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Home prices rose 18.8% year-over-year in November

Home prices are starting to lose steam

By Anna Bahney Overheated home prices continue to show signs of cooling off a bit. Home prices rose 18.8% year-over-year in November, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index. But that staggering jump was down from a 19.1% increase in October. For the past several months, prices have continued to rise

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Inflation and supply chain snags have sent prices for everyday items soaring

What’s getting more expensive

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Inflation and supply chain snags have sent prices for everyday items soaring, from Tide laundry detergent to new cars. Here’s what CNN Business found got more expensive this week, and what might be next. Orange juice A combination of short supply and high demand has sent orange prices soaring. Frozen

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Worker absences triple because of the Covid-19 Omicron variant.

Worker absences triple because of Omicron

By Matt Egan, CNN Business The percentage of the adult population not working because of Covid-related reasons tripled between December and January, according to Goldman Sachs. The Wall Street bank, citing the latest Household Pulse Survey of roughly 75,000 respondents from the Census Bureau, said the share of adults not working due to virus-related reasons

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Shares of Peloton (PTON) are down nearly 30% this year and trading at their lowest level in nearly two years. The company confirmed on January 20 that it may be looking to slow production of its bikes and treadmills and potentially lay off workers.

Peloton may be toast

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Peloton had a disastrous 2021. But as impossible as it may seem, the exercise equipment company is arguably off to an even worse start to 2022. Shares of Peloton are down nearly 25% this year and trading at their lowest level in nearly two years. The stock was

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Evergrande's international creditors threaten legal action over 'opaque' restructuring process.

Evergrande’s international creditors threaten legal action over ‘opaque’ restructuring process

By Laura He, CNN Business Evergrande’s international creditors are losing patience. A group of the company’s overseas bondholders are threatening to take legal action over its “opaque” debt restructuring process, the latest sign of trouble for the embattled Chinese developer. They said in a statement Thursday they’ve had to “seriously consider enforcement actions” after Evergrande

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