CNN – Business/Consumer

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Supermarket chain Kroger is suing a federal agency in a daring move that aims to weaken how Washington fights mergers that threaten to jack up prices on consumers. The lawsuit alleges the Federal Trade Commission is violating the US Constitution by using an in-house tribunal to challenge

By Ramishah Maruf and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN New York (CNN) — Alex Cooper, the host of the popular, unfiltered sex and relationship podcast “Call Her Daddy,” is ending her own relationship — with Spotify. Cooper signed an agreement with SiriusXM, giving the platform exclusive advertising and distribution rights, as well as other content and events.

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The European Union may have just given Tesla’s future sales in the region a boost by setting tariffs on its China-made vehicles considerably below those imposed on rival electric carmakers. The high-profile decision comes two months after the EU hiked tariffs on all electric cars imported from China,

By Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump attempted in a new interview to soften previous comments he made about exerting direct control over the Federal Reserve, including setting rates. “A president certainly can be talking about interest rates because I think I have very good instincts,” Trump said in an interview Monday with

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — The launch of Boeing’s long-delayed 777X aircraft has encountered another problem, forcing the company to pause testing and dealing yet another blow to Boeing’s reputation for quality. Boeing discovered problems in a structural component between the engine and the plane’s wings in a test flight. Boeing said

By Hanna Ziady and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN London (CNN) — British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, Morgan Stanley International director Jonathan Bloomer, and Chris Morvillo, a prominent American lawyer, are among six people still missing after a tornado hit a luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily. The vessel sank Monday — killing one of

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The price of a bar of gold is worth a million dollars for the first time, thanks to soaring prices for the precious metal. The price of spot gold reached more than $2,500 per troy ounce Friday, hitting a record high. The average gold bar weighs 400

By Jessie Yeung and Jon Passantino, CNN (CNN) — Disney has reversed course on a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the widower of a woman who died after eating at a resort restaurant, saying the matter can now proceed to court. Previously, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts had argued in court documents that the widower’s

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Tractor Supply Co. John Deere. Now Harley-Davidson. Harley-Davidson said Monday that it’s ending diversity and other progressive initiatives at the company. Harley-Davidson is the latest major American brand to backtrack from DEI policies it had supported in recent years. Harley-Davidson faced pressure online from Robby Starbuck, a

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — BurgerFi, the fast-casual burger chain and owner of Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, is running out of cash – and options. The company said it may need to file for bankruptcy. The company said it had just $4.4 million on hand as of August 14. It also expects

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — The body of Mike Lynch, the 59-year-old British tech investor, has been recovered from the sunken Bayesian superyacht, Italian interior ministry office Massimo Mariani told Reuters on Thursday. Early Monday morning, a luxury yacht he was on was hit by a tornado and sunk off the coast of

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The shape of the US labor market is changing, job growth is slowing and new survey data released Monday shows that Americans are starting to feel increasingly unsettled about it all. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s latest survey on consumers’ labor market experiences and expectations showed that

By Reuters and Lucy Bayly, CNN New York (CNN) — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn and his firm Icahn Enterprises have settled charges for failing to disclose pledges of the company’s securities as collateral for billions of dollars in personal loans, US regulators said Monday. The investigation came after a report from short-seller Hindenburg Research sent

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Inflation is slowly moving back to what’s considered a more sustainable pace, but for many Americans, it’s hard to take solace: The post-pandemic spike in price hikes drastically increased the cost of living. Both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have pledged to bring those costs

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The Canadian owner of Circle K convenience stores has made a bid to buy 7-Eleven in what would be the biggest foreign takeover of a Japanese company on record and the largest cross-border acquisition this year. In a statement Monday, Seven & I Holdings, the operator of 7-Eleven,

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — When Dana McMahan sold her home this spring, she decided to try to maximize her take-home profit by skipping out on the help of a full-service Realtor. Traditionally, home sellers in the US have been responsible for paying real estate commissions. The standard 5% or 6% commission was usually

By Shania Baweja and Taylor Galgano, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — After the 2018 Camp Fire – the deadliest wildfire in California’s history – engulfed Michael and Kristy Daneau’s Paradise home, the couple and their four daughters were forced to move 30 miles away to find a home they could afford. They moved to Cohasset to

By Erika Tulfo, CNN (CNN) — Aria Liu, 17, regularly posts shopping haul videos to her YouTube channel, which has 300,000 subscribers. She films her sprees by displaying a live feed of her laptop screen as she buys up to thousand-dollar shopping carts of clothes and makeup. “I shop so much more online,” she told

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — On Saturday, a new set of rules governing how most real estate professionals do business in the US officially take effect — and the changes could potentially upend how Americans buy and sell homes. The rules were agreed to by the National Association of Realtors, the powerful trade association

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Food prices have surged by more than 20% under the Biden-Harris administration, leaving many voters eager to stretch their dollars further at the grocery store. On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris said she has a solution: a federal ban on price gouging across the food industry. “My plan will include new penalties for opportunistic companies that exploit