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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — JCPenney’s fledgling parent company, Catalyst Brands, is undergoing the second round of layoffs of its corporate employees as part of an ongoing review of the newly formed business. Catalyst said in a statement on Wednesday that it’s in the “early stages of our integration” and that following

By Elisabeth Buchwald and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced a complete three-month pause on all the “reciprocal” tariffs that went into effect at midnight, with the exception of China, a stunning reversal from a president who had insisted historically high tariffs were here to stay. But enormous tariffs will remain on

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — There is just under a week left before the official April 15 tax filing deadline. More than half of all expected federal tax returns have been filed – nearly 90 million as of March 28, according to the latest filing statistics from the Internal Revenue Service. If yours isn’t

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The beauty stores in Manhattan’s Koreatown are packed, even on a rainy Tuesday afternoon. But this time, an associate that spoke to CNN in one of the stores had some warnings: One popular sunscreen had changed its formula since it’s now manufactured in the United States. Another

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Walmart, the largest retailer in the world, pulled its financial guidance for the quarter because of uncertainty over the impact of sweeping tariffs on China, Vietnam and other global sources of goods. Walmart said Wednesday it was unsure of its operating profit for the first quarter of

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s top trade official said he wasn’t informed of the 90-day pause on most new tariffs until after it was announced. At the same moment that US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer was defending Trump’s stiff tariffs during a House hearing, Trump said on his social media

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Delta Air Lines warned that revenue could fall in the current quarter and that “growth has largely stalled,” as its CEO warned that he’s concerned the economy is likely to fall into a recession. The airline attributed the weakness in its guidance to “broad economic uncertainty around global trade.”

By Nectar Gan and Juliana Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China unveiled retaliatory tariffs of 84% on imports of US goods on Wednesday, matching additional tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump earlier in the day and further inflaming a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. Trump’s sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs took effect

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump, during his announcement last week of sweeping tariffs on countries around the world, called groceries an “old-fashioned” and “beautiful term.” But his policies will make America’s groceries more expensive today, supermarket executives and food industry experts say. Supermarkets sell imported items in every section

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has promised to take “resolute and effective measures” to safeguard its rights and interests, hours after US President Donald Trump’s 104% tariffs on Chinese imports took effect on Wednesday. “The United States is still imposing arbitrary tariffs on China and relentlessly applying extreme pressure. China firmly

CNN By John Liu, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has boasted “jobs and factories will come roaring back” as he unleashed unprecedented tariffs around the world during his “Liberation Day” address. With his sweeping global tariffs now in effect, steep price hikes on products ranging from clothing to electronics could largely be borne

By John Towfighi, David Goldman and Anna Cooban, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks skyrocketed higher after President Donald Trump announced that he authorized a 90-day pause on the “reciprocal” tariffs that had gone into effect Wednesday, with the exception of China. Wall Street had been on edge, looking for any sign that Trump

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Despite rattled financial markets, threats of retaliation and some of President Donald Trump’s biggest supporters encouraging him to back off his signature economic policy, he didn’t give in. His administration piled on heaps of new “reciprocal” tariffs Wednesday on dozens of American allies and adversaries alike, aiming

CNN By Elisabeth Buchwald and Nectar Gan, CNN New York/Hong Kong (CNN) — President Donald Trump is set to impose an astounding 104% in levies across all Chinese imports on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Tuesday. This comes on top of Chinese tariffs that were in place prior to Trump’s second

CNN By Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk took another jab at President Donald Trump’s senior trade adviser Peter Navarro Tuesday, calling him a “moron” on social media as the Tesla CEO further splits from the White House’s tariffs plan. Musk’s remarks were in response to a CNBC interview with Navarro on

By Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk took another jab at President Donald Trump’s senior trade adviser Peter Navarro Tuesday, calling him a “moron” on social media as the Tesla CEO further splits from the White House’s tariffs plan. Musk’s remarks were in response to a CNBC interview with Navarro on that

By Elisabeth Buchwald and Nectar Gan, CNN New York/Hong Kong (CNN) — President Donald Trump is set to impose an astounding 104% in levies across all Chinese imports on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Tuesday. This comes on top of Chinese tariffs that were in place prior to Trump’s second term.

CNN By Bryan Mena and Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) –– President Donald Trump’s US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday defended the administration’s expansive tariffs, saying that its concerns would not be resolved overnight, and in at least one case, the tariffs were about “running up the score.” Greer’s comments came during a routine hearing

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — A top White House trade official has a message for world leaders caught in the crosshairs of US President Donald Trump’s tariff plans: it’s “just the beginning.” Peter Navarro, the president’s senior counselor on trade and manufacturing, wrote in an opinion piece in the Financial Times Monday that