By Brian Fung, CNN Business Twitter searches for the widespread Covid-19-related protests in China are returning a flood of spam, pornography and gibberish that some disinformation researchers say at first glance appear to be a deliberate attempt by the Chinese government or its allies to drown out images of the demonstrations. Beginning late last week
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Most of 2022 has been pretty dismal for investors, and Monday was no exception: The Dow fell about 500 points, or 1.5%, Monday. Still, the stock market remains in the midst of one heck of a fourth-quarter rally. The Dow enjoyed its best month in nearly a half-century
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN A baby product company has recalled around 10,500 sippy cups and bottles over lead poisoning risks. Green Sprouts, a North Carolina-based company focused on “natural parenting,” has recalled three products: a stainless steel sippy cup, a stainless steal sippy cup with a straw, and a stainless steel straw bottle. The base
Continue Reading By Matt Egan More than 400 business groups are calling on Congressional leaders to be prepared to prevent a freight rail strike that could start causing chaos in the economy as early as next week. “No one wins when the railroads stop running,” the business groups led by the Chamber of Commerce wrote in a
Continue Reading By Matt Egan More than 400 business groups are calling on Congressional leaders to be prepared to prevent a freight rail strike that could start causing chaos in the economy as early as next week. “No one wins when the railroads stop running,” the business groups led by the Chamber of Commerce wrote in a
Continue Reading By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business US life insurers paid out a record $100 billion in benefits in 2021, according to new data released Monday by the American Council of Life Insurers. That’s a nearly 11% jump from 2020, which represented the largest year-over-year increase (15.4%) since the 1918 influenza pandemic. “For the second year in
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN Business Meta has been fined roughly $275 million by Ireland’s data privacy regulator for failing to prevent hackers from siphoning off personal information from more than 500 million Facebook users in a 2019 data leak. Monday’s announcement marked the fourth time in about a year that Facebook’s parent company has been
Continue Reading By Jennifer Deaton, CNN Business Edward Lawrence, a journalist at the BBC, was arrested by police in Shanghai at the scene of protests on Sunday night, according to the BBC and as captured on what appears to be mobile phone footage of the arrest. While he has since been released, a BBC spokesperson has expressed
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Bob Iger was back at Disney headquarters on Monday to meet with employees for the first time since surprising the media world by returning as the company’s CEO last week. Iger discussed multiple issues facing the company including Disney’s current hiring freeze and what he plans to focus on when
Continue Reading By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Crypto lender BlockFi filed for bankruptcy Monday, becoming the latest casualty of the financial contagion unleashed by the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s empire. BlockFi announced earlier this month that it had halted withdrawals, citing “significant exposure” to Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange, as well as its sister hedge fund Alameda. FTX, Alameda
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Sunday marked the busiest day at US airports since the start of the pandemic — and though bad weather caused widespread flight delays, relatively few flights were canceled outright. About 2.6 million people were screened at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints Sunday. That’s the most since December 26, 2019, just a
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Online Black Friday sales in the United States topped a record-breaking $9.12 billion this year, according to Adobe Analytics, kicking off a solid start to the holiday shopping season despite inflation and other economic concerns. Adobe, which tracks sales on retailer websites, said that this year’s Black Friday online sales
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN Business US oil prices have fallen to their lowest level since December 2021 on concerns that protests in China against Covid-19 lockdowns will dent demand. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures, the US benchmark, slid 2.7% on Monday to trade close to $74 a barrel, a level last reached in December
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The CEO of Barclays said Monday that he has been diagnosed with cancer. C.S. Venkatakrishnan, who is known as Venkat at the bank, said in a note to colleagues that he will begin undergoing treatment for Non-Hodgkin lymphoma at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. “The good news
Continue Reading By Jennifer Deaton, CNN Business Edward Lawrence, a journalist at the BBC, was arrested by police in Shanghai at the scene of protests on Sunday night, according to the BBC and as captured on what appears to be mobile phone footage of the arrest. While he has since been released, a BBC spokesperson has expressed
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Business Global markets fell on Monday after widespread protests in China against the country’s stringent Covid-19 restrictions roiled investor sentiment. European markets opened broadly lower, tracking the performance of Asian shares. The FTSE 100 dropped 0.7%, the CAC 40 fell 0.6%, and the DAX was down 0.5%. Earlier, Hong Kong’s benchmark
Continue Reading By Jennifer Deaton, CNN Business Edward Lawrence, a journalist at the BBC, was arrested by police in Shanghai at the scene of protests on Sunday night, according to the BBC and as captured on what appears to be mobile phone footage of the arrest. While he has since been released, a BBC spokesperson has expressed
Continue Reading By Samantha Beech and Keith Allen, CNN A severe weather system across several parts of the United States has prompted the three major airports servicing New York City to urge passengers to arrive early for flights on what is expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the year. As of Sunday night,
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Marc Rosen didn’t flinch when he was offered the top job at JCPenney last year. A stalwart of twentieth-century retail for middle-class Americans seeking affordable clothing and home furnishings, JCPenney has struggled for more than a decade and fell into bankruptcy shortly after the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. But Rosen,
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Self-checkout arrived in the late 1980s at supermarkets. A decade later, it began spreading to big-box chains and drug stores. Now, self-checkout, loved by some and hated by others, has entered discount clothing and department stores. Kohl’s is testing self-checkout stations at a handful of stores. H&M added them at
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