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By Anna Cooban, CNN Business European leaders have agreed to phase out Russian coal imports as part of a new package of sanctions triggered by evidence of atrocities in Bucha, Ukraine. An oil embargo could be next. All forms of Russian coal will be banned from the European Union, a move that the European Commission

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Investors are worried that the risks of a recession are rising in the United States. In Europe, they fear economies could also stall while inflation soars, delivering the toxic combination known as “stagflation.” That’s encouraging Wall Street to buy up defensive stocks that have historically performed well even under difficult

By Chris Liakos and Anna Cooban, CNN Business Russian metals company Rusal has called for an investigation into the killing of civilians in Bucha, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Rusal Chairman Bernard Zonneveld said in a statement that recent reports of atrocities from the town, which was occupied by Russian troops for a

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business A deadly and highly infectious avian flu is forcing US farmers to kill millions of egg-laying hens, reducing the country’s egg supply and driving up prices. On Thursday, retailers paid between $2.80 and $2.89 for a dozen large grade A white eggs in the Midwest, according to the USDA’s daily

By Anna Bahney, CNN Business As both home prices and mortgage rates rise, buying a home is increasingly unaffordable for a growing number of Americans. Home prices in the first quarter were up by at least 10% from a year ago in two-thirds of the counties tracked in a new report from real estate data

By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Discovery chief executive David Zaslav on Thursday announced the leadership team for Warner Bros. Discovery, the media conglomerate that will be formed within days when Discovery’s acquisition of WarnerMedia is completed. A raft of WarnerMedia executives have announced their exits in recent days, including CEO Jason Kilar. But some Warner

By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The war in Ukraine has thrown the global economy into chaos — and the worst is yet to come, experts say. The conflict has disrupted logistics, business operations and trade pipelines across the world: sea, land and air freight are taking roundabout routes to avoid no-fly zones and hazards of

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Sanctions put in place in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have caused the nation’s air carriers to lose 79 of their commercial jets, nearly 10% of their combined fleets. The sanctions by multiple countries require the international aircraft leasing companies that own the jets to have repossessed them by