Space tourism tax proposed to boldly go where no tax has gone before
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Jeff Bezos says he wants to get back into outer space ASAP. An Oregon congressman wants the world’s richest man…
Continue ReadingBiz/Tech
Biden’s sweeping agenda is unlikely to cause high inflation, Moody’s Analytics says
By Matt Egan, CNN Business The bipartisan infrastructure plan and President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion proposal to widen the social safety net…
Continue Reading
Border crossing restrictions between US, Mexico extended until at least Aug. 21
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The United States Department of Homeland Security has once again decided to extend border crossing restrictions between the…
Continue Reading Farms are wasting 1 billion tons of food. That’s a disaster for the climate
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business About 2.5 billion metric tons of food is wasted around the world each year, roughly half of which is lost on farms…
Continue Reading ‘Outrageous’ used car prices amid highest inflation in 13 years
Consumer prices were up 5.4% in June, the biggest jump in annual inflation in nearly 13 years. CNN’s Vanessa Yurkevich visits President Biden’s home…
Continue Reading Kosher grocery stores drop Ben & Jerry’s after its decision to stop selling ice cream in Palestinian territories
By Lauren Hakimi, CNN Business Several kosher grocery stores around the United States have decided to pull Ben & Jerry’s from their…
Continue Reading Why Netflix isn’t pressing the panic button
By Charles Riley, CNN Business Netflix lost 433,000 subscribers in the United States and Canada during the second quarter, according to financial…
Continue Reading Venmo is getting rid of one of its most recognizable features
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Venmo is getting rid of the feed that shows users’ payments to strangers. It’s part of a drastic…
Continue Reading Jamie Dimon awarded hundreds of millions of dollars to stay at JPMorgan for the foreseeable future
By Rob McLean, CNN Business JPMorgan Chase really, really wants CEO Jamie Dimon to stick around. The investment bank awarded Dimon 1.5 million stock…
Continue Reading Inflation is here. The Delta variant could make it worse
By Matt Egan, CNN Business The biggest question facing the US economy is when skyrocketing consumer prices will come back to earth. The emergence of…
Continue Reading 5 dos and don’ts for selling your used car
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business This could be the best time ever to sell or trade in your used car. Used cars are selling for record high prices, and…
Continue Reading ‘I lost the ability to speak’: Van Jones describes moment Bezos donated $100M
Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder and world’s wealthiest man, has donated $100 million each to CNN contributor Van Jones and chef José Andrés, founder…
Continue Reading
Jeff Bezos reveals what crew was talking about before liftoff
CNN’s Anderson Cooper talks with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark about their trip into space aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft, and what…
Continue Reading Jeff Bezos reveals what the crew talked about before liftoff
By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business Amazon founder Jeff Bezos caught up with CNN’s Anderson Cooper after returning to Earth Tuesday, reflecting…
Continue Reading
‘Best day ever’: Watch as Bezos successfully completes passenger space flight
CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE RACE TO SPACE VAN HORN, Texas — Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company’s first…
Continue Reading This company is testing self-driving cars in New York City for the first time
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Mobileye, an Israeli self-driving technology company owned by Intel, has become the first company to test fully…
Continue Reading See the first self-driving car to take a spin on NYC streets
Intel-owned startup Mobileye has completed the first ever tests of self-driving cars on the streets of New York City without a police…
Continue Reading Netflix falls short on subscriber growth and confirms plans to get into gaming
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Netflix posted sluggish subscriber growth when it reported earnings Tuesday, and forecast bigger gains ahead. But…
Continue Reading See the moment Blue Origin spacecraft touches down
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spacecraft touches down safely after a successful flight to…
Continue Reading Meet Wally Funk, the 82-year-old pilot who just went to space with Jeff Bezos
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business After a half-century of waiting, Wally Funk — who trained for NASA’s Mercury program but was denied the…
Continue Reading Instagram users can now control how much sensitive content they see
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Instagram is making it easier for users to control how much sensitive content they see when browsing the app’s…
Continue Reading Facebook doubles profit but braces for hit from Apple privacy changes
President Biden backed away from his claim that Facebook is “killing people” by allowing Covid-19 misinformation, clarifying that his previous…
Continue Reading Bezos donates $100 million each to CNN contributor Van Jones and chef Jose Andres
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder and world’s wealthiest man, said Tuesday after flying to the edge of space that he…
Continue Reading Robinhood targets July 29 debut as a public company
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Robinhood is planning to make its big debut as a public company next week. The trading app is expected to start trading on…
Continue Reading Taco Bell is facing a food shortage
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Taco Bell is warning that some of customers’ favorite items might not be available. The chain apologized on…
Continue Reading How to profit from greener bitcoin miners
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Securities and Exchange Commission still hasn’t approved a single bitcoin exchange-traded fund even…
Continue Reading You don’t have to be rich to cash in on the space race
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Average folks may not be able to saunter into space like Jeff Bezos just yet. But the frenzy around exploring the…
Continue Reading See the moment Blue Origin spacecraft lifts off
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos launched into space aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft he…
Continue Reading During the pandemic, another devastating health crisis was growing
Opioid overdose deaths rose 30% last year, making 2020 the year with the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in the US, according to the…
Continue Reading Three opioid distributors settle New York lawsuit for $1.1 billion
By Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN Business Three opioid distributors have settled a lawsuit with New York state to the tune of over $1 billion, according…
Continue Reading