CNN – Business/Consumer

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Reserve’s rate cut this week is rippling through the housing market, sending mortgage rates lower and spurring a jump in refinancing. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.26% for the week ending September 18, down from 6.35% last week, according to data released Thursday by Freddie Mac.

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Tesla is looking into redesigning the way to open its car doors in an emergency following several accidents where passengers were reportedly trapped in burning vehicles because rescuers could not open them. Even without an accident, other Tesla owners have reported having to break their own car windows after

By Alicia Wallace, CNN Falcon Heights, Minnesota (CNN) — The Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday for the first time this year, a move that could provide some relief for Americans from the higher cost of living. But there is a deepening inequality among households in the United States. Consumer spending, which is a

By Clare Duffy, CNN Menlo Park, Calif. (CNN) — Have you ever wished you could quickly and quietly respond to a text while in a movie theatre without pulling out your phone. Or that you could see directions to the closest coffee shop without having to look down at your maps app? A new pair

By Clare Duffy, CNN Menlo Park, Calif. (CNN) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage on Wednesday to unveil the company’s next-generation artificial intelligence-powered wearable device: a pair of smart glasses with a tiny display inside the lens. The Meta Ray-Bans Display glasses represent the company’s next step toward a future where we all

CNN By Jordan Valinsky, Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Hours after Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield resigned from the ice cream company he founded nearly five decades ago, his former business partner, Ben Cohen, revealed to CNN why Jerry felt he had to leave. “Jerry has a really big heart, and this

By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — FBI Director Kash Patel spurred a fierce but fleeting rally in Krispy Kreme shares (DNUT) on Wednesday after he said the stock was a solid investment. The comment came during Patel’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse asked Patel about his decision to

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei doubled down on his warning that artificial intelligence could soon cause mass unemployment, even as the technology’s current capabilities lag behind many predictions. Amodei, who runs one of the world’s leading AI labs, warned that the technology is advancing “very quickly” and has already begun

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Customer visits to Cracker Barrel fell after intense backlash to its proposed logo change and renovations, the company said in its earnings call Wednesday, and it expects a continued decline in the coming months. Traffic has fallen 8% since the chain initially changed its logo on August

CNN By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered interest rates for the first time since December to support America’s faltering labor market. However, the economy’s path forward looks murky, according to the central bank’s leader. The Fed cut its benchmark lending rate by a quarter point to a new

By Jordan Valinsky, Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Hours after Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield resigned from the ice cream company he founded nearly five decades ago, his former business partner, Ben Cohen, revealed to CNN why Jerry felt he had to leave. “Jerry has a really big heart, and this conflict

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk is back to business – and back to sending emails asking employees what they’ve accomplished. On Tuesday afternoon, Musk sent an email asking all xAI employees to “send a one page summary of what you’ve accomplished in the past four weeks and what you intend to accomplish

By Brian Stelter, Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times is meritless, according to half a dozen lawyers and First Amendment scholars who spoke with CNN. But Trump’s chances in court are almost beside the point, some of the experts said, because the president seems to want a

CNN, POOL, MSNBC By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered interest rates for the first time since December to support America’s faltering labor market. However, the economy’s path forward looks murky, according to the central bank’s leader. The Fed cut its benchmark lending rate by a quarter point to