Pentagon activates US airlines to assist with evacuation efforts from Afghanistan
CNN By Ellie Kaufman, Oren Liebermann, Veronica Stracqualursi and Alexis Benveniste, CNN The Department of Defense is mobilizing commercial airline…
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Western news outlets are working to evacuate local journalists from Afghanistan
By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business News outlets including CNN and the Washington Post are working overtime to ensure the safety of staffers in…
Continue ReadingWestern news outlets are working to evacuate local journalists from Afghanistan
CNN By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business News outlets including CNN and the Washington Post are working overtime to ensure the safety of staffers in…
Continue ReadingAn Apple II manual signed by Steve Jobs just sold for nearly $800,000
By Alaa Elassar, CNN If you thought Apple computers were expensive, you haven’t seen what their manuals go for. Boston-based RR Auction on…
Continue ReadingDoes the US economy need another $480 billion in stimulus?
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The Federal Reserve is buying $120 billion in bonds per month, part of a package of emergency measures to prop up the…
Continue ReadingConservative talk show host Phil Valentine dies after battle with Covid-19, his employer says
By Andy Rose, CNN Phil Valentine, a Nashville-based conservative radio talk show host who had questioned whether it was necessary for all people to…
Continue ReadingGig worker advocacy groups react to court ruling that Prop. 22 is ‘unconstitutional’
By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business Some California gig worker advocacy groups expressed cautious optimism Saturday about a federal court judge’s…
Continue ReadingNow who will be the new ‘Jeopardy!’ host?
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…
Continue ReadingHow the Delta variant is upending restaurants
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business For a moment in late spring and early summer, it seemed that restaurant operators were starting to see the…
Continue Reading‘No one has money.’ Under Taliban rule, Afghanistan’s banking system is imploding
CNN By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Taliban’s rule of Afghanistan faces an imminent threat: The war-torn nation’s banking system is on the…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban face bleak economic times ahead, former Afghan central banker predicts
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Soaring food prices. Limited cash. And a surge of refugees. The economic future of Afghanistan under Taliban rule looks…
Continue ReadingFormer Afghan central banker describes ‘complete chaos’ of fleeing the country, with one shoe and no bags
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Ajmal Ahmady is still disoriented by how rapidly Afghanistan’s US-backed government collapsed to the Taliban.…
Continue ReadingGM recalling another 70,000 Chevrolet Bolt electric cars
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business General Motors is recalling another 73,000 Bolt EV and EUV electric vehicles in the United States and Canada for…
Continue ReadingWant a new Tesla? You’re gonna have to wait a while
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business You’re going to have to wait a long time if you want to buy just about any Tesla. Estimated delivery times on…
Continue ReadingElon Musk has donated $5.7 billion in Tesla shares to charity
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Charles Riley, CNN Business Tesla CEO Elon Musk has donated roughly $5.7 billion worth of the electric carmaker’s shares…
Continue ReadingBlack former Kraft Heinz employees say coworkers threatened to kill them if they didn’t quit
By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business A trio of Black former Kraft Heinz factory workers are suing the company for $30 million over what they claim was…
Continue ReadingFanatics scores big with baseball card deal and Leo Messi
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The buzzy sports apparel startup Fanatics will become the new exclusive licensee for Major League Baseball cards,…
Continue ReadingMike Richards has stepped down as the host of ‘Jeopardy!’
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Mike Richards, who was announced as the brand new host of “Jeopardy!” just last week,…
Continue ReadingMike Richards has stepped down as the host of ‘Jeopardy!’
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Mike Richards strategized for years to become the host of an iconic TV game show. But he lasted as the host of…
Continue ReadingAmazon helped crush department stores. Now it reportedly wants to be one
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Amazon upended the US brick-and-mortar department store model built by companies like Sears and J.C. Penney.…
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