A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. New York CNN Business — It seems like you can’t go anywhere these days without colliding headfirst into […]
New York CNN Business — Here’s more bad news for Tesla CEO Elon Musk — as if he needs any. Investors who took short positions in Tesla stock have made an $11.5 billion profit so far this year, according to Wall Street analytics firm S3 Partners, as Tesla shares lost about half their value. That’s […]
Hong Kong CNN Business — Chinese President Xi Jinping is visiting Saudi Arabia this week for the first time in nearly seven years, during which he is expected to sign billions of dollars of deals with the world’s largest oil exporter and meet leaders from across the Middle East. The visit is a sign that […]
New York CNN Business — Coca-Cola is hoping that this holiday season, families will crack open some Cokes, settle into a comfy spot and watch its first Christmas Anthology film series. The beverage company partnered with production firm Imagine Entertainment to create three short films, which are available to watch on Amazon Prime across the […]
CNN Business — Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the former chief operating officer of failed blood testing startup Theranos, is set to be sentenced on Wednesday for fraud, marking an end to the stunning downfall of a high-flying Silicon Valley company that resulted in the rare convictions of two tech executives. The sentencing comes weeks after Elizabeth […]
CNN — A court in Argentina on Tuesday sentenced the country’s vice president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, to six years in prison and disqualified her from holding public office again after finding her guilty of corruption during her earlier terms as President. Fernández de Kirchner has temporary immunity due to her current role so will […]
New York CNN Business — It’s time to sing a requiem for a meme. Meme stocks, that is. Companies that attracted rabid followings from traders on Reddit and other social media sites in 2021 are struggling. Just look at GameStop. Shares of the video game retailer, which will report its latest results after the closing […]
New York CNN Business — The US trade gap edged only slightly higher in October than the month before, to $78.2 billion. The latest reading was up just 5.4%, less than half the pace of increase from the revised September reading, when the trade deficit jumped by 12.7% to $74.1 billion. A strong dollar and […]
London CNN Business — Indonesia produces more nickel than any other country. As demand soars for batteries to power the energy transition, that presents a huge opportunity, and the archipelago nation of 276 million people intends to take advantage of it. With the electric vehicle revolution driving up demand for key battery metals such as […]
London CNN Business — Most Russian crude oil exports to Europe are now banned, marking the boldest effort yet by the West to pile financial pressure on President Vladimir Putin as his brutal war in Ukraine enters its tenth month. The oil embargo, which was agreed upon in late May, took effect in the European […]
