Web-based kissing device horrifies Chinese social media users
By Nectar Gan, CNN Want to send your faraway lover a kiss? A Chinese contraption with warm, moving silicon “lips” appears to have just…
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‘South Park’ lawsuit: Warner Bros. Discovery sues Paramount for $500 million
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Warner Bros. Discovery filed a lawsuit against Paramount Friday, claiming the rival media company breached its…
Continue Reading Larry Summers: Why sanctions on Russia aren’t effective
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said price caps on Russian energy should be stiffened up to maximize the impact of…
Continue Reading Missing Chinese billionaire CEO assisting authorities in investigation, company says
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Missing Chinese CEO Bao Fan is cooperating in an investigation by “certain authorities in the People’s Republic of…
Continue Reading Inflation is doing a crab walk and Fed officials fear its pinch
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN The possibility of a 2023 market rally ground to a halt last week amid an onslaught of unfortunate inflation and economic…
Continue Reading Hundreds of newspapers drop ‘Dilbert’ comic strip after racist tirade from creator Scott Adams
by Oliver Darcy, CNN Newspapers across the country dropped the “Dilbert” comic strip over the weekend after the creator of the satirical…
Continue Reading Berkshire Hathaway earnings fall 8% in fourth quarter but rise 12% for full year
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Berkshire Hathaway’s operating earnings fell during the fourth quarter of 2022, as inflation pressures and high interest…
Continue Reading Covid shrank the restaurant industry. That’s not changing anytime soon
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN It’s never been easy to operate a restaurant, and in recent years it’s been even harder. In 2020, Covid…
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Track your tax refund online anytime
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Continue Reading New home sales rise as prices drop in January
By Anna Bahney, CNN New home sales rose in January from December, as mortgage rates eased off their highs of the past year at the start of 2023.…
Continue Reading Telecom giant to cut 8,500 jobs
By Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Telecom company Ericsson is planning to cut 8,500 jobs around the world in a bid to slash costs. The company — one of the…
Continue Reading Regal Cinemas owner Cineworld says shareholders will be wiped out
By Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Regal Cinemas owner Cineworld, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year, said Friday that it expected…
Continue Reading Boeing forced to halt 787 Dreamliner deliveries once again
By Chris Isidore, CNN Boeing has been forced to halt deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner once again, just months after it resumed deliveries to…
Continue Reading Inflation surprisingly rose in January, according to the Fed’s preferred gauge
By Alicia Wallace, CNN The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge heated up unexpectedly in January, as did consumer spending, showing the…
Continue Reading Consumers keep spending. That might not be good news for them or the Fed
By Alicia Wallace, CNN US consumers kept spending last year despite historically high inflation, not only shelling out for necessities but also…
Continue Reading The UK’s fruit and vegetable shortage could last at least until May
By Anna Cooban, CNN A shortage of some fruits and vegetables in the United Kingdom that has prompted rationing at most major supermarkets could last…
Continue Reading How the Supreme Court could reshape the internet as you know it
By Brian Fung, CNN Justice Samuel Alito of the US Supreme Court asked this week what may be, to millions of average internet users, the most…
Continue Reading Air fryer recall: 2 million Cosori air fryers recalled because of fire hazard
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Roughly 2 million Cosori air fryers have been recalled because they pose a possible fire risk. The US Consumer…
Continue Reading Thomas H. Lee, pioneer of leveraged buyouts, is dead at 78
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Thomas H. Lee, a private equity financier who pioneered the use of leveraged buyouts that helped to reshape corporate…
Continue Reading A generation of high-profile women tech leaders have stepped aside. What’s next?
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN When Susan Wojcicki was named CEO of YouTube in 2014, she was in relatively good company as a woman leader in Silicon…
Continue Reading Why today’s inflation report is so important
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Federal Reserve policy is based on trust. The central bank’s ability to maintain stable prices depends on the…
Continue Reading Molson Coors’ funny ad went too far, regulator says
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Beer ads try to be funny, but a regulatory group has determined that Molson Coors went too far with a recent ad that…
Continue Reading India’s opposition vows to keep ‘raising questions about Adani group’ after spokesperson arrested
By Rhea Mogul and Manveena Suri, CNN When dozens of security personnel crowded onto the runway of New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Airport on…
Continue Reading 401(k) balances rise, despite economic and market challenges
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Despite higher prices, endless talk of a possible recession and falling markets, 401(k) participants managed to keep…
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How do millionaires invest their money?
SmartAsset compiled a list of places where millionaires invest and grow their…
Continue Reading The US economy grew less in fourth quarter than previously believed
By Chris Isidore and Alicia Wallace, CNN The US economy grew at a 2.7% annual rate in the final three months of the year, the Commerce Department…
Continue Reading Americans have a collective $21 billion in unspent gift cards
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Some people love them, some people hate them. Worse, a large number of us who receive them on special occasions are…
Continue Reading Domino’s stock tumbles 11% as delivery problems persist
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Domino’s delivery problems aren’t over. In the last quarter of 2022 sales at locations open at least a…
Continue Reading US mortgage rates rise for the third week in a row
By Anna Bahney, CNN Mortgage rates shot up for the third-straight week, as inflation concerns make rates more volatile. The 30-year fixed-rate…
Continue Reading Washington Post: Bezos hires investment firm to explore possibility of NFL team bid
By Dave Alsup, CNN Amazon founder Jeff Bezos hired an investment firm to research a possible bid for the NFL Washington Commanders team, two people…
Continue Reading Carvana’s losses widen as the used-car market stalls
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Last year was a wreck for Carvana, the online used-car seller known for its tall glass “car vending…
Continue Reading DOJ seeks court sanctions against Google over ‘intentional destruction’ of chat logs
By Brian Fung, CNN Google should face court sanctions over “intentional and repeated destruction” of company chat logs that the US…
Continue Reading DOJ seeks court sanctions against Google over ‘intentional destruction’ of chat logs
By Brian Fung, CNN Google should face court sanctions over “intentional and repeated destruction” of company chat logs that the US…
Continue Reading Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson arrested and charged with fraud
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Carlos Watson, the founder and chief executive of the embattled Ozy Media, was arrested and charged with fraud this…
Continue Reading BBC won’t be ‘put off’ covering India by tax raids and censorship
By Hanna Ziady, CNN The BBC says it will not be “put off” from reporting in India after the government prevented a documentary critical…
Continue Reading Biden nominates former MasterCard exec Ajay Banga to lead World Bank
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN President Joe Biden has announced that he’s nominating Ajay Banga, a former MasterCard executive, to serve as president…
Continue Reading FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried indicted on new criminal charges, including campaign finance violations
By Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Fredreka Schouten, CNN Federal prosecutors announced four new criminal charges against Sam Bankman-Fried, the…
Continue Reading European Commission bans TikTok from official devices
By Brian Fung and Hanna Ziady, CNN The European Commission has banned TikTok from official devices because of concerns about cybersecurity, a move…
Continue Reading It’s market bulls vs. Fed hawks on Wall Street
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN There’s a new tussle brewing in the animal kingdom of Wall Street: Hawks vs. Bulls. Policymakers at the Federal Reserve…
Continue Reading Chinese apps remove ChatGPT as global AI race heats up
By Jessie Yeung and Wayne Chang, CNN Several popular Chinese apps have removed access to ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot that has taken…
Continue Reading China is helping to prop up the Russian economy. Here’s how
By Laura He, CNN In the year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has been hit by unprecedented Western sanctions and shut out of much of…
Continue Reading China is helping to prop up the Russian economy. Here’s how
By Laura He, CNN In the year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has been hit by unprecedented Western sanctions and shut out of much of…
Continue Reading China is helping to prop up the Russian economy. Here’s how
By Laura He, CNN In the year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has been hit by unprecedented Western sanctions and shut out of much of…
Continue Reading China is helping to prop up the Russian economy. Here’s how
By Laura He, CNN In the year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has been hit by unprecedented Western sanctions and shut out of much of…
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Many Idahoans can get free income tax help
You might be able to get free help preparing your income tax return at volunteer tax preparation sites throughout…
Continue Reading Companies can no longer silence laid-off employees in exchange for severance
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN If your company lays you off, your employer might offer you severance pay — but only if you agree to adhere to a number of…
Continue Reading FDA fines e-cigarette makers for selling products illegally in ‘wakeup call’ to tobacco manufacturers
By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it has filed complaints against four makers of e-cigarette…
Continue Reading Norfolk Southern, in wake of toxic derailment, gives in on sick days for one of its unions
By Chris Isidore, CNN Norfolk Southern has agreed to give one of its unions the paid sick days it demanded for members in negotiations last year, and…
Continue Reading Cyberattack on food giant Dole temporarily shuts down North America production, company memo says
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A cyberattack earlier this month forced produce giant Dole to temporarily shut down production plants in North America and halt…
Continue Reading Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s hearing on Twitter’s liability for terrorist use of its platform
By Brian Fung and Tierney Sneed, CNN After back-to-back oral arguments this week, the Supreme Court appears reluctant to hand down the kind of…
Continue Reading Biden admin cuts some mortgage fees amid housing affordability crisis
By Anna Bahney, CNN The Biden administration announced Wednesday a change that will save an estimated 850,000 home buyers — primarily low- and…
Continue Reading New from the Mercedes’ 2024 E-class: Angry Birds
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business For those who have ever felt the urge to whip off a TikTok video from inside their car, Mercedes-Benz owners…
Continue Reading New from the Mercedes’ 2024 E-class: Angry Birds
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business For those who have ever felt the urge to whip off a TikTok video from inside their car, Mercedes-Benz owners…
Continue Reading NPR to cut 10% of its staff in “a major loss” for the public radio network, CEO says
By Jon Passantino National Public Radio will lay off 10% of its staff after projecting a $30 million budget shortfall, NPR’s chief executive…
Continue Reading Norfolk Southern is paying $6.5 million to derailment victims. Meanwhile, it’s shelling out $7.5 billion for shareholders
By Chris Isidore, CNN Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw pledged Tuesday the freight railroad will spend $6.5 million to help those affected by the…
Continue Reading Norfolk Southern is paying $6.5 million to derailment victims. Meanwhile, it’s shelling out $7.5 billion for shareholders
By Chris Isidore, CNN Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw pledged Tuesday the freight railroad will spend $6.5 million to help those affected by the…
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Here’s how American families, from the poorest to the richest, spend their money
CouponBirds used Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditures Survey data to analyze spending differences based on household…
Continue Reading Vanderbilt University apologizes for using ChatGPT to write mass-shooting email
By Jennifer Korn Vanderbilt University’s Peabody School has apologized to students for using artificial intelligence to write an email about a…
Continue Reading JPMorgan restricts employee use of ChatGPT
By Julia Horowitz, CNN JPMorgan Chase is temporarily clamping down on the use of ChatGPT among its employees, as the buzzy AI chatbot explodes in…
Continue Reading Why UK supermarkets are rationing fruit and vegetables
By Anna Cooban, CNN Major UK supermarkets have started rationing the sale of some staple fruits and salad vegetables, blaming poor weather in Spain…
Continue Reading Amazon closes $3.9 billion deal to acquire One Medical
By Brian Fung, CNN Amazon closed its acquisition of health care provider One Medical and its parent in a $3.9 billion deal on Wednesday, hours after…
Continue Reading Microsoft enters 10-year agreement with Nvidia and Nintendo in fight to save Activision deal
By Gayle Harrington, CNN Microsoft announced it has agreed to partnerships with Nvidia and Nintendo as it tries to convince European Union officials…
Continue Reading Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s hearing on Twitter’s liability for terrorist use of its platform
By Brian Fung and Tierney Sneed, CNN After back-to-back oral arguments this week, the Supreme Court appears reluctant to hand down the kind of…
Continue Reading Big Retail’s cautious forecasts are spooking Wall Street
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Forecasts from Walmart and Home Depot made for a grim day of trading on Tuesday. The mega retailers’ predictions of a…
Continue Reading Killer guru’s temporary release from prison sparks anger in India. And it’s not the first time
By Manveena Suri and Rhea Mogul, CNN A convicted killer and rapist revered by millions as a religious guru has temporarily walked free from jail in…
Continue Reading Hong Kong’s financial secretary expects city’s economy to grow between 3.5% and 5.5%
By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong’s Covid-hit economy will return to growth this year and expand by between 3.5% and 5.5%, as the city opens up and…
Continue Reading Department of Transportation watchdog to investigate flight cancellations and delays
By Ross Levitt, CNN The Department of Transportation’s internal watchdog said Tuesday it is launching a probe into the spike in flight…
Continue Reading Starbucks’ new drinks have a spoonful of olive oil in every cup
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Starbucks wants you to give olive oil coffee a shot. Really. The coffee chain is rolling out a new line of…
Continue Reading Starbucks’ new drinks have a spoonful of olive oil in every cup
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Starbucks wants you to give olive oil coffee a shot. Really. The coffee chain is rolling out a new line of…
Continue Reading Norfolk Southern CEO defends railroad’s response to Ohio derailment
By Artemis Moshtaghian, Linh Tran, Yon Pomrenze and Chris Isidore, CNN Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw defended his company’s actions since the…
Continue Reading Dow drops by nearly 700 points as retail earnings disappoint
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN US stocks plunged on Tuesday after fourth-quarter earnings and forecasts from mega-retailers like Walmart and Home Depot…
Continue Reading Bankman-Fried lawyers say they will pay for technical expert to aid judge on bail terms
by Kara Scannell, CNN Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried agreed to pay for a security expert to help the federal judge overseeing his fraud case navigate…
Continue Reading Mormon Church to pay fine to settle charges it hid an approximately $32 billion investment fund
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its investment manager will pay a $5 million fine to settle…
Continue Reading Home Depot to spend $1 billion more on hourly workers
By Chris Isidore, CNN Home Depot said it will increase pay and benefits for front line hourly staff by $1 billion this year, another sign of a…
Continue Reading Walmart warns it’s in for a tough year
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Walmart had a strong holiday shopping season, but the year ahead will be more challenging for America’s largest…
Continue Reading Home sales sank in January for the 12th straight month
By Anna Bahney, CNN US home sales declined in January for the 12th consecutive month as mortgage rates remained elevated and stubbornly high prices…
Continue Reading Men did a lot more childcare while trialing a four-day work week
By Anna Cooban, CNN Men participating in the world’s biggest trial of a four-day work week spent much more time with their children, organizers…
Continue Reading Starbucks displayed ‘egregious and widespread misconduct’ in union fight, judge says
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Starbucks has displayed “egregious and widespread misconduct” in its dealings with employees involved in…
Continue Reading Credit Suisse shares plunge again on report of regulatory probe
By Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Shares of embattled Swiss bank Credit Suisse fell to a record low Tuesday after a report that regulators are reviewing…
Continue Reading Starbucks CEO says things have gone sour for young people
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner Fifteen years ago, Howard Schultz reprised his role as Starbucks CEO, returning to the helm to help put the struggling…
Continue Reading How oil and gas companies think about their shareholders
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Oil and gas companies have seen skyrocketing growth as the energy crisis triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine has…
Continue Reading Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s hearing in blockbuster internet speech case
By Brian Fung and Tierney Sneed, CNN Supreme Court justices appeared broadly concerned Tuesday about the potential unintended consequences of…
Continue Reading Standard Chartered plans hiring spree in Hong Kong as city reopens to China
By Michelle Toh, CNN Standard Chartered is going on a hiring spree in Hong Kong this year, in a sign of renewed confidence in its biggest market as…
Continue Reading Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in Twitter case with broad impact on internet
By Brian Fung, CNN One day after Supreme Court justices debated whether Google and its subsidiary YouTube should be held liable for how its algorithm…
Continue Reading Don Lemon to return to CNN, will undergo formal training following sexist comments, network boss says
By Oliver Darcy, CNN CNN anchor Don Lemon will return to the network’s air on Wednesday and will participate in formal training following…
Continue Reading James O’Keefe ousted from right-wing activist group Project Veritas
By Jon Passantino, CNN James O’Keefe, the founder and chairman of Project Veritas — the right-wing activist group known for its selectively…
Continue Reading Black couples pay a higher tax penalty for marriage than White couples. Here’s why
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN When filling out your federal income tax return, there is no requirement to identify your race. Moreover, the US tax code does…
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25 least expensive states to live in
Here are the top 25 states with the lowest cost of living in 2022, using data Stacker culled from the Council for Community and Economic Research.…
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Fewer people are taking out mortgages as interest rates increase
Experian examined mortgage rate data from Freddie Mac and the number of mortgage applications to see how rising interest rates are affecting…
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How American borrowing showed resilience amid initial 2022 interest rate hikes
Experian examined the Federal Reserve’s federal funds rate and its own loan data to see how rising interest rates are affecting Americans’…
Continue Reading London is handing out free meals for all elementary school children
By Hanna Ziady, CNN London’s mayor has announced an emergency program to provide free meals for all children attending state primary schools in…
Continue Reading Meta is launching a pay-for-verification subscription service for Facebook and Instagram
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Meta is testing a subscription service which will allow Instagram and Facebook users to pay to get verified, Mark Zuckerberg…
Continue Reading Prices for single-family homes are falling in these cities
By Anna Bahney, CNN Home prices are going up across the country — in aggregate. Looking at individual markets, however, some are showing prices…
Continue Reading Why Pizza Hut’s red roofs and McDonald’s play places have disappeared
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN For decades, bright, playful and oddly-shaped fast-food restaurants dotted the roadside along America’s highways.…
Continue Reading Some Starbucks vanilla drinks are recalled, might have glass in them
By Jay Croft, CNN Distributor PepsiCo is recalling more than 300,000 Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccino bottles because they might have glass in them, the…
Continue Reading After a steep fall, used car prices poised to rise again
By Chris Isidore, CNN The price of used cars has been falling steadily, and steeply, for much of the last year. Unfortunately for car buyers, that…
Continue Reading Twitter to charge for SMS two-factor authentication
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Twitter Blue subscribers will be the platform’s only users able to use text messages as a two-factor authentication…
Continue Reading Here’s what’s open and closed on Presidents Day 2023
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN This Monday, February 20, marks Presidents Day. The federal holiday falls on the third Monday of February, commemorating…
Continue Reading Elon Musk is currently working for Tesla for free. That could change
By Chris Isidore, CNN For the moment at least, Elon Musk is working at Tesla for free. Depending on how you look at it. Musk still has the potential…
Continue Reading Two Supreme Court cases this week could upend the entire internet
By Brian Fung, CNN The Supreme Court is set to hear back-to-back oral arguments this week in two cases that could significantly reshape online speech…
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