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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Nearly a dozen Senate Democrats called on President Joe Biden on Monday to fight high gas prices by considering a release of barrels from the nation’s emergency oil stockpile, or even taking the more extreme step of banning oil exports. In the letter, Senators Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown, Jack Reed

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Maybe you have a natural affinity for making and managing money. Or maybe you’re just trying not to make a hash of it. Either way, someone at some point in your life likely dropped a pearl of wisdom in your lap that has made your financial life better than it

By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The US jobs recovery finally picked up steam again in October, but not everyone is benefiting: Many women who were forced to drop out of the labor force during the pandemic are still on the sidelines. How to get them back could be a question on lawmakers’ minds for years

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business The idea of making money on the side from owning a rental property can be very appealing, especially if you view the venture as a possible way to quit your day job eventually or subsidize your income when you retire. But becoming a landlord is not for the faint of

Opinion by Sonja Opper for CNN Business Perspectives Over the last 12 months, China’s government has engaged in an unprecedented regulatory crackdown on the country’s technology sector. Alibaba was hit with a multibillion-dollar antitrust fine; new regulatory rules were crafted that target the emergent online education sector; and the ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing saw its

By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business SoftBank is stuck in a “big winter snowstorm,” founder and CEO Masayoshi Son said Monday, after a sweeping tech crackdown in China battered some of the Japanese company’s key investments. SoftBank on Monday posted a loss of 397 billion yen ($3.5 billion) for the July-to-September quarter. Son said that the

By Laura He, CNN Business The holiday shopping season is boosting China’s trade at a time when the country needs it most. But that doesn’t mean its economic woes are over just yet. Chinese exports surged 27% in October from a year earlier, according to customs statistics released by Chinese authorities on Sunday. That’s a

By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. This weekend’s episode of “Saturday Night Live” was, in the words of one reviewer, an “instant classic,” which is something of a rarity, since critics love to lament that the

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Infrastructure week is a “cheeky” slogan, but the real story is what the infrastructure funding in the “Build Back Better” bill will accomplish, CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter said on “Reliable Sources” Sunday. And it’s the media’s responsibility to report the story, not just repeat catch-all slogans. Critical Race

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Marvel’s “Eternals” opened with a $71 million domestic box office launch this weekend, Disney announced, making it the 4th highest opening of the pandemic despite less than favorable reviews from critics. The number comes close to “Shang-Chi’s” $75.3 million Labor Day weekend opening, but the next few weekends will give

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The trillion-dollar market cap club is starting to get crowded. Microsoft is now worth a smidge more than Apple, making the Satya Nadella-led cloud software giant the world’s most valuable company. Both companies are worth about $2.5 trillion. Google owner Alphabet is worth just a touch less than

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN From a Super Bowl-winning quarterback to Super Mario, Saturday Night Live condensed a week’s worth of controversial topics into its opening sketch, bringing a new cast member’s impression of Donald Trump. The NBC variety show opened Saturday’s episode with Green Bay Packers’ Aaron Rodgers, played by Pete Davidson, in a parody

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business American Airlines is giving flight attendants who work during the holidays a one-time holiday pay premium, the company announced in an internal memo. The increased holiday pay comes after an operational meltdown during Halloween weekend, which forced the airline to cancel thousands of flights partly due to staffing shortages. Flight

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Elon Musk says he’ll let Twitter users decide if he should sell 10% of the 170.5 million shares he holds in Tesla. Musk, the company’s founder and CEO and posted a Twitter poll Saturday afternoon which said, “Much is made lately of unrealized gains being a means of tax avoidance,

By Ramishah Maruf and Jacob Lev, CNN Prevea Health and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers announced they are ending their partnership in a joint statement issued by the company Saturday. Rodgers tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week and is unvaccinated against the virus. He has been a spokesperson for Prevea Health, which is