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Housing sales boom as remote work continues
CNN’s Richard Quest discusses how remote work has lead to a rise in home sales with Ryan Schneider, CEO of real estate company Realogy.
Continue ReadingCNN’s Richard Quest discusses how remote work has lead to a rise in home sales with Ryan Schneider, CEO of real estate company Realogy.
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Even if you’re not an avid gamer, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of “Call of Duty,” “World of Warcraft” or “Candy Crush.” Those games, which are played by hundreds of millions of people around the world and have in some cases attained the status of cultural phenomena, all belong
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Even if you’re not an avid gamer, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of “Call of Duty,” “World of Warcraft” or “Candy Crush.” Those games, which are played by hundreds of millions of people around the world and have in some cases attained the status of cultural phenomena, all belong
Continue ReadingHarvey Spevak, Executive Chairman of Equinox Group, explains why the company will require employees and members to show proof of vaccination.
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Next time you’re walking alone at night or meeting up with a stranger for a first date, one startup would like to listen in — with the goal of protecting you. Citizen, an app best known and sometimes criticized for sending real-time crime and emergency alerts that can put
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Wall Street isn’t convinced that the world’s biggest oil firms can successfully overhaul their businesses as the climate crisis accelerates. The industry response? To dangle more cash. What’s happening: BP, which announced results that beat expectations on Tuesday, upped its dividend by 4% to 5.46 cents per share and said
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business PepsiCo is selling a controlling stake of its juice brands, which includes Tropicana and Naked, to a private equity firm in a multibillion dollar deal. The sale is part of the company’s broader efforts to focus on faster-growing beverages as customers increasingly ditch sugary drinks. In the deal announced Tuesday,
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Tencent has announced new limits on the amount of time minors can spend playing the company’s online games, even as investors worry that China may extend its historic crackdown on the private sector to the gaming industry. Those fears were stoked Tuesday after Economic Information Daily — a business newspaper
Continue ReadingA trio of new video games feature cats, mouse robots and living spaghetti in their game play. Yes, really. Rick Damigella reports.
Continue ReadingBy Jill Disis and Chris Isidore, CNN Business Alibaba sought to reassure investors by unveiling a 50% increase in its share repurchase plans Tuesday while reporting somewhat mixed results. The Chinese online shopping behemoth has been slammed in recent months by Beijing’s widening crackdown on private business, stoking concerns about its future. On Tuesday, it
Continue ReadingThe back to work debate is heating up as COVID-19 cases surge across the country.
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Trent, CNN Are we turning on our webcams today? Is it unprofessional to send an emoji to your boss? May I wear yoga pants to work? As video conferences replaced conference rooms and direct messages replaced water cooler talk, workers in a wide array of industries started asking questions they have never asked
Continue ReadingYouTube blocked Sky News Australia from posting videos for one week. A YouTube spokesperson says they don’t allow content that denies the existence of Covid-19. Sky News Austrailia says they did not post content like that.
Continue ReadingBy Kimberly Berryman and Nick Watt, CNN When CNN knocked on her door, Dasha Kelly panicked, thinking the eviction she’s been dreading was finally at hand. “You guys honestly freaked me out this morning when you knocked,” she said. Kelly — who was in the apartment with her boyfriend’s three daughters, Sharron, 8; Kia, 6;
Continue ReadingExpiration of the nation’s eviction moratorium has left millions of families staggering. CNN’s Nick Watt reports how one mother and her family are bracing for eviction.
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business A National Labor Relations Board official is recommending that the results of the milestone union election at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama held earlier this year be scrapped and that a new election be held due to illegal misconduct on the part of the e-commerce giant. The recommendation from
Continue ReadingBy Rob McLean, CNN Business Jack Dorsey’s Square is spending $29 billion on an Australian buy now, pay later firm — a massive purchase that will help his company build out its global payments empire. Square — the financial payments company known for its popular Cash App — said it plans to merge Afterpay with
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business The federal eviction moratorium has expired, and landlords in many parts of the country can officially begin removing people from their homes. Even though more than 3 million people said they were likely to be evicted “within the next two months,” according to a Census survey from early July, and
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates are officially divorced, after a judge approved their split on Monday. The powerhouse couple — who met at Microsoft in 1987 and married in 1994 — announced in May that they would be ending their marriage after 27 years, saying, “we no longer believe
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Google on Monday kicked off smartphone season by previewing its new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones. But it also signaled a new era for the Pixel, shifting it away from a mid-tier line with a niche user base to premium status, in a move that could position
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