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Year: 2022

Consumers continue to lack confidence in the US economy ahead of holiday shopping season

By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Heading into the all-important holiday shopping season, American consumers still aren’t feeling very confident about the state of the US economy. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index landed at 56.8 in November, up from the preliminary reading of 54.7 measured earlier this month but lower than the 59.9 recorded

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European Parliament website affected by cyberattack

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Parliament President Roberta Metsola says the legislature’s web site has come under a Russian cyberattack only hours after it overwhelmingly backed a resolution calling Russia a state sponsor of terrorism. Metsola said the parliament “is under a sophisticated cyberattack. A pro-Kremlin group has claimed responsibility.” A spokesman said that the website

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Chicken prices are finally starting to fall. You can thank busy roosters

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Over the past year, as some meat prices have fallen, chicken prices have remained stubbornly high. Strong demand, supply issues and even breeding problems with under-performing roosters kept the pressure on. The supply shortage even had some restaurants, like Wingstop, experimenting with less popular items like thighs. But now conditions

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