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By David Goldman and Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A jury has awarded climate scientist Michael Mann more than $1 million in a defamation lawsuit he brought against a former scholar and a media personality who lampooned Mann’s work. The legal battle has been ongoing for more than a decade. Mann initially filed a lawsuit

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Unilever is the latest company to report a rough fourth quarter because of boycotts against the company over the war in the Middle East. The company, which makes Vaseline, Dove soaps, Rexona deodorant and other household staples, said that sales declined 15% in Indonesia in the last

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Ford says it has a top-secret, high-powered team working to design its future electric vehicles. It’s part of a quest to compete profitably against Tesla and lower cost EV makers from China. People in the market for an electric luxury vehicle can find plenty of options to choose from.

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — A former TikTok senior executive is suing the company alleging that she experienced discrimination based on her age and gender during her three years working for the company. Katie Puris, who worked in marketing at TikTok starting in 2019, says she faced uneven expectations as a woman,

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Meta has removed the Facebook and Instagram accounts of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Khamenei’s Facebook and Instagram accounts are no longer available. According to Meta, the accounts have been disabled, which means they are permanently removed. “We have removed these accounts for repeatedly violating our Dangerous Organizations

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Last year, the Federal Reserve was caught off guard when the Bureau of Labor Statistics released revised Consumer Price Index figures showing inflation rose in December 2022 and did not fall as previously thought. That left Fed officials bracing for the latest batch of revised CPI data,

By Chris Liakos and Mylene Loubiere-Anderson, CNN Paris/Hong Kong (CNN) — The French offices of Chinese tech giant Huawei were searched this week, the company confirmed Friday, saying it was fully cooperating with the authorities. A French judicial source told CNN Thursday that the raid had been carried out as part of a preliminary probe

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Tuning into the Super Bowl used to be easy — flick on the TV and find the broadcast channel or channels it was airing on. It’s still that way, but for cord-cutters that don’t have a TV package or antenna, it’s a little more complicated. This year,

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — After Ben Affleck appeared as a Dunkin’ drive-thru worker in a Super Bowl commercial last year, the breakfast chain’s sales exploded. “They sold more donuts the next day than any other day in their history,” an individual close to the Dunkin’ Super Bowl campaign told CNN. “That

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — US business leaders are feeling more bullish about the direction of the economy — even as their worries about the upcoming presidential election mount. For the first time in two years, optimism outweighs pessimism among CEOs, according to a CEO confidence measure for the first quarter released

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Professional sports teams are becoming real estate empires, building luxury apartments and shopping malls. For decades, major league teams depended on ticket sales, concessions and TV deals to generate revenue. But team owners in recent years have turned to real estate development to bring in extra cash

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Move over vapes, Americans appear to have a new addiction: Zyn, a tobacco-free nicotine pouch product, that has exploded in sales over the past year. Philip Morris International announced Thursday that it shipped about 350 million cans of Zyn in 2023, a whopping 62% growth compared to

By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it is immediately outlawing scam robocalls featuring fake, artificial intelligence-created voices, cracking down on so-called “deepfake” technology that experts say could undermine election security or supercharge fraud. The unanimous FCC vote extends anti-robocall rules to cover unsolicited AI deepfake calls by recognizing

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — A majority of Black Americans say they feel at least somewhat successful but nevertheless feel financial pressures regardless of income, according to a new survey released Thursday by the Pew Research Center. The survey of more than 4,700 Black Americans sought their views on what constitutes success

By Alicia Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — High commercial real estate vacancies are expected to create some stress for smaller banks, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday. However, she said she does not see them as causing a systemic risk to the nation’s financial system. Appearing on the Hill as part of annual testimony

By Alicia Wallace and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — When the deadly coronavirus become a global pandemic in March 2020, indoor public spaces were shuttered and stay-at-home orders were issued to ensure health and safety. In a flash, Nevada saw its leisure and hospitality lifeblood quickly cut off. In Las Vegas, the cacophony of voices,

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Cutting in front of someone who’s been waiting patiently in line used to be unethical, bad manners, taboo. Now, businesses are letting people pay for the privilege of skipping the line. Across everything from ski lifts to dating apps, and fueled by relatively new technology, there’s been

By Juliana Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Shares in Alibaba sank as much as 7% in Hong Kong on Thursday, after the Chinese tech giant reported disappointing sales figures and announced it would suspend listings plans for two of its units. Chairman Joseph Tsai said during an earnings call that “given the challenging market

By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s consumer prices slid deeper into deflationary territory last month, suffering their biggest drop since the height of the global financial crisis in 2009 and underscoring the huge challenges facing the economy. The country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropped by 0.8% in January from a year ago,