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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN It’s what every bride has nightmares about: A wedding dress disappeared, stained, or — in New Hampshire resident Jesse Moltenbrey’s case — held “hostage.” A billing dispute between now-bankrupt Bed Bath & Beyond and Houston-based Memories Gown Preservation led the preservation company to hold customers’ gowns until it received payment from

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN The collapse of Signature Bank was due to “poor management,” according to a report from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation released Friday. Bank management “did not always heed FDIC examiner concerns, and was not always responsive or timely in addressing FDIC supervisory recommendations,” the report said. Contagion effects from Silicon Valley

By Dayun Park So you want to improve your college’s financial aid package? Fine. Just don’t have your mom call the college to do the negotiating. For most high school seniors, “decision day” is May 1, the deadline for students to alert a college or university that they are accepting an offer of admission. For

By Bryan Mena, CNN Compensation for US workers picked up in the first three months of the year, showing that a major source of inflationary pressure persists and cementing the path for an interest rate hike at the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week. The Employment Cost Index, released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics,

By Alicia Wallace, CNN Inflation may be continuing to cool but there’s also a chill running through the American consumer, the latest report from the Commerce Department shows. The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge eased further in March, a sign that the central bank’s massive rate-hike campaign is taking hold. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price

By Chris Isidore, CNN Despite falling gas prices, ExxonMobil and Chevron reported bumper profits last quarter. While they were lower than last year, they still beat Wall Street forecasts, as well as where they were ahead of the spike in energy prices that followed the invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago. ExxonMobil, America’s

By Julia Horowitz, CNN If my bank fails, how much of my savings will I get back? It’s a scenario no one likes to think about. But in the past 15 years, it has unfolded with particular drama on several occasions — during the 2008 global financial crisis and again since mid-March, as turmoil has

CNN By Alicia Wallace, CNN There’s good news on the inflation front: Annual price growth fell to its lowest pace in nearly two years, the Commerce Department reported Friday. But for consumers, the lengthy spell in the crossfire of persistently high prices and rising interest rates has taken its toll. Inflation-adjusted consumer spending was flat

By Peter Wilkinson, CNN The embattled chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporaration (BBC), Richard Sharp, resigned on Friday after a report found he failed to disclose his involvement in facilitating a loan of almost $1 million to former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Sharp claimed the breach was “inadvertent and not material,” but said he

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Europe’s economy avoided a recession over the winter, picking up pace slightly in the first quarter of 2023 despite Russia’s war in Ukraine and sizable interest rate hikes aimed at fighting inflation. Economic output in the European Union rose 0.3% in the first three months of 2023 compared with the previous