Good news for homebuyers. Mortgage rates just dropped again
By Anna Bahney, CNN Mortgage rates dropped again this week for the second week in a row amid lingering concerns about bank failures and uncertainty…
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Spotify removes Bollywood song catalog in licensing dispute
By Anna Cooban Bollywood fans have been left without access to hundreds of their favorite tunes on Spotify because of a licensing dispute. Spotify…
Continue ReadingFive big takeaways from the Fed’s extraordinary meeting
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday as it attempts to fight stubbornly high…
Continue ReadingNew home sales rose for the third month in a row
By Anna Bahney, CNN New home sales rose in February, climbing for the third month in a row as mortgage rates eased off their highs of the past year…
Continue ReadingNew Starbucks CEO plans to pull barista shifts in stores every month
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Starbucks’ new CEO Laxman Narasimhan teased his plan for the company in a letter to employees. It includes…
Continue ReadingFord to lose $3 billion from EV sales to consumers this year
By Chris Isidore, CNN Ford said it will lose $3 billion on its sales of electric vehicles to consumers this year, but it still expects to hit the…
Continue ReadingGM to stop making Chevy Camaro, leaving muscle car’s future uncertain
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN General Motors announced Wednesday that it’s ending production of the latest generation of the Chevrolet Camaro,…
Continue ReadingAccenture slashes 19,000 jobs worldwide
By Anna Cooban, CNN Accenture plans to slash 19,000 jobs worldwide as it attempts to cut costs amid a gloomy economic picture. The Irish-American…
Continue ReadingBank of England hikes interest rates again following inflation shock
By Hanna Ziady, CNN The Bank of England hiked interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point Thursday, extending its long-running fight to rein in…
Continue ReadingSwiss central bank says crisis halted as it hikes interest rates
By Mark Thompson, CNN Switzerland’s banking crisis has been halted, the country’s central bank said Thursday as it hiked interest rates…
Continue ReadingFrench airports, schools and oil refineries hit by national strike over pension age increase
By Dalal Mawad, Aurore Laborie, Oliver Briscoe and Joshua Berlinger, CNN French transport networks, oil refineries and schools were hit by widespread…
Continue ReadingEvergrande Group announces long-awaited debt restructuring deal after 2021 collapse
By Laura He, CNN China’s Evergrande Group, whose collapse in 2021 sparked China’s worst property market crisis on record, has unveiled a…
Continue ReadingGlobal markets mixed after US Fed raises rates by a quarter-point
By Juliana Liu and Anna Cooban, CNN European and Asian markets were mixed during Thursday trade as investors digested the decision by the US Federal…
Continue ReadingStartup’s 3D-printed rocket delivers stunning night launch but fails to reach orbit
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Startup Relativity Space sent what it’s calling the “world’s first 3D-printed rocket” toward space on…
Continue ReadingHow TikTok’s CEO prepared for his first grilling on Capitol Hill
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Shou Zi Chew is getting ready for his inaugural trip to Congress. The TikTok chief executive has, for the last week,…
Continue ReadingJamie Dimon and other big bank CEOs met with top Biden economist Lael Brainard
By Matt Egan, CNN Lael Brainard, President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser, met with JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and other leading Wall…
Continue ReadingHow the banking crisis clipped the hawkish Fed’s wings
By Allison Morrow, CNN In congressional testimony earlier this month, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told lawmakers that the central bank would likely…
Continue ReadingLindsay Lohan, Jake Paul and other celebrities charged $400,000 for violating disclosure rules
By David Goldman, CNN The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday charged Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul and several other celebrities with failing…
Continue ReadingJob-listing company Indeed to lay off 2,200 employees
By Dayun Park Job listing website Indeed.com will cut approximately 2,200 employees, representing almost 15% of its total workforce, the company…
Continue ReadingWhat to do with your money now that the Fed just raised rates for the ninth time
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN After two weeks of banking turmoil, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday continued its bid to beat down inflation by raising its…
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