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Legacy college admission is an advantage given at birth, in which the children of a school’s alumni receive special consideration in the college…
Continue ReadingLegacy college admission is an advantage given at birth, in which the children of a school’s alumni receive special consideration in the college…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and Carina Cheng Hong Kong (CNN) — Huawei has disappointed legions of fans — and US officials — eager to know more about…
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — American consumers aren’t tired of shopping. They’re shopping more prudently, with an eye on…
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Evergrande’s plan to restructure its massive debts is in trouble because of a regulatory probe into its…
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy and Chris Isidore, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — The major film and television studios and striking writers reached a tentative…
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy and Chris Isidore, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — The major film and television studios and striking writers reached a tentative…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — As important as wages and benefits are in the unprecedented United Auto Workers strike against General…
Continue ReadingBy Eva Rothenberg, CNN (CNN) — Innocent until proven guilty might hold up in the court of law, but the court of public opinion tends to play by…
Continue ReadingBy Eva Rothenberg and Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — After four days of marathon negotiations, the Writers Guild of America could reach a deal with…
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Continue ReadingCNN By Eva Rothenberg and Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — After four days of marathon negotiations, the Writers Guild of America could reach a deal…
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy and Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — The major film and television studios on Saturday evening delivered their “best and final”…
Continue ReadingBy Eva Rothenberg and Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Members of Canada’s autoworkers union, Unifor, ratified a tentative three-year agreement…
Continue ReadingMichelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) will…
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — In May, Viveca Chow hurriedly transferred $3,700 over her phone while standing in the lobby of a building in…
Continue ReadingMarshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Smartmatic, the voting technology company suing Fox News and former President Donald Trump’s top allies over…
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald New York (CNN) — Sen. Bob Menendez, allegedly accepted gold bar bribes, prosecutors allege, according to a newly unsealed…
Continue ReadingCheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — California will now let insurance companies consider climate change when offering policies, in exchange for a…
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN New York (CNN) — Companies are struggling to deal with the rapid rise of generative AI, with some rushing to embrace the…
Continue ReadingExperian takes a look at how consumers’ use of retail credit cards has changed as well as the rising tide of ‘buy now, pay later’…
Continue ReadingATS.io compiled a ranking of five states where the casino gaming industry supports the most jobs, using data from the American Gaming…
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — For the first time in about 30 years, McDonald’s is increasing its royalty fee for franchise…
Continue ReadingEven the unlimited breadsticks at Olive Garden and wooden rocking chairs at Cracker Barrel can’t seem to lure back the baby…
Continue ReadingEven as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reassures the public about the state of the US economy, the organization is quietly laying off workers at…
Continue ReadingCheryl Magnusson and her husband wanted to borrow money for a home renovation project earlier this year. They didn’t expect an arduous…
Continue ReadingAmazon is joining other streaming services and inserting ads into its…
Continue ReadingThe striking writers and Hollywood studios will meet for a third consecutive day Friday, after wrapping up “marathon” negotiations aimed at…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — The United Auto Workers union is expanding its strike against GM and Stellantis…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Microsoft’s proposed multibillion-dollar purchase of Activision Blizzard took a step closer to fruition on Friday…
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN Business) — Corporate America’s leaders are mentally preparing for an especially long and chaotic government…
Continue ReadingBy Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — Warner Bros. Discovery has announced plans for a major expansion of the UK studios where “Barbie”…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — GGV Capital, a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm, has become the latest big investor to…
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China is allowing foreigners in Shanghai and Beijing to move their money freely into and out of the country,…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Francesca Annio, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — The iconic Japanese animation company Studio Ghibli, which created internationally…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Union workers have called off strikes at liquefied natural gas facilities belonging to Chevron in…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — YouTube on Thursday unveiled a slew of new artificial intelligence-powered tools to help creators produce…
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — The “face” of the Hawaiian Airlines logo, which has decorated the tails of its airplanes…
Continue ReadingAs of April 2023, there are nearly three times as many consumers paying $1,000 or more for their car or truck than in 2019. Experian unpacks the…
Continue ReadingAccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, car insurance premiums have increased more than nearly any other component of the consumer price index…
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US mortgage rates remained flat this week, hovering over 7%, where they’ve been for six…
Continue ReadingNew York State is the latest jurisdiction to implement a pay disclosure law that requires employers to list salary ranges for open…
Continue ReadingHome prices continued to climb in August, even as home sales dropped, a result of the low inventory of homes for sale pushing prices up and…
Continue ReadingPowerball players now have the chance to win an estimated $725 million jackpot this weekend after Wednesday night’s drawing produced no big…
Continue ReadingMcDonald’s is being sued over a hot coffee spill,…
Continue ReadingFor the first time in months, Hollywood studios and striking writers have made progress in their negotiations, potentially nearing an end to a…
Continue ReadingAfter several years of skyrocketing winter heating costs, millions of Americans are expected to finally get a little relief this coming season — if…
Continue ReadingPETA said it’s “cracking open some cold ones” after Anheuser-Busch said it’s ending the practice of cutting the tails of Budweiser’s iconic…
Continue ReadingCNN By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Lachlan Murdoch, the eldest son of Rupert Murdoch, has been anointed to take over his father’s…
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Lachlan Murdoch, the eldest son of Rupert Murdoch, has been anointed to take over his father’s vast…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke and Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Nnete Matima said she was attracted to work at TikTok because of how the social…
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Rupert Murdoch, the powerful right-wing media mogul who built and oversaw one of the world’s most…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The negotiators for the Writers Guild of America and heads of major media companies are set to return to…
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Rupert Murdoch, the powerful right-wing media mogul who built and oversaw one of the world’s most…
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s exports of two rare minerals essential for manufacturing semiconductors fell to zero in August, a…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Huawei has joined the list of companies that want to be all about artificial intelligence. For the first…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The threat of a strike at one competitor and the bankruptcy of another proved beneficial for FedEx this…
Continue ReadingBy Laura He and Berry Wang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese wildlife conservation group issued an unusual appeal earlier this month. The…
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Wednesday evening in Manhattan with Wall Street CEOs and business power…
Continue ReadingCNN By Olga Voitovych, Manveena Suri and Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukraine endured a deadly nationwide Russian missile barrage…
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday chose not to raise its key interest rate, the same decision it took…
Continue ReadingThe Federal Reserve said Wednesday it will pause its rate hikes, keeping its benchmark lending rate at a 22-year…
Continue ReadingExperian surveyed 1,020 millennial and Generation Z workers in August 2023 about their retirement savings…
Continue ReadingBy Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — Stellantis is immediately laying off 68 employees at the Toledo Machining Plant in Perrysburg, Ohio, due to…
Continue ReadingMortgage applications rose last week, even as mortgage rates remain stubbornly high, an indication that at least some buyers are determined to move…
Continue ReadingDisney is greatly expanding its investment into theme parks and cruises, the company said…
Continue ReadingCNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — You’re about to see people in public tapping two fingers together in the air. Over the past few…
Continue ReadingKraft Heinz is recalling about 83,000 cases of its individually wrapped Kraft Singles American cheese because they might pose a choking…
Continue ReadingMillions of American homeowners could see insurance rates surge in the coming years in part due to worsening climate disasters, new data…
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk’s controversial biotechnology startup Neuralink opened up recruitment for its first human…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — A spokesman for former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Donald Trump Jr.’s account on X –…
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — At any given moment, if you want to know what the Federal Reserve is most likely to do at any of…
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The UK government said Wednesday it would delay a ban on the sale of new gas and diesel cars by five years,…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says the US government has no evidence that Huawei can produce…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — You’re about to see people in public tapping two fingers together in the air. Over the past few days,…
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena Washington, DC (CNN) — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it will pause its rate hikes, keeping its benchmark lending rate at a…
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Looming over the United Auto Workers strike: Automakers’ continued migration to the anti-union…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — The union representing Canadian autoworkers at Ford has reached a tentative deal with the US automaker, keeping…
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Stanford University said it will be returning gifts it received from bankrupt crypto exchange FTX “in…
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Santa may be a little short on helpers this Christmas. America’s retailers are expected to add just…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Millions of Fortnite users can now claim their small part of the $245 million that the game’s parent…
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN Business) — Pain at the pump is returning across the United States, especially on the West Coast. In…
Continue ReadingBy: Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — No ticket matched all six numbers drawn Monday night – white balls with the numbers 2, 21, 26, 40 and 42 and red…
Continue ReadingPlanPros investigated what it takes for a business to make it through its first year—a milestone that 1 in 5 companies don’t…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — The United Auto Workers union’s already unprecedented strike against General…
Continue ReadingFraudsters have robbed Europe’s largest copper producer of €185 million ($198 million) worth of the metal, possibly with the help of insiders,…
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The UK government has moved to take control of the country’s second biggest city, Birmingham, after the…
Continue ReadingThe Federal Reserve is expected to hold its benchmark lending rate steady this week as it waits for more data to understand how previous rate hikes…
Continue ReadingCrayola, a name synonymous with vibrantly colored crayons for more than a century, is going into the flower…
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Instacart started trading Tuesday, opening at $42 per share and propelling the grocery-delivery…
Continue ReadingUS home building sank in August, dropping 11.3% from July levels, as mortgage rates stayed elevated amid lingering…
Continue ReadingCNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Video by John General & Katherine Jennings, CNN (CNN) — The new iPhone 15 Pro lineup offers the typical…
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is suing founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents, accusing them of siphoning…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Video by John General & Katherine Jennings, CNN (CNN) — The new iPhone 15 Pro lineup offers the typical…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — One of China’s leading property developers, Sunac, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United…
Continue ReadingCNN By Clare Sebastian and Niamh Kennedy, CNN London (CNN) — YouTube is temporarily preventing comedian Russell Brand from making money from…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Sebastian and Niamh Kennedy, CNN London (CNN) — YouTube has decided to temporarily prevent comedian Russell Brand from making money…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Google’s Bard artificial intelligence chatbot is evolving. The company on Tuesday announced a series of…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Starbucks says it has poured more than $200 million into a new campus in China, in a sign of how the…
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China wooed a number of top Western companies on Monday with renewed promises to open up its financial…
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese police have detained some staff of Evergrande’s wealth management unit after the company failed to…
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