CNN – Business/Consumer

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is known for providing clear signals about the central bank’s next interest rate move in order to avoid roiling markets. But Wall Street was mostly clueless this week when it came to predicting how big a rate cut the Fed would deliver on Wednesday. What made this time different?

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — FedEx said a weaker industrial economy produced a “challenging” quarter that caused it to trim its outlook for later this year, a sign of possible cooling in the wider economy. The company, sometimes seen as a bellwether for the US and global economies by investors, focused most of its

By Anna Chernova and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has accused Tesla CEO Elon Musk of “remotely disabling” his Cybertruck, which had been sent to the frontline of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Kadyrov claimed Thursday that the vehicle, which he said had been outfitted with a machine gun and was “performing well

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Self-service kiosks at McDonald’s and other fast-food chains have loomed as job killers since they were first rolled out 25 years ago. But nobody predicted what actually happened. In one of the earliest mentions of kiosks in fast-food settings in 1999, now-defunct trade industry publication Business Information

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Three Mile Island, the site of worst nuclear disaster in the United States, is reopening and will exclusively sell the power to Microsoft as the company searches for energy sources to fuel its AI ambitions. Constellation Energy announced Friday that its Unit 1 reactor, which closed five

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The European Union will lend Ukraine up to €35 billion ($39 billion), providing the lion’s share of a $50 billion loan agreed by G7 nations earlier this year. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the loan Friday in a post on X as part of her

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, slashing its benchmark rate by half a percentage point and signaling more rate cuts by the end of the year. The housing market is one of the most interest-rate-sensitive

By Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — One of America’s most acclaimed magazine writers, Olivia Nuzzi of New York magazine, has been placed on leave while a “third-party review” is conducted after the publication said Nuzzi disclosed that she “had engaged in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign

By Chris Lau, Marc Stewart and Martha Zhou, CNN Beijing/Hong Kong (CNN) — As a wedding photographer, Tan Mengmeng’s livelihood depends heavily on people getting married, capturing the joy and happiness of a couple’s love. But China’s marriage rate has been steadily declining and the 28-year-old, who runs a photography studio in central Henan province,

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — First, YouTube subjected viewers to longer unskippable ads. Now, not even pausing your screen will let users escape. The Google-owned platform confirmed Thursday that it has “widely rolled out Pause ads to all advertisers.” When the video is paused, an ad will pop up on the side

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Nike, struggling from rising competition and its own strategy mistakes, is making a major shakeup. The athletic giant announced Thursday that CEO John Donahoe will retire next month and will be replaced by Elliott Hill, a veteran former Nike executive. Nike’s stock rose 9% during after-hours trading

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Mortgage rates continued to decline this week, taking a little more pressure off America’s tight housing market as the Federal Reserve ramps up its efforts to keep the economy on an even keel. The standard, 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.09% in the week ended September 19, Freddie Mac said Thursday, down from last week’s 6.20% and

By Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Stocks jumped Thursday as investors cheered the Federal Reserve’s eye-popping half-point interest rate cut. The Dow closed 522 points, or 1.3%, higher, reaching a new record after passing the 42,000 level for the first time. The S&P 500 rose 1.7%, topping 5,700 for the first time and

By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — The strike at Boeing by 33,000 members of the International Association of Machinists union, which reaches its seventh day today, has already cost the company and workers $572 million, according to an estimate from Anderson Economic Group. And the pace of losses will climb

By Matt Egan, CNN Washington (CNN) — One of the most powerful people on the planet has been blocked from selling one of his most prized assets. Until now. The restraints preventing former President Donald Trump from selling shares in his social media company are set to expire as soon as Thursday afternoon. This will

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong aviation investigators say an engine problem that caused Cathay Pacific to ground its entire fleet of Airbus A350 jets for inspection earlier this month could have escalated into “extensive damage.” Cathay canceled dozens of flights in early September, citing the need to inspect its A350

By Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk is using his social media platform to promote misinformation about the presidential candidates in the lead up to the November election, amplifying false claims Wednesday about a Trump rally bomb threat and immigrants eating pets in Ohio. While Musk’s posting of provocative, incendiary content on X is nothing new,