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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US economy seems to have pulled off a remarkable and historic achievement. Yet with just days to go before the presidential election, the majority of voters say they remain displeased with the state of the economy. Gross domestic product, which measures all the goods and services produced

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Private sector hiring blew past expectations in October, another sign that the US labor market remains on solid footing, payroll processor ADP reported Wednesday. Non-governmental employers added 233,000 jobs in October, a sharp acceleration from the 159,000 net increase reported for September, according to ADP’s latest National Employment Report.

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — While gamblers outside of the United States have long been able to place bets on who will win the White House, in a historic shift this election cycle, Americans can make political wagers of their own. More than $100 million in election bets have been traded on Kalshi, a federally

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — “There is a platform out there that you might not have heard about, but you need to know about it because, in my opinion, we are behind the eight ball here. A child is gone. My child is gone.” That’s what Florida mother Megan Garcia wishes she

Analysis By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Germany narrowly escaped a recession in the third quarter, official data showed Wednesday, offering some relief to Europe’s biggest economy as its fortunes falter. Gross domestic product rose 0.2% in the July-to-September period driven by an increase in government and household spending, following a 0.3% contraction in

By Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — China has a new richest person – and it’s the entrepreneur behind the wildly popular, and controversial, app TikTok. Zhang Yiming, 41, co-founder of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, topped the 2024 Hurun China Rich List, released Tuesday. His wealth reached $49.3 billion, as assessed by research, media and investment

CNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Americans around the country avoided McDonald’s last week after an E. coli outbreak left dozens of people sick. But McDonald’s is confident that $5 value meals and Big Macs with chicken will help it win back customers. On Wednesday, the day after the E. coli outbreak

By John Towfighi, CNN Oasis is canceling around 50,000 tickets for its British tour dates that were resold on secondary websites like StubHub and Viagogo. The band’s tour promoters are canceling tickets resold through unofficial secondary sites to stop price gouging, a spokesperson for Live Nation and SJM, the Oasis tour promoters, told CNN. Oasis

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Starbucks is eliminating its controversial olive oil-infused drinks from the menu, less than a year after they made their nationwide debut. The lineup of “Oleato” drinks will be eliminated from Starbucks’ menus in the US and Canada beginning in early November, part of the chain’s broader plans

By Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — Gannett, owner of the nation’s largest newspaper chain, announced that its more than 200 publications, including USA Today, will not publish presidential endorsements in the run-up to the November 5 election. In a statement, Gannett said that while its USA Today Network of publications nationwide will not issue presidential endorsements this year, the outlets may still endorse candidates at the

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Americans are emerging from a yearslong funk about the economy, with the presidential election just a week away. The Conference Board’s latest consumer survey showed that Americans this month became more optimistic about the future of both the labor market and the broader US economy. The monthly survey’s

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — In the next four days, a fire hose of data will be unleashed, providing crucial snapshots of the US economy in advance of a pivotal election and a Federal Reserve meeting. The first burst on Tuesday — a critical read on activity within the jobs market — showed that

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — CNN says a right-wing commentator will not be welcomed back on air after he made a racist remark on “CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip.” On Monday’s prime time show, after Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan stated that he supports Palestinians, conservative commentator Ryan Girdusky responded, “I hope your

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Americans around the country avoided McDonald’s last week after an E. coli outbreak left dozens of people sick. But McDonald’s is confident that $5 value meals and Big Macs with chicken will help it win back customers. On Wednesday, the day after the E. coli outbreak was

CNN, FDA, CDOA, MCDONALD’S PRESS RELEASE, KOAA, KRDO, KUSA, MCDONALD’S MEDIA HANDOUT By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Americans around the country avoided McDonald’s last week after an E. coli outbreak left dozens of people sick. But McDonald’s is confident that $5 value meals and Big Macs with chicken will help it win

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Does it seem like your phone has been blowing up with political text messages? It’s not just you — these texts have increased substantially in the 2024 election cycle. CNN goes behind the scenes to meet the real people who send those political texts. And yes, they do

By Jon Passantino and Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, in his first public comments since igniting uproar last week over his decision to withhold the venerable newspaper’s endorsement in the presidential race, defended the move in a rare op-ed published Monday evening by the Post. “Presidential endorsements do nothing

By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — Apple Intelligence launched on Monday, but the rollout is just a glimpse of how Apple hopes to transform its products with artificial intelligence. The tech giant unveiled initial features of Apple Intelligence — its suite of AI tools — on select devices with its latest software update for iPhones,

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — So long to all that “free” money. Customers who allegedly withdrew money fraudulently from Chase Bank ATMs using an illegal scheme that blew up on TikTok over the summer could soon have to cut hefty checks back to the bank. These people were able to withdraw funds