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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The latest snapshot of job openings in the US shows that there were 7.74 million available positions at the end of January, signaling renewed optimism from US employers to start the year. The number of job openings rose from December’s downwardly revised total of 7.51 million, according to the

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — Timing is everything. That applies to a lot of situations in life — including your prospects for not outliving your money when you retire. You already know about the hazards of investment risk. When you put your money in the stock market over the long term, you’re bound to

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Months after ditching its open seating policy, Southwest Airlines is ending its most recognizable perks: Free checked baggage. The airline will begin charging for the first and second checked bag beginning on May 28, Southwest announced Tuesday. However, members of its A-List loyalty program, holders of its

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk spent the weekend with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, getting a round-trip ride on Air Force One. While Musk has spent an increasing amount of time with Trump, three of his companies are having a rough go. His X social media platform was down for much of

By John Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Stocks markets across Asia sank Tuesday amid mounting fears of a serious downturn in the world’s largest economy, as US President Donald Trump ramped up a tariff war against its biggest trade partners. Trump’s refusal Sunday to rule out the possibility of a US recession has rattled

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Delta Air Lines slashed its earnings forecast in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday, saying consumers are worried about the economy in a sign that uncertainty and economic jitters could change the way Americans are now spending their money. The airline expects 3% to 4% growth

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — The Washington Post announced a major “reinvention” of its newsroom Monday, as the ailing Jeff Bezos-owned publication looks to grow its dwindling subscription numbers. Less than one week after its billionaire owner introduced a “significant shift” to the paper’s opinion section, Matt Murray, the Post’s executive editor, announced a

CNN By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump may have delayed most – though not all – of the tariffs he had imposed on Canada and Mexico, but that hasn’t stopped America’s northern neighbors from responding forcefully in retaliation. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said at a press conference that he would move forward

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — “The Apprentice,” the NBC reality show that propelled Donald Trump from real estate mogul to TV personality, is getting the streaming treatment at Amazon’s Prime Video. Amazon on Monday announced the show’s first seven seasons will stream exclusively on Prime Video, with the first season hitting the platform Monday

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk’s X was hit by waves of outages earlier Monday, which the billionaire claims was due to a cyberattack with IP addresses originating in Ukraine. “We’re not sure exactly what happened,” Musk said during a Fox Business interview Monday afternoon. “But there was a massive cyberattack

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump may have delayed most – though not all – of the tariffs he had imposed on Canada and Mexico, but that hasn’t stopped America’s northern neighbors from responding forcefully in retaliation. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said at a press conference that he would move forward with

By John Towfighi and Lucy Bayly, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks plunged, bitcoin stumbled and Wall Street’s fear gauge hit its highest level this year as concerns about President Donald Trump’s economic policy led to a widespread market selloff on Monday. The rout on Wall Street started early, with all three major indexes

By Anna Cooban, CNN Cannes, France (CNN) — The United States has extended its lead over other nations as the world’s biggest exporter of weapons, with Europe now its main customer. The US accounted for 43% of global weapons exports between 2020 and 2024, more than four times the share of France, the world’s second-largest

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — CVS is looking to grow itself by shrinking. The pharmacy chain is opening around a dozen stores this year that are about the half the size of its traditional layout and have only a pharmacy — ditching the front-end of the store that traditionally has sold snacks,

By Matt Egan and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Workers and executives in the wind industry are deeply worried as the Trump administration has moved to bring the once-booming business to a standstill. President Donald Trump, who has raged against wind turbines for many years, took swift action to crack down on wind on the

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Canada’s next leader is a relative political newcomer, coming instead from a decades-long career in finance where he steered governments through major global crises and periods of upheaval — experience he’s hoping to now leverage as he prepares to take over from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. It’s an unorthodox