CNN – Business/Consumer

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Good news: After rising for months, meat prices are finally falling at the grocery store. Bad news: Many other staples are getting more expensive. Prices for meat, poultry, fish and eggs fell 0.4% from November to December, according to seasonally adjusted data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Within that

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Getting your dish soap out of the bottle might not be on your top 10 list of daily annoyances. But Procter & Gamble is making it easier anyway. Dawn, the top-selling dish soap brand, has unveiled a redesigned bottle with “patented no-flip cap technology.” That means the bottle stands, upside-down,

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Fees for bounced checks or lacking enough money in your account are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Wells Fargo announced changes to its overdraft policy Tuesday, saying that it will give customers earlier access to direct deposits, a 24-hour grace period before incurring any overdraft fees

By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Pandemic price hikes didn’t let up in the last month of 2021: A key inflation gauge hit a fresh a 39-year high. The US consumer price inflation index rose 7% over the past year before seasonal adjustments, the steepest climb in prices since June 1982, the Bureau of Labor Statistics

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Big Lots is betting shoppers will still want to buy cheap couches and pillows in person for years to come. The discount home furnishings’ chain said Monday that it plans to open more than 500 new stores over the next several years following a decade in which it put its

By Matt Egan, CNN Business US oil prices rose sharply on Tuesday, climbing above $81 a barrel for the first time in two months. Crude closed at $81.22 a barrel, up nearly 4% on the day. It’s the highest level for oil since November 11. The latest gains unwind a good chunk of the relief

By Matt Egan, CNN Business The US Chamber of Commerce is calling for doubling the number of legal immigrants into America as a way to ease inflation and the worker shortage. “We need more workers. We should welcome people who want to come here, go to school and stay,” Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne Clark

by Pete Muntean, CNN United Airlines said it is reducing its flight schedule in hopes of stemming Covid-related staffing shortages that have caused thousands of flight cancellations across the industry. In a new company-wide memo, CEO Scott Kirby said the airline is “reducing our near-term schedules to make sure we have the staffing and resources

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Oreo is trying something totally new for its 110th birthday. For the celebratory occasion, Oreo is releasing a special flavor it calls Chocolate Confetti Cake. It has sprinkles galore. The cookies themselves are filled with sprinkles and have two layers of filling: the signature creme flavor, pumped with sprinkles, and