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By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s social media company is getting a boost after President Joe Biden’s shaky debate performance. Shares of Truth Social owner Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) rose 4% in early trading Friday as investors bet the debate has boosted Trump’s chances of retaking the White House.

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Prices in the US didn’t rise in May, lending a welcome reprieve to cost-wary Americans and helping to bring inflation even closer to normal levels. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index — a closely watched inflation gauge that the Federal Reserve uses for its 2% target — was unchanged

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Even before a jury found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the so-called “hush money” trial in New York, many Americans were surprised to learn that having a criminal conviction would not automatically disqualify someone from serving as president of the

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Walgreens said Thursday that it plans to close a “significant” number of its roughly 8,600 stores in the United States. Around 25% of Walgreens’ stores aren’t profitable, and the chain will look to close stores that are right by one another or struggling to hold down theft,

By Ramishah Maruf and Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — CDK Global is still down heading into the brisk car-selling Fourth of July holiday next week. Auto dealerships use its software to manage everything from scheduling to records, and the mass outage since last week has paralyzed nearly 15,000 dealerships across North America. CDK

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Nike posted sluggish growth as the largest sportswear brand in the world faced rising competition, a consumer pullback in its key markets and strategy missteps. Nike’s sales grew 1% last year and were flat last quarter, the company reported Thursday. The company projects sales to drop 10%

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — An international roaming outage is leaving customers of the three major US mobile carriers in the dark, making it difficult or impossible for American customers who are currently out of the country to make calls, send messages and use data. AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon confirmed to CNN that

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The number of Americans receiving jobless benefits for multiple weeks climbed to its highest level since November 2021, according to Labor Department data released Thursday. The latest data is an indication that unemployed Americans may be having more trouble in landing work: The number of continuing claims, which are

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — This is the summer of fast food value meal wars, and Taco Bell isn’t sitting back. The chain announced Thursday that it’s entering the battle with one of its biggest deals ever. The “Luxe Cravings Box” is a collection of its four of its most popular foods,

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Walgreens is set to close a substantial number of its roughly 8,600 locations across the United States as the company looks to reset the struggling pharmaceutical chain’s business. The company didn’t announce a specific number of store closures, but it said Thursday that it is planning “significant”

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The ongoing outage at CDK Global has affected thousands of car buyers, dealerships and auto service providers. The outage has not only paralyzed thousands of dealerships but has also affected the people who work there. Are you an employee whose paycheck has been affected as a result?

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Cyberattacks seem to be more devastating than ever and taking targeted companies even longer to resolve. The latest attack to receive wide attention continues that trend: An ongoing cyber incident at CDK Global, whose software car dealerships use to manage everything from scheduling to records, has crippled

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Help may not be on the way for first-time homebuyers frustrated by high mortgage rates and even higher home prices. Economists at Bank of America warned this week that the US housing market is “stuck and we are not convinced it will become unstuck” until 2026 —

By Gregory Wallace and Chris Isidore, CNN Renton, Washington (CNN) — For months, missing paperwork has hindered the investigation into how a door plug blew off a 737 Max on an Alaska Airlines flight in January, making it difficult to find out who made the near tragic mistake. This week, Boeing disclosed that the paperwork

By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Cambodian strongman leader Hun Sen has thrown his weight behind a new homegrown messaging app, which critics say is a way for the government to monitor and undermine political discussion in the country. CoolApp, launched this month to rival WhatsApp and Telegram, will make it “difficult for foreigners to

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — CNN on Thursday will do something no network has done in more than 35 years – host its own general election presidential debate. It is a pivotal moment, not just for the country as it picks a new president, but also for CNN — with a new leader at the

By Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — The Tennessee Attorney General’s office has turned its investigation into the failed foreclosure attempt of Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate over to federal investigators, according to a statement provided by his office. “The Tennessee Attorney General’s Office looked into the Graceland matter, and it quickly became apparent that this was a matter best