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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Does the richest person on the planet need another massive pay package? That’s the decision facing the Tesla board of directors. CEO Elon Musk doesn’t receive any cash salary or bonus. He’s paid only with stock options. But he has just about exhausted the options available from the compensation package

By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business US government data often provides a look at how large swaths of Americans are faring. However, this big-picture approach has often been criticized for leaving out certain groups of people, like Native Americans and members of the LGBTQ+ community, and rendering them practically invisible when it comes to broader policymaking

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Old Navy has long been the crown jewel of Gap’s otherwise inconsistent businesses. But now, even Old Navy is struggling. And that’s weighing on its parent company in a big way. Gap said Thursday it is replacing Old Navy CEO Nancy Green and launching a search for a new chief

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Now that some mask and vaccine mandates are being lifted, consumers seem ready to spend on travel and other leisure experiences. Call it the “revenge spending” phenomenon. Airline and hotel stocks have been surging this year thanks in part to a spate of long overdue revenge spending, or

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Storm clouds appear to be gathering over Wall Street, with many analysts saying a downturn is inevitable. But before the party winds down, some expect an explosive pre-crash rally — known as a “melt-up.” Melt-ups usually occur without any obvious economic reason for the gains. They happen when investors buy

By Simon Bouvier, Xiaofei Xu, Chris Liakos and Anna Cooban, CNN Business France has issued an arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn, the fugitive auto executive who used to lead Renault-Nissan. The prosecutor’s office in Nanterre, near Paris, confirmed to CNN on Friday that it had issued an international arrest warrant for Ghosn, who now lives

By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business If you’re part of the Class of 2022, you’re graduating into a favorable job market. But networking should still play a big role in your search. “It doesn’t matter if the market really isn’t great or flaming hot, people still need to network because that is how you get into

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business investors who have been blindly buying all big techs got a rude awakening this week after Netflix imploded. But the good news from Tesla proves that some top momentum stocks can still thrive in this rocky market. The latest results from Tesla and Netflix show how silly it

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business How should policymakers react when two core parts of the economy are headed in different directions? That’s the question facing the Federal Reserve and its international counterparts as they race to contain surging inflation. On one hand, spending on services like flights is booming as people in the United States

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Netflix shares plunged this week after the platform reported its first subscriber loss in more than a decade. One factor the company pointed to as hurting revenue: widespread password sharing. Does this mean the streamer is about to kick millions of viewers off shared accounts? Not quite. But it could

By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Daily life continues to get more expensive as American households battle the worst inflation in 40 years. From meat to gas to clothing and housing, the average family now has to fork over hundreds more dollars each month compared to this time last year. Food prices alone are up almost