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By Diksha Madhok, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Tesla may be close to unlocking a massive new market. CEO Elon Musk is due to arrive in India next week for a visit that is expected to include a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and confirmation that Tesla plans to build a factory in the

By Chris Isidore and Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla has been ordered to recall nearly 4,000 of its Cybertrucks due to an accelerator pedal that can stick in place when pressed down. The cause, according to the regulator: soap. “An unapproved change introduced lubricant (soap) to aid in the component assembly of

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Renee Berry has been working at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee since 2010, shortly after it opened, long enough to see the majority of her co-workers twice vote against joining the United Auto Workers union. She thinks the third vote taking place this week will be

By Juliana Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Apple has removed WhatAapp and Threads from its app store in China, following an order from the country’s internet watchdog which cited national security concerns. “We are obligated to follow the laws in the countries where we operate, even when we disagree,” an Apple spokesperson told CNN

By Laura He and Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Hong Kong/London (CNN) — Oil prices jumped overnight after explosions were reported near the Iranian city of Isfahan, but those gains dissipated Friday as officials sought to play down the latest escalation in Middle East tensions. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was down 0.4% at $86.8 per barrel,

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Hyundai said on Thursday it paused advertising on X, formerly known as Twitter, a day after an ad from the automaker reportedly appeared adjacent to an antisemitic and pro-Hitler post on the social media site. On Wednesday, user Nancy Levine Stearns posted screenshots of a paid Hyundai

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — TikTok is again facing an imminent threat from Congress. On Wednesday, House Republicans added a hot-button bill that could lead to a nationwide TikTok ban to a wide-ranging foreign aid package intended to help Israel and Ukraine. House Speaker Mike Johnson aims to hold a vote on the aid

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — A federal agency accused a popular gas station chain of discriminating against Black, Native American and multiracial applicants in its hiring practices. The Sheetz criminal screening process disproportionately screened out applicants from those legally protected groups, the lawsuit announced by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Taylor Swift is continuing her lucrative legacy with the release of her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” Swift commands a fiercely dedicated fan base — one that helps her break streaming records, crashes websites, and sells out major stadiums across the world. Her latest album –

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Online furniture and home furnishings seller Wayfair is set to open its first-ever namesake store next month, the company announced Thursday. The large-format store, clocking in at 150,000 square feet and located in Edens Plaza in Wilmette, Illinois, will open to shoppers on May 23. It will also

By Michael Nam, CNN New York (CNN) — A male columnist has apologized for a cringeworthy moment during former University of Iowa superstar and college basketball’s highest scorer Caitlin Clark’s first news conference as an Indiana Fever player. The Wednesday exchange went viral on social media, and critics said it underscored the difficulties many female

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Here’s one advertiser that social media platform X doesn’t have to worry about losing because it’s turned off by Elon Musk’s comments: Tesla. The car company that famously shuns spending money on advertising spent $200,000 advertising on X through February of this year, it disclosed in an

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — The judge in former President Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial in Manhattan scolded the press on Thursday for reporting information that could potentially identify jurors assembled for the high-profile case. New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the trial, told news outlets to watch how they report on the jurors

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Mortgage rates soared this week, breaching the key 7% threshold and extending America’s housing affordability crisis. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.10% in the week ending April 18, up from 6.88% the previous week, according to Freddie Mac data released Thursday. A year ago, the average 30-year fixed-rate

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Apple is planning to buy more components from Vietnam, underscoring a trend among global tech firms to look beyond China to secure their supply chains, cut costs and open up new markets. CEO Tim Cook made the pledge in a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — The next time you order an iced coffee from Starbucks, it might not look that different — but there’s been a major change. The chain announced Thursday that the plastic cups for all sizes of its cold drinks have undergone an environmentally friendly redesign that uses up

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sales of previously owned homes in the United States fell in March as home prices climbed and mortgage rates held steady that month, reflecting the persistent pain of America’s affordability woes and undermining the crucial spring homebuying season. Existing home sales, which make up the majority of the

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Thousands of Taylor Swift’s UK fans have been duped into buying fake tickets for her upcoming Eras Tour concerts, according to a major British bank. More than 600 customers have reported being scammed so far, losing on average £332 ($414) each, and in some cases more than £1,000

By Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. It’s a woman’s world. The most defining musicians of the era are Taylor Swift and Beyoncé. The highest-grossing film in recent memory is Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.” And the

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Last year, Netflix made a particularly risky bet by pushing users who share passwords to create their own accounts — but it’s paid off. Netflix, the dominant player in streaming, added more than 9 million subscribers in the first three months of the year, hitting a record high of 269.6 million subscribers. “It added

By Mark Thompson, CNN London (CNN) — Law enforcement officials in 19 countries have shut down an online platform that earned at least $1 million by selling phishing kits to cybercriminals, helping them launch attacks on tens of thousands of people worldwide. The operation, led by the Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom, targeted LabHost,

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Google has fired more than two dozen employees who protested this week against the company’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. The workers were dismissed after an investigation found that they had staged protests inside Google’s offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California. In Sunnyvale, they entered

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Columbia University President Minouche Shafik’s Wednesday testimony before a House committee on how the school responded to a professor’s controversial piece labeling Hamas’ October 7 attack a “resistance offensive” is at odds with the account the professor shared with CNN. Multiple lawmakers at Wednesday’s hearing on antisemitism

By Akanksha Sharma (CNN) — Well before the sun rises in Chapra, a small village in the northwest of Bangladesh, Mohammad Abdur Rouf is on his feet. He travels six miles to a neighboring village, where he joins hundreds of other people in line to play a carnival-style game. But instead of throwing darts at

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Caitlin Clark, who lifted women’s college basketball to new heights, became the leading scorer in NCAA basketball history, and was taken as first pick in the WNBA draft this week, will make a $76,535 salary this year. The top NBA pick will make a $10.5 million salary

By Matt Egan and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — For nearly four hours, another Ivy League school president faced a congressional grilling over antisemitism on campus. Columbia University President Minouche Shafik tried to avoid the firestorm of controversy that pushed out two of the three university presidents who testified on Capitol Hill in

By Chris Isidore and Gregory Wallace, CNN Washington DC (CNN) — Boeing’s already battered reputation took another hit at two Senate committee hearings Wednesday on Capitol Hill, with witnesses questioning how the company builds airplanes and the safety of those planes. One of the key witnesses was Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour, a whistleblower who said

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Investors in Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock finally saw an uptick in their shares after two days of turmoil. The stock TMTG (DJT) rebounded by 15.6% on Wednesday after tumbling precipitously earlier this week. Shares closed more than 14% lower on Tuesday after the company’s premier

By Chris Isidore and Natasha Chen, CNN Anaheim, California (CNN) — Disneyland employees who perform as many of the theme park’s beloved characters have filed to have a vote on whether to join the Actors’ Equity Association, which represents live performers all over the country, from actors on Broadway to strippers in Los Angeles. The group had

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The high and rising level of US government debt risks driving up borrowing costs around the world and undermining global financial stability, the International Monetary Fund has warned. The IMF said Wednesday that increased government spending, growing public debt and elevated interest rates in the United States had

By Gregory Wallace and Ross Levitt, CNN (CNN) — A ground stop that earlier paused Alaska Airlines’ flights has been lifted. “This morning we experienced an issue while performing an upgrade to the system that calculates our weight and balance. Out of an abundance of caution, we requested a ground stop for all Alaska and

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Uri Berliner, a National Public Radio senior editor who wrote a scathing online essay accusing the public radio network of harboring a liberal bias, said Wednesday he had resigned from the outlet. “I am resigning from NPR, a great American institution where I have worked for 25 years,” Berliner

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Record-breaking heat waves, severe floods and acute wildfires, exacerbated by climate change, carry a colossal price tag: an approximately 19% reduction in global income over just the next 26 years, a new study published Wednesday found. That financial gut punch won’t just affect big governments and corporations. According to

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Apple has fixed a bug that suggested the Palestinian flag emoji when some users searched for the word “Jerusalem” in the emoji keyboard. On Tuesday, the company addressed the bug with the latest beta software release of iOS 17.5, just a few days after it said it was

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla will ask its shareholders to vote to approve the 2018 pay package that made CEO Elon Musk among the world’s richest people but that a Delaware judge threw out earlier this year. The pay package gave Musk options to buy 303 million split-adjusted shares of Tesla

By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Going to college is supposed to be the path to a more prosperous life. But the cost of getting a degree has become a financial albatross, weighing down borrowers from the day they graduate to the day they retire — if retirement is even possible. Student loan

CNN By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Investors in Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock are throwing in the towel. Shares of TMTG (DJT) tumbled 14% Tuesday after closing 18% lower Monday. Driving the stock lower Tuesday: The company’s premier product, Truth Social, announced a major expansion into streaming, a notoriously cost-intensive business

Analysis by Diksha Madhok and Rachel Wilson, CNN New Delhi/London (CNN) — Indians have started casting their votes in an election that’s expected to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi another five years in office to steer the country’s rapid economic expansion. Under his leadership, India is poised to become a 21st-century economic powerhouse, offering a

By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The union representing pilots at American Airlines says it is seeing a “significant spike” in safety issues on flights. The Allied Pilots Association is warning members of “problematic trends,” including tools being left in aircraft wheel wells, collisions involving planes being towed on the ground, and “pressure to return

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — United Airlines was pushed into the red by Boeing and its ongoing quality issues, the airline said Tuesday. The company took a $200 million hit in the first quarter after the Boeing 737 Max 9 was grounded following the door plug incident aboard an Alaska Airlines flight.

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — An organization that represents more than 2,000 news publishers sent letters on Tuesday to federal agencies, urging them to launch an investigation into Google after the tech behemoth began removing links to California-based news outlets. The move from Google, which drew swift backlash, came over a proposed law that

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Federal Reserve officials have been saying for months they need to see more convincing data demonstrating that inflation is on a sustainable path to 2% before they can feel comfortable cutting rates. Last month’s unexpectedly hot Consumer Price Index report is the exact opposite of that. That’s

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Most employers must offer “reasonable accommodations” to workers related to pregnancy or childbirth, including providing time off for an abortion, according to a final rule issued Monday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The rule clarifies the provisions of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which became law last June

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — US stocks wavered Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said a “lack of further progress” on inflation means the central bank likely won’t cut interest rates at its upcoming policy meeting just two weeks away, keeping them higher for longer. Stocks seesawed after Powell’s comments, closing mixed Tuesday. The Dow rose

By Marshall Cohen and Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Voting technology company Smartmatic and the far-right network One America News said Tuesday that they had settled a defamation lawsuit stemming from the outlet’s lies about the 2020 election. “The case has been resolved pursuant to a confidential agreement,” OAN attorney Chip Babcock told CNN. Both parties declined

By Tom Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Microsoft will invest $1.5 billion in Abu Dhabi’s G42, an artificial intelligence group that has faced questions over its ties to China. The companies will collaborate on AI and digital infrastructure, in a move that sees Microsoft’s AI empire expand into the Middle East for the first time.

By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Investors in Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock are throwing in the towel. Shares of TMTG (DJT) tumbled 14% Tuesday after closing 18% lower Monday. Driving the stock lower Tuesday: The company’s premier product, Truth Social, announced a major expansion into streaming, a notoriously cost-intensive business in

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The creation of sexually explicit deepfake content is likely to become a criminal offense in England and Wales as concern grows over the use of artificial intelligence to exploit and harass women. Under a draft law, anyone who creates such an image or video of another adult without

By Jon Passantino and Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — NPR has suspended the senior business editor who penned a scathing online essay claiming the radio network had “lost America’s trust” by embracing a “progressive worldview,” prompting fierce right-wing backlash and calls to defund the radio network. NPR’s David Folkenflik reported on Tuesday that Uri Berliner’s

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The US economy’s standout performance will be a major driver of global growth this year but could make America’s inflation problem harder to solve, according to the International Monetary Fund. The IMF upgraded Tuesday its forecast for US economic growth to 2.7% this year — 0.6 percentage points

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — The US Department of Justice is preparing to sue the country’s largest concert promoter and ticketing website Live Nation in the coming weeks for breaking America’s antitrust laws, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous sources familiar with the Justice Department’s plans. The lawsuit against Live Nation

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta’s Oversight Board is set to evaluate the company’s handling of deepfake pornography amid growing concerns that artificial intelligence is fueling a rise in the creation of fake, explicit imagery as a form of harassment. The Oversight Board said Tuesday that it will review how Meta addressed

By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s economy grew stronger than expected at the start of this year, mainly thanks to robust growth in high-tech manufacturing. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 5.3% in the first quarter from a year ago, according to the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday. That beat the

By Chris Isidore and Pete Muntean, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing on Monday scrambled to address safety and quality concerns about its planes ahead of a whistleblower hearing in the Senate on Wednesday. A briefing for journalists came in the wake of reports last week that the Federal Aviation Administration is looking into allegations

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Some H&R Block customers who waited until the last day to file their taxes faced frustrating outages that began Sunday night, according to the company and Downdetector. The outage was resolved by Monday afternoon, the tax preparer’s support account posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. Downdetector,

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Queen Bey is giving Levi’s brand a lift. Beyoncé’s hit country album “Act II: Cowboy Carter,” which features the song “Levii’s Jeans” with rapper Post Malone, has lyrics like “denim on denim on denim on denim.” And at the same time, she posted an image on Instagram of her wearing a

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Apple’s smartphone sales tumbled a stunning 10% last quarter, according to market research firm IDC. The main cause: iPhone sales in China fell sharply. The company has lost momentum in China as nationalism, a rough economy and increased competition have hurt Apple over the past several months. “It’s

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla is reportedly cutting more than 10% of its global staff of 140,000. The cuts for the company, which had nearly doubled its overall headcount since the end of 2020, is just the latest example of the effects of more competition and softer demand in the electric

By Krystal Hur and David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock is tumbling again after the company announced a potentially massive new influx of shares. The struggling company is rapidly losing money, and a new stock offering could help it stay afloat. But there’s a downside to going back

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Monday is the last day for some Verizon customers to apply for a refund as part of a $100 million settlement from a class-action lawsuit. Earlier this year, the wireless carrier sent an email or postcard to eligible customers alerting them to file a claim by April 15 to

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s Tax Day in the United States for most Americans, and there are still plenty of people racing to file their 2023 income tax returns up until the clock strikes midnight. “With the April deadline upon us, we’re seeing a flurry of tax returns coming in during

CNN, TREASURY DEPT, WELLS POLICE, SHYLER LEWIS By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s Tax Day in the United States for most Americans, and there are still plenty of people racing to file their 2023 income tax returns up until the clock strikes midnight. “With the April deadline upon us, we’re seeing a

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Imagine hopping on a school bus and being transported to an immersive, educational tour of the inside of the human body — and no, not on a fictional episode of “The Magic School Bus.” This is the kind of experience that Meta hopes to enable for students,

By Laura He and Anna Cooban, CNN Hong Kong/London (CNN) — US stocks were rocked by hot economic data and worries about an escalation of tensions in the Middle East, with the Dow swinging through 600 points Monday. The Dow fell 248 points, or 0.7%, giving up earlier gains. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% and

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Hope Murray retired in 2013 after a 50-year career that ranged from game show producer to Hollywood party planner to casino executive. She settled into a life of golf, game nights and pickleball in her San Diego community, her daughter living nearby. Then things got more expensive.

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Anyone who menstruates will tell you: a period often doesn’t look or feel like the rapturous dancing portrayed in a typical tampon ad. Taking aim at the sanitized and euphemistic nature of mass advertising aimed at women, personal care brand Frida launched an adult-only online platform Wednesday

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — A dozen of the nation’s biggest news organizations posted an open letter Sunday, urging President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to participate in televised debates ahead of the 2024 election. The letter was signed by a consortium of broadcast, cable and print outlets, including ABC News, The

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — Bilal Motley, utilities manager at a former Philadelphia oil refinery, was working the graveyard shift when a massive explosion broke out in the early morning hours of June 21, 2019. He had only about an hour left of his shift, when frantic reports of a fire at the

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Google is removing links to California news websites in reaction to proposed state legislation requiring big tech companies to pay news outlets for their content, the company announced Friday in a blog post. Google, which is a subsidiary of Alphabet (GOOGL), wrote the move would affect only

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s Note: If you are in the US and you or a loved one have contemplated suicide, call the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) to connect with a trained counselor. Outside the US, a worldwide directory of resources and international hotlines is provided

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — Michael Tubbs was born and raised in Stockton, California, roughly a one-hour drive from Silicon Valley, the birthplace of the AI revolution that’s now forecast to forever change the way Americans live and work. But despite coming of age in Big Tech’s backyard, the America that Tubbs grew up

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — A bombshell $16 million fraud charge this week against baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter offers a stark illustration of what can happen when your online accounts aren’t properly secured. The interpreter, a longtime friend of Ohtani’s named Ippei Mizuhara, allegedly stole vast sums of money from a bank account established

By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — American consumers are the engine of the world’s biggest economy, and they are living under a mountain of student debt. Even though the Biden administration has forgiven a staggering $153 billion in federal student loan debt, giving a financial lifeline to millions of borrowers, that figure is

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — For thousands of years, the nighttime’s daily darkness naturally told humans it was time to go to sleep. That’s an evolutionary principle embedded into our brains — and it becomes apparent for those who can’t peacefully slumber at night because of the annoying indicator light that’s part of

By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The death sentence handed to a real estate tycoon in a $12.5 billion financial fraud case is the latest punishment meted out by Vietnam in the Southeast Asian country’s sweeping “blazing furnace” anti-corruption campaign. Thursday’s ruling against Truong My Lan, the former chairwoman of property developer Van Thinh Phat

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Longtime broadcast journalist Robert MacNeil, who covered some of the biggest headlines of the 20th century and co-anchored PBS nightly news for two decades, died on Friday, PBS announced. He was 93. MacNeil “was an incredibly erudite reporter, anchor and writer who raised the bar for serious journalism

By Eve Brennan and Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Social media giant Meta has lowered the minimum age required to use WhatsApp in Europe to 13 from 16, sparking criticism from children’s rights advocates. The new age restriction came into force in the European Union Thursday. The new minimum age of 13 was also

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — US Steel shareholders Friday overwhelmingly approved a deal for the iconic American manufacturer to be purchased by Japan’s Nippon Steel. But the outlook for the controversial merger has never looked so bad. The deal is significant, not just for the future of what is still a key

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group are in free fall. The Truth Social owner’s share price dropped another 5% as of mid-day Friday, leaving it on track for a seventh losing day out of the past eight. The only gain during that span was a tiny

By Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks ended the day sharply lower Friday as Wall Street worried about escalating tension in the Middle East and traders rushed to safe havens like bonds and gold. The Dow fell 475 points, or 1.2%, after dropping more than 500 points at the day’s lows. The S&P 500

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. O.J. Simpson gripped the nation’s attention for a final time Thursday. As breaking news banners and push alerts crashed onto screens from coast

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, kicked off earnings season Friday with a beat, but also a warning about geopolitical threats that could hurt the global economy. The bank’s first-quarter revenue increased by 9% from the year before, to $41.9 billion. That’s more than

By Diksha Madhok, CNN (CNN) — The US aviation industry has asked the Biden administration to pause approval of additional flights to and from China, saying Beijing’s “existing harmful anti-competitive policies” hurt American airlines and workers. “The competitive disadvantage is harmful to the approximately 315,000 workers employed by US passenger airlines that serve China,” according

By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — A children’s mini speaker is being recalled for potential burn and fire hazards. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced April 11 that the Yoto Mini speaker for children is being voluntarily recalled because of a lithium-ion battery that can overheat and catch fire, posing burn and fire risks. Parents

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Embattled airplane maker Boeing disclosed it lavished an additional $546,000 on the cost of personal air travel in recent years for four top executives, including CEO Dave Calhoun, who announced last month that he will leave the company by the end of the year. The increased spending

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift’s music is back on TikTok following an ongoing dispute with her music distributor Universal Music Group over royalties. The return of her songs on the popular social platform comes as she is set to release her latest and much-anticipated album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” next week.

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — California just raised the minimum wage for the state’s fast food sector workers by $4 to $20. As if on cue, it raised a familiar refrain that those workers would be replaced by technology, such as self-service kiosks. That’s likely to happen in some instances where business