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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business After a half-century of waiting, Wally Funk — who trained for NASA’s Mercury program but was denied the…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business After a half-century of waiting, Wally Funk — who trained for NASA’s Mercury program but was denied the…
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder and world’s wealthiest man, said Tuesday after flying to the edge of space that he…
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Robinhood is planning to make its big debut as a public company next week. The trading app is expected to start trading on…
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Taco Bell is warning that some of customers’ favorite items might not be available. The chain apologized on…
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Securities and Exchange Commission still hasn’t approved a single bitcoin exchange-traded fund even…
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Average folks may not be able to saunter into space like Jeff Bezos just yet. But the frenzy around exploring the…
Continue ReadingAmazon founder Jeff Bezos launched into space aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft he…
Continue ReadingOpioid overdose deaths rose 30% last year, making 2020 the year with the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in the US, according to the…
Continue ReadingBy Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN Business Three opioid distributors have settled a lawsuit with New York state to the tune of over $1 billion, according…
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Stocks rallied Tuesday, rebounding from a miserable trading session at the start of the week when the Dow logged its…
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN Business The travel and tourism sector is still struggling to get back on its feet more than a year into the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingBen & Jerry’s will no longer sell ice cream in occupied Palestinian territories, saying it’s inconsistent with the values of the socially conscious…
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Bitcoin fell below $30,000 again as investors worldwide fret about the Delta variant and what it means for the next…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business One of President Joe Biden’s priorities is a historic overhaul of global tax rules. The world’s most…
Continue ReadingCNN’s Rachel Crane speaks with Jeff Bezos and his crew about flights to space being “joyrides for the wealthy” a day before they take flight to the…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN Business The coronavirus pandemic appears to have given an unexpected boost to a small — but influential — cohort of…
Continue ReadingBen & Jerry’s CEO Matthew McCarthy says corporate America has a responsibility to fix racist…
Continue ReadingFormer Fox News correspondent Carl Cameron discusses Tucker Carlson spreading disinformation about the Covid-19…
Continue ReadingTime Magazine’s Charlotte Alter got a rare on-the-record interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson and shares what she learned about why he is so…
Continue ReadingBy Kerry Flynn, CNN Business Britt McHenry’s sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News and one of the network’s on-air personalities,…
Continue ReadingJournalists from 17 news outlets are working together to expose evidence of spyware that specifically targets journalists, activists and politicians,…
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business Ben & Jerry’s will no longer sell ice cream in occupied Palestinian territories, saying it’s…
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Prince Harry, one of the most talked-about figures in the world, is publishing a memoir next year that he calls…
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business President Joe Biden is cracking down on monopolies. And that has some on Wall Street worried. Goldman Sachs is warning…
Continue ReadingIn the wake of the Biden administration accusing social media platforms of killing people for allowing the spread of disinformation and…
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Tucker Carlson has called the idea of vaccine passports the medical equivalent of “Jim Crow” laws. And…
Continue ReadingBy: Moira Ritter, CNN Business Leon Black, co-founder and former CEO of Apollo Global Management, responded Monday to a lawsuit accusing him of…
Continue ReadingWages are going up as companies struggle to fill open jobs. Nela Richardson, Chief Economist at ADP Research Institute, explains why these increases…
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The pandemic sparked recession ended in April 2020 after just two months, according to the National Bureau of Economic…
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business LeBron James took his talents to the movies this weekend and came away with a hit. “Space Jam: A New…
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady and Lauren Gunn, CNN Business The UK government’s decision to lift almost all remaining coronavirus restrictions in England on…
Continue ReadingBy Moira Ritter, CNN Business You might’ve heard that everything is getting more expensive. Well, that’s mostly true. It wasn’t…
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The Department of Justice on Monday formally adopted policies sharply restricting the instances in which prosecutors…
Continue ReadingBrian Levitt, Global Market Strategist at Invesco, says the market is “recalibrating for a weaker economic…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN Business CNN is hiring hundreds of people and developing dozens of programs for a subscription streaming service that will…
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Investors are getting spooked by the rising numbers of Covid-19 cases as the Delta variant spreads across the…
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Robinhood could soon be worth $35 billion. The booming yet controversial trading app said Monday it plans to raise up to…
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady and Mark Thompson, CNN Business Despite surging cases of the Delta variant of Covid-19 around the world, investors have largely been…
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business A security company that uses artificial intelligence and advanced sensors technology to screen for threats at…
Continue ReadingADP Chief Economist Nela Richardson on the swings in the labor market and the hiring outlook for fall. Plus, Figs Co-CEO and Co-Founder Trina Spear…
Continue ReadingBy Chie Kobayashi, Gawon Bae, Chandler Thornton and Michelle Toh, CNN Business Toyota will have a subdued role at the Olympics in Japan this year,…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…
Continue ReadingBrian Stelter says news outlets need to “explain the links” between vaccine misinformation, the “Big Lie” about the election, and other…
Continue ReadingBy Kay Jones, Chuck Johnston and Tina Burnside, CNN Business A federal court has temporarily blocked a lower court’s ruling and will allow the…
Continue ReadingAfter President Biden said social media platforms like Facebook are “killing people” by spreading anti-vaccination falsehoods, CNN’s Brian Stelter…
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business As Covid-19 vaccine-related misinformation continues to spread on Facebook, one of the platform’s former…
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Benveniste OPEC+ agreed to increase oil production Sunday, as demand roars back and prices surge, ending a dispute between the United Arab…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Who are the real winners from the record high car prices? Not the automakers. Despite sky high prices and surging…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business After a blockbuster 2020, Netflix’s stock is having a rough year. What’s happening: Shares soared 67%…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Trent, CNN Alexa is getting a much bigger personality. Amazon announced this week that the voices of Melissa McCarthy and Shaquille…
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Dow and S&P 500 are both up about 15% in 2021 and are each about a percent away from their all-time…
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Consumers were spending like mad last month, but investors don’t seem too impressed. Stocks ended Friday in…
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Banks have been on a shopping spree for the past year — and that’s raising some alarm bells in Washington.…
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Moderna, the biotech that became a household name with its Covid-19 vaccine, is getting the ultimate Wall Street…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business As the stock market soars to new heights, companies have been racing to issue shares, leveraging the enthusiasm to…
Continue ReadingBy Charles Riley, CNN Business Danish Siddiqui, a Reuters photographer who won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing the violence faced by Rohingya refugees,…
Continue ReadingBy Jill Disis, CNN Business The US government is preparing to warn American companies about the risks of doing business in Hong Kong. US President…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…
Continue ReadingFormer Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly said in a podcast “the media represented [January 6] as so much worse than it actually was.” CNN Editor-at-large…
Continue ReadingBy Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business A former Sony Electronics employee is suing the company and several individuals, accusing her former boss of…
Continue ReadingJeff Bezos has announced that he and his brother will be on board his company Blue Origin’s first crewed mission to space. The capsule known as New…
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN Business Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your…
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business Oatly’s stock fell more than 9% before recovering slightly Thursday after a hedge fund accused the company…
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business It was never the fanciest meal and wasn’t always the tastiest. But in the before times, lunch at the…
Continue ReadingJohnson & Johnson is issuing a voluntary recall for five Neutrogena and Aveeno sunscreen lines in the United States after it said it discovered low…
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Netflix is the king of streaming with more than 200 million subscribers. But now it appears the platform has set its…
Continue ReadingBy Alison Kosik, CNN The Smithsonian said Thursday that Jeff Bezos will donate $200 million to the museum, the largest gift the institution has…
Continue ReadingThe hit novel, video game and Netflix series celebrates its inaugural fan convention. Rick Damigella…
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Nearly 20 years ago, a batch of hand-canned beers started a seismic shift in the craft beer industry. Now the man…
Continue ReadingBy Mick Krever and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Dutch crime journalist Peter R. de Vries has died just over a week after being shot in the head in…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business It’s difficult for American companies to operate in China. But the latest data on the country’s economy…
Continue ReadingBy Charles Riley, CNN Business There’s a new super-unicorn in the United Kingdom. Revolut has been valued at $33 billion in a new fundraising…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Mastercard has been ordered to stop taking new customers in India, as authorities there say it violated the…
Continue ReadingChina’s economy is still growing but the pace of its recovery slowed in the second quarter of 2021 as the country dealt with surging commodity prices…
Continue ReadingBy Rob McLean, CNN Business Johnson & Johnson is issuing a voluntary recall for five Neutrogena and Aveeno sunscreen lines in the United States…
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business China’s economy is still growing, but the pace of its recovery slowed in the second quarter as the country contended…
Continue ReadingFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before Congress and explains that inflation will remain elevated for the next six months. CNN’s Clare…
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN Business Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your…
Continue ReadingBy Rob McLean, CNN Business The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is recommending owners of certain Chevy Bolt EVs park their cars…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business The US airlines reported yet another round of quarterly losses. It could very well be their last, as vaccine rates…
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Here’s one example of how pretty much everything is getting more expensive: A toy that used to cost $25 is now…
Continue ReadingBy Moira Ritter, CNN Business The difference between CEO and median employee pay grew in 2020 despite the Covid pandemic and ongoing relief efforts.…
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business America’s finance chiefs don’t think inflation will go away overnight. Chief financial officers, on average,…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The European Central Bank is moving ahead with efforts to create a digital version of the euro as the use of cash…
Continue ReadingBy Charles Riley, CNN Business The European Union has announced plans to end the sale of polluting vehicles by 2035, an ambitious goal that would put…
Continue ReadingBy Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business Restaurant owners can add the rising cost of food to their growing list of challenges. Inflation is on the rise…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business US wholesale prices posted the biggest 12-month increase on record. That’s the bad news. But the US economy…
Continue ReadingFitch Ratings said that governance is a “weakness” for the United States, specifically citing the January 6 insurrection and ongoing efforts to curb…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business US prices continue to march higher, triggering concerns among economists, policymakers and business leaders about the…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…
Continue ReadingIn Pennsylvania, President Joe Biden spoke about voting restrictions pushed by Republican lawmakers as Biden urges Congress to pass federal voting…
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN Business Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your…
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Streaming vs. movie theaters: It’s a conflict that has dominated the Hollywood narrative over the last few…
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Fitch Ratings warned on Tuesday that the United States could lose its perfect credit rating due in part to the ongoing…
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business After the wild success of its chicken sandwich, Popeyes is adding more poultry to its menu with the launch…
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business If you’re a big fan of Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, you may want to brace yourself: The recipe for your…
Continue ReadingBy Moira Ritter, CNN Business There’s no escaping it: Prices are rising across the board, including all the essentials — food, clothing…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Prices keep rising in the United States, putting a squeeze on American consumers’ wallets. That trend got worse…
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Goldman Sachs, once known as the Vampire Squid of Wall Street, may have gotten a friendlier makeover under CEO…
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