By Chris Isidore, CNN Business United Airlines announced Tuesday that only 593 of its workers face dismissal for not complying with the requirement to get a Covid-19 vaccine. That is less than 1% of its 67,000 US workers who are covered by the rule. About 2,000 other employees, or less than 3% of the workforce,
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By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business Even in the face of a global pandemic, women continued to make strides in corporate America last year. But they’re also burning out in higher numbers. A new report from McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.org said women’s representation improved across most of the corporate pipeline in 2020. The annual report
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By Matt Egan, CNN JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says America’s largest bank is once again preparing for a potential US default even though he expects Congress to avoid that “potentially catastrophic” event by lifting the debt ceiling. In an interview with Reuters on Tuesday, Dimon said JPMorgan has begun scenario-planning for how a possible
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By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Amazon is continuing its quest to cover our homes and bodies with Amazon devices. At a livestreamed media event on Tuesday, the company showed off a handful of new Amazon-branded products, including an Echo device that hangs on the wall and acts as a digital whiteboard for the home,
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business A National Labor Relations Board judge is expected to review a complaint Wednesday that Amazon last year illegally fired two corporate employees who had been vocal critics of the company. An administrative law judge is scheduled to hear the charges, which were filed with the NLRB in October by a
Continue Reading By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Amazon is continuing its quest to cover our homes and bodies with Amazon devices. At a livestreamed media event on Tuesday, the company showed off a handful of new Amazon-branded products, including an Echo device that hangs on the wall and acts as a digital whiteboard for the home,
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By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Meditation toys to help kids manage their feelings. A Lego kit for coding, with a focus on problem-solving skills. And an Amazon video chat portal that uses holograms, games and puzzles to keep little ones engaged on calls. A recent crop of toys and products that launched during the
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By Anneken Tappe The US stock market took it on the chin again Tuesday, plummeting on worries about sustained high inflation that pushed bond yields higher. The debt ceiling debate raging in Washington didn’t help market sentiment either. The Dow dropped some 600 points at its low-point, and finished the day down 569 points, or
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By Walé Azeez, CNN Business The United Kingdom is suffering from fuel shortages, gaps on supermarket shelves, rising inflation and slowing economic growth. Prime Minister Boris Johnson insists he isn’t worried — but should he be? Johnson has in recent days brushed aside concerns about snarled supply chains and price hikes, saying they are consistent
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an insider trading investigation into transactions by high-level officials at the Federal Reserve. The Massachusetts Democrat called for the agency to conduct a “sweeping review of all securities trades” by Fed officials to determine if they violated
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren announced Tuesday that she will oppose Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s renomination, making her the highest-profile lawmaker to do so. “Your record gives me grave concern. Over and over you have acted to make our banking system less safe. And that makes you a dangerous man
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Americans should brace for sticker shock on home heating costs as temperatures drop this fall and winter. Prices for natural gas, the most common way to heat homes and a leading fuel source for generating electricity, have surged more than 180% over the past 12 months to $5.90 per million
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business A wider group of Tesla owners who paid up to $10,000 for what the company calls its “full self-driving” software can now ask the automaker for access to a test version of the feature. But they’ll first have to show that they’re a sufficiently safe driver by allowing Tesla to
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Car sales at major automakers are plunging due to a shortage of computer chips that’s forced factory shutdowns and crimped supply. But that’s not fazing Wall Street, which remains laser-focused on investment in electric vehicles that could power future growth. What’s happening: General Motors, Chrysler-owner Stellantis and Honda all recently
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By Jill Disis, CNN Business A growing power supply crunch in China is triggering blackouts for households and forcing factories to cut production, threatening to slow the country’s vast economy and place even more strain on global supply chains. Companies in the country’s industrial heartlands have been told to limit their energy consumption in order
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business The testimony of a former Theranos lab director is set to continue Wednesday in the criminal trial of the failed blood-testing startup’s founder and former CEO, Elizabeth Holmes. It will mark the third day that jurors will hear from the man who is now known to be the first
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Business As well as dropping people off at nightclubs, train stations and shopping centers, David Lawrie’s taxi drivers are relied upon to transport disabled passengers, and drive children to school. But as fuel stations across the UK run dry, those drivers are having to make difficult decisions about who does and
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned lawmakers that the federal government will likely run out of cash and extraordinary measures by October 18 unless Congress raises the debt ceiling. The new estimate from Yellen raises the risk that the United States could default on its debt in a matter of weeks
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Opinion by Dana M. Peterson for CNN Business Perspectives High costs for everything, from food and gasoline to automobiles and airline tickets, have made the pandemic that much more difficult for US consumers. So of course, many were relieved to see that consumer prices rose by less than expected in August. But this unfortunately isn’t
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Energy prices are skyrocketing around the world, with major consequences for markets as investors worry about the state of the economic recovery. What’s happening: Global markets are stumbling Tuesday as energy prices soar. One big problem has been shortages of natural gas, triggered by low stocks and a jump in
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