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By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced at a Kansas rally on Monday that his administration is introducing an $8 billion aid package for farmers in the face of high diesel and fertilizer costs. The package comes just two weeks before midterm elections, where political headwinds threaten to complicate Republicans’ efforts to

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Global energy markets are more than a year away from returning to normal and remain highly vulnerable to “overlapping crises” in the Middle East, the head of the International Energy Agency has warned. His comments come as oil prices have been marching upwards in recent weeks. Brent crude,

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Wall Street is increasingly scrutinizing the massive debt companies are taking on to fund the artificial intelligence boom. Rising interest rates and uncertainty about the pace of the data center buildout are fueling concerns about whether heavily indebted AI companies will be able to earn enough to

By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — At the top of one of Ryanair’s European website’s reads “fly FROM 24.99€.” The Irish-based airline is one of the most profitable low-cost carriers in the world with a network that crisscrosses Europe. The success lies in its commitment to its business model, which cuts airline costs to the

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — France is on fire, and it faces a political and an economic reckoning that feels dangerously familiar to Americans. The country is nearing a fiscal crisis, because it spent more than it can afford to pay back. The bill is coming due much faster than expected after bond rates

CNN, BFMTV, @EPERDUMENCE VIA INSTAGRAM, CORMAC DELANEY, X , ELYSEE, @EMMANUELMACRON VIA X, X / ELYSEE By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — France is on fire, and it faces a political and an economic reckoning that feels dangerously familiar to Americans. The country is nearing a fiscal crisis, because it spent more than it can

By Liam Reilly, Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Jon Stewart will remain at the helm of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” through December 2028, extending his once-a-week hosting role through the next presidential election. Skydance announced the two-year extension on Monday, resolving uncertainty about Stewart’s contract, which was due to expire in December. The new

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — In a major setback for the kingdom’s economic ambitions, Saudi Arabia has canceled a major conference scheduled for next week in Riyadh amid a wave of attacks by Iran-backed Houthi militants. Known as “Davos in the Desert,” the Future Investment Initiative will now take place on an undisclosed date

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — CNN legend Christiane Amanpour, the network’s chief international anchor, said Monday that she will sign off from CNN next June. “After many months of thought and a few sleepless nights, I have decided to separate from CNN, my partner of 43 fantastic years!” Amanpour said in a statement. Amanpour,

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — “Surveillance pricing” sounds very, very bad. Consumers think companies are tracking their search history, location and income to charge more for groceries and other products. Naturally, lawmakers are trying to crack down on this supposed nightmare. In Colorado, the legislature passed a bill this summer to ban

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Elon Musk has said he will give every child in America a stake in SpaceX, his $2 trillion aerospace and artificial intelligence company, as tech firms face intensifying scrutiny over their impact on society. “Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in

By John Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China reported better-than-expected Q3 growth on Monday as robust exports of chips and electronics components on the back of a global artificial intelligence boom buoy the world’s second-largest economy, despite sluggish demand at home. China’s National Bureau of Statistics said the economy grew 4.5% from a year

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — “You Can See Everything” just saw the biggest box office opening for a documentary in more than 20 years. Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s genre-bending film about disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes made more than $15 million in ticket sales. Many weekend screenings in cities like New York and

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Bland, AI-generated posts have made LinkedIn the butt of many an internet joke this year. The platform has heard its users’ complaints about lengthy, generic missives never touched by human hands loud and clear. As AI has made it easier than ever to create huge volumes of

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — Abbey Graf readily describes herself as frugal. And after speaking with the 28-year-old for the first time and reviewing her financial situation, certified financial planner Stacy Francis couldn’t agree more. “Her budget is one of the most bare-bones budgets I’ve ever seen,” Stacy said. Abbey has two main savings

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — Sometimes, the problem with savings is less about where to get the money than which savings vehicle to put them in, since they each have their own advantages and disadvantages. In this week’s Ask the Expert for CNN’s Savings Challenge, Douglas Boneparth, certified financial planner and founder of Bone

By Lou Robinson, Anna Cooban, CNN (CNN) — The war between the United States and Iran has upended the global oil market by severely disrupting the flow of oil through two critical waterways: the Strait of Hormuz and, in recent weeks, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. Iran is now stepping up attacks on tankers transiting Hormuz

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The federal budget deficit rose to nearly $2 trillion for the past fiscal year, which ended September 30, the Treasury Department reported Friday. It was the largest annual deficit since 2021, during the height of the pandemic, when the federal government doled out support to keep the economy and

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Tech stocks had a tumultuous week as concerns, including higher interest rates and mounting AI debt, continued to weigh on investor sentiment. The Nasdaq Composite fell 2.14% on Friday, bringing its weekly losses to roughly 4.5% — its worst week since June. The S&P 500 fell 1.09%,

By Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A Washington Post photojournalist was hospitalized after Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank attacked her and a group of Palestinians during the annual olive harvest. Veteran photojournalist Heidi Levine, who was on assignment for The Washington Post, said the group of Palestinians she