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Turkey’s lira plunges after Erdogan fires central bank head

March 22, 2021 9:26 AM CNN

Turkey could be on the cusp of another currency crisis after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan abruptly fired the head of the country’s central…

A winery will pay you $10,000 a month to work and live rent-free in Sonoma

March 22, 2021 7:21 AM Dominique Newland, CNN

(KYMA, KECY/CNN) – If a post-work glass of wine is what you look forward to each day, maybe it’s time to quit your day job. This month, Murphy-Goode…

Kent Taylor, Texas Roadhouse founder and CEO, dies at 65

March 21, 2021 6:02 AM CNN Newsource

Texas Roadhouse founder and CEO Kent Taylor died Thursday, according to a post on the restaurant chain’s Facebook page. He was…

What will travel look like when the pandemic is over?

March 20, 2021 3:09 PM CNN

As the world ground to a halt last March, many travelers expected to be globetrotting again in a few months time. Here we are just over a year later.…

Peloton is sending a warning out to owners of its Tread-Plus Treadmills

March 19, 2021 10:58 PM Mercedes Martinez

Child dies in an accident involving a…

Amazon looks to expand its telehealth footprint

March 19, 2021 2:09 PM CNN

After helping to furnish your home office in 2020, Amazon now wants to help provide your healthcare. The tech giant is expanding Amazon Care —…

Asian stocks tumble following sell-off on Wall Street

March 19, 2021 1:11 AM CNN

Asian markets tumbled on Friday as investors appeared to be jolted by several issues, from the continued prospect of rising inflation to a volatile…

Exclusive: UBS quietly bans advisers from pitching booming SPACs to clients

March 18, 2021 4:08 PM CNN

UBS, a major player in the blank-check boom captivating Wall Street, has quietly banned its financial advisers from pitching SPAC stocks to wealth…

Treasury yields rise again, spooking the stock market

March 18, 2021 1:04 PM CNN

Wall Street stumbled on Thursday, with energy and tech stocks selling off, and the 10-year Treasury bond yield climbing to a new 13-month high. Just…

Jobless claims are still higher than during the Great Recession a year after the pandemic started

March 18, 2021 7:49 AM CNN

A year after the pandemic shut down the US economy, America’s workers are still hurting. For the past 12 months, first-time claims for jobless…

Amazon warehouse worker testifies to Senate: ‘My workday feels like a 9-hour intense workout every day’

March 17, 2021 2:10 PM CNN

An Amazon warehouse employee testified before the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday about the “grueling” working conditions that led…

Fed expects rate hikes can hold off until at least next year

March 17, 2021 12:57 PM CNN Newsource

The Federal Reserve left interest rates near zero Wednesday and said it would continue to use all the tools in its arsenal to support the still…

Justin Long, the ‘I’m a Mac’ actor, defects from Apple

March 17, 2021 12:05 PM CNN

“I’m a Mac” actor Justin Long is now a PC guy. Nearly two decades ago, Long extolled the benefits of Mac computers while playing…

Amazon’s grocery chain is growing. It isn’t Whole Foods

March 17, 2021 11:43 AM CNN

Four years after Amazon bought Whole Foods, the e-commerce giant is making another major push to sell shoppers groceries. But this time, Whole Foods…

Tinder to let users run background checks on dates

March 17, 2021 9:03 AM Dominique Newland, CNN

(KYMA, KECY/CNN) – Feeling uneasy about your future Tinder date? For a yet-to-be-determined price, Tinder users will be able to do a background check…