By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Theaters needed a hero, and Spider-Man swung in just in time. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” — the latest movie in the Marvel series — notched a record breaking opening weekend at the domestic box office by bringing in an estimated $253 million, according to its studio, Sony. That is the
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Wall Street is getting nervous about what will happen to the economy next year. The big concern is whether inflation will run too hot, forcing the Federal Reserve to step in with more rate hikes to stop rising prices in their tracks. The Dow fell more than 530
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Volatility is back on Wall Street: Stocks fell as central banks around the world turn more hawkish and worries about the omicron variant increase ahead of the holidays. US stocks mostly added onto their losses from the prior session, with the Dow falling as much as more than 600 points
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By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business “We’re about to be joined by a very important customer,” said Christian Braun, CEO of collectible e-commerce company hobbyDB, during a recent Zoom meeting with his marketing team. “Over to you, Nick.” That’s St. Nick, actually. A jolly ho-ho-ho-ing Santa entered the virtual room ringing a bell and turning
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business After three months of testimony from 32 witnesses, the criminal fraud case of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has made its way to the jury of eight men and four women who will decide her fate. In dueling closing arguments spanning two court days, the prosecution and defense put forth
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By Walé Azeez, CNN Business A billionaire British aristocrat is taking the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail Online private after agreeing to buy out minority shareholders in a deal valuing the company at £885 million ($1.2 billion). Lord Rothermere, whose great grandfather founded the newspaper empire in 1896, announced the buyout bid for
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By Brian Fung and Geneva Sands, CNN Business A vague and viral TikTok trend warning of nationwide school violence on Friday — which authorities have dismissed as not credible — has nevertheless prompted widespread school closures, stretched law enforcement resources and put families on edge ahead of a critical holiday travel season. A number of
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The nation’s labor shortage just cost FedEx $470 million in its most recent quarter. But its executives believe the hiring situation is going to get better soon. Although FedEx’s revenue was up nearly $3 billion to $23.5 billion in the quarter ended November 30, its adjusted income was essentially unchanged.
Continue Reading By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business “We’re about to be joined by a very important customer,” said Christian Braun, CEO of collectible e-commerce company hobbyDB, during a recent Zoom meeting with his marketing team. “Over to you, Nick.” That’s St. Nick, actually. A jolly ho-ho-ho-ing Santa entered the virtual room ringing a bell and turning
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Consumer prices are already rising at the fastest pace in nearly 40 years. Inflation may get worse before it gets better and that would further erode support for President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better legislation, Goldman Sachs says. The Wall Street bank told clients Thursday that the chances Biden’s signature
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By Charles Riley, CNN Business Unnerved by surging prices, the Bank of England on Thursday became the first major central bank to hike interest rates since the pandemic began. The US Federal Reserve will follow in the coming months, with three rate hikes expected next year. You can quibble over the timing or the size
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Kellogg says it has reached a second tentative agreement with the union representing 1,400 workers who have been on strike since early October. But the 10-week-long strike will continue until rank-and-file membership at the union ratify the agreement. Membership voted against a previous deal reached two weeks ago, which extended
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business As the Omicron variant sweeps through the United Kingdom, pushing daily coronavirus infections to their highest level on record, British businesses are shutting their doors again — but not because of government instructions. Restaurants and other venues are instead deciding they have no choice but to close early for Christmas
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business As the Omicron variant sweeps through the United Kingdom, pushing daily coronavirus infections to their highest level on record, British businesses are shutting their doors again — but not because of government instructions. Restaurants and other venues are instead deciding they have no choice but to close early for Christmas
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By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business A Chinese property developer that was once one of the country’s largest says it has lost contact with a wealth manager that it gave $313 million. It’s just the latest blow to China’s embattled real estate sector. China Fortune Land Development said in a stock exchange filing on Thursday that
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By Reuters Rising consumption in China, India and the United States could bring global coal-fired power demand to a new all-time high this year, undermining efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. The IEA said global power generation from coal was expected to reach 10,350 terawatt-hours in 2021,
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By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. On Sunday the Fox News Channel’s news facade was chipped away when Chris Wallace decamped to CNN. On Monday the hypocrisy of Fox’s biggest stars was highlighted by a bipartisan
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Story by Reuters The US Senate passed legislation on Thursday to ban imports from China’s Xinjiang region over concerns about forced labor, part of Washington’s continued pushback against Beijing’s treatment of the country’s Uyghur Muslim minority. The Senate passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act by unanimous consent, sending it to the White House, where
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A judge in Delaware has found that Fox News’ coverage of election fraud after the 2020 election may have been inaccurate, and is allowing a major defamation case against the right-wing TV network to move forward. Judge Eric Davis of the Delaware Superior Court declined to dismiss
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A judge in Delaware has found that Fox News’ coverage of election fraud after the 2020 election may have been inaccurate, and is allowing a major defamation case against the right-wing TV network to move forward. Judge Eric Davis of the Delaware Superior Court declined to dismiss
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