Money

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business There’s never been a better time for companies to raise funding from hot markets or make moves to scoop up their competitors. That’s been a huge boon to investment bankers, who are gearing up for another summer of juggling dealmaking with vacations. What’s happening: The US market for initial public

By Helen Regan, Anna Coren, Sandi Sidhu and Salai TZ, CNN Business Myanmar’s military junta is using torture to extract information from detainees on the whereabouts of senior opposition members and activist leaders, according to an American citizen and journalist who was recently released from a Yangon prison. Nathan Maung, 44, was detained for more

US-Burmese journalist Nathan Maung tells CNN of torture and conditions in Myanmar’s notorious Insein prison after he was detained for spreading “fake news”. Maung is safely in the US, but fears for his family still in Myanmar – and the treatment of his TV news producer Hanthar Han Thar Nyein who was arrested at the same time – but remains in prison. CNN’s Anna Coren reports.

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Johnson & Johnson has agreed to a $230 million settlement with New York state, resolving complaints from the state’s attorney general over the pharmaceutical company’s role in the opioid epidemic. “Johnson & Johnson helped fuel this fire,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement Saturday. “While no

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Hong Kong has long been Asia’s leading financial hub, straddling the West and China. But as Beijing tightens its grip on a city still largely cut off by coronavirus restrictions, it’s increasingly tricky for tech, media and banks to do business — and some fear the end of an era.

CNN’s Brianna Keilar rolls the tape on how Fox News host Laura Ingraham conducted an interview with a Capitol rioter who seemed to downplay the attack.

By Moira Ritter, CNN Business An anchor for GB News, a newly-launched TV channel in Britain that has been compared to Fox News in the US, said he is taking a break after just two weeks on the job. At the end of his regular program Thursday, Andrew Neil, who also serves as chairman of

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It should be no surprise to hear that the founder of an investment firm named after the Hindenburg is looking for stocks that will crash and burn. Nate Anderson, founder of Hindenburg Research, has made a name for himself in the past few years by targeting companies that

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business As Dominic Toretto, the main character of the Fast & Furious franchise, once said, “it don’t matter if you win by an inch or a mile, winning’s winning.” That’s true, but the movie theater industry really needs this weekend’s box office to win by a lot. “F9: The Fast Saga,”

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Restaurants across the country have been reporting difficulty hiring as customers return in droves. We’ve heard from some former servers who cited the stress of the job under these conditions as one reason for switching careers. For those who’ve stayed, we want to know: What is it like to work

By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business The nationwide rollout of the Pearl Milling Company brand name — formerly known as Aunt Jemima — is underway. The new brand said breakfast products in its Pearl Milling Company packaging began to ship on May 31. The new packaging has the same red and yellow color scheme as Jemima’s