BBC trolls Liz Truss, via Rihanna: ‘You look so dumb right now’
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Anna Cooban, CNN Business The BBC has taken a swipe at outgoing UK Prime Minister Liz Truss — with a little help from Rihanna.…
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Unprecedented 401(k) boost: IRS increases amount you can save for retirement in 2023
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business The IRS on Friday announced a record increase in contribution limits to 401(k) and other tax-deferred retirement plans…
Continue ReadingThe era of the meme trade is over
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business It’s been a tumultuous year for retail traders — people who buy shares of individual companies or indexes on…
Continue ReadingGoogle hit with $162 million fine from Indian regulators over anti-competitive practices
Swati Gupta, CNN Business Google is facing the heat in India. The country’s antitrust regulator has imposed a penalty of approximately 13.4…
Continue ReadingNewsmax bans Lara Logan after QAnon-style rant, condemns her words in ‘the strongest terms’
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The right-wing channel Newsmax has banned Lara Logan from its air after she went on a QAnon-style rant during an…
Continue ReadingTexas regulators have their eyes on one of the most powerful players in the crypto world
Jon Sarlin, CNN Business The big news in crypto this week came via a court filing in Texas. FTX, the crypto giant that is led by arguably the most…
Continue ReadingRailroads reject latest proposal from third largest union, as strike date looms
By Vanessa Yurkevich and Chris Isidore, CNN Business US freight railroads rejected a new sick leave proposal from a union of track maintenance…
Continue ReadingFormer Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says chance of recession next year is substantial
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said on Thursday that it’s “substantially” more likely…
Continue ReadingAs prices soar, consumers turn to McDonald’s
CNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Inflation is relentlessly high and food prices in particular are soaring. In this environment, customers…
Continue ReadingElon Musk says Tesla shares are only going up. But he’s selling them anyway
By Michael Ballaban Elon Musk made another one of his predictions. On Wednesday evening’s earnings call, the Tesla CEO claimed that his…
Continue ReadingWhy BMW really decided to make batteries in the US
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business BMW recently announced a $1.7 billion investment to help prepare its huge Spartanburg, South Carolina, factory…
Continue ReadingElon Musk didn’t want EV tax credits. Now Tesla is warming up to them
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Tesla buyers may be able to take advantage of new federal tax credits for electric vehicles next year, the…
Continue ReadingInflation has people living paycheck to paycheck. Here’s how some banks are responding
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business “Payday Friday” may soon be replaced by “Payday Wednesday.” This week, JPMorgan Chase,…
Continue ReadingBeware of fad stocks. Truly owner, Snap and Zoom have plunged
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Fads come and go in fashion. (Are skinny jeans no longer a thing?) The same is true of the stock market. Investors…
Continue Reading‘Batten down the hatches’: Bezos and fellow billionaires are issuing recession warnings
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Even the uber-rich are on edge now about the economy. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, two of the wealthiest people on the…
Continue ReadingKey US bond yield hits highest level since June 2008
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business More bad news for anyone looking to buy a home: The benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield rose to about 4.23%…
Continue ReadingMortgage rates rise again, creeping closer to 7%
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates rose again this week, stopping just short of the 7% mark. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.94%…
Continue ReadingAmerican Airlines: Our customers aren’t buying international first class tickets. So we’re eliminating them
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business American Airlines expanded on its plan to drop first-class seats on its international flights and replace them with…
Continue ReadingUS home sales fall for 8th month in a row in September, the longest slump since 2007
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home sales in the US declined for the eighth month in a row in September as surging mortgage rates and high prices…
Continue ReadingThe Fed may have to blow up the economy to get inflation under control
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Federal Reserve is most likely going to raise interest rates by three quarters of a…
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