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By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Disney is banning password sharing on its streaming services, following in the footsteps of competitor Netflix. In an email to Hulu subscribers on Wednesday, the company said it would start “adding limitations on sharing your account outside of your household” beginning March 14. Hulu’s user agreement, along with the

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Regional bank stocks are back in the hotseat thanks to a truly horrific financial report from New York Community Bancorp. On Wednesday, the regional lender reported a surprise loss of $252 million last quarter compared to a $172 million profit in the fourth quarter of 2022. The

CNN By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Disney is appealing a major setback earlier this week in its ongoing legal and political battle with Florida’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis. On Thursday, Disney filed a notice of appeal, challenging a Florida federal judge’s decision to throw out its case accusing DeSantis of punishing Disney for exercising

By Oliver Darcy and Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — The Messenger, the upstart digital news outlet that hired hundreds of journalists and vowed to upend the industry as a centrist publication, will shut down less than a year after its high-profile launch, the company said Wednesday. The collapse of the outlet, founded by media entrepreneur Jimmy Finkelstein, marks one of

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: This is an update of an article that ran on December 13, 2023. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday did it again. For the fourth meeting in a row, it left its key interest rate at a 23-year-high, as Fed observers and market watchers continue to

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — A US judge has dismissed Disney’s lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his political allies, including the board he appointed to oversee Disney’s property in Florida. The judge’s ruling is a win for the governor’s escalating legal battle with the entertainment giant. The lawsuit, which was filed by

CNN By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: This is an update of an article that ran on December 13, 2023. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday did it again. For the fourth meeting in a row, it left its key interest rate at a 23-year-high, as Fed observers and market watchers continue

CNN Opinion by Kara Alaimo (CNN) — On Wednesday, the chief executives of Meta, TikTok, X, Snap and Discord testified before the Senate about what they’re doing to protect kids from harm online. While Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok’s Shou Chew appeared voluntarily, Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois chastised Snap’s Evan Spiegel, X’s Linda Yaccarino and Discord’s Jason Citron for

CNN By Brian Fung and Clare Duffy, CNN Washington (CNN) — A group of social media bigwigs was grilled by Congress on Wednesday about the risks their products pose to young people. The chief executives of Meta, TikTok, Snap, Discord and X, formerly known as Twitter, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier Wednesday. The

Analysis by David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: This story includes graphic descriptions some readers may find disturbing. A disturbing video of a man holding what he claimed was his father’s decapitated head circulated for hours on YouTube. It was viewed more than 5,000 times before it was taken down. The incident

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Federal Reserve officials have said countless times they take a “data-dependent approach” to their policy decisions, including their current conundrum of when to slash interest rates. But what if the data isn’t as dependable as it once was? That’s what appears to be happening — and it’s

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — New border controls on some of Britain’s food imports from the European Union came into force Wednesday for the first time since Brexit, increasing red tape for businesses and threatening to drive up prices for consumers. Meat, eggs, fish and dairy are among a raft of fresh produce

By Chris Isidore, Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said that Boeing is responsible for the incident of door plug blowing out of a 737 Max 9 in flight earlier this month, saying that Boeing must do a better job than it did in this instance. “We

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Universal Music Group has threatened to pull its music off TikTok in a dispute over royalties, a move that would prevent more than 1 billion users of the platform from streaming a vast catalog of songs by Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Rihanna and other artists. On Tuesday, Universal

By Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — Helena Helmersson stepped down Wednesday as chief executive of H&M, bringing an abrupt end to her four-year tenure and triggering a surprise change in leadership at one of the world’s largest fashion retailers. “I am very proud of what we together have achieved during the last years when

By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Samsung posted its fourth straight quarter of slumping profits on Wednesday, capping off a dismal year that also saw it lose its crown as the world’s top smartphone maker. The South Korean tech giant posted a 35% drop in profit on Wednesday, in a sign of how

By Matt Egan and David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos and family have agreed to sell the baseball team they have owned for more than 30 years to a group led by billionaire David Rubenstein, according to a person familiar with the deal. The price tag: $1.725 billion. That’s almost exactly

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Walmart is rolling back the prices for investors, too. That’s because mega retailer is issuing a 3-for-1 stock split, the company announced on Tuesday. A stock split means a single share gets split into multiple shares. Under the plan Walmart announced, people who own shares by close

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — A Delaware state court judge has thrown out the 2018 pay package that helped to make Tesla CEO Elon Musk one of the richest people in the world. Delaware Chancery Court Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick, who oversaw the bench trial that concluded in November 2022, ruled Tuesday that Musk