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By Anna Stewart, CNN Business CEO Herbert Diess wants electric cars to make up half of the Volkswagen Group’s sales in 2030, and 100% of its…

By Helen Regan and Angela Dewan, CNN Business The Australian government said Monday that the country would keep producing and exporting coal…

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The biggest victory for US unions since Labor Day last year wasn’t at the negotiating table, on the picket line…

By Michelle Toh, Sasha Chua and Chandler Thornton, CNN Business The media company behind the now-shuttered Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily is shutting…

By Rhea Mogul and Swati Gupta, CNN Marking the return of a months-long movement that has posed a unique challenge to Indian Prime Minister Narendra…

By Ben Westcott, CNN Business Tensions between China and Australia have taken a $4 billion toll on the important trading partnership, but Canberra…

By Rhea Mogul and Swati Gupta, CNN Hana Mohsin Khan says she knows why she was targeted on a website that appeared to offer her for sale.…

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business New York University researchers discovered scathing new data on the spread of misinformation on Facebook, despite the…

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Mercedes gave details on a number of new electric cars ahead of next week’s Munich transportation show.…

By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business The Labor Day holiday bookmarks the end of summer and the beginning of fall, but above all, it celebrates working…

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Plenty of ink was spilled earlier this year when investors, hobbyists and art enthusiasts started frantically buying…

By Matt McFarland, CNN Business GoDaddy took down a website that allowed people to post tips about possible Texas abortions, in the latest example of…

By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business Kraft Heinz and two of its former high-ranking executives settled charges with the Securities Exchange Commission,…

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The August jobs report was a massive disappointment, with Corporate America hiring far fewer people than expected.…

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Here’s another sign that workers are able to command more pay in this Covid-driven economy: Walmart, one of…

By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business America’s jobs recovery hit a major roadblock in August as the Delta variant threatened the labor market…

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business General Motors will shut production at most of its North American plants for a week or two starting next week as the…

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business All eyes are on the US jobs report for August, due Friday, as the Federal Reserve weighs when to start pulling back…

By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…

By Chauncey Alcorn Everett Benyard thought he was finally in a strong enough financial position to purchase his first home earlier this year.…

By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Biden administration is releasing 1.5 million barrels of crude oil from America’s emergency stockpile of oil as…

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Call it love in the time of Covid. Those TV commercials for Jared and Kay — as in “every kiss begins with…

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The Audi Grandsphere, revealed Wednesday, is the German automaker’s idea of what self-driving luxury car…

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Online pet supply retailer Chewy got a huge boost during the pandemic as more consumers shopped on their phones…

Opinion by Gad Levanon for CNN Business Perspectives The sharp decline in Covid cases during the first half of 2021 raised expectations that the…

By Jessie Yeung and Meenketan Jha, CNN The air pollution in India is so bad that it could be reducing the life expectancy of hundreds of millions of…

By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…

By Kerry Flynn, CNN Business Joe Rogan, one of the world’s highest paid and most influential podcast hosts, announced Wednesday he has tested…

By Lauren del Valle, CNN Business A federal bankruptcy judge ruled that Purdue Pharma, the maker of the addictive painkiller OxyContin, will be…

By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Every week we read a new story about a conservative media figure who downplayed Covid-19 or mocked the vaccines and…

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The power is off for nearly a million customers in Louisiana after a Category 4 storm slammed into the region. But…

Opinion by Ann M. Ravel and Kristin Urquiza for CNN Business Perspectives In May 2020, months before a Covid-19 vaccine was available and just before…

By Matt Egan, CNN Business Widespread and growing gas station outages are being reported in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, adding to the misery facing…

By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Julie Pace, the political reporter turned Washington bureau chief at The Associated Press, is the news agency’s…

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Business UK media regulator Ofcom has cleared TV host Piers Morgan of breaching British broadcasting rules with his criticism of…

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business There are a number of reasons for global investors to be keeping close watch on China, from signs its economy is…

By Laura He, CNN Business Heavyweight global investment firms are sticking with China despite a sweeping crackdown on business by the ruling…

By Matt Egan, CNN Business A large chunk of gas stations in Louisiana cities don’t have fuel in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, according to…

By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business Pearl Milling Company unveiled a new ad campaign this week to remind pancake and syrup lovers that although the…

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Investors may still be nervous about the Delta variant and Afghanistan. But Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell…

By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business Advocates for increasing Asian American and Pacific Islander representation in film and television are doing…

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Digital payments are booming in India — and Prosus, the tech investment firm, wants a bigger piece of the action.…

By Matt Egan, CNN Business Progressive Democrats, including New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are calling on President Joe Biden to give the…

By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business India’s economy grew at a record pace in the second quarter, even as the country grappled with a devastating…

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Zoom Video Communications was one of the clear winners of the pandemic economy. But as more people return to the…

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business From coffee to candy to macaroni and cheese, it’s possible to think that pumpkin spice has peaked. Not so…

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business As the economic recovery from Covid-19 has progressed this year, investors have had plenty of opportunities to place…

By Jill Disis, CNN Business China’s economy stalled this month as the country tried to stamp out a surge in coronavirus cases and contended…

By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Astra — a startup that’s developing small, cheap rockets to deliver batches of satellites to space —…

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Another Tesla has hit an emergency vehicle, apparently while using the Autopilot driver-assist feature, adding to a…

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business We now know when Jon Stewart is heading back to the airwaves. Well, the streaming airwaves, that is. “The…

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Shares of Affirm Holdings, the recently public fintech firm, soared more than 40% Monday morning following news…

By Matt Egan If Congress doesn’t implement a new eviction ban, three-quarters of a million American households could be evicted later this…

By Richard Quest, CNN Global aviation is still struggling to recover from the pandemic, as the Delta variant forces governments around the world to…

By Esha Mitra, Manveena Suri, Vedika Sud and Rishabh Pratap, CNN Four men, including a Hindu priest, have been charged with the rape and murder of a…

By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…

By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Earlier this month, Beheshta Arghand made history in Afghanistan. Arghand, a female anchor at TOLO, an Afghan news…

By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans Sunday after cutting through the Gulf of Mexico, causing massive disruptions to US…

Peloton, the maker of exercise treadmills that have been recalled due to injuries, is the subject of an investigation by the Securities and Exchange…

By Allison Morrow, CNN Business It’s official: The Federal Reserve is winding down its aggressive pandemic-era stimulus measures, a process…

Opinion by Bill Carter for CNN Business Perspectives A substantial slice of the nation’s attention has been diverted (riveted, really) to the…

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business A self-driving Toyota vehicle was barely moving, but it still managed to collide with a visually-impaired athlete at the…

By Anna Bahney, CNN Business The federal eviction ban, which protected millions of struggling renters while frustrating landlords across the country,…

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business When Cowbell, a comfort food restaurant in New Orleans, started requiring proof of vaccination for indoor…

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Tesla wants to do more than sell you an electric car. It wants to start selling electricity itself — at least to…

By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Rivian, an electric vehicle startup backed by Amazon and Ford, said Friday that it has filed confidential paperwork…

By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Taliban’s rule of Afghanistan faces an imminent threat: The war-torn nation’s banking system is on the…

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Who says you can’t go home again? Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is rejoining Manchester United,…