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By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Tesla plans to pause most production at its only European factory due to supply chain problems caused by attacks in the Red Sea. The carmaker said it would halt output at its huge factory near Berlin for two weeks from January 29 because assaults on container ships along

By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s economy had a bad 2023 and the outlook isn’t much better. Exports for the year as a whole fell for the first time since 2016 as global demand for Chinese-made goods (other than cars) slowed, according to customs data released on Friday. Officials said the slump

By Joe Sutton and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A class action lawsuit was filed on Thursday in Washington state against Boeing on behalf of the passengers aboard last week’s Alaska Airlines flight 1282. According to the lawsuit’s allegations, “the event physically injured some passengers and emotionally traumatized most if not all aboard. The violence

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — CVS will close dozens of pharmacies located inside of Target stores in early 2024, a company spokesperson said on Thursday. The closures come as retail pharmacy chains in the US face increasing difficulties with their prescriptions business, workforces and more. CVS will shutter the pharmacies between February

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Al Gore is stepping down from Apple’s Board of Directors – but only because he’s too old to be renominated. Apple has a longstanding policy that its directors cannot stand for reelection after reaching the age of 75. That means it’s time for Gore, who is now

By Samantha Delouya, CNN New York (CNN) — eBay will pay a $3 million criminal penalty for a harassment campaign, including sending live cockroaches, of a Massachusetts-based couple who ran a newsletter that was sometimes critical of the company. eBay was charged with six criminal offenses, including stalking, witness tampering and obstruction of justice, after

By Alicia Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — More Americans are buckling under the weight of mounting credit card debt. All stages of credit card delinquency (30, 60 and 90 days past due) jumped higher during the third quarter of last year, surpassing pre-pandemic levels for the first time, according to a report released Thursday

CNN By Alicia Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — More Americans are buckling under the weight of mounting credit card debt. All stages of credit card delinquency (30, 60 and 90 days past due) jumped higher during the third quarter of last year, surpassing pre-pandemic levels for the first time, according to a report released

By Oliver Darcy and Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — ESPN returned dozens of Emmy statues and “disciplined” employees after an investigation disclosed Thursday found that the sports network had submitted fake names to the awards organization in a bid to secure trophies for on-air personalities who had been ineligible to receive them. The

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — A bipartisan Senate bill introduced Thursday could make it easier for students to file civil rights complaints over antisemitism and Islamophobia on college campuses and to hold those schools accountable for protecting students. The bill, introduced by Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy and Democratic Sens. John Fetterman and

By Casey Tolan and Rene Marsh, CNN (CNN) — More than four dozen members of Congress signed on to two letters Thursday expressing concern about the lending practices of the nation’s largest credit union, citing a CNN investigation into racial disparities in the lender’s mortgage approvals. In a letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development

CNN, CNBC, NTSB, STEPHANIE KING, ELIZABETH, TIKTOK, NTSB, SAM MATTHEWS, CNN, CNN, CNBC, NTSB, Stephanie King, Elizabeth/TikTok, NTSB, Sam Matthews By Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace and Ramishah Maruf, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration says it is opening an investigation into Boeing’s quality control after the violent in-flight failure of a door plug on

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Hertz, which has made a big push into electric vehicles in recent years, has decided it’s time to cut back. The company will sell off a third of its electric fleet, totaling roughly 20,000 vehicles, and use the money they bring to purchase more gasoline powered vehicles. Electric vehicles

By Alicia Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — If the lure of a fox, a box, a mouse and a house were not enough to encourage Sam-I-Am to chow down on some green eggs and ham, Thursday’s inflation data surely won’t help matters either. Eggs and ham prices went up the most in December, while

By Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace and Ramishah Maruf, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration says it is opening an investigation into Boeing’s quality control after the violent in-flight failure of a door plug on a nearly new 737 Max 9. In a new statement, the FAA says last Friday’s dramatic in-flight blowout on Alaska

By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates ticked up this week for the second week in a row, but remain more than a full percentage point lower than their high last year. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.66% in the week ending January 11, up from 6.62% the previous week, according to data

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s official. The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday gave the green light to the listing and trading of 11 bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds, or ETFs. And they will be coming online quickly, with several starting to trade Thursday. That means if you have have been curious about

By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Google is starting the year off with sweeping layoffs across divisions. The layoffs include hundreds of employees who work on some of the company’s most recognizable products, including Google Assistant, the voice-activated software that helps users check the weather, set timers and quickly look up facts. The Google

By Mostafa Salem and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — Iran has seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman and is transferring it to an Iranian port in retaliation for the United States confiscating the same vessel and its oil last year, Tasnim News Agency reported Thursday. The media outlet, which is

By Alicia Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — US consumer prices rose 3.4% annually to close out 2023, capping a year of substantial progress on efforts to rein in painfully high inflation. The Consumer Price Index, which measures the average price changes for commonly purchased goods and services, rose 0.3% in December from the month