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By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates fell under 7% for the first time since mid-August this week. It is the seventh straight week that rates have dropped, as inflation improves and the Federal Reserve paused its rate increases. With the Fed signaling in its most recent meeting that rate cuts may

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani just inked a monster contract with a unique structure that will surely make Bobby Bonilla smile. Valued at a staggering $700 million, Ohtani’s 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers isn’t just the richest sports contract on the planet. The record-setting contract features

Pope Francis has called for an international treaty to regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence, warning that the new technology risks causing a “technological dictatorship” which would threaten peace and democracy.

CNN By Casey Tolan, Audrey Ash and Rene Marsh, CNN (CNN) — The largest credit union in the US has the widest disparity in mortgage approval rates between White and Black borrowers of any major lender, a trend that reached new heights last year, a CNN analysis found. Navy Federal Credit Union, which lends to

By Casey Tolan, Audrey Ash and Rene Marsh, CNN (CNN) — The largest credit union in the US has the widest disparity in mortgage approval rates between White and Black borrowers of any major lender, a trend that reached new heights last year, a CNN analysis found. Navy Federal Credit Union, which lends to military

By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — For almost two years now, the story of the economy and markets has been all about runaway inflation and central banks’ historic attempts to reverse it. But we may be turning over a new page in the storybook — and it could have a happy ending for

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Spending at US retailers rebounded in November after declining in October, pointing to the continued resilience of the US consumer and a strong start to the holiday season. Retail sales, which are adjusted for seasonal swings but not inflation, rose 0.3% in November from the prior month,

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Threads on Thursday became available to users in the European Union, dealing yet another likely blow to X from a rival platform. Threads teased the EU launch earlier this week by showing an untitled countdown timer to residents in the region who visited the site. Meta, controlled

By Matt Egan and Samantha Delouya, CNN Washington, D.C. (CNN) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is on a mission to repair the fragile yet vital relationship between the United States and China. That mission will kick into high gear next year. Yellen revealed her 2024 US-China gameplan in a major speech to business leaders on

By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s regional governments have issued a record amount of special bonds to support troubled smaller banks, as they try to fend off potential systemic risks that could be triggered by a prolonged real estate crisis. So far this year, at least 15 provinces have issued 205 billion

By Diksha Madhok, CNN (CNN) — China has overtaken the United States as the biggest branded coffee shop market in the world by outlets, according to a report by World Coffee Portal. The number of branded coffee shops in the world’s second largest economy grew by 58% over the past 12 months to reach 49,691

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Stanford University; the University of California, Los Angeles; and Rutgers University have been added to a growing list of schools that face federal discrimination investigations by the US Department of Education, according to a DOE site. In the past week, the department opened investigations into six additional schools for

By Anna Bahney, CNN (CNN) — There is no doubt rent is too high for many Americans, but thanks to a recent boom in the construction of apartment buildings, lower mortgage rates, and the Federal Reserve’s success in curbing inflation, rents are beginning to come down in some places, including Manhattan. In the New York

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — US markets soared higher on Wednesday afternoon following the Federal Reserve’s final policy decision of the year. The Dow rose 1.4%, closing at 37,090.24 and blazing past its previous record high of 36,799.65, reached nearly two years ago. The S&P 500 was up 1.4% and the Nasdaq

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — When ChatGPT launched late last year, some high schools quickly developed strict policies to prohibit students from using the powerful AI chatbot tool over fears of cheating on assignments. But now a new study from researchers at Stanford reveals the percentage of high school students who cheat remains

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — For the third time in a row, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday decided not to raise (or lower) its key interest rate. Consequently, the Fed’s benchmark lending rate will remain at its highest level in 22 years. Given that the Fed influences — directly or indirectly —

By Brian Fung, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The US government proposed a crackdown on cable television companies’ billing practices Wednesday as it announced plans to ban early-termination fees and to introduce fresh rules that could lead to consumer refunds if a subscriber cancels a plan mid-month. The proposal by the Federal Communications Commission would impose new

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Former BP CEO Bernard Looney is forfeiting about $40 million in severance because the company’s board determined he engaged in “serious misconduct” for not fully disclosing his relationships with employees that led to his dismissal. “Following careful consideration, the board has concluded that, in providing inaccurate and

By Jon Passantino, CNN New York (CNN) — OpenAI will pay publishing giant Axel Springer to use its news content in the company’s artificial intelligence products, marking a “first of its kind” global publishing deal that will allow the ChatGPT creator to train its AI models on the news organization’s reporting. As part of the

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Inflation slowed down again in November, with prices across all goods and services rising at a weaker pace of 3.1% on an annual basis, according to the latest Consumer Price Index. That’s a big improvement from November 2022 when prices rose at a pace of 7.1% compared