By Kameryn Griesser and Sofia Barrett, CNN Business In the midst of a global pandemic, the real estate market has been on fire. Demand for homes has soared, pushing prices up to record levels. Competition is so intense that homes are selling in record time, with multiple bids and all-cash offers. Last year, a Zillow
Continue Reading By Kameryn Griesser and Sofia Barrett, CNN Business In the midst of a global pandemic, the real estate market has been on fire. Demand for homes has soared, pushing prices up to record levels. Competition is so intense that homes are selling in record time, with multiple bids and all-cash offers. Last year, a Zillow
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Dozens of Jefferies employees have tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the Wall Street firm to ask staff to work from home, stop virtually all travel and cancel social events. “Our priority now is to best protect every one of you and your families,” Jefferies CEO Rich Handler and president Brian
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business Dozens of Jefferies employees have tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the Wall Street firm to ask staff to work from home, stop virtually all travel and cancel social events. “Our priority now is to best protect every one of you and your families,” Jefferies CEO Rich Handler and president Brian
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business A union has won the right to represent US Starbucks workers for the first time. The vote to unionize at a shop in Buffalo, New York, won by a 19-8 margin. The vote at a second store resulted in a count of 12 opposed versus 8 in favor of the
Continue Reading Opinion by Bill Carter for CNN Business Perspectives Ah, Christmas movies: the snow, the decorations, the families reuniting, the elves, Santa, the reindeer, the couples from the covers of romance novels falling in love against all odds. Wait. What? If you haven’t noticed how the 10 most common tropes of Christmas movies have changed in
Continue Reading Opinion by Bill Carter for CNN Business Perspectives Ah, Christmas movies: the snow, the decorations, the families reuniting, the elves, Santa, the reindeer, the couples from the covers of romance novels falling in love against all odds. Wait. What? If you haven’t noticed how the 10 most common tropes of Christmas movies have changed in
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By Laura He, CNN Business Evergrande, the embattled Chinese property developer, has defaulted on its debt, according to Fitch Ratings. The credit ratings agency on Thursday downgraded the company and its subsidiaries to “restricted default,” meaning that the firm has failed to meet its financial obligations. Fitch said the downgrade reflects the company’s inability to
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Weekly claims for unemployment benefits dropped to a new, multi-decade low last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. At 184,000 claims, adjusted for seasonal swings, it was the lowest level of initial claims since September 1969, when the figure stood at 182,000. It was also a lower count than economists
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business For once, investors are treating GameStop like a normal stock. What’s happening: The video game retailer reported disappointing earnings after US markets closed on Wednesday. Sales grew, but the company’s quarterly losses widened. It also disclosed that the US Securities and Exchange Commission had issued a subpoena in August for
Continue Reading By Rob Kuznia, Curt Devine and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN In October of 2018, a man walked into the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and opened fire, killing 11 people — the worst anti-Semitic attack in US history. The suspected shooter had been a serial poster of genocidal rantings about Jews on a social platform
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Epic port congestion is easing. Shipping prices are falling from sky-high levels. Deliveries are speeding up a bit. There are growing signs that the supply chain mess is finally starting to get cleaned up. That’s not to say the supply chain nightmare is over. It’s not. And the situation may
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Junior’s Cheesecake has a big problem: Not enough cream cheese. The company’s cheesecake is made from about 85% cream cheese, making it impossible to prepare without that key ingredient. The shortage meant the company had to pause cheesecake production on Friday in its Burlington, New Jersey, baking facility because it
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Junior’s Cheesecake has a big problem: Not enough cream cheese. The company’s cheesecake is made from about 85% cream cheese, making it impossible to prepare without that key ingredient. The shortage meant the company had to pause cheesecake production on Friday in its Burlington, New Jersey, baking facility because it
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By Anna Cooban, CNN Business As many as four million European gig economy workers could become employees if new draft EU legislation becomes law. The European Commission proposed new rules for “digital platforms” on Thursday that could force ride-hailing and delivery firms such as Uber and Deliveroo to reclassify their contracted drivers as employees. The
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Business Evergrande, the embattled Chinese property developer, has defaulted on its debt, according to Fitch Ratings. The credit ratings agency on Thursday downgraded the company and its subsidiaries to “restricted default,” meaning that the firm has failed to meet its financial obligations. Fitch said the downgrade reflects the company’s inability to
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, is further clamping down on content linked to Myanmar’s military amid pressure to step up safety controls in the country. The company announced Wednesday that it would ban military-controlled businesses from Facebook, wiping out their pages, groups and accounts. The move expands existing
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By Esha Mitra, Vedika Sud and Rhea Mogul, CNN The only survivor of a helicopter crash that killed 13 people including India’s top military official is on life support, officials said Thursday, as the nation mourned the victims and investigations into the incident continued. Group Capt. Varun Singh is in a “critical but stable” condition,
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Business An Australian Senate committee on Thursday issued a scathing indictment of media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, calling it the country’s “clearest example of a troubling media monopoly.” But the committee stopped short of calling on News Corp to dilute or otherwise cede any of its Australian interests, and instead
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By Kerry Flynn and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Business More journalists are behind bars for their work globally than ever before, with repressive regimes from Asia to Europe leading an unprecedented crackdown on press freedoms, the media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has warned in a new report. A staggering 488 journalists and media workers,
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