[ad_1] New York CNN — Singles are ditching pricey white tablecloth meals for romance in the park or on a walk instead. The high cost of dining out and changes to dating habits during the pandemic have driven singles to seek out more affordable, casual first dates. Singles are spending …
Read More »New laws in 2023: From increases in minimum wage to recreational marijuana, here’s what takes effect
[ad_1] CNN — As President Joe Biden scored several legislative wins this year, voters across the country headed to the polls in November to decide on local measures. The passage of several of those measures will lead to new state laws this year. And Americans in 2023 will also feel …
Read More »‘We’re trapped’: Britons in homes with unsafe cladding see no way out as living costs soar
[ad_1] London CNN — In May 2017, Sophie Bichener did what many in their twenties are unable to do: buy a home. She paid around £230,000 (around $295,000 at the time) for her two-bedroom apartment in a high-rise building in a town north of London, where a train could get …
Read More »A stomach-churning year for markets in 5 charts
[ad_1] New York CNN — Wall Street is bidding goodbye — and good riddance — to 2022. It has been a year most investors would rather forget. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, snarled supply chains and another year of Covid turned markets on their head this year. Inflation surged around the …
Read More »Premarket stocks: Wall Street kills its darlings
[ad_1] 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 — Verbose writers afflicted with the tendency to deliver …
Read More »Tax credit confusion could create a rush for electric vehicles in early 2023
[ad_1] CNN — As the new year begins, a number of popular electric vehicles, specifically some Tesla and General Motors models, could be eligible for $7,500 worth of tax credits they weren’t eligible for in 2022. But that eligibility may last only last a few months. That’s because limitations on …
Read More »Y2K aesthetics are back, along with the era’s existential dread
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: The past year was filled with uncertainty over politics, the economy and the ongoing pandemic. In the face of big changes, people found themselves longing for a different time. CNN’s series “The Past Is Now” examines how nostalgia manifested in our culture in 2022 — for better …
Read More »Consumers kept the economy hot in 2022. Now they’re losing steam
[ad_1] Minneapolis CNN — For a year that held promise of a return to normalcy, 2022 threw plenty of curve balls at the American consumer. Supply chains remained in disarray as ongoing snarls were drastically worsened by lockdowns in China and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, average US gas prices shot …
Read More »IRS delays rule change for people who get paid on Venmo, Etsy, Airbnb and other apps
[ad_1] New York CNN — Anyone getting paid for their goods and services through apps like Venmo, PayPal or CashApp, or platforms like Etsy and Airbnb, just got a reprieve from the IRS. Following concerns expressed by the tax community, the electronic transactions industry and some lawmakers, the IRS said …
Read More »Analysis: Southwest got billions of dollars in taxpayer aid. Why is its service still a mess?
[ad_1] Minneapolis CNN — When the coronavirus pandemic ground the transportation industry to a screeching halt in early 2020, the US government doled out more than $54 billion in aid to help pay employees and keep the systems from buckling. Southwest Airlines received more than $7 billion from that program. …
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