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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Investors are getting spooked by the rising numbers of Covid-19 cases as the Delta variant spreads across the globe. The Dow fell about 725 points Monday, a drop of 2.1%. The S&P 500 ended the day down 1.6% and the Nasdaq was 1.1% lower. This was the worst

By Chie Kobayashi, Gawon Bae, Chandler Thornton and Michelle Toh, CNN Business Toyota will have a subdued role at the Olympics in Japan this year, despite being one of the event’s biggest sponsors. According to a company spokesman, the automaker will not be releasing any commercials related to the Tokyo Games in Japan, choosing instead

By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Scores of journalists from seventeen news outlets worked together to expose evidence of industrial-scale spying that targeted journalists, activists, politicians, and business executives. And the revelations are only just beginning.

By Kay Jones, Chuck Johnston and Tina Burnside, CNN Business A federal court has temporarily blocked a lower court’s ruling and will allow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue to implement safety protocols on the cruise industry. The ruling, issued late Saturday, stays a June ruling by US District Judge Steven Merryday

By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business As Covid-19 vaccine-related misinformation continues to spread on Facebook, one of the platform’s former executives is calling for the company to focus on transparency. President Joe Biden recently said platforms like Facebook are “killing people” with vaccine misinformation. And Brian Boland, the former vice president of partnership strategy at Facebook,

By Alexis Benveniste OPEC+ agreed to increase oil production Sunday, as demand roars back and prices surge, ending a dispute between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Oil prices soared about two weeks ago after major producers, including Saudi Arabia and the UAE, fell out over plans to increase production in the face of

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Who are the real winners from the record high car prices? Not the automakers. Despite sky high prices and surging customer demand, most automakers are about to report that revenue is down from where it was in the second quarter of 2019, a “normal” period before the pandemic that is

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business LeBron James took his talents to the movies this weekend and came away with a hit. “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” which stars James alongside the Looney Tunes, brought in an estimated $31.6 million in its North America opening this weekend. That exceeded industry expectations, which projected the film to

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business After a blockbuster 2020, Netflix’s stock is having a rough year. What’s happening: Shares soared 67% last year, but are down 1% in 2021. The S&P 500, meanwhile, has rallied 16%. Subscriber growth has been slowing significantly as more people receive Covid-19 vaccinations and competition among streaming services ramps up.

By Rachel Trent, CNN Alexa is getting a much bigger personality. Amazon announced this week that the voices of Melissa McCarthy and Shaquille O’Neal are now available on Alexa devices. McCarthy and O’Neal join Samuel L. Jackson as Alexa celebrity personalities. And if this launch is anything like Jackson’s, it’s going to be a big

By Moira Ritter, CNN Business You might’ve heard that everything is getting more expensive. Well, that’s mostly true. It wasn’t easy, but we found a handful of items that are still cheaper than when the pandemic started last year. Here are some of the things that are cheaper than they were in February 2020. Clothing

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Dow and S&P 500 are both up about 15% in 2021 and are each about a percent away from their all-time highs. But as Friday’s market sell-off showed, investors remain extremely nervous about the market. The CNN Business Fear & Greed Index, which looks at seven different

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Consumers were spending like mad last month, but investors don’t seem too impressed. Stocks ended Friday in the red, even though the government reported a solid rebound in retail sales for June. The Dow dropped nearly 300 points, a loss of about 0.9%. Oil stocks and banks led

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Banks have been on a shopping spree for the past year — and that’s raising some alarm bells in Washington. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown have been critical of the top banks for their dealmaking, citing concerns that the spate of mergers will hurt average consumers and

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Moderna, the biotech that became a household name with its Covid-19 vaccine, is getting the ultimate Wall Street validation: It’s being added to the S&P 500 index. S&P made the announcement late Thursday, and shares of Moderna surged 10% Friday morning on the news. The stock is now

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business As the stock market soars to new heights, companies have been racing to issue shares, leveraging the enthusiasm to generate cash for their businesses. But the game isn’t just being played on Wall Street. What’s happening: This has been a huge week for initial public offerings in India, which has

By Charles Riley, CNN Business Danish Siddiqui, a Reuters photographer who won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing the violence faced by Rohingya refugees, has been killed in clashes near Kandahar, Afghanistan. Siddiqui was the news agency’s chief photographer in India, based in Mumbai. Reuters reported Siddiqui’s death on Friday, citing an Afghan commander who said

By Jill Disis, CNN Business The US government is preparing to warn American companies about the risks of doing business in Hong Kong. US President Joe Biden on Thursday confirmed reports in various media outlets this week that his administration plans to soon issue an advisory to companies that will caution them of a “deteriorating”