Credit card and car loan delinquencies pass pre-Covid levels as consumers get squeezed
By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — More Americans are failing to make payments on their credit cards and auto loans, another sign of rising…
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The rising cost of shelter represented 90% of last month’s inflation
By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The latest Consumer Price Index shows that shelter costs contributed 90% of total inflation last…
Continue ReadingAn author says AI is ‘writing’ unauthorized books being sold under her name on Amazon
By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — An author is raising alarms this week after she found new books being sold on Amazon under her name —…
Continue ReadingCo-founder of Russia’s equivalent of Google slams ‘barbaric’ invasion of Ukraine
By Darya Tarasova, Tim Lister and Radina Gigova, CNN The founder and former CEO of Russia’s largest internet company, Arkady Volozh, has slammed…
Continue ReadingNatural gas prices are spiking again. Here’s why
By Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — Natural gas prices have spiked again this week, just as Europe prepares for the heating season. The…
Continue ReadingConsumer prices rose by 3.2% annually in July, picking up for the first time in 13 months
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — For the first time in more than 12 months, the pace of consumer price hikes accelerated on an annual…
Continue ReadingCoach and Versace’s parent companies are combining in an $8.5 billion deal
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Michael Kors and Kate Spade are about to become siblings. Tapestry Inc., which owns Kate Spade and…
Continue ReadingAirlines will continue to fly fewer flights to New York and Washington as FAA faces staffing shortages
By Pete Muntean, CNN New York (CNN) — The federal government is allowing airlines to continue to run reduced flight schedules to major airports…
Continue ReadingSchools are teaching ChatGPT, so students aren’t left behind
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business New York (CNN) — When college administrator Lance Eaton created a working spreadsheet…
Continue ReadingHackers take on ChatGPT in Vegas, with support from the White House
By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) — Thousands of hackers will descend on Las Vegas this weekend for a competition taking…
Continue ReadingManhattan rents hit a record high for the third time in four months
By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Rents in Manhattan hit another all-time high in July, the third record high in the past four months,…
Continue ReadingShe lost more money than anyone on Bloomberg’s billionaires list since Covid. China’s property crisis is to blame
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Yang Huiyan, the chair of real-estate giant Country Garden and one of China’s richest women, has lost…
Continue ReadingCo-founder of Russia’s equivalent of Google slams ‘barbaric’ invasion of Ukraine
CNN By Darya Tarasova, Tim Lister and Radina Gigova, CNN The founder and former CEO of Russia’s largest internet company, Arkady Volozh, has…
Continue ReadingOrange juice futures are hitting record highs. Here’s why, and what it means for consumers
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Orange juice futures are hitting record highs because of bad weather and a nasty citrus…
Continue ReadingDisney+ hikes prices as sales sink across the company
By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The Walt Disney Company is hiking prices for its Disney+ streaming service again, as its third-quarter…
Continue ReadingWhy cell phone service is down in Maui — and when it could be restored
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of people in Maui are without cell service as the wildfires continue to rage out of control on…
Continue ReadingIt’s a Barbie world — and pink is seeping into what we use, wear and eat
CNN, KGO, WILX, WBZ, KCAL, KCBS By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s Barbie’s world and you’re not escaping it. Pink, in all its…
Continue ReadingEven ‘Barbie’ may not be able to rescue AMC Theaters
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Barbie has already pulled in over a billion dollars. That still may not be enough to save AMC…
Continue ReadingTaylor Swift, ‘Barbie’ and Beyoncé are unleashing the spending power of women
By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s the summer of girl power, fueled by Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and “Barbie.” Millions of…
Continue ReadingNew electric Cadillac Escalade has 750 horsepower, space for your handbag, and a heck of a price tag
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — The new all-electric Cadillac Escalade IQ shares virtually nothing with the boxy gas-powered Escalade, but…
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