China’s trade hit record levels last month despite the global shipping crisis
By Laura He, CNN Business China’s trade with the rest of the world surged to record highs last month, easing fears that a stubborn coronavirus…
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Yes, the IRS can tax bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. What you need to know
CNN By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin as legal tender may have been a watershed moment for cryptocurrencies. But…
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By Merlin Delcid, CNN Business El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as a national currency on Tuesday, kicking off a radical…
Continue ReadingFrom Broadway to Big Tech, a preview of fall 2021 across the media world
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Continue ReadingFrom Broadway to Big Tech, a preview of fall 2021 across the media world
CNN By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for…
Continue ReadingThe US workforce has gotten significantly older and more diverse
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business America’s workforce is considerably older and more diverse than it was 40-some years ago. Federal labor…
Continue ReadingTotal is spending $27 billion in Iraq. This time it’s about solar energy, too
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business TotalEnergies is investing in oil, gas and solar energy projects worth $27 billion in Iraq, returning to the country…
Continue ReadingAluminum prices hit decade high as coup threatens supplies from Guinea
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Aluminum prices have reached their highest level in more than a decade following a coup in Guinea, a major supplier…
Continue ReadingVolkswagen CEO Herbert Diess on the race to electric, the chip shortage and Elon Musk
By Anna Stewart, CNN Business CEO Herbert Diess wants electric cars to make up half of the Volkswagen Group’s sales in 2030, and 100% of its…
Continue ReadingAustralia stands by coal ‘beyond 2030’ after UN warns of economic havoc
By Helen Regan and Angela Dewan, CNN Business The Australian government said Monday that the country would keep producing and exporting coal…
Continue ReadingUS unions are better off, but still a long way from their former might
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The biggest victory for US unions since Labor Day last year wasn’t at the negotiating table, on the picket line…
Continue Reading‘A climate of fear’: Hong Kong media company behind shuttered Apple Daily admits defeat
By Michelle Toh, Sasha Chua and Chandler Thornton, CNN Business The media company behind the now-shuttered Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily is shutting…
Continue ReadingDespite pandemic, Modi’s farmer problem hasn’t gone away
By Rhea Mogul and Swati Gupta, CNN Marking the return of a months-long movement that has posed a unique challenge to Indian Prime Minister Narendra…
Continue ReadingChina’s ‘political pressure’ on Australian economy isn’t working, treasurer says
By Ben Westcott, CNN Business Tensions between China and Australia have taken a $4 billion toll on the important trading partnership, but Canberra…
Continue ReadingAdvertised for ‘sale’ in a fake online auction, these Muslim women refuse to let the trolls win
By Rhea Mogul and Swati Gupta, CNN Hana Mohsin Khan says she knows why she was targeted on a website that appeared to offer her for sale.…
Continue ReadingResearchers studying Facebook misinformation say they were deplatformed
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business New York University researchers discovered scathing new data on the spread of misinformation on Facebook, despite the…
Continue ReadingMercedes reveals electric luxury models for on- and off-road
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Mercedes gave details on a number of new electric cars ahead of next week’s Munich transportation show.…
Continue ReadingLabor Day 2021: What’s open, what’s closed
By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business The Labor Day holiday bookmarks the end of summer and the beginning of fall, but above all, it celebrates working…
Continue ReadingRemember NFTs? They’re back, big time
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Plenty of ink was spilled earlier this year when investors, hobbyists and art enthusiasts started frantically buying…
Continue ReadingThese companies are pushing back against the Texas abortion law
CNN By Matt McFarland, CNN Business GoDaddy took down a website that allowed people to post tips about possible Texas abortions, in the latest…
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