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By Laura He and Manveena Suri, CNN Business Two of Asia’s largest economies are racing to contain a worsening energy crunch. China is trying to assuage concerns about skyrocketing prices as its major coal mining hubs grapple with heavy rains and deadly accidents, problems that are compounding efforts to address power shortages. Some leaders in

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Evergrande stayed silent Tuesday about its fate after reportedly failing to make interest payments on another international bond, the third such deadline it appears to have missed in recent weeks. The sprawling Chinese real estate conglomerate was due to make payments of about $148 million on US dollar-denominated bonds on

By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. When Jon Gruden was a prominent broadcaster on ESPN, providing color commentary during “Monday Night Football,” he was also sending profane and hateful emails to friends. Gruden later became the

By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN International shipping giant Maersk has suspended five crew members and launched an investigation in the wake of an explosive blog post from a student at a federal service academy who said she was raped in 2019 on one of the company’s ships when she was 19 years old.

By Chris Isidore, Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN The problems at Southwest Airlines run deeper than the operational meltdown that caused more than 2,000 flight cancellations in recent days. And they’ll continue well after the airline is back on schedule. Although this weekend’s problems were mainly limited to Southwest, it is by no means

By Alisha Ebrahimji and Amanda Jackson, CNN Russ Melchert and his wife flew from Kansas City, Missouri, to Dallas on Friday to watch his alma mater’s football team play the next day at the Cotton Bowl. Melchert was set to return home at 12:35 p.m. Sunday from Dallas Love Field airport on a Southwest Airlines

By Matt Egan, CNN Business The cost of energy was dirt cheap in the spring of 2020 as roads and airports sat nearly empty during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Energy demand is back today as the world economy reopens — but supply simply hasn’t kept up. That’s why US oil prices have skyrocketed

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Elon Musk’s personal wealth is now $222 billion, widening his gap as the richest person in the world according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. Musk’s personal wealth skyrocketed an extra $10.6 billion after a secondary share sale by investors, announced last week, valued SpaceX over $100 billion, CNBC reported. Jeff Bezos,

By Walé Azeez, CNN Business British companies that produce steel, paper, glass, cement, ceramics and chemicals say they will be forced to close factories or pass on rising costs to consumers unless the UK government provides relief from soaring energy prices. The industries, which are major users of natural gas and electricity, are reeling from

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business If you don’t have a four-year college degree, you’re hardly alone. The majority of US working age adults do not. You may assume you have little chance of developing a well-paying career with benefits and growth potential at a Fortune 500 company. After all, so many jobs require a Bachelor’s

Opinion by Hester M. Peirce for CNN Business Perspectives As a commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission, an important part of my job is protecting investors from the fraudsters who can cause them so much harm. Although swindlers often change their pitch to reflect the day’s most popular trends — cannabis, crypto and clean

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Goldman Sachs is becoming increasingly pessimistic about the US economy as coronavirus support from the government phases out and consumer spending remains on an uncertain path. What’s happening: Over the weekend, the Wall Street bank downgraded its forecast for America’s economic growth, which is closely monitored by the investment community.

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner is taking medical leave of absence from his role effective immediately, the company announced. In a press release, Hasbro said Goldner is “undergoing continued medical care” following an August 2020 disclosure that he was seeking treatment for cancer in 2014. He has been the toymaker’s CEO