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By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Yelp has joined a growing list of companies supporting abortion access for their employees in the face of state laws that effectively ban it. In a statement Tuesday, the same day Oklahoma’s governor signed a near-total abortion ban, Yelp said it would cover travel expenses for any of its employees

By Matt Egan, CNN Business Bank of America is warning that high inflation poses a credible threat to the economic recovery that began just two years ago. “‘Inflation shock’ worsening, ‘rate shock’ just beginning, ‘recession shock’ coming,” Bank of America chief investment strategist Michael Hartnett wrote in a note to clients on Friday. The warning

By Anna Stewart, CNN Business and Livvy Doherty Roughly a quarter billion more people could be living on less than $1.90 a day by the end of this year due to Covid-19, rising global inequality and the shock of food price increases that have been supercharged by the war in Ukraine, a new report by

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Netflix wants to make it easier for you to recommend the TV shows and films you love. The streaming service introduced a “Double Thumbs Up” button Monday that is “an additional way for members to let us know what types of series and films you want to see more of.”

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Big banks like to stick together on major policy decisions. But as Wall Street grapples with heading back-to-work, a rare chasm is growing between the finance giants. The implications of these choices, and the resulting stratification of policies will likely ripple through the world of finance and out to Main

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Electric vehicles have reached a key milestone on the road to becoming ubiquitous. That’s because Toyota, America’s best-selling automaker, is now selling one. You might be surprised to learn that Toyota hasn’t, before now, sold a widely available, real electric vehicle in America. But they have not. Not really. Toyota,

Opinion by Scott Galloway for CNN Business Perspectives It’s been about six months, since we first heard Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s fever dream for a beautiful metaverse. But the metaverse could be so much more than one man’s quest for control over our virtual lives. Most would agree that the metaverse could be a series

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Honda is joining the flurry of global automakers spending tens of billions of dollars to go electric. The Japanese company announced Tuesday that it would invest approximately 5 trillion yen ($39.8 billion) to electrify its lineup over the next decade, including software and research and development. It wants to launch

By Laura He, CNN Business Factories shut down, new model launches delayed and sales plunging. China’s huge car market has been thrown into disarray by the country’s latest Covid surge, with stringent lockdowns across several cities hitting vehicle production. China’s worst Covid outbreak in two years has prompted authorities to ramp up the country’s zero-Covid

By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Frugal Tesla Guy, a YouTube personality focused on Tesla, gives his passengers a speech to prepare them before he turns on “full self-driving.” “I need you to understand that I have complete and total control. I’m behind the wheel. I have access to the brake, the accelerator and the steering

Opinion by Patrick Gaspard for CNN Business Perspectives President Biden has led a successful campaign to cut Russia off from the global economy, with asset freezes, export controls and a ban on Russian oil imports. While this has had a devastating impact on the Russian economy, there’s no denying that Americans are feeling the reverberations

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Krispy Kreme wants to take the edge off higher gas prices by lowering doughnut prices. Every Wednesday from April 13 through May 4, Krispy Kreme will sell a dozen original glazed doughnuts for the price of a gallon of regular gas. Each week, the chain will use Monday’s national average

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Ukraine could lose almost half of its economy this year as a result of Russia’s invasion, according to the World Bank. In a report published Sunday, the bank estimated that the country’s GDP could decline by 45.1% this year, although it noted that “the magnitude of the contraction will depend

By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt because it offered bondholders payments in rubles, not dollars, credit ratings agency S&P has said. Russia attempted to pay in rubles for two dollar-denominated bonds that matured on April 4, S&P said in a note on Friday. The agency said this amounted to

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Have you ever wondered if your baby is cute enough to be the face of Gerber’s baby food? This month you can find out. The 2022 Photo Search, in which eager parents submit photos of their smiling infants for a chance to be Gerber’s “Spokesbaby,” launched on Monday, according to a

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Abigail Disney shared what she thinks the entertainment company should do in the wake of recent right-wing media attacks. Some conservatives are trying to attach sexual predation claims or allegations of being sympathetic to pedophiles to their opponents as the November midterms approach, and their latest target is the Walt Disney

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Banks have pledged to go green. Yet they can’t seem to ditch coal. Coal, the highest carbon emitting and dirtiest energy source, is the single biggest contributor to human-created climate change. Global power generation from coal grew 9% last year to an all-time high. Over the last three years commercial

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Nothing can slow down Sonic The Hedgehog. “Sonic The Hedgehog 2,” the Paramount sequel about the iconic Sega video game character, notched an estimated $71 million domestically for its opening this weekend, according to the studio. That number not only exceeded expectations that had the film making closer to $50