Money

By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — With no way for users to download TikTok, thousands of eBay sellers have listed phones with the app installed — hoping to capitalize on TikTok’s disappearance from US app stores following a brief ban. TikTok was pulled from mobile app stores and briefly went dark on Saturday, the

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Some top Walmart managers will now make as much as $620,000 annually as part of a broader pay raise from America’s biggest retail chain. The people receiving these pay raises are market managers who oversee around a dozen stores. Their total pay, including bonuses and stock awards,

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — It was no surprise when President Donald Trump this week issued a memorandum to the heads of federal departments and agencies, essentially directing them to get their employees back to the office full-time. Among other things, soon after the presidential election, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who at the

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — CNN is laying off around 6% of its workforce, the company announced Thursday morning, as it institutes sweeping new changes to the 45-year-old news network, including a new weekday show lineup and digital strategy. CNN CEO Mark Thompson announced that CNN will soon unveil a new streaming service, a

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Today’s chief executives are the last generation to manage all-human workforces as companies increasingly adopt artificial intelligence, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said Thursday. “From this point forward… we will be managing not only human workers but also digital workers,” he said on a panel at the annual meeting

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Social media users, including celebrities such as singers Demi Lovato and Gracie Abrams, are posting complaints that Meta won’t let them unfollow President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and first lady Melania Trump on Instagram. On her Instagram story, Abrams said she had to unfollow the

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Oreo is partnering with singer Post Malone for its next limited edition cookie, featuring a first-of-its-kind filling for the brand. For a limited time, Oreo is selling a cookie created with Malone that has a swirled creme filling, which mixes salted caramel and shortbread flavor creme and

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Shortly after President Donald Trump announced a new massive AI infrastructure investment from the White House, “First Buddy” Elon Musk tried to tear it down. “They don’t actually have the money,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X. “SoftBank has well under $10B secured. I have that on

By Hadas Gold and Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — One of President Donald Trump’s first actions as he returned to the Oval Office on Monday was signing an executive order aimed at “restoring freedom of speech and ending federal censorship” of US citizens. The order bans federal officials from any conduct that “would

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Businesses worldwide and mainstream economists are fretting about higher prices as President Donald Trump unveils his tariff-heavy economic strategy. But Jamie Dimon, CEO of the world’s largest bank, believes there’s perhaps too much worrying and not enough faith in Trump’s plan. Tariffs are “an economic tool” or

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Need a new computer, television or phone? You might want to consider getting one now. That’s because President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that a new 10% across-the-board tariff on Chinese goods could be enacted as soon as February 1. Unlike Mexico and Canada, which largely avoid

By Lauren Kent and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Harry has called for police to launch a fresh investigation into Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper group after securing a “monumental victory” by settling his case over allegations of unlawful information gathering. The Duke of Sussex’s yearslong legal battle took an unexpected turn Wednesday, just

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Shoppers can’t stand when toothpaste, deodorant and other items are locked up behind glass display cabinets at stores. Customers, accustomed to taking whatever they want off a shelf, don’t like to push a button on the display case and impatiently wait for an employee to come open

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump took aim at federal and state support for electric vehicles on his first day in office. But it’s not clear he has the power he’s claimed on the topic. In his executive order, Trump said he was eliminating the “electric vehicle mandate.” But there