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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business The idea of making money on the side from owning a rental property can be very appealing, especially if you view the venture as a possible way to quit your day job eventually or subsidize your income when you retire. But becoming a landlord is not for the faint of

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business French oil giant Total made waves early this year when it broke with the American Petroleum Institute, the largest and most powerful oil lobby in the United States, because of its stance on climate issues. BP’s pledge to slash oil production by 40% this decade has put it ahead of

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The individual investor army on Reddit that helped push GameStop and AMC to unprecedented heights earlier this year has found some more companies to rally around. Several stocks that have enjoyed extraordinary pops lately, such as Avis Budget and Bed Bath & Beyond, have become so-called meme stocks

By Matt Egan, CNN Business Randal Quarles, previously the top Federal Reserve official overseeing Wall Street, announced plans Monday to resign in December. The news creates another vacancy at the Fed, giving President Joe Biden further room to reshape one of the most powerful institutions in the world. In a letter to Biden, Quarles cited

By Matt Egan, CNN Business Sticker shock is causing anxiety for millions of Americans right now, with prices soaring for gasoline, groceries and used cars. Unfortunately, it’s going to take longer than expected to work out the supply-demand imbalances at the heart of inflation, Goldman Sachs warned clients Sunday night. “The inflation overshoot will likely

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business DoorDash customers can now get national shipping from Carbone, Katz’s Deli and other restaurants across the country. Here’s how it works: DoorDash and Caviar users will see a “Nationwide Shipping” carousel in their apps. Once they click through, they can select what they want from participating restaurants. They can then

By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Cosmos and Charisma Onyeyiri weren’t looking to sell their home. But skyrocketing home prices in Austin this summer had them curious: What would the home they bought for $360,000 two years ago sell for now? “We just had a baby. It was going to take a lot to get us

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Live Nation Entertainment, the concert promoter that organized the tragic Astroworld Festival, has been cited about a dozen times for numerous safety issues, records show. Records on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration website shows that Live Nation has been fined or sued on a variety of issues over the

Opinion by Sonja Opper for CNN Business Perspectives Over the last 12 months, China’s government has engaged in an unprecedented regulatory crackdown on the country’s technology sector. Alibaba was hit with a multibillion-dollar antitrust fine; new regulatory rules were crafted that target the emergent online education sector; and the ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing saw its

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The United States has officially flung open its doors to vaccinated international travelers. For companies in the industry, that’s reason to cheer. What’s happening: Stocks in airlines have rallied this month in anticipation of the easing of restrictions, which investors hope will trigger a surge in bookings from people who

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Aaron Rodgers has been prominently featured in State Farm’s television ads for about a decade. This past weekend, he was almost nowhere to be found. The number of State Farm spots featuring the Green Bay Packers quarterback drastically decreased this weekend, following the revelation Rodgers is not vaccinated against Covid-19

By Walé Azeez, CNN Business More than $30 billion was wiped off Tesla’s market value on Monday after millions of Elon Musk’s Twitter followers voted in favor of him selling 10% of his shares in the company. Tesla shares fell by about 3% in morning trading in New York, recovering slightly from a premarket drop