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A 134-year-old home goods retailer filed for bankruptcy and is closing more than 70 stores

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Conn’s HomePlus, a 134-year-old furniture and electronics retailer with locations primarily in the southern United States, has filed for bankruptcy and is closing nearly half of its 170 stores. The Texas-based company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, has been struggling with slumping sales

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Overstock.com is back from the dead

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Overstock.com, which was one of the biggest names in e-commerce, is being revived just a year after its new owners ditched the name in favor of Bed Bath & Beyond. The relaunched Overstock.com sells a lot of stuff similar to its previous incarnation, including indoor and outdoor

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The worst may be over for homebuyers

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — After the last few years of skyrocketing home prices and elevated mortgage rates, Americans have been feeling overwhelmingly dejected about their prospects of buying a home. But there are now signs that maybe, just maybe, the worst could be over for homebuyers. “June, in particular, has started to show

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As Harris moves to secure the Democratic nomination, misinformation follows soon after online

By Sean Lyngaas, Donie O’Sullivan and Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — Within minutes of President Joe Biden endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him on the Democratic Party’s ticket on Sunday, the internet crackled with lies, altered photos and other misleading claims about Harris. Some supporters of former President Donald Trump – the Republican nominee in the November

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Hackers are already taking advantage of the CrowdStrike outage chaos

By Brian Fung and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Cybercriminals are already capitalizing on the chaos from Friday’s massive global tech outage by promoting fake websites filled with malicious software designed to compromise unsuspecting victims, according to warnings from the US government and multiple cybersecurity professionals. Hackers have been setting up phony websites meant to

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US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva given 6.5 years in Russian jail in swift and secret trial

By Anna Chernova, Nathan Hodge and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — A Russian court has sentenced Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist, to six-and-a-half years in prison, state news agency TASS reported Monday. The hearing, which was held behind closed doors, found Kurmasheva guilty of spreading false information about the Russian army, making her just the

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