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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Amazon certainly wasn’t the first major corporation to arrive at the cannabis reform party, but it sure made one of the biggest entrances to-date when it publicly pledged to relax its drug testing policies and also to back federal legalization efforts. And now it’s a question of how many others

Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, will close its print and digital production as Beijing tightens its grip.

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Shoppers aren’t showing any signs of getting tired of Amazon Prime Day, even though some sellers had said they weren’t planning on offering deals this year. Amazon said that Prime Day, held this past Monday and Tuesday, was the biggest two-day sales period for third-party sellers in the company’s history.

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Dating is hard. But at least it doesn’t require you to woo your beloved while dressed as a dolphin and they’re in full makeup, wearing a scarecrow outfit. Unless you’re a contestant on Netflix’s new series,”Sexy Beasts.” More fever dream than dating competition, “Sexy Beasts” is the latest reality series

By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The US economy is inching back to normal. But the recovery remains uneven and some states are lagging behind in the race to get back to pre-pandemic strength — especially New York. Although several states’ economies have already fully recovered — and are even outpacing — their pre-Covid levels of

By Paul R. La Monica and Rob McLean, CNN Business Morgan Stanley plans to ban workers from its New York headquarters if they have not received a Covid-19 vaccine. The rule will apply to non-vaccinated guests and clients as well. According to a source close to the company, Morgan Stanley said in a memo to

By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business A deal to release the Ever Given could soon be reached, freeing the quarter-mile-long container ship and the hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cargo it was carrying when it blocked the Suez Canal three months ago. An Egyptian court seized the ship and its 18,300 containers, after the

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The CEO of one of Wall Street’s top investment banks has a message for employees in its New York offices. You need to come back to work this fall. Morgan Stanley chief James Gorman said at an investing conference earlier this week that it’s time for the bank’s

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Warren Buffett has resigned from his trustee position at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the 90-year-old investor announced Wednesday. In a statement, Buffett didn’t specify why he’s leaving the foundation, but noted he has already resigned from all corporate boards other than Berkshire Hathaway’s. Buffett added that the foundation’s

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Supply chain issues and other post-pandemic headaches can’t mask this reality: The global economic recovery is powering ahead. What’s happening: Business activity within the 19 countries that use the euro grew at the fastest rate in 15 years in June, according to the Purchasing Managers’ Index from IHS Markit, a

Brian Stelter speaks with WSJ reporter Elaine Yu about the recent arrests at Apple Daily, a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong. Then he interviews Mark Simon, assistant to Apple Daily chairman Jimmy Lai, who is also behind bars. “Folks, if you don’t have a free press, you do not have a free society,” Simon says.

By Jenni Marsh, CNN Business One year was all it took for a Beijing-imposed National Security Law to take down Hong Kong’s largest and loudest pro-democracy newspaper. Next Media announced Wednesday that Apple Daily, its flagship tabloid, would publish its final copy Thursday due to an untenable environment in which its journalists had been arrested

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Bitcoin returned above the $30,000 mark on Wednesday, highlighting the extreme volatility that has plagued cryptocurrencies in recent months. The digital currency has jumped 5.4% over the last 24 hours, reaching $34,368 per coin, according to CoinDesk. That’s a U-turn from Tuesday, which saw bitcoin plunge below $30,000 for the

Seamus Fagan, CNN Sports apparel retailer Fanatics said Carl Nassib has the top-selling NFL jersey on its network over the past two days. ESPN was first to report the news. Nassib, a defensive lineman with the Las Vegas Raiders, announced Monday that he is gay. He’s the first active NFL player in league history to

By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business The United Kingdom has begun talks on joining a Pacific trade partnership that it sees as one of its biggest opportunities to forge economic alliances beyond Europe after Brexit. The UK Department for International Trade says membership in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership would produce an economic

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Bitcoin prices are tumbling. And so are shares of top cryptocurrency trading firm Coinbase Global. Coinbase fell 5% Tuesday and is now trading at about $212 — not far from its all-time low and a far cry from its peak price of about $429.50. It’s been just two

By Moira Ritter, CNN Business Abigail Disney has a lot to criticize about American billionaires — especially when they inherit a pile of cash and avoid paying income tax. She would know — she inherited a bunch of money from her family. She’s the granddaughter of Roy Disney, brother of Walt Disney. Two years ago,

Abigail Disney, the granddaughter of Roy Disney, explains how the tax system enables rich people to avoid paying income taxes. She tells CNN’s Brianna Keilar that the ethos of wealth needs to be questioned.

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business McDonald’s will launch its first-ever nationwide loyalty program July 8. It’s aimed at expanding McDonald’s customer base and enticing existing patrons to be more loyal in the highly competitive world of fast food. The program, called MyMcDonald’s Rewards, is only available on its app and gives customers 100 points for

Steven Spielberg’s production company Amblin Partners signed a deal with Netflix to produce multiple new feature films per year. CNN’s Frank Pallotta reports.