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State Farm stops home insurance sales in California, citing wildfire risks

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — State Farm is stopping new home insurance sales in California, citing wildfire risks and skyrocketing construction costs, the company announced Friday. The insurance giant stopped accepting applications for all business and personal lines property and casualty insurance in California on May 27. However, State Farm’s decision does

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Taylor Swift sets summer’s hottest dress code: Sequins, boots, cowboy hats

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — What’s the dress code of Summer 2023? Call it TikTok-approved coastal cowgirl aesthetic. Or, in other words, the Taylor Swift look. With the superstar entertainer pulling in record-breaking crowds for “The Eras Tour,” retailers across the country are marketing to “Swifties,” aggressively and inventively, as her 52-stadium

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Credit ratings agencies like Moody’s decide the US credit rating. Here’s what you need to know about them

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Credit rating agencies are once again in the spotlight amid the ongoing high-stakes debt ceiling negotiations in Washington. As Democratic and Republican lawmakers remain deadlocked and the approaching “X-date” looms when the US Treasury’s funds run dry, there is an increasing risk of a downgrade to the United States’

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Credit ratings agencies like Moody’s decide the US credit rating. Here’s what you need to know about them

CNN By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Credit rating agencies are once again in the spotlight amid the ongoing high-stakes debt ceiling negotiations in Washington. As Democratic and Republican lawmakers remain deadlocked and the approaching “X-date” looms when the US Treasury’s funds run dry, there is an increasing risk of a downgrade to the United

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Manhattan DA’s office must turn over documents related to former JPMorgan exec in bank lawsuit over Jeffrey Epstein connections

By Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — A federal judge ruled Friday that the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office must turn over documents related to former JPMorgan Chase (JPM) executive James “Jes” Staley in response to a subpoena from the bank in ongoing federal lawsuits that allege JPMorgan enabled and benefited from longtime banking-client

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JPMorgan is cutting about 500 jobs

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — JPMorgan Chase is letting go of about 500 employees this week across the bank, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Friday. The layoffs, first reported by CNBC, are taking place company-wide but will focus mostly on technology and operations, JPMorgan said. A JPMorgan spokesperson said the company regularly reviews

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The Fed’s favorite inflation gauge just heated up — and that could mean another rate hike

By Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — The US economy has encountered some expected turbulence on inflation’s descent. The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge bounced higher in April, underscoring Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s warnings that reining in price hikes “is likely to be bumpy.” But with spending also heating up, Friday’s data from the Commerce

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