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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. The White House is frustrated with what it views as alarmist, and in some instances flat-out misleading, news coverage about the Delta variant. That’s according to two senior Biden administration

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Get ready to wait months, maybe even into 2022, for that new sofa to arrive at your doorstep. Delays on furniture deliveries have already been frustrating during the pandemic, and they’re about to get much worse. The newest problem for furniture sellers is the increase in spread of Covid-19 and

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Securities and Exchange Commission has told its staff to ask for more disclosures from Chinese companies seeking to go public in the United States before it will approve any plans for them to sell shares. The announcement Friday, first reported by Reuters, shows regulators are taking a

By Moira Ritter, CNN Business Disney and Walmart, two of America’s largest employers, announced Friday that they are requiring employees be vaccinated. Disney is requiring all its salaried and non-union hourly employees in the US to be vaccinated. Workers who are working on-site but are not yet vaccinated must do so within the next 60

By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business A key measure of inflation showed price increases slowing down in June, while Americans’ incomes and spending rose — signaling better-than-expected momentum in the economic recovery. Even though prices continued to climb, albeit at a slower pace than expected, it didn’t weigh on American spending, the Bureau of Economic Analysis

Opinion by Benny Buller for CNN Business Perspectives This past spring, I established a rule requiring all 150 of my employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid, regardless of where they are working. Although our employees have been allowed to continue working from home, all of them need to be able to attend a meeting

By Anna Bahney Ronald Leonard expects the sheriff to arrive at the door of his Daytona Beach, Florida, home any day after the federal ban on evictions expires on Saturday. “I’m kind of a wreck,” said Leonard, a retiree who lives on a fixed income. “If I end up on the street, I’ll never survive.”

By Michael Ballaban, CNN Business A truck with the doors duct-taped on. Ford pickups masquerading as something else. The head of a company running to google whether or not the thing he had just promised inventors was even physically possible. These are some of the wildest allegations from charging documents filed this morning against Trevor

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business As the global economic recovery from the pandemic gathers steam, big businesses are grappling with a formidable problem: What to do about rising prices? What’s happening: On earnings calls across time zones, corporate executives are lamenting the impact of inflation, pointing to higher costs for parts and materials, transportation and

By Mark Thompson and Julia Horowitz, CNN Business European economies posted stronger than expected growth in the second quarter, with consumer and business confidence booming as Covid-19 restrictions were eased. GDP across the European Union rose by 13.2% compared with the same period last year, and by 1.9% compared with the previous quarter, according to

By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Mike Lindell’s pillows have been propping up Fox News for years. But now the relationship is on “pause.” Here’s the context for the Thursday evening announcement: Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, has had beef with Fox for months. He brought it up with The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum when she interviewed

By Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business Major tech companies are rethinking their return-to-work policies as the spread of the Delta variant prompts a surge in Covid-19 cases across the country. This week, Google, Facebook and other companies took a firm stance on vaccine mandates, requiring all US employees to be vaccinated before returning to the office.