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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Saturday Night Live” kicked off this week’s episode with Heidi Gardner leading a PBS NewsHour…
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business America’s largest oil company ExxonMobil set a profit record for the second-straight quarter as oil and gas…
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The US economy grew by a 2.6% adjusted annual rate in the third-quarter, bouncing back from two negative quarters…
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The New York Post said that a series of vulgar and racist tweets and headlines published Thursday morning were the…
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By Matt Egan Democrat John Fetterman scolded the oil industry on Thursday for reaping massive profits and argued companies are rewarding shareholders…
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates rose again this week, topping 7% for the first time since 2002. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged…
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By Amanda Musa and Jennifer Henderson, CNN The Miss Universe Organization has suspended Miss USA President Crystle Stewart and her company, Miss…
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Denis Wang says he always hated the car-buying process — until he met Rivian. Buying the automaker’s R1T…
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By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business The European Central Bank hiked interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point on Thursday, promising further…
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Peloton has “indefinitely paused” playing Kanye West’s music from its streaming workout classes.…
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