A 134-year-old home goods retailer filed for bankruptcy and is closing more than 70 stores
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Conn’s HomePlus, a 134-year-old furniture and electronics retailer with locations primarily in the…
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‘It was humiliating.’ Evictions in these cities are worse than before Covid
By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — A toxic mix of surging rental rates and vanishing support for renters has catapulted evictions above…
Continue ReadingA store clerk stole a $1 million lottery ticket, authorities say
By Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — A Tennessee man only learned he was the winner of a $1 million jackpot when detectives called to tell him his…
Continue ReadingTesla stock tumbles after its profit plunged
By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Telsa profit in the second quarter plunged more than 40% from a year ago, as the electric vehicle…
Continue ReadingOverstock.com is back from the dead
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Overstock.com, which was one of the biggest names in e-commerce, is being revived just a year after…
Continue ReadingDelta is still melting down. It could last all week
By Chris Isidore, Isabel Rosales and Amanda Musa, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Bad news for passengers: Delta Air Lines canceled hundreds more flights…
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CNN, WCVB By Chris Isidore, Isabel Rosales and Amanda Musa, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Bad news for passengers: Delta Air Lines canceled hundreds more…
Continue ReadingThe worst may be over for homebuyers
By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — After the last few years of skyrocketing home prices and elevated mortgage rates, Americans have been feeling…
Continue ReadingIsraeli cybersecurity startup Wiz ends talks with Google on $23 billion deal
By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Wiz has ended talks with Google parent Alphabet on a proposed $23 billion deal in which the Israeli…
Continue Reading39% of Americans worry they can’t pay the bills
By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Many Americans regularly worry they won’t be able to make ends meet. Nearly four in ten (39%) of US adults…
Continue ReadingChina’s leaders have floated the idea of raising the retirement age. It hasn’t gone down well
By Laura He and Fred He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has announced plans to raise some of the world’s lowest statutory retirement ages as it…
Continue ReadingAs Harris moves to secure the Democratic nomination, misinformation follows soon after online
By Sean Lyngaas, Donie O’Sullivan and Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — Within minutes of President Joe Biden endorsing Vice…
Continue ReadingA GOP congressman called Kamala Harris a ‘DEI hire.’ Some caution it’s a sign of what’s to come
CNN By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — In the first full day of her presidential campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris swiftly earned enough…
Continue ReadingWarner Bros. Discovery notifies NBA it will match Amazon’s $1.8 billion offer to carry league games
By Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — Warner Bros. Discovery notified the NBA on Monday that it will pay roughly $1.8 billion per year to match…
Continue ReadingHackers are already taking advantage of the CrowdStrike outage chaos
By Brian Fung and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Cybercriminals are already capitalizing on the chaos from Friday’s massive global tech outage by…
Continue ReadingUS-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva given 6.5 years in Russian jail in swift and secret trial
By Anna Chernova, Nathan Hodge and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — A Russian court has sentenced Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist,…
Continue ReadingMcDonald’s $5 value meal is staying on menus for a little while longer
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Nearly all McDonald’s US locations will continue to sell the “$5 Meal Deal” after people flocked…
Continue ReadingWhy Delta is still canceling flights as other airlines return to normal
By Chris Isidore and Holly Yan, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Three days after a computer update problem caused more than 5,000 flight cancellations…
Continue ReadingGlobal markets close higher amid upheaval in US presidential race
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Global markets made solid gains after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential…
Continue ReadingRyanair, Europe’s biggest airline, says airfares will be ‘materially lower’ this summer
By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Ryanair said Monday that it expects airfares during the busy summer travel season to be “materially…
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