Railroad unions hopeful Biden will act to give workers paid sick time
By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Railroad workers could get the paid sick days that were at the heart of their threat to go on strike…
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The Wall Street Journal names Emma Tucker its next editor, marking first woman to head the newspaper
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The Wall Street Journal on Monday named Emma Tucker as its next editor-in-chief, marking the first time the Rupert…
Continue ReadingIt’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. Not for investors
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN The holidays are meant to be the most wonderful time of the year. But for investors, this week just might be the most…
Continue ReadingAmericans expect inflation to ease, Fed survey shows
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Consumers are expecting inflation to improve in the coming months, according to new survey data from the Federal Reserve Bank…
Continue ReadingElon Musk booed off stage at a Dave Chappelle show
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Elon Musk joined Dave Chappelle on stage Sunday in San Francisco, home of Twitter’s headquarters where the…
Continue ReadingEurope will still be fighting an energy crisis in 2023
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Europe has the energy supplies it needs to make it through the year. But 2023 might be a different story. That’s the…
Continue ReadingUS government budget deficit increased in November
By Alicia Wallace, CNN The US government recorded a monthly budget deficit of $249 billion in November, a 30% increase from a year earlier amid…
Continue Reading‘Unprecedented’ strike: 100,000 UK nurses set to walk off the job
By Anna Cooban, CNN Nurses in the United Kingdom have reached breaking point. As many as 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing will walk…
Continue ReadingBetting on a market bounce? You may be waiting a while
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN ‘Tis the season for Wall Street strategists to pack their clients’ inboxes with market predictions for 2023. A…
Continue ReadingSqueezed by inflation, families are tightening their holiday budgets
By Gabe Cohen, CNN Anya Remy is Christmas shopping for her family on a stricter budget than ever before. Remy, a human resources professional in…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft buys stake in London Stock Exchange owner in cloud data deal
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Microsoft is buying a 4% stake in the London Stock Exchange Group as part of a deal that will see the market operator spend at…
Continue ReadingRivian halts plans to build electric vans with Mercedes
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Rivian said Monday it would no longer pursue a deal with Mercedes to build electric vans for businesses in Europe. In a…
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How Colorado Springs Christmas tree farms are dealing with rising costs and shortages
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Christmas tree lots have been experiencing shortages over the past few years. There are certain tree types that…
Continue ReadingDorothy Pitman Hughes, co-founder of Ms. Magazine, dies at 84
By Michelle Watson, CNN Dorothy Pitman Hughes, the co-founder of one of the most prominent feminist magazines, has died, according to a funeral home…
Continue ReadingStellantis to idle Illinois plant, lay off more than 1,000 workers, citing rising costs for EVs
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Stellantis is shuttering its Illinois plant in February resulting in indefinite layoffs for 1,350 employees, the company said…
Continue ReadingFreight railroad service is terrible, even without the threat of a strike
By Chris Isidore, CNN The fact that a freight railroad strike didn’t start on Friday is a huge win for the US economy and its still struggling…
Continue ReadingThe Fed will raise rates again. But it’s playing with fire
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN The Federal Reserve is all but guaranteed to announce Wednesday that it will once again raise interest rates. But investors…
Continue ReadingDo you really need a new phone every 2 years? How to get more out of your devices
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN If you’re looking to replace or upgrade your smartphone in the coming year, take a beat and think it over. Do you really…
Continue ReadingA trash heap 62 meters high shows the scale of India’s climate challenge
By Vedika Sud, Rhea Mogul, Rishabh Pratap and Arpit Goel, CNN At the Bhalswa landfill in northwest Delhi, a steady flow of jeeps zigzag up the trash…
Continue ReadingWhat goes up… is starting to come down
By Christine Romans It’s too soon to declare victory over inflation, but from gas to chicken to big-screen TVs, there are, increasingly, signs…
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