By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business If you’re part of the Class of 2022, you’re graduating into a favorable job market. But networking should still play a big role in your search. “It doesn’t matter if the market really isn’t great or flaming hot, people still need to network because that is how you get into
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Opinion by Kapil Parakh for CNN Business Perspectives Almost two decades ago, I was a resident physician working in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Johns Hopkins Bayview when I got word that my mother had been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Despite feeling supported by those in my residency program, my first instinct was
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business investors who have been blindly buying all big techs got a rude awakening this week after Netflix imploded. But the good news from Tesla proves that some top momentum stocks can still thrive in this rocky market. The latest results from Tesla and Netflix show how silly it
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business How should policymakers react when two core parts of the economy are headed in different directions? That’s the question facing the Federal Reserve and its international counterparts as they race to contain surging inflation. On one hand, spending on services like flights is booming as people in the United States
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Netflix shares plunged this week after the platform reported its first subscriber loss in more than a decade. One factor the company pointed to as hurting revenue: widespread password sharing. Does this mean the streamer is about to kick millions of viewers off shared accounts? Not quite. But it could
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By Michelle Toh, Wayne Chang and Lizzy Yee, CNN Business Chinese officials have slammed YouTube for taking down the account of a politician expected to become the next leader of Hong Kong, accusing the video sharing company of interfering in the country’s internal affairs. YouTube said it had suspended the official campaign channel of John
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By Clare Sebastian, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has devoted considerable airtime over the past few weeks to reassuring the Russian public that sanctions hurt the West more than they hurt Russia. Putin is preparing his country for the long haul. “The collective West does not plan on backing off its policy of economic pressure
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By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. When WarnerMedia and Discovery merged earlier this month, the incoming management team faced an immediate question: What to do with CNN+. So at 8 a.m. on April 11, the first
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For the last 13 years, cabs from Taxi Terry’s have been a common sight in Columbia.
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business The Boring Company, Elon Musk’s bid to beat traffic by putting Teslas in tunnels, has raised $675 million, which it plans to use to build more of its Loop projects. The Boring Company’s new funding, announced Wednesday, comes from venture capital firms as well as real estate companies. Sequoia, a
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By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon announced Thursday that it will let third-party merchants offer Prime membership benefits such as free and fast shipping directly to Prime customers through their own online stores rather than solely through the e-commerce giant’s platform. The option, called Buy with Prime, will initially be available by invitation only for
Continue Reading By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon announced Thursday that it will let third-party merchants offer Prime membership benefits such as free and fast shipping directly to Prime customers through their own online stores rather than solely through the e-commerce giant’s platform. The option, called Buy with Prime, will initially be available by invitation only for
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Daily life continues to get more expensive as American households battle the worst inflation in 40 years. From meat to gas to clothing and housing, the average family now has to fork over hundreds more dollars each month compared to this time last year. Food prices alone are up almost
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates continued to rise this week, reaching their highest level in more than a decade. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.11% in the week ending April 21, up from 5% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. It is the seventh consecutive week of increases and is significantly higher
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business A half-percentage point interest rate hike is officially on the table, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Thursday, as the central bank prepares to get inflation under control. “50 basis points will be on the table for the May meeting,” Powell said during a panel at the International Monetary Fund
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business In a scathing open letter to McDonald’s shareholders, legendary investor Carl Icahn said the company’s leadership was “failing” its investors and misleading the public about its animal welfare practices. “McDonald’s’ Board of Directors … is failing shareholders and stakeholders by presiding over animal welfare violations, supply chain lapses and what
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By Oliver Darcy and Brian Stelter, CNN Business CNN+, the streaming service that was hyped as one of the most significant developments in the history of CNN, will shut down on April 30, just one month after it launched. CNN+ customers “will receive prorated refunds of subscription fees,” the company said. The decision was made
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates continued to rise this week, reaching their highest level in more than a decade. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.11% in the week ending April 21, up from 5% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. It is the seventh consecutive week of increases and is significantly higher
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Elon Musk on Thursday said he has lined up commitments worth $46.5 billion to finance a Twitter takeover deal, one week after he first made a public offer to buy the social media company. Musk said he has commitment letters to finance the deal, including two debt commitment letters from
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Opinion by Jessica J. González for CNN Business Perspectives When Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter and take it private last week, he wrote that he believed the company needed to be “transformed.” The next day, Musk took to the stage at a TED conference where he criticized the company for what he sees as
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