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Continue Reading Tesla earnings rebound but will miss 50% growth target
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Continue Reading New IRS rules mean your paycheck could be bigger next year
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Continue Reading ‘Serious concerns’: These senators are pushing back on the $25 billion Kroger-Albertsons merger
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business The proposed $25 billion Kroger-Albertsons grocery giant merger is already running into significant opposition…
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Waymo, the robotaxi provider of Google’s parent company Alphabet, said Wednesday that it will expand its…
Continue Reading America’s emergency oil stockpile is at a 38-year low but it’s still got firepower left
By Matt Egan and Phil Mattingly, CNN Presidents don’t have magic wands to make inflation disappear. But they do have a powerful tool that can…
Continue Reading UK inflation back at 40-year high as food prices soar
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Rising food and energy costs drove UK inflation back to a 40-year high in September, but it could be nearing a peak as…
Continue Reading October surprise? Stocks continue to sizzle this month
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Continue Reading New home building retreated in September as rising mortgage rates scare off buyers
By Anna Bahney, CNN Home building pulled back in September, as buyers faced spiking mortgage rates that have made homes increasingly unaffordable.…
Continue Reading Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels to rise by less than 1% this year as renewables and EVs take off
By Angela Dewan, CNN Finally, some good news in the battle against greenhouse gasses: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the burning of fossil fuels…
Continue Reading It’s been 35 years since the epic Black Monday crash. What have investors learned?
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business October 19, 1987. A brief but violent stock market crash. Can it happen again? Probably not. The Dow plummeted…
Continue Reading Facing brain drain, Hong Kong plans $3.8 billion ‘trawl’ for global talent
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Continue Reading How the Gandhis went from ‘Kennedys of India’ to the political wilderness
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Continue Reading Netflix is back to growing after a nightmare year of losing subscribers
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Continue Reading Girl Scouts of the USA receive largest ever donation from single donor
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Continue Reading NFL adds first-ever Black Friday game exclusively for Amazon
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Continue Reading The strong dollar has an unexpected victim
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Continue Reading Rolls-Royce’s first electric car has two doors and is longer than a Cadillac Escalade
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Continue Reading Pizza Hut is finally selling slices — with a twist
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Continue Reading Why women in leadership roles are more likely than ever to quit
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Continue Reading Florida farmers and ranchers could see up to $1.5 billion in Hurricane Ian-related losses
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Continue Reading Trains canceled and schools affected as nationwide strikes hit France
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Continue Reading Stocks surge again as Corporate America’s earnings impress
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business So much for Shocktober. Wall Street’s often scary month for stocks has suddenly turned into Rocktober. The…
Continue Reading Rolls-Royce’s first electric car has two doors and is longer than a Cadillac Escalade
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Rolls-Royce will start production of its first electric car next year. It has only two doors but is longer than…
Continue Reading Almost two-thirds of economists think the economy is in or near a recession
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Almost two-thirds of corporate economists believe the United States is already in a recession or will be within the…
Continue Reading Goldman Sachs overhauls banking and trading units
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Continue Reading GM just took a stake in a startup that makes imitation leather out of mushrooms
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business General Motors’ venture capital arm has invested in a California startup that’s making imitation…
Continue Reading First on CNN: Next spring the economy will sink into a 1990-style mild recession, Fitch says
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Continue Reading China delays the release of GDP and other economic data without explanation amid Party Congress
By Laura He and CNN’s Beijing Bureau, CNN Business China has abruptly delayed the publication of key economic data, one day before its…
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By Laura He and CNN’s Beijing Bureau, CNN Business China has abruptly delayed the publication of key economic data, one day before its…
Continue Reading UK Prime Minister Liz Truss apologizes for mini-budget ‘mistakes’
By Jorge Engels, Luke McGee and Jessie Yeung, CNN British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Monday apologized for her controversial mini-budget that…
Continue Reading Mercedes CEO says Europe’s gas crisis will accelerate its shift to renewables
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Continue Reading EU produces record wind and solar energy as it shirks Russian gas
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Continue Reading Whistleblower claims Donald Trump retaliated against a director who refused to give shares to Melania
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Continue Reading Tesla Autopilot’s safety questioned after latest fatal motorcycle crash
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Continue Reading What this mega supermarket merger could mean for your grocery bills
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Continue Reading French government in crisis talks as fuel shortages worsen
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Continue Reading Walmart is now selling over-the-counter hearing aids after FDA rule change
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Walmart announced Monday that its customers can for the first time buy over-the-counter hearing aids without a…
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Continue Reading US bank earnings revealed ominous clues about the future of the housing market
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The largest US banks reported relatively solid third-quarter earnings on Friday. But within those reports, investors…
Continue Reading New UK finance minister rips up Truss’ economic plan in stunning policy reversal
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Britain’s new finance minister announced a comprehensive retreat on the UK government’s tax-and-spending…
Continue Reading Xi Jinping’s speech: yes to zero-Covid, no to market reforms?
By Laura He, CNN Business Even though China’s economy is beset by problems ranging from a real estate crisis to youth unemployment, Xi Jinping…
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By Laura He, CNN Business Even though China’s economy is beset by problems ranging from a real estate crisis to youth unemployment, Xi Jinping…
Continue Reading Tesla investors try to look past Elon Musk’s many, many distractions
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Elon Musk now wants to buy Twitter after all. While that’s good news for Twitter’s long-suffering…
Continue Reading Busch debuts non-alcoholic ‘Turkey Brew’ for dogs
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Crack open a cold one this Thanksgiving — for your dog. Just in time for the winter holidays, Busch Beer has debuted a…
Continue Reading ‘SNL’ takes on the January 6 Committee and Trump
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Saturday Night Live” opened this week’s episode taking on one of the most notable moments in news…
Continue Reading ‘SNL’ takes on the January 6 Committee and Trump
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Saturday Night Live” opened this week’s episode taking on one of the most notable moments in news…
Continue Reading Elon Musk reverses course, says SpaceX will keep funding Ukraine Starlink service for free
By Samantha Beech, Alex Marquardt and Jackie Wattles, CNN US billionaire Elon Musk tweeted on Saturday that SpaceX will continue funding Starlink…
Continue Reading Teenage girl fights for her life in India after alleged rapist’s fire attack
By Rhea Mogul, Devendra Singh Chauhan and Vedika Sud, CNN Fears are growing for the survival of a 15-year-old girl who was allegedly set on fire by a…
Continue Reading Astronauts returning home from space station splash down off Florida coast
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Four astronauts boarded a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and returned home from the International Space Station on Friday,…
Continue Reading Trevor Milton, founder of Nikola, found guilty of fraud
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business and Reuters Nikola founder Trevor Milton was convicted Friday by a U.S. jury of fraud in a case alleging he lied to…
Continue Reading World’s largest academic endowment lost money for the first time since 2016
By Kate Trafecante Harvard University’s endowment lost $2.3 billion in fiscal 2022, blaming the loss on both the global market downturn as well…
Continue Reading Top Fed official says he broke central bank trading rules
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said Friday he had inadvertently broken the central…
Continue Reading World’s largest academic endowment lost money for the first time since 2016
By Kate Trafecante Harvard University’s endowment lost $2.3 billion in fiscal 2022, blaming the loss on both the global market downturn as well…
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business It’s a scary time in Hollywood. The streaming revolution has transformed the entertainment industry and studios…
Continue Reading Liz Truss ditches another big tax cut and fires her finance minister
By Julia Horowitz, Luke McGee and Mark Thompson, CNN Business UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has fired finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng and ditched a big…
Continue Reading Beyond Meat executive who allegedly bit a man’s nose will leave the company
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Beyond Meat Chief Operating Officer Doug Ramsey is leaving the company after his recent arrest for assault. Ramsey…
Continue Reading A ‘tectonic shift’ in global wealth that will take years to recover from
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Markets plunged on Thursday morning after red-hot inflation data raised fears on Wall Street that the Federal…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Four astronauts boarded a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and returned home from the International Space Station on Friday,…
Continue Reading US home sales fall for 8th month in a row in September, the longest slump since 2007
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home sales in the US declined for the eighth month in a row in September as surging mortgage rates and high prices…
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn and Jordan Valinsky, CNN Kroger announced Friday that it plans to buy Albertsons in a nearly $25 billion deal that could…
Continue Reading Royal Mail warns of 6,000 job cuts as postal workers step up strikes
By Anna Cooban and Mark Thompson, CNN Business UK postal service Royal Mail said Friday that it could cut 6,000 jobs as it warned of a big loss this…
Continue Reading Liz Truss ditches another big tax cut and fires her finance minister
By Julia Horowitz, Luke McGee and Mark Thompson, CNN Business UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has fired finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng and ditched a big…
Continue Reading India halts production of cough syrups suspected of links to child deaths
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Continue Reading Behind the bombshells: How the LA Times used secret recordings to expose racism at the highest levels of city government
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Continue Reading Behind the bombshells: How the LA Times used secret recordings to expose racism at the highest levels of city government
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Last Thursday, at precisely 5:29pm Pacific Time, a mysterious Twitter account with the handle @LAunionLaundry posted…
Continue Reading How much will Sandy Hook parents actually get from Alex Jones?
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Alex Jones owes $965 million to eight family members of Sandy Hook shooting victims and a first responder. But it is…
Continue Reading Mortgage rates hit 20-year high
By Anna Bahney, CNN After taking a breather last week, mortgage rates rose again — moving even closer to 7%. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage…
Continue Reading Food prices are still surging — here’s what’s getting more expensive
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Prices at the grocery store continued to soar last month, adding even more pressure to shoppers’ wallets.…
Continue Reading Alex Jones’ conspiracy empire hangs in the balance after jury’s nearly $1 billion award to Sandy Hook families
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Judgment Day arrived on Wednesday for Alex Jones — and he said that it felt like he landed in Hell. “This must…
Continue Reading Alex Jones’ conspiracy empire hangs in the balance after jury’s nearly $1 billion award to Sandy Hook families
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Judgment Day arrived on Wednesday for Alex Jones — and he said that it felt like he landed in Hell. “This must…
Continue Reading OPEC could tip the world economy into recession, warns IEA
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Western governments are furious after OPEC+ decided last week to slash oil production by the largest amount since the…
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business If market swings tell us anything, it’s that investors are rattled by economic uncertainty. The outlook…
Continue Reading Surging prices show the Fed must continue its tough battle against inflation
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business A key inflation report showed consumer prices came in hotter than expected in September, punishing Americans and…
Continue Reading Americans have largely avoided health care inflation so far — but that’s about to change
By Tami Luhby, CNN Although Americans have been paying a lot more at the pump and the supermarket this year, they have largely been spared from price…
Continue Reading High levels of toxic chemical found in sports bras, watchdog warns
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business New testing on a variety of popular branded sports bras and athletic wear has revealed high levels of BPA, a…
Continue Reading How much will Sandy Hook parents actually get from Alex Jones?
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Alex Jones owes $965 million to eight family members of Sandy Hook shooting victims and a first responder. But it is…
Continue Reading Last chance to lock in a nearly 10% return on your savings
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Inflation is soaring, markets are down and savings rates are still very low. But there’s one investment that…
Continue Reading More than 100,000 UK postal workers begin holiday season strikes
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Postal workers in the United Kingdom are walking out during the busiest period of the year to demand higher pay as…
Continue Reading Opinion: It’s time for employers to stop caring so much about college degrees
Opinion by Ryan Roslansky and Byron Auguste for CNN Business Perspectives The urgent business case for finding new ways of hiring has never been…
Continue Reading Weather forces delay for NASA astronauts returning from space station on SpaceX capsule
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Four astronauts are scheduled to return home from the International Space Station this week, capping off a nearly six-month…
Continue Reading OPEC could tip the world economy into recession, warns IEA
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Western governments are furious after OPEC+ decided last week to slash oil production by the largest amount since the…
Continue Reading Jury decides conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay nearly $1 billion in damages to Sandy Hook families for his lies about the school massacre
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Far-right talk show host Alex Jones should pay eight families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims and one…
Continue Reading The 2024 Chevy Trax is GM’s new take on its cheapest SUV
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business General Motors unveiled a new, slightly bigger redesigned version of its cheapest entry-level SUV, the Trax. The…
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Continue Reading Jury decides conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay nearly $1 billion in damages to Sandy Hook families for his lies about the school massacre
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Far-right talk show host Alex Jones should pay eight families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims and one…
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