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By Gordon Ebanks, CNN (CNN) — Costco is issuing a recall for its Kirkland Signature Prosecco Valdobbiadene, saying that unopened bottles of the wine could “shatter” without being touched. In a letter posted on its website, the company warned customers in 12 states across the Midwest and South to immediately dispose of the bottles “by

By Alayna Treene, David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — A proposal to save TikTok from going dark in the United States would involve investments from a number of US-based venture capital firms, private equity funds and tech companies. Together, the investors would create a new US-based company that will operate the app domestically, sources familiar with

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Dave & Buster’s new CEO is not holding back. Tarun Lal, who took the reins in July, said on his first earnings call with Wall Street analysts Monday night that his company is in more trouble than previously believed. Profit growth continued to shrink, sales have flatlined, and the

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Federal Reserve officials are convening Tuesday and Wednesday for a pivotal meeting under unprecedented circumstances. On Wednesday at the conclusion of their two-day policy meeting, central bankers are expected to announce their first interest rate cut since December to support America’s slowing labor market, with the hopes that

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Americans still opened their wallets last month, despite persistent fears about the economy, a slowing labor market and higher tariffs. Spending at US retailers rose 0.6% in August, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, unchanged from July’s upwardly revised 0.6%. Last month’s figure came in much better than economists’

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Credit scores are falling at the fastest pace since the Great Recession as Americans struggle to keep up with the high cost of living and the return of student debt payments. The national average FICO score dropped by two points this year, the most since 2009, according

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — For nearly 60 years, Publishers Clearing House had been known for changing individuals’ lives, fulfilling their dreams with prize money it promised would keep coming for as long as they lived. But now the company is in bankruptcy, and winners’ dreams have turned into nightmares. ARB Interactive, a mobile

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — In the late 1970s, a startup founded by Larry Ellison and two fellow computer programmers got a big break in the form of a CIA contract to build a database program code-named Oracle, which later became the name of the company. Now, nearly 50 years after its

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — With so many unsettling things happening beyond your — or any individual’s — control, it sometimes can help to proactively do something concrete that would be helpful to you and your family. Take, as just one example, the state of the US economy. There is no shortage of confusing

By Brian Stelter, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump says he is filing an audacious lawsuit against The New York Times, alleging defamation and accusing the outlet of being a “virtual mouthpiece” for the Democratic Party. The lawsuit demands $15 billion in damages, which exceeds the entire market cap of The New York

By Elisabeth Buchwald, Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump cannot remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors for now, a federal appeals court said in an emergency ruling Monday, just hours before the central bank’s two-day monetary policy meeting was set to kick off. The decision from the US Court

By Bryan Mena, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Stephen Miran, one of President Donald Trump’s top economic advisers, on Monday was confirmed by the Senate to serve on the Federal Reserve’s powerful Board of Governors, hours before the Fed’s two day monetary policy meeting begins. The Senate voted 48-47 to confirm Miran. Sen. Lisa Murkowski

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Longtime Washington Post writer Karen Attiah says she has been fired from the publication’s Opinions department for “speaking out against political violence, racial double standards, and America’s apathy toward guns.” The Post, which has been overhauling the entire department, declined to comment on personnel matters. But Attiah’s Post biography

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Two suspects are in custody after an incendiary device was found under a vehicle belonging to KSTU, a local TV station known as Fox 13 News Utah. The incendiary device “had been lit but failed to function as designed,” according to court records obtained by CNN affiliate KUTV. The

CNN By David Goldman, Lucy Bayly, CNN (CNN) — A deal has been reached between the Trump administration and China to keep TikTok operational in the United States, administration officials announced Monday, concluding a yearslong effort that began during President Donald Trump’s first term. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that a framework agreement has

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — In his latest bid to reshape the American economy, President Donald Trump has endorsed ending the decades-long practice of public companies sharing their financial results once each quarter. Such a move would represent a dramatic shift aimed at combating short-term thinking inside C-Suites obsessed with pleasing investors

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — A deal has been reached between the Trump administration and China to keep TikTok operational in the United States, administration officials announced Monday, concluding a yearslong effort that began during President Donald Trump’s first term. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that a framework agreement has been reached, and

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk just spent $1 billion of his own money to buy additional shares Tesla, giving the previously battered stock the vote of confidence needed to complete a comeback and turn positive for the year. The purchase, made Friday and disclosed in a filing Monday, represents a rare action

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV has criticized how the salaries of chief executives dwarf those of their employees, singling out Tesla’s trillion-dollar compensation package for Elon Musk. Leo, speaking during his first sit-down media interview, cited income inequality as one of the factors behind polarization in society. “CEOs that 60 years

WLS By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV has criticized how the salaries of chief executives dwarf those of their employees, singling out Tesla’s trillion-dollar compensation package for Elon Musk. Leo, speaking during his first sit-down media interview, cited income inequality as one of the factors behind polarization in society. “CEOs that 60