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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Mattel is still riding Barbie’s pink blockbuster wave. The toy manufacturer reported a 9% rise in its net sales to $1.92 billion in the third quarter of 2023, fueled by Barbie’s success and Hot Wheels toys, even while company profits faced pressure on other fronts. Worldwide gross

By Matt Egan and Reid Champlin, CNN New York (CNN) — A mobile billboard truck drove outside the entrance of Columbia University on Wednesday displaying the names and faces of students that a conservative nonprofit responsible for the truck says were linked to a statement blaming Israel for the Hamas terror attack. The arrival of

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta again exceeded Wall Street’s expectations on Wednesday when it reported earnings for the quarter ended in September, in another sign that the company’s “year of efficiency” turnaround strategy continues to deliver. The strong results come as Meta says it has “substantially completed” the layoffs portion of

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Apple is once again increasing the price of its TV+ streaming platform. A monthly Apple TV+ subscription will now cost $9.99, up from $6.99, which equates to an overall $36 bump for the year. A year ago, in October 2022, Apple hiked the price for an Apple TV+

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — As of Wednesday, the unprecedented strike by the United Auto Workers union against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis is now also the longest American auto strike in 25 years. The last time the union struck one of the automakers, with its 2019 strike at GM, the strike

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Columbia University has postponed its massive Giving Day fundraising event scheduled for Wednesday amid simmering tensions on campus over the Israel-Hamas war. Giving Day is a critical fundraising event for Columbia, as the university has noted endowment funding and tuition do not cover the entire cost of

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — A Dunkin’ franchisee is paying a woman $3 million to settle a lawsuit involving hot coffee falling on her lap that she alleges caused severe burns and life-altering injuries, according to her lawyers. The unnamed woman claimed the incident, which happened in February 2021 at an Atlanta-area

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The Justice Department is investigating whether or not Tesla cars can live up to the EPA’s official estimates of how far they can go on a single charge. In the company’s most recent SEC filing, it disclosed that the DOJ is looking at questions surrounding a number

By Veronica Miracle and Jeffrey Kopp, CNN (CNN) — In the not-so-distant future, human-like robots will be as ubiquitous as the automobile or smartphone – if Agility Robotics’ vision of the future comes to life. “This is really an inflection point in history,” said Jonathan Hurst, co-founder of Agility Robotics, a Silicon Valley firm that

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — McDonald’s is getting rid of one its most recognizable utensils. The McFlurry spoon, which sparked confusion among its fans for being hollow, is being phased out as the fast food chain says it seeks more sustainable alternatives. The clear plastic spoon doubled as a spindle, with

By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Sam Bankman-Fried plans to take the stand as soon as Thursday to defend himself against prosecutors’ claims that he stole billions of dollars from customers and defrauded investors in his now-bankrupt crypto exchange, FTX. Lead defense attorney Mark Cohen told the court on Wednesday that he plans

By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — New home sales in the United States surged higher in September from the month before, even as mortgage rates remained over 7%, making financing a home costlier and pushing people out of the market. Sales of newly constructed homes jumped 12.3% in September to a seasonally adjusted

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The Israel-Hamas war is likely to hurt other economies in the Middle East, including Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva said Wednesday. “The channels of impact are already visible,” she told CNN’s Richard Quest at the Future Investment Initiative — dubbed “Davos

By Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — In 2021, when the price of organic cotton and other raw materials spiked, the family that runs White Lotus Home, a New Jersey-based sustainable bedding company, hoped the 20% to 25% jumps were merely momentary and opted to absorb most of the costs. But earlier this month, Marlon

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Cost overruns for the new Air Force One jets continue to pile on massive losses for Boeing. Boeing on Wednesday reported another $482 million in red ink on the contract to retrofit two 747 jets into the next generation of the presidential plane. Boeing has now lost

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Bud Light might be experiencing a knockout of its own, but this time it’s on purpose. The Anheuser-Busch beer is becoming the official sponsor of mixed martial arts league UFC, the two companies announced, as part of a broader effort to revive Bud Light from a sales

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Danielle Foskie is among a growing number of Americans who have stumbled into a credit card doom loop. Foskie, a registered dental hygienist who lives outside of Cleveland, Ohio, couldn’t pay the bills when Covid-19 interrupted business at the dentist office where she works. She turrned to

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — In an unstable economic climate marked by geopolitical unrest, concerns about the Federal Reserve and soaring Treasury yields, investors are closely watching this week’s Big Tech earnings for clues about where the volatile stock market may head next. The world’s biggest multinational companies could offer Wall Street

By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business (CNN) — It’s raining “guilty” pleas in Trump-world. Jenna Ellis, the Salem Media host who served as one of Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign attorneys, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a felony charge of aiding and abetting false statements in the Georgia election subversion case. Her plea deal, the third in

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Shares in Deutsche Bank surged nearly 7% Wednesday after it said strong earnings meant it could pay out more cash to shareholders over the next two years than previously anticipated. Germany’s biggest lender said in its third-quarter report that it was on track to notch up annual revenue