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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business If you’ve had a sip of Coke Zero Sugar recently and thought that it tastes a little different, you’re not crazy. The company is rolling out across the United States a new version of the beverage designed to taste more like regular Coke. Maybe you like the new flavor. Maybe

By Gregory Wallace and Chris Isidore, CNN Business United Airlines will join the growing list of companies that are requiring employees get vaccinated against Covid-19, the first major US airline to implement such a mandate. A United executive said it was not considering a similar rule for passengers, and that any such requirement would be

By Charles Riley and Hanna Ziady, CNN Business It’s been roughly 18 months since the coronavirus pandemic started wreaking havoc on the US economy. The labor market is a long way from making a complete recovery. One big problem: Millions of open jobs are going unfilled, despite high levels of unemployment. Companies had 9.2 million

By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The US economy added 943,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate fell to 5.4% — a new low of the pandemic era — the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. It was the biggest job gain since August last year, when more than 1 million positions were added back,

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business An e-commerce company has just pulled off Indonesia’s biggest initial public offering ever. It’s the latest sign that Southeast Asia’s startup community is taking off. Jakarta-based Bukalapak began trading on the Indonesian Stock Exchange on Friday after raising about $1.5 billion. That’s the largest on record for that exchange, according

By Laura He, CNN Business Chinese internet and media regulators are pledging to come down hard on “unhealthy” online fan groups as supporters of pop star Kris Wu took to social media to vehemently defend him against allegations of rape. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection — the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s disciplinary watchdog —

By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A newspaper’s front page is designed to get your attention — sometimes more so than usual. USA Today’s weekend edition, publishing Friday, is unusual. Its banner front page headline says, “We are failing one another.” The newspaper describes “America’s fourth Covid-19 surge,” noting this “didn’t have to happen,” since vaccinations

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business President Joe Biden announced an agreement Thursday that aims to push the US auto industry to sell more electric vehicles. The goals include a “shared aspiration” that 40% to 50% of vehicles sold in the US will be electric, plug-in hybrids or hydrogen-powered. This will be a challenge, some experts

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business The pandemic was difficult for casual dining brands like Applebee’s, which saw sales plummet when it closed its dining rooms last year. But now, Applebee’s is doing better than it has in years. One reason? Attention from the song “Fancy Like” by Walker Hayes. “This song lyrically is all about

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business More employers are mandating Covid-19 vaccines for their workers as the Delta variant surges across the United States. But one step in the process could slow down the rollout of such requirements: negotiations with labor unions representing employees. Talks between employers and labor leaders are taking place in a variety

By Matt Egan, CNN Business The planned grand reopening of offices across America is in serious doubt because of the Delta variant. In the past 24 hours, a slew of major companies have told employees they will no longer be expected back at their desks in September. Notably, that list includes BlackRock, Wells Fargo and

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business President Joe Biden celebrated ambitious electric vehicles goals by automakers at the White House on Thursday. But he did so without the world’s largest maker of EVs: Tesla. Joining Biden were executives from General Motors and Ford, as well as Stellantis, the company formed by the merger earlier this year

By Brian Stelter, CNN Business “Jeopardy!” executive producer Mike Richards is in line to host the beloved game show starting in September. Sources with knowledge of the process say it is effectively a done deal, though it may not be announced until later in August. Variety reported Wednesday that “Richards is clearly the front-runner” and

By Matt Egan, CNN Business Major players on Wall Street are beginning to push back their return-to-office dates because of surging Covid-19 cases. Wells Fargo on Thursday said it would push back the reopening of its offices by about a month to early October, making it the biggest bank yet to shift gears because of

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the co-creators behind the long-running animated series “South Park,” have signed a new deal with ViacomCBS that will keep the cursing children of Colorado on Comedy Central through 2027. The deal extends the adventures of Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman through a 30th season. However,

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Robinhood shares fell more than 27% Thursday following the previous day’s stratospheric rise. The selloff was sparked by a regulatory filing from the company saying that shareholders, including venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, will sell up to nearly 98 million shares over time. It’s been a roller coaster week for

Opinion by Julián Castro for CNN Business Perspectives Earlier this week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reinstated its eviction moratorium until October in places with a substantial number of Covid infections. While this was a necessary response to the nation’s dire housing affordability crisis — one that the pandemic has exacerbated —