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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Higher prices have been the pandemic recovery‘s collateral damage. Even though Washington insists higher inflation may just be temporary, America’s prices keep rising — albeit at a slightly slower pace. The pace of consumer price inflation slowed some in July, but it still remained elevated, the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Opinion by Alexi Robichaux for CNN Business Perspectives As the CEO of a company that provides leadership coaching, I struggled during the pandemic to find the balance between the positive impact our products and services could make in the world, and managing my — and my employees’ — exhaustion. It was clear that it was

By Charles Riley, CNN Business American politicians from both major parties have spent years advocating for an overhaul of the nation’s infrastructure. Those efforts always ended in failure until Tuesday, when 19 Republican senators voted with Democrats to approve a $1.2 trillion package that includes money to improve roads and bridges across the country. The

By Matt Egan, CNN Business Americans living in high-risk Covid states are starting to shy away from restaurants, malls and airports as the Delta variant rapidly spreads. And real-time economic indicators suggest the Delta variant is slowing the recovery in some of the hardest hit sectors, even though the impact is not yet being felt

By Christina Maxouris, CNN Serenade Foods is recalling nearly 60,000 pounds of frozen, raw, breaded and pre-browned stuffed chicken products that could be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis, the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Monday. The products were produced on February 24 and February 25, 2021, and were shipped to distributors across the country,

By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business Shanta Matthews and her family were three months behind on rent last week and were preparing to be booted from their two-bedroom condo in Charleston, South Carolina, when they got a last-minute reprieve from the federal government. US health officials issued a new eviction moratorium on August 3, temporarily barring

Opinion by Rep. Derek Kilmer and Sen. Chris Coons for CNN Business Perspectives As our economy has changed in recent years, communities have been left behind. Many of them have gone from exporting products to exporting young people as job opportunities erode. In Claymont, Delaware, a bustling steel mill that was once the beating heart

By Moira Ritter, CNN Business Citigroup is the latest big bank to mandate vaccines for employees returning to the office as the Delta variant of Covid-19 surges. Starting September 13, employees working in the bank’s New York headquarters as well as other offices in the New York metropolitan area, Chicago, Boston, Washington and Philadelphia, will

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Robinhood’s Wall Street debut was tepid, just like Facebook’s initial public offering more than nine years ago. But despite the lackluster start, Robinhood has roared back to life in the past week. Can it continue to climb and eventually become the Facebook of financial services? It’s way too

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business A federal judge ruled on Monday that Linda Fairstein — a former prosecutor who was part of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office when it tried the criminal case against the young men who became known as the “Central Park Five” — can sue Netflix, producer and director Ava DuVernay and

By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Dominion Voting Systems, a technology company that was targeted with disinformation by former President Donald Trump and allies, filed lawsuits on Tuesday against two right-wing television channels, alleging they aided the spread of baseless conspiracy theories about its role in the 2020 election. The lawsuits, which are the latest in

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Tesla sales dropped sharply in China, according to a trade group report, suggesting it is losing ground in the world’s largest market for both traditional and electric vehicles. The China Passenger Car Association reported that Tesla’s sales in China fell to 8,621 cars in July, down nearly 70% from June.

By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business With some companies still trying to figure out exactly how often their employees will need to be in the office, one thing has become clear: many workers want flexibility. While asking for a flexible work schedule is likely easier now than it was pre-pandemic, it can still be uncomfortable to

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business The newest entrant into the spiked seltzer wars is … Mountain Dew. The PepsiCo-owned soft drink is partnering with the Boston Beer Company to make “HARD MTN DEW,” a sugar-free canned beverage with 5% alcohol by volume. In a press release, the companies said they paired together because they “understand

By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business If there was ever any doubt that individual investors are a powerful new force on Wall Street, AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron may just have silenced the skeptics. The latest: On the company’s earnings call Monday, Aron made it very clear through his choice of words — and downright flattery

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son is cutting back on new investments in China as the country’s private sector continues to face a historic regulatory crackdown. The Japanese billionaire said at an earnings presentation Tuesday that he would take a cautious approach until the impact of new regulations are clear. Chinese companies