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☆ When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it opened the floodgates for abortion-related lawsuits
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

CNN —The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear its first abortion case since the 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade and upheaval of reproductive rights in America. All the while, public regard for the Supreme Court has degenerated. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is photographed at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in September 2015. Dirck Halstead/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images Breyer and his daughter Chloe jog with Clinton in May 1994. Mai/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images Breyer works in his office with his staff of clerks in June 2002.

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☆ Biden to launch joint FTC-DOJ task force to crack down on 'unfair and illegal pricing'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 13, 2023. Kevin Wurm | ReutersPresident Joe Biden on Tuesday will launch a new task force to take on "unfair and illegal" corporate pricing, which Biden sees as a major reason why consumers are not yet feeling the impact of cooling inflation rates and a strong economy. The task force will be jointly led by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, two agencies at the forefront of the Biden administration's aggressive regulatory agenda over the past three years. The announcements and the meeting are part of Biden's ongoing crusade against corporate pricing practices that he claims are unfair. Lael Brainard, vice chair of the US Federal Reserve, speaks during an interview in Washington, DC, on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022.

Persons: Lina Khan, Kevin Wurm, Joe Biden, Biden, Antitrust Jonathan Kanter, Khan, Kanter, Jonathan Kanter, Kevin Dietsch, Lael Brainard, inhalers, Brainard, Andrew Harrer Organizations: Federal Trade, Federal Trade Commission, Capitol, Washington , D.C, Department of Justice, Biden, Force, Antitrust, Justice Department, White, Competition Council, Economic, Consumer Financial, Agriculture Department, US Federal Reserve, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: Washington ,, Washington , DC, U.S

☆ Warren Buffett honors Charlie Munger in annual note, Berkshire reports record cash pile
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Courtesy of Susie Buffett Buffett teaches a class at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Courtesy of Susie Buffett Buffett married his first wife, Susan, in 1952. Courtesy of Susie Buffett Buffett and his wife pose at the beach with their three children. Courtesy of Susie Buffett Buffett poses for a photo in 1980. Nati Harnik/AP Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger are seen on a giant screen during the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in 2013.

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☆ America is on the cusp of a new biggest credit card company. Here’s what it means for you
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

If approved by regulators and shareholders, Capital One’s (COF) acquisition will create the biggest US credit card company by loan volume. Discover cards are already accepted at 99% of all US merchants that allow customers to make credit card purchases, according to the company. Credit card networks are the liaison between card issuers and merchants, for whom they set fees. If Capital One flips all its credit cards to Discover, Mastercard would stand to lose a quarter of its US credit card volume. Compared to other major credit card issuers, Capital One has historically catered to customers with credit scores in the 600s range, which is considered subprime.

Persons: New York CNN —, Biden, Richard Fairbank, Fairbank, JPMorgan Chase, Andrew Harrer, Democratic Sen, Elizabeth Warren, Jaret, Cowen Organizations: New, New York CNN, Discover Financial Services, Capital, Discover, Mastercard, Visa, US, American Express, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, Bloomberg, Getty, Consumer Financial, ”, Democratic Locations: New York, Mastercard’s, Visa’s

☆ Wall Street opposition to Trump collapses, as 'pipe dream' of primary defeat ends
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

"A lot of people on Wall Street have been living in this pipe dream of Trump not getting the nomination. "It's painful for me to admit this, but Wall Street is basically nonchalant to this election," longtime Wall Street executive and former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci said in a recent interview with The Hill. An outside effort "will not work against Trump," one of DeSantis' Wall Street fundraisers said. "The next question is, 'will Wall Street work to stop him in the general by supporting Biden?'" In 2020, Wall Street executives combined to donate over $74 million to helping Biden defeat Trump.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jamie Dimon, Andrew Harrer, Joe Biden, Trump, Biden, Anthony Scaramucci, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Sonnenfeld, Wall, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, DeSantis, Donald Trump , Jr, Woody Johnson, Haley, Trump's, Ken Langone, Langone, Marco Bello, Jeffrey Yass, Charles Myers, Dimon Organizations: JPMorgan Chase &, White, Bloomberg, Getty, Republican, Wall Street, Democratic, Trump, Yale School of Management, Florida Gov, U.N, Street, Jets, Biden, New, Granite State, Big Apple, CNBC, Financial Times, U.S, United, Reuters, Republicans, Susquehanna International Group, JPMorgan, NATO, Economic Locations: Washington, Wall, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Iowa, New York, Granite, West Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Yass, China

☆ Montana Judge Says TikTok Ban Likely Violates First Amendment
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Meghan Bobrowsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The legality of Montana’s TikTok ban will be decided later in a bench trial that has yet to be scheduled. Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg NewsTikTok won a reprieve in Montana after a judge ruled a state law banning the app can’t go into effect in January, saying it “likely violates the First Amendment.”A federal judge on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the law, which was passed by the Montana legislature earlier this year, pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed by the social-media company. The legality of the ban itself will be decided later in a bench trial that has yet to be scheduled.

Persons: Montana’s, Andrew Harrer, TikTok, “ Organizations: Bloomberg Locations: Montana

☆ Montana Judge Says TikTok Ban ‘Likely Violates First Amendment’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Meghan Bobrowsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Montana’s, Andrew Harrer, TikTok, “ Organizations: Bloomberg Locations: Montana

☆ Think Companies Are Struggling to Fill Offices? Look at the Government
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Peter Grant | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The office vacancy rate in Washington, D.C., hit a record 20.3% in the third quarter. Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg NewsThe Biden administration is telling federal employees to get back in the office on a more regular basis. The White House has been amping up the pressure on federal agencies to increase their return-to-office rate. White House chief of staff Jeff Zients sent an email in August to cabinet agencies instructing them to “aggressively execute” a shift to more in-person work in the fall. But administration officials say their return-to-office goals still haven’t been reached.

Persons: Andrew Harrer, Biden, Jeff Zients, “, haven’t Organizations: Washington , D.C, Bloomberg, White Locations: Washington ,

☆ Talent Agency CAA and Michael Klein Launch Sports and Media Investment Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Cara Lombardo | Joe Flint | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Michael Klein is an omnipresent deal maker who launched M. Klein & Co. in 2012. Photo: Andrew Harrer/BLOOMBERG NEWSHollywood talent agency Creative Artists Agency and longtime deal maker Michael Klein are launching a new investment bank focused on sports, media and entertainment deals. CAA’s merchant bank, known as Evolution Media Capital, and advisory firm M. Klein & Co. are joining to form CAA Evolution, the companies told The Wall Street Journal. The combined firm aims to work on large media companies’ deals, sell sports teams and advise on capital raises including initial public offerings, little of which Evolution does currently.

Persons: Michael Klein, Andrew Harrer Organizations: Klein, Co, BLOOMBERG NEWS Hollywood, Creative Artists Agency, Evolution Media Capital, CAA, Wall Street

☆ Banks Face Shake-Up of Low-Income Lending Rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Andrew Ackerman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Fed and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. are expected to sign off on the new requirements for banks on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg NewsWASHINGTON—Top U.S. banking regulators struggled for more than five years to update anti-redlining rules aimed at making banks lend more in lower-income communities. On Tuesday, they are completing a revamp of them for the era of online banking. The 1977 Community Reinvestment Act sought to end banks’ historical practice of denying or limiting financial services in minority neighborhoods. The current rules, which are nearly 30 years old, generally require banks to serve everyone in the communities surrounding their branches, including lower-income people.

Persons: Andrew Harrer Organizations: Fed, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — Locations: Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — Top

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried, Crypto’s Former Golden Boy, Goes on Trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

‘This Is Only a Test’: What to Expect From FEMA’s Nationwide Alert Today FEMA is testing today at 2:20 p.m. ET its ability to send emergency alerts to cellphones, TVs and radios on a nationwide scale. WSJ looks at why this alert is happening and explains how the technology of the alerts has evolved. Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News

Persons: Andrew Harrer Organizations: Nationwide Alert, FEMA, Bloomberg

☆ GM executive slams UAW over 'flow of misinformation,' rhetoric during strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The UAW opens auto contract negotiations with Stellantis today, Ford on July 14, and General Motors on July 18. "As the past has clearly shown, nobody wins in a strike," Reuss said in a Wednesday column in the Detroit Free Press. watch nowGM's last offer was made Sept. 14, ahead of the union initiating a "Stand Up Strike" at one assembly plant each for GM, Ford Motor and Stellantis. UAW President Shawn Fain said Monday the strikes will expand at noon Friday unless "serious progress" is made in negotiations. Late Monday, Ford released a lengthy statement fact-checking comments made by Fain, including auto worker wages, company profits and stock buybacks.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Bill Pugliano, Mark Reuss, Reuss, GM's, Wells Fargo's Colin Langan, Langan, Andrew Harrer, Ford, Fain, Jim Farley, He's, We've, Farley, CNBC's Phil LeBeau, he's Organizations: United Auto Workers, Sterling Heights Assembly, UAW, Ford, General Motors, Getty, DETROIT, Detroit automakers, General, Detroit Free Press, GM, Ford Motor, Stellantis, General Motors Co, Chevrolet Silverado, Auto, Bloomberg Locations: Sterling Heights, Sterling Heights , Michigan, Stellantis, Wentzville , Missouri, Wayne , Michigan, Toledo , Ohio, Detroit , Michigan

☆ Here are 13 stocks Jim Cramer is watching Tuesday, including Ollie's and Norfolk
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Workday (WDAY): Jefferies raises price target to $275 from $250, another positive call on enterprise software, which has been the Achilles heel of the Nasdaq. Deckers Outdoor (DECK) price target to $618 from $564 at TD Cowen. Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI) PT raised to $83 from $67 at Wells Fargo, sees significant surge in bargain shopping. Substack meets MasterClass meets The Economist meets The New Yorker ... XPO Logistics (XPO) is out of penalty box. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

Persons: Jefferies, Oppenheimer, Buffett, LEN, Horton, Cowen, OLLI, Substack, MasterClass, Morgan Stanley, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Andrew Harrer Organizations: Southern, Getty Images, Hollywood, Barclays, Nasdaq, Textron, Bank of America, PayPal, XPO Logistics, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC, Norfolk Southern Corp, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: Susquehanna, Wells Fargo, Singapore, Norfolk , Virginia

☆ Tim Cook bets his legacy on augmented reality
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

David Paul Morris/Getty Images Cook speaks in front of an image of an iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in 2011. Yui Mok/PA Images/Getty Images Tim Cook puts on a Boston Red Sox jersey before a baseball game between the Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers in June 2017. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Tim Cook signs the box of a new iPhone X at an Apple Store in Palo Alto in November 2017. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/Getty Images Cook speaks via video conference at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on online platforms and market power in July 2020. In pictures: Apple CEO Tim Cook Prev NextFollowers of the company are divided on what the headset could ultimately mean for Cook.

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☆ What the April U.S. Retail Sales Report Means for Inflation
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Dion Rabouin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

E67What the April CPI Report Says About Inflation and the Future Inflation is still much higher than the Fed’s target and economists are warning it may be stickier than markets are expecting. WSJ's Dion Rabouin breaks down what the April CPI showed and what matters for markets and the economy. Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News

☆ Retail Sales, Housing Data and Q1 Earnings Reports: 3 Things to Watch
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Dion Rabouin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Why the April Inflation Report Reinforces the Fed’s Plans to Pause
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Nick Timiraos | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Inflation is still much higher than the Fed’s target and economists are warning it may be stickier than markets are expecting. WSJ’s Dion Rabouin breaks down what the April CPI showed and what matters for markets and the economy. Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg NewsFederal Reserve officials were already leaning toward taking a summer vacation from interest rate increases to see if they have done enough to slow the economy and inflation. Wednesday’s inflation report makes that easier because it showed price pressures aren’t worsening and might soon be slowing as muted growth in rental-housing costs feed through to official inflation gauges.

☆ Inflation Eased in April but Remains Stubbornly High
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Gabriel T. Rubin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Inflation is still much higher than the Fed’s target and economists are warning it may be stickier than markets are expecting. WSJ’s Dion Rabouin breaks down what the April CPI showed and what matters for markets and the economy. Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg NewsInflation edged slightly lower in April, likely keeping the Federal Reserve on course to pause interest-rate increases at its next meeting. The consumer-price index rose 4.9% in April from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Wednesday, down from March’s 5% increase. The inflation reading has declined from a recent peak of 9.1% in June 2022, but remains historically high.

☆ Ohio Crews Conduct Controlled Release of Chemicals from Derailed Train
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

President Biden Orders Second ‘Object’ Shot Down Over Alaska John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, told reporters on Friday that President Biden ordered the military to down another object flying over U.S. airspace. Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News

☆ Chewy's push into pet telehealth runs into regulatory hurdles, skeptical veterinarians
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Longtime veterinarians told CNBC the service can have some benefit for minor situations, or for people who don't have easy access to vet care. Because when you research pet health, you'll find that there's a specific term called VCPR," Singh said. Banfield Pet Hospital is owned by Mars Veterinary Health, a subsidiary of pet food and candy conglomerate Mars. "If you notice, there has been little to no innovation in pet health over the last decade, and yet in the last three years, there's been more innovation in pet health than in the last decade or 20 years," Singh said. Michael Nagle | Getty ImagesChewy said the program was created to make vet care more affordable and accessible to everyone.

☆ John Kelly was forced to deal with 'fights' between Melania and Ivanka Trump as they competed for influence, NYT journalist says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

John Kelly had to deal with conflicts between Melania and Ivanka Trump, NYT journalist Michael Schmidt said. Schmidt's book "Donald Trump v. The United States" includes details about Kelly's time as White House chief of staff. Schmidt, who wrote the book "Donald Trump v. The United States," told MSNBC that Ivanka Trump wanted to be the first lady in a "ceremonial" sense. "John Kelly is probably as serious a national security figure as you can find, a four-star Marine general. Schmidt said that during Kelly's time in the White House, he was often forced to focus on less important issues, including telling former White House aide Omarosa to stop having parties at the White House pool.

☆ 2022 was the year the Overconfidence Man fell back to earth
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Maureen Tkacik | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

Naturally, Elon Musk, the platonic ideal of the peculiar self-aggrandizing, self-parodying personality type that thrived during the Trump years and peaked during the pandemic, tops this list. By 2022, the media had pronounced him variously the next Warren Buffett, J.P. Morgan and Charles Koch. "bye bye @trussliz Congrats to lettuce", tweeted Putin's one-time stand-in Dmitry Medvedev, to which Elon Musk could not resist replying, "pretty good troll tbh." Elon Musk speaks at the 2020 Satellite Conference and Exhibition in March 2020. Elon MuskIt's weird to recall now that Elon Musk once seemed like, graded on the billionaire curve anyway, a net positive for a cursed American society.

☆ Don't bank on free returns: 60% of retailers roll out stricter policies
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Roughly 60% of retailers said they're making changes to existing returns policies, with fewer promising free returns, according to a recent survey of retail executives. "These adjustments in return policies are not there to cover costs," Kieboom said. "The more money retailers lose on returns the more they have to make up for that by raising prices," Beitelspacher said. How to avoid return feesStill, shoppers love free returns almost as much as they love free shipping. In fact, 98% of consumers said that free shipping was the most important consideration when shopping online, followed by more than three-quarters who said the same about free returns, according to a recent report by PowerReviews.

☆ President Biden says Elon Musk's relationships with other countries are worth looking into
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

In this article TSLATWTR Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTJoe Biden, left, and Elon Musk Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters; Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAsked on Wednesday whether Tesla , SpaceX and Twitter CEO Elon Musk posed a threat to national security, President Joe Biden said that the centi-billionaire's "relationships with other countries is worthy of being looked at." Biden said, "Elon Musk's cooperation and/or technical relationships with other countries is worthy of being looked at. Throughout 2022, Musk has accused the President of ignoring his electric vehicle venture, Tesla, despite its success, and favoring legacy automakers and their unions. The kingdom of Qatar also participated in Musk's Twitter deal. The Ukrainian government, which generally praises SpaceX and Musk, is now looking for alternatives to Starlink, Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said last Thursday.

☆ From buy now, pay later to Venmo, here are 4 of the best ways to pay for holiday gifts
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

From credit cards to cash, installment buying and payment apps, here's a breakdown of some of the best ways to pay this holiday. When it comes to holiday shopping, cashback or rewards cards offer an added bonus of 2% or more in certain categories. (CNBC’s Select has a full roundup of the best cards for holiday shopping.) "Credit cards should only be used if you can pay them in full each month," cautioned Chelsie Moore, director of wealth management solutions at Country Financial. The ability to spread out a purchase with no interest offers another distinct advantage over credit cards.

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