CNN – Business/Consumer

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Attention, Topo Chico fans: Brace yourself for a possible shortage that could stretch into the summer. Coca-Cola, which owns the carbonated mineral water brand, said the flagship product sold in glass bottles is “temporarily unavailable” in the United States because of “facility upgrades at the water source

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — The battle is just starting for the 300,000 businesses that want $134 billion in tariffs refunded. As it turns out, convincing six Supreme Court justices that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority in imposing sweeping tariffs relying on emergency economic powers was the easy part. The hard part: Getting

By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Egg prices have been plummeting. That’s great news for American shoppers, but bad news for American farmers. The average price of a dozen eggs at the grocery store is $2.58, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s about half of what many consumers were paying a

By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — JPMorgan Chase on Thursday hit back at President Donald Trump’s debanking lawsuit against the company and CEO Jamie Dimon, filing to move the case from Florida state court to federal court and arguing the president’s initial lawsuit “fraudulently” included Dimon. JPMorgan Chase lawyers wrote in a notice, first reported

By Ramishah Maruf, Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The West Virginia attorney general’s office sued Apple on Thursday, claiming the tech giant allowed child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) to be stored and distributed on its iCloud service. The lawsuit claims that Apple prioritized user privacy over child safety for years. The company has

By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — Oil prices jumped Thursday to their highest level in nearly seven months and investors snapped up safe havens like gold, as tensions between the United States and Iran continue to flare. Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 1.86%, to $71.66 per barrel. US crude rose 1.9%, to $66.43 per

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Amazon has surpassed Walmart as the world’s largest company, measured by sales, breaking Walmart’s 13-year streak at the top of the list. Amazon posted $717 billion in sales in 2025. Walmart, the largest company in the world for more than a decade, recorded $713 billion in sales

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — The day before Philip Siefke went shopping for a new car insurance policy, he happened to hit his brakes hard while driving. Not 24 hours later, when he priced a policy with Progressive, he was shocked to find the insurer already knew about that mundane experience. “I’m like, how

By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — AI is either your most helpful coworker, a glorified search engine or vastly overrated depending on who you ask. And no one seems to agree on which is right. Tech executives championing AI have long spun the narrative that the tech will revolutionize jobs and bring about a new

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Nestlé has thawed on ice cream. The world’s biggest food and drinks maker said Thursday that it was in “advanced negotiations” to sell its remaining ice cream business to its joint venture partner, Froneri. The division, which includes brands such as Häagen-Dazs and Drumstick, is valued at just

CNN, MONA EDWARDS By Clare Duffy, Samantha Delouya, Veronica Miracle, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday testified before a jury for the first time about accusations that social media, including Instagram, harm children’s mental health. Kaley, a 20-year-old woman, alleges Instagram and Google’s YouTube were intentionally designed to be addictive

By Clare Duffy, Samantha Delouya, Veronica Miracle, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday testified before a jury for the first time about accusations that social media, including Instagram, harm children’s mental health. Kaley, a 20-year-old woman, alleges Instagram and Google’s YouTube were intentionally designed to be addictive — and that

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — There’s a widening gap between the haves and the have-nots in the United States, and economists are increasingly sounding the alarm. Income inequality has expanded in a short timeframe, and various economic indicators – including rising delinquency rates – are flashing a warning sign. The “K-shaped” economic recovery may

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Wednesday that researchers at the New York Federal Reserve who produced a study finding American businesses and consumers are shouldering 90% of the cost of President Donald Trump’s tariffs should be “disciplined.” “It’s, I think, the worst paper I’ve ever seen in

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — A recent FCC inquiry to ABC about a possible “equal time” rule violation at “The View” raised concerns at CBS that “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” could be targeted next, according to people familiar with CBS’s deliberations. The government pressure clearly had an impact. Lawyers for CBS contacted

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Microsoft says it is on track to invest $50 billion by the end of the decade to help bring artificial intelligence to lower-income countries, as concerns mount over the technology’s potential to deepen inequality. The announcement was made Wednesday at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, where

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — A growing wave of business leaders has had their careers derailed after the recent release of millions of files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Corporate America initially saw limited ramifications after the US Justice Department was forced to release some of the Epstein documents in

By Clare Duffy, Samantha Delouya, Veronica Miracle, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled Wednesday about whether his company intentionally designed Instagram to be addictive, in front of the young woman accusing Meta and YouTube of hooking her as a child and damaging her mental health. The Meta CEO, testifying before

CNN By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Stephen Colbert taped a “Late Show” interview with James Talarico, a candidate in the Democratic Senate primary in Texas. But he says CBS lawyers intervened before the interview could air on TV. “We were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that