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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business American vacationers are finding just about everything significantly more expensive this summer. Hotel rooms? Up about 44% at the end of June compared to a year earlier, according to data from hotel research firm STR. Air fares? They were 24% higher in May than in the same month last year,

Bill Cosby has been convicted of aggravated indecent assault. The entertainer’s career spans five decades and includes several iconic shows, but much of his legacy has been damaged.

By Matt Egan, CNN Business OPEC and its allies are mired in a stalemate. American drivers could pay the price. For the second straight day, OPEC+ surprised observers Friday by failing to reach an agreement on whether to add more barrels to an oil market screaming for more supply. The group said it will try

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It’s lucky sevens for investors: The blue-chip S&P 500 index rose Friday to close at a record high for the seventh straight day following the strong jobs report. The last time the S&P 500 had this long a streak of all-time high closes was in June 1997, when

By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The US economy added 850,000 jobs in June, when adjusted for seasonal changes. It was far more than economists had expected and a signal that American job growth is accelerating. It was the biggest monthly jobs gain since August 2020, when the economy added 1.6 million jobs. The hospitality and

By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Friday’s jobs report was super strong. But don’t be fooled: America’s labor market problems — millions unemployed, worker shortages and worries about child care and health risks — will persist throughout the summer. Even though the US job market is rapidly improving, the economy is still far from back-to-normal. Employers

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It’s lucky sevens for investors: The blue-chip S&P 500 index rose Friday to close at a record high for the seventh straight day following the strong jobs report. The last time the S&P 500 had this long a streak of all-time high closes was in June 1997, when

America’s labor market is still far from being back to normal – down 6.8 million jobs compared with February 2020. CNN’s Christine Romans reports.

Ride-hailer Didi raised $4.4 billion in the IPO, giving it a valuation of more than $67 billion. CNN’s Clare Sebastian reports.

By Moira Ritter, CNN Business Didi’s stock tumbled Friday after China’s Cyberspace Administration suspended the registration of new users from the company. The suspension comes just two days after China’s largest ride-hailing service, which forced Uber out of mainland China five years ago, went public on the NYSE in the biggest US share offering by

By Moira Ritter, CNN Business Didi’s stock tumbled Friday after China’s Cyberspace Administration suspended the registration of new users from the company. The suspension comes just two days after China’s largest ride-hailing service, which forced Uber out of mainland China five years ago, went public on the NYSE in the biggest US share offering by

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Tesla managed to sell more than 200,000 vehicles last quarter, even as the company faced rising prices, a PR disaster in China and a shortage of computer chips. The company also managed to build more than 200,000 cars over the past three months despite those enormous headwinds. The increase in