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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — General Motors CEO Mary Barra said she’s “frustrated” with the autoworker strike that began overnight, and said that her company has a “very compelling offer” for the union. “I think we have an offer that resonates with our people,” Barra told CNN’s Vanessa Yurkevich, saying that

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Chick-fil-A is making another foray into the United Kingdom after gay rights campaigners forced the fast-food chain to close a pop-up site in the country in 2019. The company said in a press release Thursday that it would open its first store in early 2025, with another four

By Chris Liakos and Claudia Colliva, CNN Paris (CNN) — Apple plans to update iPhone12 software for users in France after the country’s regulators ordered a pause on sales of the 2020 model over radiation concerns. “We will issue a software update for users in France to accommodate the protocol used by French regulators. We

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN New York (CNN) — Now that the United Auto Workers union has started a strike, the US auto market is about to be thrown into turmoil all over again. Auto sales hadn’t entirely recovered from the pandemic, but car shopping in the United States could change once more. Dealerships will stay

By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A major Chinese property company has suspended offshore debt payments, deepening turmoil in the beleaguered sector. Sino Ocean, which says it’s one of the nation’s top 20 real estate developers, said in a stock exchange filing Friday that it would temporarily stop making payments on US dollar-denominated

CNN By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Detroit (CNN) — The United Auto Workers union is on strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, the first time in its history that it has struck all three of America’s unionized automakers at the same time. Workers on Friday walked out of three plants – one

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden was dealt an economic and political blow Friday as the United Auto Workers went on strike after the union and major American automakers failed to reach a new contract, a development the White House worked to avoid and now places the president in a bind.

By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Detroit (CNN) — The United Auto Workers union is on strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, the first time in its history that it has struck all three of America’s unionized automakers at the same time. Workers on Friday walked out of three plants – one each

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Alarm bells are going off at ABC News. The Disney-owned newsroom was jolted on Thursday after a report suggested that the outlet could soon be expelled from the Magic Kingdom. Bloomberg’s Christopher Palmeri and Thomas Buckley reported that Disney has “held exploratory talks” about selling ABC to Nexstar Media

By Juliana Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Economic activity in China appeared to improve in August, with data released on Friday suggesting a downturn in growth may be stabilizing. But more bad news on real estate highlighted the challenges that still lie ahead. Industrial production — which measures output from sectors such as manufacturing

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Bill Maher said his show is returning to air — despite the WGA writer’s strike raging on. “Real Time is coming back, unfortunately, sans writers or writing,” Maher said on Instagram Wednesday. “It has been five months, and it is time to bring people back to work.”

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Google has reached a $93 million settlement with the state of California to resolve allegations that it was collecting consumers’ data without their consent, the state’s attorney general said in a statement Thursday. The California Department of Justice found that, after a multi-year investigation, the tech giant

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — US oil prices climbed above $90 a barrel on Thursday for the first time in 10 months, threatening to push gasoline prices even higher and heat up inflation across the economy. High oil prices have already created an unusual situation where gasoline is getting more expensive even

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ personal spending has increased since he was ordered to pay $1.5 billion in liabilities to Sandy Hook families, none of whom has seen a penny from the disgraced Infowars host, according to court documents. In July alone, Jones spent $93,180 — excluding legal and

By Chris Isidore and Amy O’Kruk, CNN (CNN) — The United Auto Workers union is officially on strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, the automaker that makes vehicles under the Jeep, Ram, Dodge and Chrysler brands. It’s the first time in its history that it struck all three unionized automakers at the same time.

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Johnson & Johnson is replacing its instantly recognizable logo that’s been in use for 135 years. Gone is the cursive, which was based off the handwritten signature of company co-founder James Wood Johnson, and in its place is the name written in modernized font as the

By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US mortgage rates ticked up this week, ending a two-week streak of slight declines. Rates have remained over 7% for five consecutive weeks as inflation pressure continues to linger. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.18% in the week ending September 14, up from 7.12% the week before,

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The largest public offering since 2021 is here. After a nearly two-year drought in the IPO market, UK-based chip designer Arm made a successful Nasdaq debut on Thursday, finishing the day 25% higher and landing the company with a market cap of around $65 billion. The company

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US retail sales picked in August, boosted by higher gas prices, as spending on other items grew modestly. Retail sales, which are adjusted for seasonal swings but not inflation, rose 0.6% in August, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. That’s a slightly faster pace than July’s revised 0.5%

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Wholesale inflation accelerated for the second month in a row, mirroring a similar trend in the Consumer Price Index report, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. The Producer Price Index, a key measure of price changes at the wholesale level, rose to 1.6% from 1.3% for