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Why you’re seeing fewer clothing sales right now

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business If you feel like you’ve seen fewer blowout clothing sales at stores and online, you’re right. And you’re likely to see a near-absence of promotions even through the holidays later this year. Consumer demand for new wardrobes is soaring thanks to stimulus checks and pent-up demand built during the pandemic.

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Wall Street dealmakers have never been busier

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business There’s never been a better time for companies to raise funding from hot markets or make moves to scoop up their competitors. That’s been a huge boon to investment bankers, who are gearing up for another summer of juggling dealmaking with vacations. What’s happening: The US market for initial public

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Michael Cohen: Everything went through Donald Trump

New York prosecutors charged the Trump Organization, the Trump Payroll Corporation and Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg in connection with an alleged tax scheme stretching back to 2005, in an extraordinary legal development against the former President’s namesake company. Weisselberg, the Trump organization and the Trump Payroll Corporation have all pleaded not guilty. Trump himself was not charged. CNN’s Alisyn Camerota discusses with Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen.

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What we learned from Robinhood’s IPO prospectus

By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free, here. ROBINHOOD’S GOING PUBLIC Big week for our friends over at Robinhood. Yesterday they got slapped with a record $70 million FINRA fine. Today, they’re jetting toward

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Undercover Exxon video reveals an anti-climate campaign

By Matt Egan, CNN Business A senior ExxonMobil lobbyist appears to have unwittingly revealed how the oil company uses its political muscle to undercut climate action. “Did we aggressively fight against some of the science? Yes,” Keith McCoy, the Exxon lobbyist, said during a covertly filmed job interview recorded by Greenpeace’s UK investigative platform. “Did

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Robinhood files to go public

By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Robinhood, a day after incurring a record-breaking fine from Wall Street’s industry regulator, filed paperwork for its hotly anticipated initial public offering. The company plans to list its shares on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the symbol HOOD, according to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As is

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Hertz emerges from bankruptcy

By Alison Kosik, CNN Hertz has officially emerged from bankruptcy after more than a year as a “much stronger company,” thanks to a red-hot rental car market as more Americans travel and the economy reopens. As part of its bankruptcy filing last year, Hertz promised to sell more than 180,000 vehicles from its fleet by

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Panera is selling Au Bon Pain again

By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business Ampex Brands — a franchisee that owns more than 400 Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell, Long John Silver’s and 7-Eleven locations — is buying Au Bon Pain. Panera, which purchased Au Bon Pain in 2017, will sell all 171 of Au Bon Pain’s locations and will allow Ampex to franchise

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Find your sleep ‘sweet spot’ to protect your brain as you age, study suggests

By Kristen Rogers, CNN How long older adults sleep could affect their brain health, according to a study published Monday in the journal JAMA Neurology. Disrupted sleep is common in late life, the study authors wrote, and associated with changes in cognitive function — the mental capacity for learning, thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, decision-making, remembering and

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