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By Matt Egan, CNN Business In another blow to the US economy, prices at the pump soared to fresh record highs. The national average price for regular gasoline climbed more than four cents on Tuesday to $4.37 a gallon, according to AAA. That takes out the prior record of $4.33 set on March 11. The

By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Volkswagen Group, the leading global competitor to Tesla, has sold out of electric cars in the United States and Europe this year because of soaring demand and supply constraints. “We are not sold out because we can’t build cars … we are really sold out for electric cars because demand

Opinion by Jeff Tucker for CNN Business Perspectives After 14 straight months of year-over-year home price growth reaching into the double digits, we’re finally starting to see the early signs of a cooling housing market. Don’t worry. A crash isn’t coming. In fact, prices may not even fall. Rather, this will be a much-needed rebalancing

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business A lot is changing fast in the world of crypto, including the tax rules. As with most investments there will be taxes to consider before figuring out how much you really made — or lost — on your digital assets. So if you couldn’t resist getting in on, say, bitcoin’s

By Matt Egan, CNN Business Prices at the pump are once again flirting with record highs. That’s adding to inflationary headaches for families, the US economy and the White House. The national average for regular gasoline rose to $4.328 a gallon on Monday, according to AAA. That’s a fraction of a penny shy of the

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business US stocks fell sharply on Monday, pushing the S&P 500 below 4000 for the first time in over a year as traders anticipate a new load of bad news on inflation and earnings. The Dow fell about 654 points, nearly 2%. The S&P 500 dropped 3.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Summer 2022 will be huge for travel, as people in the United States and Europe dig out their swimsuits and happily set off on long-postponed vacations. That’s the message from companies like Marriott, Airbnb, Booking Holdings and Trivago, which have been telling investors that after a difficult two years, business

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Business The New York Times has removed the word “fetus” from its Wordle answers in a bid to keep the popular online game “distinct from the news.” In a statement on its website, the Times warned that some users playing the game Monday “may see an outdated answer that seems closely

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Boeing is moving its headquarters from Chicago to a suburb of Washington, DC. But some analysts think this move is one in the wrong direction. Boeing was based in Seattle from its founding in 1916 to 2001. During its heyday it was renowned as an engineering-driven company that made the

By Laura He, CNN Business One of China’s top leaders has painted a grim picture of the job market in the world’s most populous nation, as widespread Covid lockdowns slam the brakes on the economy. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang — the No. 2 in the hierarchy of China’s ruling Communist Party — called the employment

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business The Justice Department indicted Mining Capital Coin CEO Luiz Capuci Jr. for “allegedly orchestrating a $62 million global investment fraud scheme,” the agency said Friday. Mining Capital Coin, or MCC, is a cryptocurrency mining and investment platform. Capuci, who is from Port St. Lucie, Florida, allegedly misled investors by selling

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Kate Smith was a reporter for CBS News for several years, and her main beat was reproductive rights. Now she works for an organization that was one of her main sources. Last year, Smith left CBS to work as the senior director of news content for Planned Parenthood. On “Reliable Sources”