Americans spent a record $222 billion shopping online this holiday season
By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Americans ramped up their online shopping this past holiday season, splurging on a record-setting $222 billion…
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Lululemon distances itself from founder’s comments on its ‘whole diversity and inclusion thing’
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Lululemon’s controversial founder is back with criticisms about its diversity and inclusion efforts…
Continue Reading Key takeaways from the latest trove of Epstein documents
By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — A US federal court on Wednesday unsealed hundreds of pages of documents from a lawsuit related to…
Continue Reading Pepsi and Lay’s pulled from supermarkets in Europe over price increases
By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Carrefour, one of France’s biggest supermarket chains, will stop selling PepsiCo products because they…
Continue Reading Kim Kardashian’s mobile game is shutting down after a decade
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood,” the once wildly popular mobile game that helped catapult her to…
Continue Reading Costco’s surprising response to workers’ union win: It’s not you, it’s us
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — In December, Costco workers in Norfolk, Virginia voted to unionize in what they said was a bid to…
Continue Reading Microsoft unveils ‘Copilot’ key, its biggest update to Windows keyboard in 30 years
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — Microsoft is adding a “Copilot” key that summons an AI-powered assistant with the click of a…
Continue Reading Inflation isn’t beaten yet. Price rises are accelerating again in Europe
By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Europe hasn’t quite shaken off the big, painful problem haunting its economies over the past two years.…
Continue Reading Peloton and TikTok join forces to create fitness content
By Jennifer Korn, CNN (CNN) — Peloton is partnering with TikTok to create short-form workout classes and other content as the struggling…
Continue Reading US mortgage rates increase for the first time since October
By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates ticked up ever so slightly this week, kicking off 2024 by taking a breather from the…
Continue Reading St. Louis Fed names Alberto Musalem as its new president
By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Latino economist Alberto Musalem has been named as the next president and CEO of the Federal Reserve…
Continue Reading Hyundai and Kia thefts soar more than 1,000% since 2020
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Certain Hyundai and Kia models saw a 10-fold increase in thefts in just the past three years, a wildly…
Continue Reading Rose-hued Stanley cups for Valentine’s Day spark a frenzy at Target
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — The world is going wild for Stanley cups. And no, not the hockey kind. Just ask Target. It appears…
Continue Reading What to expect from Friday’s jobs report, 2023’s final tally
By Alicia Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — When the final jobs report for 2023 is released this Friday at 8:30 am ET, economists are projecting…
Continue Reading Under pressure, MIT’s Kornbluth vows to use ‘every lever’ to address conflict on campus
By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — MIT President Sally Kornbluth, the only university president who testified before Congress last month and is…
Continue Reading Flight cancellations in the US drop to lowest rate in a decade last year
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Flying in the United States was a vastly improved experience last year, as the cancellation rate fell…
Continue Reading TGI Fridays abruptly closes 36 restaurants. See the list
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Some fans of TGI Fridays were likely surprised this week when they found their local restaurant…
Continue Reading Two of China’s bubble tea giants are gearing up for IPOs
By Michelle Toh and Hassan Tayir, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Two of China’s most popular bubble tea brands are preparing to go public. Mixue Group…
Continue Reading World’s largest oil producer plans to deepen its push into China
By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Saudi energy giant Aramco, the world’s largest integrated oil and gas company, is planning to up its…
Continue Reading Oklahoma teenager finally defeats the unbeatable game: Tetris
CNN By Jennifer Korn, CNN (CNN) — A 13-year-old from Oklahoma appears to have finally done the nearly impossible: He beat Tetris. Willis Gibson…
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