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More than 170 business leaders sign letter urging Congress to accept Biden’s win

January 5, 2021 3:12 AM CNN

More than 170 prominent business leaders signed a letter urging Congress to accept the Electoral College results that declared Joe Biden as the next…

Wall Street reverses plan to kick out Chinese telecom companies

January 5, 2021 2:07 AM CNN

The New York Stock Exchange has reversed its decision to kick out three of China’s largest state-owned telecom companies. The exchange said…

Where is Jack Ma? Tech tycoon silent as China gets tough with his business

January 5, 2021 1:07 AM CNN

Jack Ma’s businesses are under enormous pressure right now. But the co-founder of China’s most successful tech empire and legendary…

Google workers have formed the company’s first-ever union

January 4, 2021 5:42 PM CNN

Hundreds of employees at Google and its parent, Alphabet, have launched a union, a rare step for the tech industry that also represents the biggest…

Convicted felon held without bond after caught with loaded gun at Las Cruces Walmart that banned him

January 4, 2021 2:56 PM Jim Parker

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A convicted felon was being held in the Dona Ana County jail without bond Monday after police said they found the man…

Dow closes down nearly 400 points on first trading day of 2021

January 4, 2021 10:04 AM CNN

NEW YORK, NY — It was a rocky first trading day of the year for Wall Street as stocks fell sharply, with the Dow dropping more than 600 points…

Dow tumbles on first trading day of 2021

January 4, 2021 2:11 PM CNN

It was a rocky first trading day of the year for Wall Street as stocks fell sharply and investors grew worried about the the pandemic and the…

Janet Yellen made millions giving speeches to Wall Street banks she’ll soon regulate

January 4, 2021 2:08 PM CNN

Janet Yellen, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for Treasury secretary, made more than $7 million in recent years by giving speeches to Wall…

Haven — the joint health care venture by Amazon, Berkshire and JPMorgan — is shutting down

January 4, 2021 12:15 PM CNN

Haven, an ambitious health care company formed just three years ago as a partnership between Amazon, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and…

Dow tumbles more than 500 points on first trading day of 2021

January 4, 2021 11:21 AM CNN

The Dow tumbled more than 500 points in the early afternoon on Monday, the first trading day of the New Year, as investors grew worried about the the…

Bitcoin’s bubble could burst, warns Anthony Scaramucci. But he’s still a mega-bull

January 4, 2021 10:34 AM CNN

Bitcoin prices more than quadrupled in 2020 and surged to a new record above $30,000 this year, but many investors think there’s still room for…

Slack welcomes workers back with a service outage

January 4, 2021 10:27 AM CNN

New year, same telecommuting headaches. Slack, a popular workplace communication platform, confirmed a service interruption for some users on Monday…

MGM makes $11 billion bid for UK gambling group

January 4, 2021 9:07 AM CNN

MGM Resorts International is attempting to buy the owner of British gambling brand Ladbrokes, making it the latest US casino operator to place a…

Chipotle’s slimming down for the new year too, adding cauliflower rice to its menu

January 4, 2021 7:14 AM CNN

Chipotle is adding cauliflower rice to its menu as customers’ tastes shift toward healthier options. Beginning Monday, the cilantro-lime…

Bitcoin’s rally could be a sign of what’s in store for markets in 2021

January 4, 2021 6:19 AM CNN

Investors are gearing up for a turbocharged 2021. Want evidence? Look at the price of Bitcoin. What’s happening: Just a few weeks ago, Wall…

She was promoted just in time to lead TikTok through a ‘Category 5 storm’

January 4, 2021 5:21 AM CNN

Years before Vanessa Pappas became the public face of TikTok, she interviewed for a job hosting a car show at a buzzy video production company that…

Herbalife is buying back more than half of Carl Icahn’s stake

January 4, 2021 3:29 AM CNN

The legendary activist investor Carl Icahn is dumping a massive chunk of his stake in Herbalife Nutrition and giving up his firm’s seats on the…

Wall Street will kick out three big Chinese telecom companies

January 4, 2021 2:05 AM CNN

Washington’s battle with Beijing is escalating once more on Wall Street. The New York Stock Exchange will end trading in the shares of three of…

Britain inoculates 1st patient in the world with the Oxford-AstraZeneca virus vaccine

January 4, 2021 1:05 AM Associated Press

LONDON, ENGLAND — The U.K. has became the first country in the world to start using the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and…

Pay attention to the propaganda, and other ways to cover an attempted coup in America

January 3, 2021 9:36 PM CNN

A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Sunday showed how.…

A ring with 12,638 diamonds sets a Guinness World Record

January 3, 2021 5:49 PM CNN

How many diamonds can fit in a single ring? The answer, according to the new Guinness World Records book, is 12,638. Harshit Bansal, founder of…

Here’s how El Paso renters can get up to 6 months of relief if hurt by the pandemic

January 3, 2021 2:18 PM David Burge

EL PASO, Texas – Tenants in El Paso can receive up to six months of future rent relief, thanks to the Texas Home Program and the nonprofit…

Fanduel suffers widespread outage on last day of NFL’s regular season

January 3, 2021 1:12 PM CNN

Fanduel, the fantasy sports and online sports betting company, experienced outages on Sunday — the last day of regular season NFL games —…

Media should call GOP election fight an attempted coup, historian says

January 3, 2021 12:14 PM CNN

The Republican effort to contest the presidential election results on the Senate floor this week is raising questions about how media outlets should…

Golf is booming because of the pandemic

January 3, 2021 7:14 AM CNN

The pandemic has popularized a lot of unexpected activities. Remember when everyone was doing puzzles and baking bread? Thanks to social distancing,…

Saying goodbye to a wild year for stocks

January 3, 2021 6:41 AM CNN

We’re hoping to shelve the word ‘unprecedented’ for a while as 2021 gets underway — but first, one final look at a 2020. The Dow…

El Paso lifts virus order that mandated 10 p.m. restaurant closing time after Texas high court ruling

January 2, 2021 3:33 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas – The Texas Supreme Court has struck down rules banning Austin-area restaurants from offering late-night dine-in service,…

Larry King has been hospitalized with Covid-19

January 2, 2021 4:30 PM CNN

Legendary talk show host and former CNN interviewer Larry King has Covid-19, according to a source close to the family. King, 87, has been…

Miami cafe starts the new year with a shock after a customer left a $2,021 tip

January 2, 2021 3:23 PM CNN

A cafe and juice bar in North Miami Beach started out the new year in shock after a customer left a $2,021 tip. Kelly Amar told CNN that her family…

Tesla hit half-million car target in 2020

January 2, 2021 2:16 PM CNN

Tesla hit its goal of building a half-million cars in 2020, a first for the company, it reported Saturday. The completed deliveries to customers,…