CNN – Business/Consumer

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The always-online generation may be starting to unplug a bit. Around 40% of teenagers say they have cut back on their time on social media, according to a report published Monday by the Pew Research Center. Nearly the same proportion of teens acknowledge that they spend “too

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — Airbnb is banning the use of indoor security cameras in listings globally, the short-term rental platform announced Monday. Previously, Airbnb (ABNB) allowed hosts to have indoor security cameras in common areas as long as the devices were clearly disclosed on the listing page and placed in visible

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Porsche today introduced the most powerful production, or mass-produced, car it has ever made. The electric 1,093-horsepower Taycan Turbo GT, coming to market this summer, has already set two race track speed record for an electric car. It even beat one set by a Tesla Model S by a gigantic 18 seconds. High horsepower

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The prices of vinyl records will feed into UK inflation statistics for the first time since 1992, highlighting a surge in their popularity among British consumers driven in part by Taylor Swift. The Office for National Statistics published its annual update Monday to the basket of more than

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — WWE and Logan Paul’s Prime have struck a “record-setting” deal to feature the sports drink as the first-ever brand logo to appear in the center of the wrestling mat. Prime’s pact, which is the largest deal that WWE has ever struck with a sponsor, also makes the

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — If you want to find the most new union members, don’t go to a Starbucks or an Amazon warehouse, despite the high profile organizing wins unions have achieved with those employers in recent years. Head to college and university campuses. The Dartmouth College men’s basketball team achieved

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Hearing that big corporations are raking in hefty profits frustrates Nick Rosolino. As the owners of a small cleaning business in rural Maine, Rosolino and his wife are finding it increasingly difficult to break even after the prices for the products they use soared in recent years. While supply

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Prices at the pump are rising fast — and it’s not even spring. After bottoming at $3.07 a gallon in mid-January, the national average climbed to $3.40 a gallon on Friday, according to AAA. That’s a four-month high. The speedy price increase threatens to unwind progress on

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Whether it’s an unexpected car repair or an emergency room visit, life happens. And it’s expensive. For those without any kind of safety net, paying for unanticipated expenses can mean borrowing money at astronomical interest rates, as well as forking over late fees if you can’t make

By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s consumer inflation turned positive for the first time in six months, largely supported by the Lunar New Year holiday, when a spending boom pushed up prices. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.7% in February from a year earlier, government data showed on Saturday, versus

By Philip Wang, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The US government on Sunday urged insurance companies to make advanced payments to health care providers following a cyberattack that disrupted insurance processing systems. The cyberattack had “significant impact” on Change Healthcare, a unit of health IT giant UnitedHealth Group, which processes 15 billion health care transactions

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — A Trader Joe’s canvas mini tote bag that costs about the same as a pack of gum is being resold online for nearly 200 times its retail price. The Trader Joe’s bags, available in blue, red, green and yellow, have taken social media by storm in the

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — The Body Shop has shut down all of its US-based operations and will be closing dozens of Canadian store locations as it files for bankruptcy. In a news release earlier this month, the UK-based cosmetics company announced that its US subsidiary is no longer operational, effective March

By Chris Boyette and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Angela Chao, CEO of shipping company Foremost Group and sister of former US cabinet secretary Elaine Chao, died after her car became submerged in a pond on a Central Texas ranch last month, according to the Wall Street Journal and a report from Blanco County Emergency

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Michael Stumo’s life changed forever on March 10, 2019. His daughter, Samya Rose Stumo, was killed that day when the Boeing 737 Max 8 she was on plunged into the ground just outside Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, six minutes after the plane took off. She was 24 years

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — When I set up an interview with Bruce Van Saun, head of Citizens Financial Group, the 14th largest bank in the US, for a piece that would mark the first anniversary of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank I didn’t anticipate having such a fresh feeling of déjà

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — When 24-year-old Heather Hines from Southern California was changing into her work clothes last month, she noticed the seven security cameras she owned from Wyze went offline for a short period of time, including the one in her bedroom. About 48 hours later, she received an email from

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Why does actor Aaron Paul co-own a mezcal brand? The answer is quite simple: “I like drinking.” Along with his former “Breaking Bad” co-star turned best friend Bryan Cranston, the two co-founded Dos Hombres Mezcal in 2019 — joining the long list of celebrity-backed alcohol brands launched

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — For more than two weeks, a cyberattack has disrupted business at health care providers across the United States, forcing small clinics to scramble to stay in business and exposing the fragility of the billing system that underpins American health care. “We’re hemorrhaging money,” said Catherine Reinheimer, practice manager at the

By David Goldman and Poppy Harlow, CNN New York (CNN) — What an absolute roller coaster ride. OpenAI, the ChatGPT maker that has been in management upheaval for more than four months, announced that its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman would return to its board of directors as part of a reshaped oversight team. Altman’s return