Rents in the US just hit another record high
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Rents in the US climbed to a new record high again in April, and they are expected to keep rising. The national median…
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2022 is the year of all-inclusive travel, and here’s why
By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Many major hotel chains are embracing all-inclusive offerings. For example, Hyatt recently announced an integration…
Continue Reading House passes bill to crack down on gasoline ‘price gouging’
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A closely divided House has approved legislation to crack down on alleged price gouging by oil…
Continue Reading Coke’s new bottle cap doesn’t come off
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Coke knows that its soda caps often end up as litter. So it’s trying to solve the problem by tethering…
Continue Reading New Twitter policy aims to pierce fog of war misinformation
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter is stepping up its fight against misinformation with a new policy cracking down on…
Continue Reading 20 years after spate of hospital deaths, ex-worker accused
By JIM SALTER Associated Press Twenty years after a spate of deaths at a rural Missouri hospital, a former worker has been charged with murder.…
Continue Reading First on CNN: Sean Connery’s own classic Aston Martin is for sale
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business James Bond, the fictional British secret agent, has driven lots of different cars in the more than two dozen…
Continue Reading Finland brewery launches NATO beer with ‘taste of security’
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — A small brewery in Finland has launched a NATO-themed beer to mark the Nordic country’s bid to…
Continue Reading Pro-Russian hackers spread hoaxes to divide Ukraine, allies
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press As Ukrainian refugees flooded into Poland to escape Russia’s invasion, a hacking group aligned with the…
Continue Reading Lawmakers want Ohio State’s 2010 football season restored
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — House lawmakers have approved a symbolic resolution calling for the restoration of…
Continue Reading Home sales tumble again as mortgage rates surge
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed in April for the third month in a row as mortgage rates surged,…
Continue Reading US home sales fell again in April as prices hit another record high
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home sales fell for the third consecutive month in April as rising mortgage rates and affordability challenges pushed…
Continue Reading Harley-Davidson suspends production for 2 weeks, shares fall
Associated Press Harley-Davidson is announcing a two-week suspension of vehicle assembly and most shipments, citing a regulatory compliance issue…
Continue Reading Mortgage rates ticked lower, but are still well above 5%
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates fell slightly last week, but purchasing a home still remains difficult for many prospective buyers. The…
Continue Reading Fed nominee Michael Barr calls inflation ‘far too high’
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s pick to be the Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator…
Continue Reading Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates edge down to 5.25%
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates retreated modestly this week, but interest on the key…
Continue Reading McDonald’s era in Russia coming to a close, restaurants sold
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer McDonald’s is selling all of its restaurants in Russia 30 years after the burger chain became a powerful…
Continue Reading FDA head: Baby formula factory could reopen by next week
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration’s commissioner says a shuttered baby formula factory…
Continue Reading Worst may not be over for the market. Stocks fall again
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The 2022 stock market meltdown may not be over just yet. Stocks fell again Thursday, following Wednesday’s…
Continue Reading Kohl’s cuts annual forecast, as it gets stung with inflation
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kohl’s Corp. cut its earnings forecast, as the department store joins a string of…
Continue Reading More buyers opt for adjustable-rate mortgages as rates rise
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rising interest rates are making adjustable-rate mortgages a more attractive alternative to…
Continue Reading ‘Twitter philanthropy’ reveals chasms in social safety net
By R.J. RICO Associated Press Practically every minute of every hour, someone sends a tweet to Bill Pulte, a 33-year-old private-equity investor and…
Continue Reading More Americans apply for jobless benefits last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for jobless aid last week, but the total number of Americans collecting…
Continue Reading WHO clears China’s CanSino COVID vaccine for emergency use
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization has granted an emergency use authorization for the coronavirus vaccine made by China’s CanSino…
Continue Reading Retailers just sounded an alarm on inflation. It’s worth heeding
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Shares of retailers were pummeled on Wednesday as investors dug through the latest earnings results…
Continue Reading Retailers just sounded an alarm on inflation. It’s worth heeding
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Shares of retailers were pummeled on Wednesday as investors dug through the latest earnings results from Target and…
Continue Reading Pakistani rupee drops to record low amid talks with IMF
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s currency has plummeted to an all-time record low in intraday trading against the U.S. dollar amid uncertainty about…
Continue Reading Italian tugboat sinks in the Adriatic Sea; 5 crew missing
MILAN (AP) — The Italian Coast Guard says a tugboat with six people on board has capsized in the Adriatic Sea, leaving five crew members missing.…
Continue Reading Indonesia lifts ban on cooking oil export as supply improves
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia is lifting a monthlong ban on palm oil export, citing improvements in the…
Continue Reading Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza finally returns to menus
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Taco Bell’s highly anticipated Mexican Pizza finally returns to menus Thursday following a roughly two-year…
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