America’s largest retailer will cover 100% of college tuition for its workers
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Walmart will pay for full college tuition and book costs at some schools for its US workers, the latest effort…
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Economist: Higher prices will ease by this time next year
Opinion by Mark Zandi for CNN Business Perspectives Long-dormant inflation has suddenly come back to life, putting a heavy financial weight on…
Continue Reading These are the industries where jobs still haven’t returned
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Job growth is outpacing economists’ expectations, and there’s still a long way — and 6.8 million…
Continue Reading Higher prices could be here to stay if the Fed doesn’t act soon
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Back in March, people were freaking out about rising long-term interest rates and inflation fears. But now the…
Continue Reading There’s a jet fuel shortage at some US airports
By Chris Isidore and Gregory Wallace, CNN Business The seats are full on most planes, but in some cases, the fuel tanks are not. At several western…
Continue Reading Campbell’s soup cans get first redesign in 50 years
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business The labels on Campbell’s soup cans are getting their first redesign in about 50 years. Eagled-eyed customers…
Continue Reading Vaccine shortage holds back developing world as rich economies roar ahead
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The economic outlook for rich countries is getting better while developing economies are falling behind. That’s…
Continue Reading Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion to get Blue Origin back in the moon race
Jeff Bezos is offering NASA up to $2 billion in a bid to reignite the battle for space between his rocket company Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX.…
Continue Reading Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion to get Blue Origin back in the moon race
Billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos traded barbs after NASA awarded a contract to Musk’s SpaceX to build the next vehicle to take astronauts to the…
Continue Reading How Tesla made more than $1 billion
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Tesla is making strides in its transformation from scrappy upstart to mature carmaker. And it has the numbers to…
Continue Reading Home prices can’t go straight up forever. But this probably isn’t a bubble
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Home prices are climbing at the fastest pace in history, eclipsing even the boom in the days leading up to the Great…
Continue Reading Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion to get Blue Origin back in the moon race
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Jeff Bezos wants to spot NASA up to $2 billion in a bid to reignite the battle for space between his rocket company…
Continue Reading WeChat suspends new user registrations as China cracks down on tech
By Eric Cheung and Hanna Ziady, CNN Business WeChat is suspending all new user registrations until early August, the popular social messaging app…
Continue Reading Beijing’s regulatory crackdown hit stocks in China and the US
Allianz Chief Economic Adviser Mohamed El-Erian discusses China’s regulatory crackdown on private education…
Continue Reading Meituan, Tencent and Alibaba just lost hundreds of billions of dollars in market value
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Chinese tech stocks keep getting slammed with a stunningly massive sell-off that has wiped out hundreds of billions of…
Continue Reading See what Biden said about today’s infrastructure vote
During a CNN town hall, President Joe Biden said he is confident the Senate will vote to move forward with a bipartisan infrastructure…
Continue Reading More than 140 business leaders urge lawmakers to pass infrastructure bill
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Dozens of business leaders, including the CEOs of BlackRock, United Airlines and Macy’s, called on lawmakers Monday…
Continue Reading Shrinkflation is the fad diet no one needs
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your…
Continue Reading Activision Blizzard employees sign petition denouncing company’s ‘abhorrent’ response to lawsuit
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Pressure on Activision Blizzard is mounting as more than 2,000 current and former employees signed a petition slamming…
Continue Reading Tesla reports record quarterly earnings, blowing past Wall Street’s expectations
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Tesla reported stronger-than-expected second quarter, with a record net income of $1.1 billion. It was far more than…
Continue Reading Philip Morris wants cigarettes banned in the UK by 2030
Philip Morris International says it will stop selling Marlboro cigarettes in Britain within a decade as it called on the UK government to ban the…
Continue Reading A surprising tech company could be next to join the Dow
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Chip giant Nvidia is the ninth-most valuable company in the S&P 500. With a market capitalization of almost…
Continue Reading Amazon posted a crypto job. Bitcoin surged 14%
By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business Amazon listed a job opening for a digital currency and blockchain product lead, sending cryptocurrencies soaring…
Continue Reading Justice Department opposition kills major insurance merger
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business A proposed $30 billion insurance industry merger is off, one month after the Justice Department’s antitrust…
Continue Reading Goldman Sachs slashes US economic growth forecast over weaker spending on services
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Goldman Sachs slashed its forecast for US economic activity in the second half of the year, pointing to sluggish…
Continue Reading Opening ceremony ratings reflect NBC’s Olympic challenge
Will NBC be one of the winners or losers of the Summer Olympics? Claire Atkinson discusses the relatively weak ratings for the opening ceremony and…
Continue Reading Ratings plunged for the Olympics opening ceremony, but streaming was solid
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business The Tokyo Olympics officially kicked off this weekend, and on the face of it, the ratings for Friday’s opening…
Continue Reading Major medical groups call for mandatory Covid-19 vaccines for health care workers
NEW YORK, NY — As the number of Covid-19 cases surges in the United States, more than 50 health care groups — including the American…
Continue Reading Philip Morris wants cigarettes banned in the UK by 2030
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Philip Morris International says it will stop selling Marlboro cigarettes in Britain within a decade as it called on the…
Continue Reading China’s private education firms are the latest targets of Beijing’s crackdown
By CNN Business Staff Chinese officials are turning their crackdown on private business to yet another industry: education. A slew of big Chinese…
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