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Matt Egan, CNN

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Canadian official threatens to cut off energy to the United States

Canada could retaliate against President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs by shutting down energy flows to the United States, a top Canadian official warned.

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Want to know what Trump will do as president? Look to the market

Donald Trump is returning to the White House, and the stock market is loving it.

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Biden is beating Trump on stocks. History shows markets do better under Democrats

In 2020, former President Donald Trump warned that the historic stock market boom on his watch would implode if voters replaced him with Joe Biden.

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As Hurricane Milton threatens the US, Helene could cost property owners more than $47 billion

Even as Florida braces for another major hurricane, new estimates reveal Hurricane Helene caused up to $47.5 billion in losses for property owners.

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Bank of America is down: Customers report widespread outage

Bank of America customers report having trouble accessing their bank accounts on Wednesday.

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Here we go again: Egg prices are spiking. Here’s why

Supermarket prices are no longer skyrocketing – except, of course, if you’re buying eggs.

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Halliburton confirms a cyberattack forced it to take its systems offline

Halliburton confirmed on Friday that it was hit by a cyberattack that forced the major oilfield services company to take systems offline.

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‘Seismic shift.’ Kroger’s fight against a federal agency could upend antitrust

Supermarket chain Kroger is suing a federal agency in a daring move that aims to weaken how Washington fights mergers that threaten to jack up prices on consumers.

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How Kamala Harris is winning over Wall Street

Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is courting everyday Americans tired of the country’s affordability crisis. But she is winning over some key figures on Wall Street.

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Free rent and free parking: Landlords are throwing in sweeteners

Renters are gaining the upper hand in the balance of power with landlords. Apartment units are staying on the market for longer. Vacancy rates are rising. And rental growth is slowing.

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More than half of American renters who want to buy a home fear they’ll never afford one

The dream of homeownership feels out of reach for many American families. The vast majority (86%) of current renters in the United States say they would like to buy a home — but can’t afford one, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS released Monday.

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Trump Media stock rises after debate

Former President Donald Trump’s social media company is getting a boost after President Joe Biden’s shaky debate performance.

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Even wealthy Americans are struggling to make ends meet

About one in three Americans making six-figure salaries are worried about paying their bills, according to a new survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

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Zero-down mortgages are making a comeback

Many Americans would love to buy a home, but they don’t have tens of thousands of dollars to cover a down payment.

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Good news: The worst could be over for gas prices this spring

Israel and Iran have been in open conflict. Ukrainian drones have repeatedly attacked Russian oil refineries. And OPEC continues to hold back oil supply.

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‘Students are scared.’ Columbia crisis spirals as tensions simmer and protests continue

The turmoil at Columbia University ramped up on Monday as simmering tensions on campus halted in-person classes and officials scrambled to ease security fears. The Ivy League school has become the epicenter of unrest on US college campuses, turmoil that spread to Yale University, where dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested Monday.

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Truth Social owner Trump Media will begin trading Tuesday as the merger closes

Truth Social owner Trump Media & Technology Group announced Monday its merger with a publicly traded shell company has closed and trading will begin on the stock market on Tuesday.

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Gas prices surge to four-month highs - don’t panic

Prices at the pump are rising fast — and it’s not even spring.

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Congress demands MIT submit trove of documents in antisemitism probe

The Congressional committee investigating campus antisemitism sent a letter to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday seeking a wide range of documents on how the school is protecting Jewish students.

The two-letter word helping this lender buck the delinquency storm

Americans are increasingly falling behind on their credit card bills and car loans as years of high inflation take their toll.

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Janet Yellen will never forget’ scramble to prevent bank run after Silicon Valley Bank implosion

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen detailed on Tuesday the scramble by US officials last March to prevent the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank from infecting the broader economy.

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Harvard taps ex-Merck CEO Ken Frazier to join embattled board

Former Merck CEO Ken Frazier and KKR co-CEO Joseph Bae are joining Harvard University’s top board as the Ivy League school seeks to turn the page on a tumultuous period.

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Harvard student groups issued an anti-Israel statement

Billionaire hedge fund CEO Bill Ackman and several other business leaders are demanding Harvard University release the names of students whose organizations signed on to a letter blaming solely Israel for the deadly attacks by Hamas.