This country wanted a 69-hour workweek. Millennials and Generation Z had other ideas
By Heather Chen, Yoonjung Seo and Andrew Raine, CNN Shorter workweeks to boost employee mental health and productivity may be catching on in some…
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Fed and other central banks try to head off crisis by keeping dollars flowing
By Mark Thompson, CNN The US Federal Reserve and several other major central banks announced a coordinated effort Sunday night to boost the flow of…
Continue ReadingUBS is buying Credit Suisse in bid to halt banking crisis
By Mark Thompson, CNN Switzerland’s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at…
Continue ReadingPeople shouldn’t panic after the recent bank collapses, experts say. Here’s the smart thing to do
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN In the wake of failures at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and separate issues at Credit Suisse and First Republic,…
Continue ReadingBanks had a meltdown. What comes next?
By Nicole Goodkind and Krystal Hur, CNN Global banks just suffered their worst week since 2008. So what comes next? The fallout from this…
Continue ReadingPrice hikes are double whammy for pet owners who are crushed by inflation
By Alicia Wallace, CNN As head of PAWS Atlanta, Joe Labriola can get a good sense of the region’s economic well-being from the day-to-day…
Continue ReadingThe fate of Credit Suisse could be decided in the next 24 hours
By Mark Thompson, CNN The fate of Credit Suisse could be decided in the next 24 hours after a torrid week for Switzerland’s second biggest…
Continue ReadingConfused about the First Republic Bank mess? Here’s how to speak Wall Street
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Wall Street can seem bewildering, given its sheer amount of jargon, banking terms, and acronyms. But as concerns mount that…
Continue ReadingDollar Tree can’t afford to sell eggs anymore
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Eggs have gotten too expensive for Dollar Tree. Dollar Tree, which sells most products for $1.25 and a small selection of…
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More than 500 people purchase thousands of items in six hours Friday at Ellicott auction
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — With Friday being St. Patrick’s Day, it was a lucky one for hundreds of people seeking to buy pieces of local history…
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Colorado Springs police to have extra patrols on duty for St. Patrick’s Day weekend
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department plans to have four extra patrols on duty on Friday and Saturday night to…
Continue ReadingHow First Republic became such a hot mess
Analyss by Allison Morrow, CNN It may seem surprising that First Republic, a midsize bank catering to wealthy clients in coastal states, became such…
Continue ReadingWhy American whiskey is the real winner of St. Patrick’s Day
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN On St. Patrick’s Day, it might seem appropriate to knock back a shot of Jameson Irish Whiskey. However, when it comes…
Continue ReadingSilicon Valley Bank’s former parent company has filed for bankruptcy protection
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business SVB Financial Group, the company that owned the failed Silicon Valley Bank until the US government took it over last…
Continue ReadingCredit Suisse got its lifeline. Investors are unconvinced
By Anna Cooban, CNN Credit Suisse is not out of the woods just yet. Shares in the Swiss lender fell by as much as 12% Friday, erasing most of…
Continue ReadingThe banking meltdown put the Fed in a bind
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN With just a few days to go until the Federal Reserve’s next interest rate decision, US policymakers are sitting between…
Continue ReadingChina makes surprise rate cut to boost banking liquidity and the economy
By Laura He, CNN China’s central bank has made a surprise cut to the amount of money that banks must keep in reserve, in an effort to keep…
Continue ReadingGlobal banking crisis: What just happened?
By Mark Thompson, CNN On March 10, the biggest failure of a US bank since the global financial crisis was playing out in real time as a major lender…
Continue ReadingYouTube TV will soon cost $72.99 a month
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN The cost of YouTube TV is going up again — making a monthly subscription 114% more expensive than when the service launched…
Continue ReadingGlobal markets rebound after US lenders rescue First Republic Bank
By Laura He and Anna Cooban, CNN Markets in Europe and Asia rebounded Friday after First Republic Bank was rescued by a group of major US lenders,…
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