By Parija Kavilanz and Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Lawmakers grilled a top executive from Ticketmaster’s parent company after the service’s inability to process orders for Taylor Swift’s upcoming tour left millions of fans unable to buy tickets or without their ticket even after purchase. Joe Berchtold, the president and CFO of Ticketmaster parent company Live
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh and CNN’s Beijing bureau Millions of players in China have lost access to the iconic “World of Warcraft” franchise and other popular video games, as Blizzard Entertainment’s servers in the country went offline after two decades. The company’s services in China were suspended at midnight local time on Tuesday, marking the end
Continue Reading By Allison Morrow, CNN Reporters often joke that journalists are going to the “dark side” when they go into PR. After reading about Geoff Morrell, a hero I didn’t know I needed, I understand the temptation. Here’s the deal: A regulatory filing from Disney last week, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, has put
Continue Reading By Allison Morrow, CNN Reporters often joke that journalists are going to the “dark side” when they go into PR. After reading about Geoff Morrell, a hero I didn’t know I needed, I understand the temptation. Here’s the deal: A regulatory filing from Disney last week, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, has put
Continue Reading By Lauren Kent and Amy Cassidy, CNN The Crown Estate, a British commercial property portfolio historically belonging to the monarch, began court proceedings against Twitter over the tech giant’s alleged non-payment of rent in its London offices, a spokesperson of the property business told CNN on Monday. The Crown Estate is run by an independent
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tax season kicked off Monday and experts are warning taxpayers that their tax refunds may look smaller this year as COVID-19 tax breaks end. Kathy Pickering, chief tax officer for H&R Block, said most temporary COVID-19 relief measures have expired, including the expanded earned-income tax credit, child-tax credit, dependent-care credit and some
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Citing “rising crime and vagrancy,” Chase Bank has shuttered 24-hour access to some of its New York ATMs. Select ATM vestibules are closing at 5 pm or 6 pm, aligning more closely with normal branch hours, the bank tweeted in response to a complaint last week. A JPMorgan Chase spokesperson said
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Few top executives have ever failed in a job so quickly — or so lucratively — as Geoff Morrell. He became Disney’s chief corporate affairs officer January 24, 2022, and the company promptly announced Morrell’s departure in late April. Morrell made about $150,000 a day for that quick stint in charge
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz and Mia Alberti, CNN The two biggest economies in South America are starting talks to create a common currency. Analysts are skeptical. Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva and Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández wrote in a joint piece published in Argentinian paper Perfil Sunday that they wanted to foster greater integration
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN The Washington Post is not for sale, spokespeople for the newspaper and its owner Jeff Bezos told CNN on Monday. They denied a New York Post report, which cited unnamed sources, suggesting the billionaire could shed the newspaper to help fund a potential purchase of the Washington Commanders NFL team. Bezos
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Over the past year, M&M’s has been the subject of Fox News tirades and criticism from a small segment of fans — first for changing the Green M&M’s footwear and more recently featuring female M&M characters on its packaging for International Women’s Day. So this week it announced a change: Following
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN After causing outrage by making over the Green M&M and launching a special bag featuring its new Purple character in honor of International Women’s Day, M&M’S says it is taking a step back from its candy reps — sort of. “In the last year, we’ve made some changes to our beloved
Continue Reading By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the witness stand for a second day on Monday and attempted to explain the thought process behind his controversial “funding secured” tweet from 2018, pushing back at the idea that it was partly a joke. Musk, Tesla and company directors are facing a shareholder lawsuit
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN For the first time since the early days of the pandemic, most business economists expect their companies to cut payrolls in the coming months, according to a new survey released Monday. Just 12% of economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) anticipate employment will increase at their firms
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN A key barometer for the health of the economy continues to flash a recession warning sign, indicating a downturn is in store for the US in the near future. A growing number of business leaders agree the US economy is getting worse. America is not in an official recession — not
Continue Reading By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Microsoft on Monday confirmed it is making a “multibillion dollar” investment in OpenAI, the company behind the viral new AI chatbot tool called ChatGPT. Microsoft, an early investor in OpenAI, said it plans to expand its existing partnership with the company as part of a greater effort to add
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Software giant Salesforce, one of the 30 stocks in the venerable Dow Jones Industrial Average, had a miserable 2022. Now the company is under attack from a big hedge fund that wants to shake things up at the company that owns Slack. Elliott Management, a firm that has taken
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN ESG funds — investments that evaluate companies using environmental, social and governance factors — just survived a tumultuous 2022. They also managed to perform in line with the general market while doing so, and attract new money — a good sign for the future of responsible investing. What’s happening: Russia’s war
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN Citadel is now the most successful hedge fund ever after it made $16 billion last year — the biggest annual windfall on record. The Miami-based fund, founded and run by Ken Griffin, topped the 2022 ranking of the world’s best-performing hedge funds based on estimates from LCH Investments NV. Its huge
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Natural Light’s new cans will soon look a lot like their old ones. Drinkers will soon notice a retro-inspired makeover that mirrors the budget beer brand’s 1979 design, featuring a throwback logo, crest and colors. It’s part of a broader campaign to mature the beer’s identity, which is synonymous with college-aged
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