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Likes, anger emojis and RSVPs: the math behind Facebook’s News Feed — and how it backfired

By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In late 2017, Facebook had a big problem: users were commenting on, “liking” and resharing posts less than they had in the past. The declines in engagement, visualized in charts on an internal document viewed by CNN Business, looked like wiggly black-and-blue frowns. Facebook decided to make a change —

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Beijing wants property developers to pay all their debts. Pictured is China's Evergrande Group's Health Valley development in Nanjing

Beijing says it’s time for companies to pay their overseas debts as Evergrande fears linger

By Laura He, CNN Business Beijing is making one thing clear to the country’s embattled property developers: Pay your debts. All of them. Two major economic and finance agencies on Tuesday called on companies in “key industries” to redeem the principal and interest on their overseas bonds, according to a government statement. Regulators from the

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Washington bars China Telecom from operating in the United States over national security concerns. Pictured is a China Telecom store in Shanghai

US government bans China Telecom from operating in the country

By Jill Disis, CNN Business Washington is barring a major Chinese state-owned telecommunications firm from operating in the United States over national security concerns — an action that threatens to once again increase tensions between the world’s two largest economies. The US Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday said it has ordered China Telecom to discontinue

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The Honda HR-V earned a "poor" rating in crash test.

Small SUVs struggle in new crash test

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Several small SUVs struggled in a new side crash test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, with just one out of the 20 vehicles tested earning the agency’s highest rating. This year’s results included an updated side crash test that uses a heavier 4,180-pound barrier traveling at 37

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The Honda HR-V earned a "poor" rating in crash test.

Small SUVs struggle in new crash test

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Several small SUVs struggled in a new side crash test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, with just one out of the 20 vehicles tested earning the agency’s highest rating. This year’s results included an updated side crash test that uses a heavier 4,180-pound barrier traveling at 37

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In public

Facebook is having a tougher time managing vaccine misinformation than it is letting on, leaks suggest

By Donie O’Sullivan, Clare Duffy, Tara Subramaniam and Sarah Boxer, CNN Business In public, Facebook has touted the resources it has dedicated to tackling Covid-19 and vaccine misinformation, even scolding US President Joe Biden for his harsh criticism of the company’s handling of the issue. In doing so, it claimed that “more than 2 billion

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