Rupert Murdoch is letting his media empire spread January 6 and election conspiracy theories
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Is Rupert Murdoch a 1/6 or election truther? The conservative media mogul hasn’t weighed in directly on the…
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Fintechs are the new corner bank, but big financial firms are fighting back
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Fintech giants Square and PayPal are taking Main Street by storm. More consumers, especially younger ones, are…
Continue Reading Tesla fan attacks on government’s new safety advisor are ‘calculated,’ says head of safety agency
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), said Tuesday that the recent backlash…
Continue Reading There’s now a McRib NFT and what are we even doing anymore?
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business It is a curse of the modern age that technology has rendered us incapable of experiencing beauty in real time — all…
Continue Reading Democrats plan to tax buybacks to help pay for $1.75 trillion spending plan
By Matt Egan, CNN Business The framework on President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion economic and climate agenda calls for paying for the ambitious…
Continue Reading Cannabis is one industry that’s actually coming out of Covid even stronger
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business When members of the cannabis industry descended upon Las Vegas last week for the biggest trade show in the business,…
Continue Reading 72% of unvaccinated workers vow to quit if ordered to get vaccinated
By Chris Isidore and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Business A large number of unvaccinated workers say they’ll quit their jobs if their employers…
Continue Reading CEO says Volkswagen has ‘seen the worst’ of the chip shortage
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Volkswagen thinks the worst of the global chip shortage is in its rear-view mirror. CEO Herbert Diess told CNN Business…
Continue Reading America’s economic recovery hits a major roadblock
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business This summer, the American economic recovery hit a roadblock. The US economy grew at an annualized rate of only 2% in…
Continue Reading Christmas is going to be great for stores, if their names are Walmart or Target
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business It’ll be a very merry Christmas for America’s biggest retailers. Retail sales in November and…
Continue Reading Should Shell be broken up? An activist investor thinks so
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business As world leaders prepare to gather in Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit, an activist investor is telling one of…
Continue Reading New dads are ‘losers’ if they take 6 months paternity leave, prominent venture capitalist says
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business A prominent venture capitalist is under fire for calling new dads “losers” if they take months of…
Continue Reading Home heating prices are skyrocketing, and there’s nothing Biden can do about it
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Americans are already dealing with sticker shock at the grocery store and when filling up at the pump. Next up: Home…
Continue Reading Wall Street Journal reporters object while opinion section prints Trump’s letter to the editor
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business The Wall Street Journal’s Opinion section published a lengthy letter to the editor from Donald Trump on…
Continue Reading Ford shares soar on raised earnings outlook and restored dividend
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business As with most automakers, Ford’s earnings took a hit from the supply chain problems and computer chip shortage.…
Continue Reading How stablecoin is different than other cryptocurrencies … and how it’s not
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Cryptocurrencies are usually characterized by wild price swings and extreme volatility. But there is one…
Continue Reading Uber CEO: We hope our drivers end up buying the Teslas they rent through Hertz
Anna Cooban for CNN Business Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he hopes drivers who rent Teslas through Hertz will eventually end up buying them. Hertz…
Continue Reading Costco raised its minimum wage to $17 an hour
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Costco this week raised its starting wage for hourly store workers in the United States for the second time this…
Continue Reading The housing crisis will continue if Congress fails to address its root cause
Opinion by Jim Parrott and Mark Zandi for CNN Business Perspectives The nation faces a dramatic housing shortage, sending home prices and rents…
Continue Reading John Deere worker is struck and killed by a car while walking to the picket line Wednesday
By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business A John Deere worker who was walking to the picket line Wednesday in Milan, Illinois, was struck and killed by a…
Continue Reading Marjorie Taylor Greene invested as much as $50,000 in the Trump SPAC before its stock plunged
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought as much as $50,000 worth of shares in a shell company that is merging with…
Continue Reading Bitcoin’s slide from record highs is a warning for crypto investors
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Only a week ago, Bitcoin hit an all-time high of nearly $67,000. But investors have been dumping the world’s…
Continue Reading Cigarette sales in America were falling. Then Covid hit
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business We all had to find our own ways to cope with the pandemic lockdowns last year. Some people bought Pelotons and baked…
Continue Reading No one seems worried about a housing bubble. Just like last time the bubble burst
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Housing prices are surging to new records with no end in sight. They’re being fueled by historically low…
Continue Reading Boeing’s 737 Max problems are improving, but plenty of other issues loom
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Boeing’s 737 Max troubles are improving, the company’s quarterly results released Wednesday showed — but…
Continue Reading McDonald’s gets a big boost from higher prices, celebrities and chicken
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Higher menu prices, celebrity meals and chicken sandwiches helped boost McDonald’s sales in the third…
Continue Reading GM earnings and sales fall as the chip shortage continues to plague automakers
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Supply chain issues, especially the computer chip shortage, took a major bite out of General Motors’ sales and…
Continue Reading Robinhood’s big year is ending in disappointment
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The growing clout of everyday investors has shaken up Wall Street, forcing hedge funds and big-time asset managers to…
Continue Reading Here’s why Joe Biden’s economy is heading in the wrong direction
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business From supply chain chaos to worker shortages, America’s economic recovery ran into some serious challenges in the…
Continue Reading Shiba inu coin price hits a new record as Robinhood petition gains popularity
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Shiba inu coin soared to a new record on Wednesday, capping a surge of over 60,000,000% over the past year. The parody…
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