CNN – Business/Consumer

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — It’s a problem as intractable as the riddle of the Sphinx: How do you make a vegan cheese that people actually want to eat? Formo, a Berlin-based biotechnology company, thinks it has found the answer in a minuscule fungus, Koji, that has given that distinctive umami flavor to

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — The CEO of a company that makes high-end backpacks said he and his employees have received threats after reports he contacted a police tip line when he spotted one of the company’s bags in the surveillance video of the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Peter Dering, the founder

By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — At the Sheephaven Bay pub in London, tucked just behind Camden High Street, Guinness accounts for more than 50% of draft beer sales. Owner Pat Logue told CNN that this year he’s already sold double the amount of Guinness that he did two years ago. The Irish stout, known

By Alicia Wallace, CNN Rochester, Minnesota (CNN) — On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, a grocery store here was plumb out of eggs. An hour and a half north in Richfield, some eggs could be had, but they weren’t cheap. That dozen cost $1.70 more — a good 40% higher — than it did just four

By Erika Tulfo, CNN (CNN) — The countdown to Christmas is on, but the threat of delayed packages could dampen the holiday spirit. Winter storms, out-of-stock items, ground shipping risks and a host of other issues could spell out shipping slowdowns in the days leading up to Christmas Eve. More than half of Americans say

By Hien An Ngo, CNN (CNN) — Buy now, Pay Later services had their best day yet on Cyber Monday, with consumers spending a record-breaking $991.2 million, according to Adobe Analytics. With holiday shopping now in full swing, US consumers are making more purchases using these services, which are known in the industry as BNPL.

By Brian Fung, CNN Lina Khan has enraged corporate America. She wielded one of the world’s most powerful government departments, the Federal Trade Commission, to challenge big corporate mergers and to issue new regulations intending to give workers and consumers more rights. Business leaders, consequently, wanted her fired. And with the incoming Trump administration, they’re

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — TikTok has plans for another appeal as it faces a ban on January 19. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected a temporary pause on the ban of TikTok, calling such a block “unwarranted” and paving the way for the Supreme Court to potentially decide the fate

By Erika Tulfo, CNN (CNN) — Aakaanksh Autade was iffy on TikTok Shop, TikTok’s in-app shopping feature, when it launched last year. Then the content creator grossed over $100,000 in sales when he hosted a live event on Black Friday and went from skeptic to believer. Autade is known for sharing tech-related tips and tricks

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — People in New Jersey are freaking(!) out(!) about sightings of what they say appear to be “giant drones” flying around at night. Government officials have said at least some of those sightings are just regular, old commercial flights. Turns out, there are a few apps that could

CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — People in New Jersey are freaking(!) out(!) about sightings of what they say appear to be “giant drones” flying around at night. Government officials have said at least some of those sightings are just regular, old commercial flights. Turns out, there are a few apps that

By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — The last time Sony was worth this much on the stock market, Bill Clinton was president and the PlayStation 2 was about to debut on American store shelves. It’s been a rough past two and a half decades for Sony, the 78-year-old company that invented the Walkman and the

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Friday declined to temporarily block a ban on TikTok, teeing up a showdown at the Supreme Court over whether the law should take effect while the social media platform’s challenge to it plays out. Last week, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — Google-parent Alphabet and Apple must be ready to remove TikTok from their U.S. app stores on January 19, two US lawmakers said in a letter to the companies’ CEOs Friday. The bipartisan letter came from two leaders of the US House of Representatives’ committee on China: Republican Representative John Moolenaar,

CNN By Matt Egan and Paula Newton, CNN (CNN) — Canada could retaliate against President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs by shutting down energy flows to the United States, a top Canadian official warned. “We will go to the extent of cutting off their energy going down to Michigan, going down to New York State and

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk apparently has one last battle to wage with outgoing Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler. Musk disclosed on his social media platform X that the agency is demanding he agree to a fine of an undisclosed amount to settle charges over his initial purchases

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — Heads up to anyone who is a freelancer, independent contractor, business owner, property renter or just a hobbyist who occasionally sells their creations: If you accept business-related income through a payment app or online marketplace like Venmo, CashApp, Airbnb and Etsy, come January you may start receiving 1099-K tax

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s the end of an era for Bud Light: The beleaguered brand is no longer the most popular beer on tap at bars. Another Anheuser-Busch InBev beer, Michelob Ultra, has surpassed Bud Light in its share of US draft lines, marking an end to several decades of

By Matt Egan and Paula Newton, CNN (CNN) — Canada could retaliate against President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs by shutting down energy flows to the United States, a top Canadian official warned. “We will go to the extent of cutting off their energy going down to Michigan, going down to New York State and over