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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Even with restaurant and menu costs soaring over the past few years, Olive Garden is keeping the price of one promotion constant. The chain’s “Never Ending Pasta Bowl,” which lets customers order unlimited pasta with up to 96 possible combinations, is returning on August 25 for $13.99

By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Americans are back-to-school shopping earlier than previous years due to fears of tariffs raising prices. Families with tighter budgets are finding deals in a less traditional place: pawn shops. Families plan to spend about 2% less this back-to-school season compared to last year, according to a survey

By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a summer to remember for crypto. Bitcoin is eclipsing record highs, shares in crypto-related companies are soaring and Wall Street is rethinking its stance on the industry. Once on the fringes of finance, cryptocurrency is now being embraced by a growing base of enthusiastic investors — and

By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN New York (CNN) — If there’s one thing the White House, Wall Street and Silicon Valley can agree on, it’s that artificial intelligence is a top priority. Tech giants are pouring billions into new data centers and infrastructure to support the technology. The White House came out with an AI action

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants will continue their strike despite back-to-work orders from the Canadian government, the Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said Sunday. “At this time, you are still on Strike and Locked out! Please remember while we are locked out there

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants who went on strike early Saturday will be ordered to return to work by the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), according to an announcement Saturday by Canadian Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu. The announcement comes after Air Canada, the country’s largest airline, suspended

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s investigation of a liberal advocacy group known for its campaigns against Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News and Elon Musk’s X. Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan cited evidence that the investigation, which was opened by the Federal Trade Commission last spring, was an act

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Millions of AT&T customers can file claims worth up to $7,500 in cash payments as part of a $177 million settlement related to data breaches in 2024. The telecommunications company had faced a pair of data breaches, announced in March and July 2024, that were met with lawsuits. Here’s

CNN By Scottie Andrew, Leah Asmelash, Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — John F. Kennedy Jr. launched his magazine “George” 30 years ago, when it felt like publications in New York City were the most powerful and glamorous thing imaginable. Gossiped-about editors prowled the city in black cars and flew above the world on the Concorde,

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Wednesday evening on the MAGA cable channel OAN, as Defense Department spokeswoman Kingsley Wilson gushed to host Matt Gaetz about an alleged year-over-year increase in female military recruits, four images of women soldiers in combat fatigues were displayed on-screen. All four images were AI fakes. The images appear to

By Ryan Hogg, CNN London (CNN) — Eli Lilly will significantly increase the price of its weight-loss drug Mounjaro in the United Kingdom in a bid to bring down prices in the United States after weeks of pressure from the Trump administration. The US drugmaker announced Thursday that it was rolling out price hikes across

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Americans are still opening their wallets, with unemployment remaining low and businesses blunting the effects of President Donald Trump’s widespread tariffs. But consumers remain skittish over Trump’s erratic trade war, according to recent surveys. Still, they haven’t cut back and consumer prices have remained somewhat tame. Businesses have

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — An early rally faded on Friday and the Dow just missed out on closing at its first record high of the year. US stocks were mixed on Friday. The Dow closed higher by 35 points, or 0.08%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 fell 0.29% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq

By Matt Egan, CNN Las Vegas (CNN) — The president of Cisco rejects the doomsday warnings from some tech leaders that artificial intelligence will make entry-level jobs vanish. “I just refuse to believe that humans are going to be obsolete. It just seems like it’s an absurd concept,” Jeetu Patel, who’s also the chief product