This year’s Amazon Prime Day was the biggest in company history
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — America still loves a bargain. Consumers spent $12.7 billion across the web on July 11 and 12…
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This year’s Amazon Prime Day was the biggest in company history
CNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — America still loves a bargain. Consumers spent $12.7 billion across the web on July 11 and 12…
Continue ReadingMortgage rates jump higher, closing in on 7%
By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US mortgage rates climbed higher this week, inching closer to 7% and reaching their highest level…
Continue ReadingRussian oil tops price cap set by Western countries for first time
By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The price of Russian crude oil has risen above a price cap set by the Group of Seven nations, in the first…
Continue ReadingTexas’ TikTok ban hit with First Amendment lawsuit
By Melissa Mahtani, CNN (CNN) — Texas’s ban on TikTok at state institutions violates the First Amendment, claims a lawsuit filed Thursday by…
Continue ReadingEx-Celsius CEO is charged with fraud
By Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — US prosecutors charged the former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency platform Celsius Networks with…
Continue ReadingTwitter asks federal court to terminate 2022 FTC privacy settlement
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Twitter has asked a federal court to terminate a 2022 privacy settlement with the Federal Trade…
Continue ReadingTwitter asks federal court to terminate 2022 FTC privacy settlement
By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Twitter has asked a federal court to terminate a 2022 privacy settlement with the Federal Trade…
Continue Reading‘China has changed.’ Germany unveils strategy to cut reliance on world’s no. 2 economy
By Hanna Ziady and Nadine Schmidt, CNN London/Berlin (CNN) — Germany announced Thursday that it would reduce its dependence on China in…
Continue ReadingFTC is investigating ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for potential harm to consumers
By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI for possible violations of consumer protection law,…
Continue ReadingKey US inflation gauge cooled last month to the lowest level in nearly three years
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — Wholesale inflation continued its yearlong slowdown last month, rising by just 0.1% for the 12…
Continue ReadingBob Iger to Ron DeSantis: Disney is not sexualizing children
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Disney CEO Bob Iger said Disney wants to avoid the so-called culture wars but defiantly pushed back…
Continue ReadingFrance will pay you to repair your clothes
By Oliver Briscoe and Jack Guy, CNN Paris/London (CNN) — France is to introduce a scheme that will subsidize repairs to clothing and shoes in…
Continue ReadingWorking from home could wipe $800 billion from office values globally
By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Remote work risks wiping $800 billion from the value of office buildings in major cities worldwide by 2030…
Continue ReadingTicket sold in Michigan wins estimated $842.2 million Powerball jackpot in New Year’s Day drawing
CNN By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — A single ticket sold in Michigan has matched all six numbers to win the estimated $842.2 million Powerball…
Continue ReadingActors are going on strike after talks with major studios and streaming services fail
By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — A union representing about 160,000 Hollywood actors is going on strike after talks with major studios…
Continue ReadingHong Kong poised to ban Japanese seafood over treated nuclear wastewater
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong, one of the world’s biggest buyers of Japanese fish, says it will ban seafood imports from 10…
Continue ReadingFormer Fox executives say they regret helping Rupert Murdoch birth ‘disinformation machine’
By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Three former high-ranking Fox executives are blasting Rupert Murdoch for Fox News’ role spreading disinformation…
Continue ReadingThe oldest craft brewery in the United States is shutting down after 127 years
CNN, KGO By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Pour one out for Anchor Brewing: America’s oldest craft brewer is shutting down after 127…
Continue ReadingFTC files to appeal Microsoft/Activision Blizzard merger
By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday filed its appeal of a federal judge’s decision earlier this week allowing…
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