Martha C. White for CNN Business Small business sentiment improved in August but remains depressed as business owners face an uncertain economic landscape. Buoyed by marginally better expectations in the near term and a slight reduction in inflation worries, the monthly Small Business Optimism Index from the National Federation of Independent Business rose to 91.8
Continue Reading By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business The kids, the grandparents, the babysitter, maybe your favorite aunt or uncle. That’s it. You can blame inflation for families knocking friends, co-workers and extended families off your holiday gift lists this year. Persistent inflation — consumer prices increased by 8.5% in July over last year — has reshaped how
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business The past few years have been tough for Burger King. Missteps during the pandemic caused the chain to lag behind competitors. Over the past few quarters, Burger King has been playing catch up, and now the company is hoping a major investment in restaurants and advertising will help spark growth
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business The past few years have been tough for Burger King. Missteps during the pandemic caused the chain to lag behind competitors. Over the past few quarters, Burger King has been playing catch up, and now the company is hoping a major investment in restaurants and advertising will help spark growth
Continue Reading By Matt McFarland, CNN Business US commuter rail service will face a huge disruption Friday if a freight rail strike is not avoided. Many passenger rail services operate on tracks owned by freight railroads. Without the freight employees on hand to operate their networks, US rail commuters will be unable to make their trips. Some
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN US lawmakers sent Twitter more than a dozen questions about its security practices Monday, on the eve of a company whistleblower’s testimony before Congress in which he is expected to outline damning allegations of security and privacy vulnerabilities at the embattled social media company. In a letter addressed to CEO Parag
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Gas prices are on the decline. Inflation has moderated a little, though it remains historically high. Consumers are feeling slightly more optimistic about the future. Has your outlook on the economy changed in recent months? How about your thoughts on your personal financial situation? Share your story with CNN. You could
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, CNN Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will be back on trial Tuesday, facing more family members of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, weeks after a Texas jury determined he and his company should have to pay one student’s parents nearly $50 million for defaming the student’s father and inflicting emotional distress
Continue Reading By Ross Levitt and Chris Isidore, CNN Amtrak announced Monday that it is preemptively suspending service on some of its long range routes, mostly out of Chicago, due to a looming freight rail strike. “Amtrak is closely monitoring the ongoing freight rail — rail labor contract negotiations. The negotiations do not involve Amtrak or the
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business America’s freight railroads have already stopped accepting shipments of hazardous and other security-sensitive materials because of the looming threat of a strike Friday. Union Pacific, one of the major national railroads whose operations would be halted by a strike, said the move is meant to “protect employees, customers, and the
Continue Reading By Donie O’Sullivan, Brian Fung and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Extreme heat in California has left Twitter without one of its key data centers, and a company executive warned in an internal memo obtained by CNN that another outage elsewhere could result in the service going dark for some of its users. Twitter, like all major
Continue Reading By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple on Monday released its next-generation mobile software, iOS 16, with new features that allow users to personalize their iPhone lock screens and change how they text friends through iMessage. Among the most anticipated changes is the ability to edit and unsend recently sent iMessages, or mark the messages
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Dan Loeb is fine with Disney keeping ESPN after all. The activist investor and Third Point CEO, who made headlines last month when he proposed that the media giant spin off ESPN, had a change of heart over the weekend. “We have a better understanding of ESPN’s potential as a
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Dan Loeb is fine with Disney keeping ESPN after all. The activist investor and Third Point CEO, who made headlines last month when he proposed that the media giant spin off ESPN, had a change of heart over the weekend. “We have a better understanding of ESPN’s potential as a
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN Twitter whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko is set to testify before Congress Tuesday in his first public appearance since his bombshell allegations against the social media company were reported last month by CNN and The Washington Post. Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee are expected to question Zatko on
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter on Monday pushed back at a new attempt by Elon Musk to walk away from their $44 billion acquisition deal over a payment the company is said to have made to a former employee who later turned whistleblower, calling the billionaire’s move “invalid and wrongful.” Musk on Friday sent
Continue Reading By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Elon Musk may be fighting tooth-and-nail to get out of his deal to buy Twitter, but the social media company’s shareholders plan to hold him to it. The vast majority of Twitter shareholders on Tuesday voted in favor of Musk’s $44 billion takeover deal, a value of $54.20 per share.
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore and Adrienne Broaddus, CNN Business About 15,000 nurses in Minnesota went on strike Monday morning, saying they are fighting for better staffing and better care for their patients. The strike is against 13 hospitals in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market, as well as Duluth. It is scheduled to last only three days, and
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Few investments have increased in value during this challenging year on Wall Street. But one asset that is in green in 2022 is literally green: the US dollar. The greenback has soared this year thanks to the Federal Reserve jacking up interest rates to fight inflation and hopes
Continue Reading By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business A Blue Origin rocket experienced a “booster failure” during an uncrewed launch of its New Shepard rocket from West Texas on Monday morning, triggering an abort system that allowed the capsule to parachute to Earth. “This was a payload mission with no astronauts on board. The capsule escape system functioned
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