covid levels in June, with China leading the way
By Michelle Toh, CNN Global air traffic will boom this year, returning to pre-pandemic levels in June, according to a new report. On Monday,…
Continue Reading One Chinese province spent $22 billion on eliminating Covid before policy U-turn
By Laura He, CNN A number of regional governments in China have revealed the enormous sums they’ve spent on fighting the pandemic, reinforcing…
Continue Reading The top 1% captured nearly twice as much new wealth as the rest of the world over last two years
By Tami Luhby, CNN The world’s wealthiest residents have been getting far richer, far faster than everyone else over the past two years. The…
Continue Reading SpaceX’s most powerful rocket returns to flight and nails synchronized landing
By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, the towering launch vehicle known for its boosters’ aerial acrobatics and…
Continue Reading Russia’s war in Ukraine sparked a historic food crisis. It’s not over
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Continue Reading Twitter’s laid-off workers cannot pursue claims via class-action lawsuit, judge says
Reuters Twitter has secured a ruling allowing the social media company to force several laid-off workers suing over their termination to pursue their…
Continue Reading How WWE’s Vince McMahon ruthlessly got his job back despite allegations of sexual assault and misuse of company funds
By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Professional wrestling is known for its outlandish, dramatic stories that have captivated generations. It’s an athletic…
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By Tara Subramaniam and Vedika Sud, CNN For years, residents in the northern Indian city of Joshimath have complained to local officials that their…
Continue Reading Surging egg prices mean record profits for largest US egg producer
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Continue Reading Egg shortage sends New Zealanders rushing to buy their own hens
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Continue Reading As U.S. unemployment improved, it worsened for Latinos and Black women
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Continue Reading Surging egg prices mean record profits for largest US egg producer
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN A spike in egg prices has squeezed customers. But even with rising costs of its own, the leading US egg supplier has…
Continue Reading Delta decided against using ‘fairly old’ backup system during FAA outage
By Gregory Wallace, CNN Delta Air Lines has a backup to the federal aviation safety system that failed this week, but the airline decided against…
Continue Reading Delta decided against using ‘fairly old’ backup system during FAA outage
By Gregory Wallace, CNN Delta Air Lines has a backup to the federal aviation safety system that failed this week, but the airline decided against…
Continue Reading Why Goldman Sachs isn’t too worried about a recession
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Continue Reading Bank earnings fail to impress investors as recession worries rise
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup and asset management giant BlackRock posted results that topped Wall…
Continue Reading Why consumer sentiment is at its highest level since April
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Continue Reading Exclusive: Rocket CEO says housing isn’t a buyer’s or a seller’s market. Now it’s even
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Covid-19 set off an epic housing boom that left first-time homebuyers feeling desperate amid relentless bidding wars and…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Rocket CEO says housing isn’t a buyer’s or a seller’s market. Now it’s even
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Covid-19 set off an epic housing boom that left first-time homebuyers feeling desperate amid relentless bidding wars and…
Continue Reading Mud, mold, and destruction: California businesses face catastrophic damage
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN At the end of a long wooden California pier that juts out above the Pacific ocean sits the Wharf House. It’s now almost…
Continue Reading Mud, mold, and destruction: California businesses face catastrophic damage
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN At the end of a long wooden California pier that juts out above the Pacific ocean sits the Wharf House. It’s now almost…
Continue Reading Pepsi is changing its Zero Sugar recipe
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Pepsi Zero Sugar will soon taste different. The sugar-free soda unveiled a new recipe that uses a “new…
Continue Reading Global interest rate hikes are ‘yet to bite,’ says IMF head
By Anna Cooban, CNN The world economy is still in a sticky spot, according to the head of the International Monetary Fund, despite cautious optimism…
Continue Reading ‘This is the last thing we need:’ Millions of businesses hammered by the pandemic need to start paying back Covid loans
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Continue Reading Aging, outdated technology leaves air travel at risk of meltdown
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Continue Reading Delta trims guidance on cost of pilots labor deal
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Continue Reading Bosch to invest $1 billion in EV parts factory in China
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Continue Reading Thailand welcomes back Chinese tourists with ‘arms wide open’ as key market returns
By Kocha Olarn and Michelle Toh, CNN For years, Thailand welcomed legions of Chinese tourists to its golden beaches, shopping districts and striking…
Continue Reading China’s exports plunge as global demand weakens, but trade with Russia hits record high
By Laura He, CNN China reported a record trade surplus for 2022, as its key export sector delivered robust growth for most of last year, providing…
Continue Reading Boeing 737 Max 8 takes off in China for the first time since 2019
By Pierre Meilhan, CNN A Boeing 737 Max 8 took off in China on Friday, for the first time since the government grounded all 737 Max 8 planes in 2019,…
Continue Reading Starbucks tells corporate employees to return to office 3 days a week
By Juliana Liu, CNN Corporate workers at Starbucks must return to the office at least three days a week by the end of January, interim CEO Howard…
Continue Reading NYC mayor cites slower economic growth spurred by high office vacancy, cost of migrant crisis and health care, in budget address
By Mark Morales, CNN New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled the state of the city’s economic outlook as part of a $102.7 billion budget…
Continue Reading Egg prices exploded 60% higher last year. These food prices surged too
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Continue Reading Tax filing season starts January 23, IRS says
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Continue Reading HBO Max raises prices for the first time
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business HBO Max, which debuted in May 2020, is getting its first-ever price hike. Effective immediately, the ad-free HBO Max…
Continue Reading US deficit widens by $85 billion in December
By Alicia Wallace, CNN The US government recorded a deficit of $85 billion in December, bringing the total deficit to nearly $1.42 trillion for the…
Continue Reading US deficit widens by $85 billion in December
By Alicia Wallace, CNN The US government recorded a deficit of $85 billion in December, bringing the total deficit to nearly $1.42 trillion for the…
Continue Reading Exxon accurately predicted global warming from 1970s — but continued to cast doubt on climate science, new report finds
By Laura Paddison, CNN ExxonMobil’s own scientists accurately predicted future global warming in reports dating back to the late 1970s and…
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Continue Reading Mortgage rates inched down last week, after a slight increase the week before
By Anna Bahney, CNN Mortgage rates inched down last week, after a slight increase the week before. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.33% in…
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Walmart will eliminate single-use paper and plastic carryout bags at the register from stores in New York, Connecticut…
Continue Reading Prices fell in December as inflation continues to moderate
By Alicia Wallace, CNN For the first time in nearly three years, inflation fell on a monthly basis. Consumer prices decreased by 0.1% in December,…
Continue Reading Mattel launches new Barbie doll for preschoolers
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Mattel is giving preschoolers a new age-appropriate Barbie doll that it says is better suited for their needs. The…
Continue Reading Auto sales are falling — but profits are surging. Welcome to the new normal
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN The US auto industry just posted its worst sales in more than a decade — but that’s not necessarily a bad sign for…
Continue Reading This company will make employees pay a hefty fine if they bother colleagues on vacation
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Getting urgent work emails from colleagues even during vacation? This is a common occurrence for many white-collar workers,…
Continue Reading Sam Bankman-Fried speaks out for the first time since his arrest
By Allison Morrow, CNN Sam Bankman-Fried, the former crypto star turned alleged white-collar criminal, has spoken out for the first time since his…
Continue Reading Wall Street Journal: Subway is exploring a sale
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Subway, one of the world’s most recognizable fast food brands, might be up for a sale, according to the Wall…
Continue Reading New York nurses strike ends after tentative deal reached with hospitals
By Chris Boyette and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN A nurses strike at two private New York City hospital systems has come to an end after 7,000 nurses…
Continue Reading Hong Kong businesses cheer China reopening, but warn there’s a long way to go
By Michelle Toh, Sandi Sidhu and Marc Stewart, CNN Kiki Yang brought an empty green suitcase from Shenzhen to Hong Kong this week to load up on new…
Continue Reading China posts one of its worst economic performances in decades because of Covid
By Laura He, CNN China’s economy expanded by just 3% in 2022, far below the government’s own target, marking one of the worst…
Continue Reading China’s local governments set 2023 growth targets, offering clues on economic recovery
By Laura He, CNN A number of key provinces and cities in China have announced their growth targets for this year, most of them above 5%, offering the…
Continue Reading Don’t involuntarily reassign our licensed practical nurses to replace striking nurses, union warns NYC hospital
By Tami Luhby and Celina Tebor, CNN The law firm for a union representing licensed practical nurses (LPNs) in New York City sent a cease-and-desist…
Continue Reading Disney names Nike executive Mark Parker as new chairman
By David Goldman, CNN The Walt Disney Company has named Nike executive chairman Mark Parker as its new board chair, replacing longtime director Susan…
Continue Reading BlackRock is cutting 500 jobs as Wall Street layoffs continue
By Matt Egan, CNN BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is cutting about 500 jobs following a period of rapid hiring. A spokesperson…
Continue Reading CNN announces revamped daytime lineup with new show format
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business CNN on Wednesday announced a revamped dayside programming lineup that the network said will employ a new format for…
Continue Reading We’re not taking away your gas stove, regulator tells CNN
By Matt Egan The federal government isn’t going to take away your gas stove, a top consumer regulator told CNN on Wednesday. Richard Trumka Jr,…
Continue Reading NBC News president Noah Oppenheim exits, replaced by new head of editorial and two others in network shakeup
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business NBC News president Noah Oppenheim will exit the network as part of a restructuring announced Wednesday that will…
Continue Reading We’re not taking away your gas stove, regulator tells CNN
By Matt Egan The federal government isn’t going to take away your gas stove, a top consumer regulator told CNN on Wednesday. Richard Trumka Jr,…
Continue Reading Gold is surging as investors bet on slower Fed rate hikes
By Anna Cooban, CNN Gold is shining once again, as investors bet that cooling inflation in the United States will slow the pace of Fed rate hikes and…
Continue Reading Netflix stock soars on the dollar’s slide
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Continue Reading Egg prices ‘expected to soar’ in Japan after record cull of 10 million birds
By Junko Ogura and Michelle Toh, CNN Japan has culled just under 10 million birds as it confronts a massive outbreak of avian flu, which is…
Continue Reading Investors are underestimating inflation again
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Continue Reading FTX lawyers say they have recovered $5 billion in assets
By Allison Morrow, CNN FTX officials overseeing its bankruptcy have recovered more than $5 billion in cash and other liquid assets that may be used…
Continue Reading Global experts worry simultaneous crises could become the new norm
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business executives, politicians and academics are bracing for a gloomy world battered by intersecting crises, as rising…
Continue Reading Netflix will stream a live awards show for the first time
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Netflix will air a live awards show for the first time, marking the streamer’s latest expansion into live…
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