By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business There’s been a sharp rise in cyberattacks in recent weeks, often disrupting services and products that are essential to everyday lives. In May, the ransomware attack that forced a six-day shutdown of Colonial Pipeline — a key East Coast line that delivers gas to millions of people — brought the
Continue Reading Hackers broke into the systems of Electronic Arts, one of the world’s biggest video game publishers, and stole game source code. CNN’s Alex Marquardt reports.
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Johnson & Johnson has agreed to a $230 million settlement with New York state, resolving complaints from the state’s attorney general over the pharmaceutical company’s role in the opioid epidemic. “Johnson & Johnson helped fuel this fire,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement Saturday. “While no
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business There’s been a sharp rise in cyberattacks in recent weeks, often disrupting services and products that are essential to everyday lives. In May, the ransomware attack that forced a six-day shutdown of Colonial Pipeline — a key East Coast line that delivers gas to millions of people — brought the
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Hong Kong has long been Asia’s leading financial hub, straddling the West and China. But as Beijing tightens its grip on a city still largely cut off by coronavirus restrictions, it’s increasingly tricky for tech, media and banks to do business — and some fear the end of an era.
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CNN’s Brianna Keilar rolls the tape on how Fox News host Laura Ingraham conducted an interview with a Capitol rioter who seemed to downplay the attack.
Continue Reading By Moira Ritter, CNN Business An anchor for GB News, a newly-launched TV channel in Britain that has been compared to Fox News in the US, said he is taking a break after just two weeks on the job. At the end of his regular program Thursday, Andrew Neil, who also serves as chairman of
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By Claudia Rebaza, Clare Duffy and Al Goodman, CNN The widow of controversial antivirus software magnate John McAfee said her husband was not suicidal, and blamed United States authorities for “this tragedy” after he was found dead in his cell in a prison near Barcelona on Wednesday. The 75-year-old McAfee, who had multiple run-ins with
Continue Reading John McAfee, the controversial antivirus software magnate who’d had multiple recent run-ins with the US law, has died at 75. CNN’s Al Goodman reports.
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It should be no surprise to hear that the founder of an investment firm named after the Hindenburg is looking for stocks that will crash and burn. Nate Anderson, founder of Hindenburg Research, has made a name for himself in the past few years by targeting companies that
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business As Dominic Toretto, the main character of the Fast & Furious franchise, once said, “it don’t matter if you win by an inch or a mile, winning’s winning.” That’s true, but the movie theater industry really needs this weekend’s box office to win by a lot. “F9: The Fast Saga,”
Continue Reading By Claudia Rebaza, Clare Duffy and Al Goodman, CNN The widow of controversial antivirus software magnate John McAfee said her husband was not suicidal, and blamed United States authorities for “this tragedy” after he was found dead in his cell in a prison near Barcelona on Wednesday. The 75-year-old McAfee, who had multiple run-ins with
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Restaurants across the country have been reporting difficulty hiring as customers return in droves. We’ve heard from some former servers who cited the stress of the job under these conditions as one reason for switching careers. For those who’ve stayed, we want to know: What is it like to work
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By Clare Duffy and Al Goodman, CNN Business John McAfee, the controversial antivirus software magnate who’d had multiple recent run-ins with the US law, has died at 75. McAfee was awaiting extradition in a Spanish prison after being charged with tax evasion in the United States last year. McAfee was found dead in his cell
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By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business The nationwide rollout of the Pearl Milling Company brand name — formerly known as Aunt Jemima — is underway. The new brand said breakfast products in its Pearl Milling Company packaging began to ship on May 31. The new packaging has the same red and yellow color scheme as Jemima’s
Continue Reading By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business The tussle between Twitter and the Indian government just escalated to the next level. India’s technology minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said on Friday that he was denied access to his Twitter account for almost an hour. “Friends! Something highly peculiar happened today,” the minister said in one of the seven
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By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business The tussle between Twitter and the Indian government just escalated to the next level. India’s technology minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said on Friday that he was denied access to his Twitter account for almost an hour. “Friends! Something highly peculiar happened today,” the minister said in one of the seven
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Prices rose yet again in May and a key measure of inflation hit new multi-year highs. The price index tracking personal consumption expenditure, or PCE, climbed 3.9% in the year ending May, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Friday. It was the highest level since August 2008 and exceeded April’s
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business “We have a deal.” Those words, from President Joe Biden on infrastructure spending, were enough to trigger a Wall Street celebration. What’s happening: Stocks rallied Thursday as Biden confirmed that Republican and Democratic senators — including Mitt Romney and Joe Manchin — had reached an agreement with White House officials
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Tyler Hamilton has worked at the Amazon warehouse in Shakopee, Minnesota for four years. He shares the good and the bad about the fast-paced job.
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