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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. Jeff Bezos, a/k/a the “richest human being in the universe,” is about to leave Earth for a few spectacular minutes. It’s going to be one heck of a television and

By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business The coronavirus pandemic appears to have given an unexpected boost to a small — but influential — cohort of India’s working women. While the economy has been battered by Covid-19, educated women in middle-to-senior positions have seen job opportunities rise in the last year, recruiters in the country told CNN

By Kerry Flynn, CNN Business Britt McHenry’s sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News and one of the network’s on-air personalities, George “Tyrus” Murdoch, has been voluntarily dismissed by the parties involved. “While FOX News is confident it would have prevailed in the lawsuit, we are pleased that we have been able to resolve this matter

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Prince Harry, one of the most talked-about figures in the world, is publishing a memoir next year that he calls “wholly truthful.” The Duke of Sussex will release the book via Penguin Random House globally in late 2022, the publisher announced on Monday. It added that Prince Harry will “for

By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business Ben & Jerry’s will no longer sell ice cream in occupied Palestinian territories, saying it’s inconsistent with the values of the socially conscious brand. The ice cream company, which is owned by Unilever, has been doing business in Israel since 1987. But the brand has come under scrutiny for its

By Matt Egan, CNN Business President Joe Biden is cracking down on monopolies. And that has some on Wall Street worried. Goldman Sachs is warning clients that Biden’s July 9 executive order calling for antitrust agencies to closely inspect mergers could slow what the investment bank described as a “blockbuster” year for mergers and acquisitions.

By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Tucker Carlson has called the idea of vaccine passports the medical equivalent of “Jim Crow” laws. And other Fox News personalities have spent months both trafficking in anti-vaccine rhetoric and assailing the concept of showing proof of vaccination status. But Fox Corporation, the right-wing talk channel’s parent company, has quietly

By: Moira Ritter, CNN Business Leon Black, co-founder and former CEO of Apollo Global Management, responded Monday to a lawsuit accusing him of forcing a woman into an abusive relationship for years. He said the only thing he is guilty of is “extremely poor judgment in entering into an affair.” The original complaint, filed June

By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The pandemic sparked recession ended in April 2020 after just two months, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. That makes the most recent US economic downturn the shortest on record. Before the pandemic, the shortest recession was in the 1980s, lasting six months. Last year, nationwide lockdowns began

By Hanna Ziady and Lauren Gunn, CNN Business The UK government’s decision to lift almost all remaining coronavirus restrictions in England on Monday was expected to deliver a windfall for businesses that have been hampered by social distancing rules. But a growing number of companies, including supermarkets and pubs, are now facing worker shortages that

By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The Department of Justice on Monday formally adopted policies sharply restricting the instances in which prosecutors can seek records or testimony from reporters. The agency’s new policies were outlined in a memo issued by Attorney General Merrick Garland. “This new prohibition applies to compulsory legal process issued to reporters directly,