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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Krispy Kreme’s partnership with McDonald’s to sell its doughnuts at all of the burger chain’s US restaurants didn’t turn out as sweet as it thought. The doughnut chain announced in its earnings release Thursday that it is “reassessing the deployment” of the rollout, with the partnership pausing

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — When Bill and Melinda French Gates created the Gates Foundation in 2000, they had planned for the organization to continue its work, using their remaining fortune, for several decades after they died. But now, the billionaire Microsoft founder says he doesn’t want to wait that long to

By David Goldman and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump teased a significant trade announcement to be announced Thursday — a source familiar with the administration’s plans tells CNN the deal will be with the United Kingdom. It’s yet another sign of some possible relief from historically high tariffs that have threatened serious

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The number of Washington, DC area homeowners who decided to list their homes for sale jumped last month amid steep cuts to the federal workforce. In the four weeks ending April 27, the number of active home listings in the nation’s capital surged 25.1% year-over-year, the largest gain on

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Ford is hiking the sticker prices for the three US models it imports from Mexico by up to $2,000 each, just days after executives said they didn’t expect significant increases in industrywide car prices this year. The price increase was disclosed in a memo sent to Ford dealerships, first

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it will hold interest rates steady as the US economy begins to show the effects of President Donald Trump’s haphazard trade war. The central bank kept its benchmark lending rate unchanged at a range of 4.25% to 4.5%, extending a holding pattern that

By Elisabeth Buchwald and David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump, in his first Oval Office meeting with new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, said there was nothing Carney could say to him Tuesday that would convince the president to reduce tariffs on Canadian goods. “No,” Trump said. “Just the way it is.” Trump

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Trump’s top trade officials will meet with their Chinese counterparts this week to discuss a de-escalation of their increasingly ugly and damaging trade war. The future of the global economy is riding on their success. The trade talks, the first in-person meeting between Chinese and American officials since the

By Nick Watt, Vanessa Yurkevich, Alicia Wallace and David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — American consumers are on the cusp of tough choices because of President Donald Trump’s trade war. Ships now pulling into US harbors from China are the first to be subject to the massive tariffs that America is imposing on most Chinese imports.

CNN By Alexandra Skores, CNN Hagerstown, Maryland (CNN) — While passenger anxieties may be experiencing an uptick, one new design aboard a small aircraft is attempting to change the future of flying when it comes to safety. And it comes with just the push of one button. Aircraft manufacturer Cirrus is launching the first Federal

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — One of America’s closest allies recently raised eyebrows for threatening to fire off the ultimate financial weapon against Washington in trade talks: dumping US debt. Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato, whose country is the biggest holder of US Treasuries, said on Friday that selling the assets is

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Last week, President Donald Trump advised Americans that his trade war could result in children’s dolls costing “a couple bucks more.” That, at least, seems to have come to fruition. Mattel, the toy manufacturing giant and maker of Barbie, plans to raise prices on American toys due

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Rite Aid on Monday announced it is filing for bankruptcy for a second time, barely just seven months after the chain exited Chapter 11 and emerged as a private company. The financially strapped drug store chain said it is looking for a buyer, and re-filing for Chapter

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs will cost Ford $1.5 billion this year, but the automaker said Monday it does not expect overall US car prices to rise significantly as a result. Ford CFO Sherry House told reporters that it expects US car prices to edge up 1% to 1.5%

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Those who have followed Berkshire Hathaway have long-anticipated that the day would come when legendary investor and CEO Warren Buffett called it quits. But the news came unexpectedly at Berkshire’s annual shareholder meeting on Saturday, as the 94-year-old Oracle of Omaha waited until the end of the event to

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks slid Monday and a historic rally for the S&P 500 lost steam as Wall Street awaited potential developments in trade negotiations between the United States and other countries. The Dow lost 99 points, or 0.24%. The broader S&P 500 fell 0.64% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq

By Brian Stelter and Jamie Gangel, CNN (CNN) — Filmmakers and Hollywood financiers are baffled, to say the least, by President Trump’s announcement that he wants a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the United States. Several movie studio and streaming industry executives who spoke with CNN are downright apoplectic because, they believe, the president

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Skechers is fleeing the public market and hunkering down by going private during the middle of a trade war. The company announced Monday that investment firm 3G Capital will buy Skechers for $9.4 billion. 3G will pay $63 a share for the brand, a 30% premium of

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — About 4 million, or roughly one in five, federal student loan borrowers with a payment due are seriously delinquent, according to a new analysis published Monday by TransUnion. Research from the information and insights company suggests that a significant number of Americans with student loan debt are

CNN By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — About 4 million, or roughly one in five, federal student loan borrowers with a payment due are seriously delinquent, according to a new analysis published Monday by TransUnion. Research from the information and insights company suggests that a significant number of Americans with student loan debt

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — Many investors — especially high-income ones living in high-tax states — benefit from owning state and local municipal bonds for their tax advantages. The interest investors make on munis is exempt from federal income tax — and in some cases, state and local taxes too, if you buy a