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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business The Girl Scouts are adding a new, raspberry-flavored cookie to the lineup. The Raspberry Rally, described in a release as a “sister” cookie to the iconic Thin Mints, replaces the mint filling with a raspberry-flavored one. It’s dipped in the “same delicious chocolaty coating” as its sibling. For the first

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business With football season approaching, Buffalo Wild Wings is adding a new menu item that’s all but synonymous with the sport: pizza. For the first time, the sports bar chain is adding pizza to its menu -— with a unique spin. Buffalo Wild Wings pizzas, available beginning Wednesday for $9.99, feature

Martha C. White for CNN Business With lower gas prices effectively putting more money back in their pockets, Americans continued to spend last month. But persistent inflation has reshaped their shopping habits. In July, US retail sales were flat compared to the previous month, the Census Bureau reported Wednesday. That marks a slowdown from June,

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Are Americans still reaching for their wallets, even as high inflation forces households to contend with higher bills? The fierce debate over whether the United States is in a recession could hinge on that question, sending economists and investors scrambling to unearth more data that provides clarity. One important set

By Laura He, CNN Business Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has urged China’s wealthiest provinces to “bravely take the lead” to bolster growth and employment, a day after official data painted a gloomy picture for the world’s second largest economy. Li — the No. 2 in the hierarchy of China’s ruling Communist Party — has been

By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business The richest man on earth has once again created chaos and commotion on the internet with his tweets. Tesla’s billionaire CEO Elon Musk tweeted late on Tuesday that he was buying Manchester United soccer club. “Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome,” Musk told his 103 million followers on Twitter,

By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Inflation in the United Kingdom hit a new 40-year high last month, rising above 10% for the first time since 1982 and piling further pain on households already struggling to pay their bills. Annual consumer price inflation hit 10.1% in July, according to data published by the Office for National

By Rob McLean, CNN Business GM is recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles because of a problem with third-row seatbelts. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicated on August 11 that GM is recalling 2021-2022 Cadillac Escalades, Chevrolet Suburbans, Tahoes and GMC Yukons that have third-row seats. “The rivet that retains the buckle to the

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Zoom was one of the biggest beneficiaries of the work-from-anywhere trend that took hold during the height of the pandemic in 2020. But, as more people go back to the office on a regular basis, the stock has plunged. And one top Wall Street analyst thinks the worst

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Walmart+ — in its effort to become a true competitor to Amazon Prime — will offer Paramount+ as part of its membership offering, the companies announced Monday. Starting in September, Walmart+ subscribers will have access to Paramount+’s wide array of content from series including “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” to

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business It’s a moment of great uncertainty for the US economy, as high inflation and rising interest rates feed fears that a recession could be around the corner. But the Oracle of Omaha isn’t losing faith. What’s happening: Last quarter, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway boosted its holdings in Apple by 3.9

By Anna Cooban, CNN Business UK workers have suffered the biggest drop in their spending power in more than 20 years as prices keep soaring. Average real wages — which account for inflation — fell by 3% between April and June compared with the same period last year, according to data from the Office for

By Laura He, CNN Business China’s Sichuan province has ordered all factories to shut down for six days to ease a power shortage in the region as a scorching heat wave sweeps across the country. Sichuan is a key manufacturing location for the semiconductor and solar panel industries and the power rationing will hit factories

By Rob McLean, CNN Business Millions of baby swings and rockers that pose a risk of asphyxiation or other injuries to infants have been recalled, according to an announcement Monday from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. 4moms, which manufactures products for young children, issued a recall of its MamaRoo Baby Swing — versions 1.0

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The modern Dodge Challenger muscle car and the closely related Dodge Charger four-door sedan are ending their long production runs next year. But Dodge, Stellantis’s American performance car brand, has a few special items in store to mark the occasion as those models rumble off into the sunset. For one

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Tesla is celebrating its one millionth car manufactured in China, a major milestone for the electric car company’s global ambitions. But Tesla hasn’t overcome its recent troubles in the country just yet. The one-million milestone news came via a weekend tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk. But the China Passenger

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN The US Department of Labor proposed fines of almost $1.3 million for Dollar General after federal inspectors found workplace violations at three Georgia stores, the agency announced Monday. The DOL said it visited stores earlier this year in Pembroke, Hogansville and Smyrna and saw blocked exit routes, dangerously stacked merchandise boxes

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business About 13,000 pounds of frozen pizza made by Home Run Inn Frozen Foods is being recalled because of potential metal contamination. The pizza’s meat topping “may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically metal,” the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said in a release Sunday. Some customers