Chris Isidore - Senior Writer, CNN Business
Chris Isidore
Senior Writer, CNN Business
Chris Isidore is a senior writer for CNN Business, where he covers the auto industry, airlines, labor and all other manner of breaking financial news. Over the last 30 years, he has covered most major US bankruptcies, including GM, Chrysler, Lehman Brothers, most US airlines and Sears, as well as the city of Detroit.
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Trump’s Labor secretary pick is surprisingly pro-union. It doesn’t mean his administration will be
Nov 23, 2024
Despite some union leaders welcoming the nomination of Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead the Labor Department, there is still trepidation as to what lies ahead for the rules, regulations and enforcement strategy for American workers.
Jeep prices have gone through the roof. Buyers are bailing and dealers are furious
Nov 21, 2024
The Jeep Gladiator was unveiled to great fanfare by then-owner Fiat Chrysler in 2018, the first pickup model for the hot brand in more than a quarter of a century. And at first it seemed like it might live up to the hype.
How much of Musk’s wealth comes from tax dollars and government help?
Nov 20, 2024
Elon Musk is the world’s richest person partly due to his companies’ impressive innovations. But his wealth is also due to government contracts and programs that affected his two main businesses – electric vehicles and space travel.
Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy
Nov 18, 2024
Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, as mounting losses, unaffordable debt, increased competition for bargain-seeking airline passengers and the inability to merge with other airlines left it little choice.
Trump’s pick for fracker-in-chief will have a tough time pumping a lot more oil
Nov 18, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump may find the road to cheaper gas prices is a little rocky.
If you haven’t been car shopping in a while, brace yourself
Nov 16, 2024
Much of the reason Americans are paying nearly $50k for a car is that automakers decided to go all-in on expensive cars. The more they charge for a car, the more money they make off it.
Trump may end the $7,500 EV tax credit. Elon Musk and Tesla would reap the rewards
Nov 15, 2024
The $7,500 tax credit for buyers of electric vehicles could be vanishing early in the new Trump administration, but that might actually be good news for Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk, one of President-elect Donald Trump’s most prominent backers.
Disney gives investors years to cheer about
Nov 14, 2024
Disney did something extraordinary Thursday, giving investors a rare three-year financial outlook, even at a time of economic uncertainty.
Spirit Airlines shares plunge on bankruptcy speculation
Nov 13, 2024
Spirit Airlines’ shares plunged more than 50% in early trading Wednesday, following a report that it is preparing to file bankruptcy — and the company’s announcement that it won’t report quarterly financial results because it’s scrambling to reach a deal with creditors.
Boeing got the easy part done. Now comes the tougher, existential problems
Nov 12, 2024
Boeing’s most immediate problem – an eight-week strike by 33,000 workers – is over. But its more serious problems – ongoing massive losses, quality and safety problems – are as bad as ever, and could even get worse.
Elon Musk bet big on Trump. Here’s what he stands to gain — and lose — from his win
Nov 7, 2024
No single business leader did more to support former President Donald Trump’s candidacy than Elon Musk. But the billionaire and his business empire face both positives and negatives after Trump won back the presidency in Tuesday’s election.
Boeing workers vote to accept deal, end strike
Nov 5, 2024
Striking workers at embattled plane maker Boeing voted Monday to accept the company’s most recent offer, ending the costliest strike in the United States in more than 25 years.
Is this the deal to end Boeing’s crippling 7-week strike?
Nov 1, 2024
More than 30,000 Boeing workers will vote again Monday on whether or not to end a crippling seven-week strike. The result of that vote will have significant implications not just for them, but for the company, global travel and the broader economy.
Boeing’s turnaround was always going to be hard. The failed union vote just made it even tougher
Oct 24, 2024
Problems at Boeing go back years, if not decades. And they just got a lot harder to fix.
About
Chris Isidore is a senior writer for CNN Business, where he covers the auto industry, airlines, labor and all other manner of breaking financial news. Over the last 30 years, he has covered most major US bankruptcies, including GM, Chrysler, Lehman Brothers, most US airlines and Sears, as well as the city of Detroit.
Isidore joined CNN in 1999, and has covered business and economic news since. Prior to CNN, he was a business reporter for the Journal of Commerce and Crain’s New York Business. He started his career as a journalist in 1983 at the Gary Post-Tribune where he covered political beats such as county government, the Indiana statehouse and Gary City Hall before switching to business coverage in 1988.
Isidore grew up in suburban New York and attended the University of Chicago, majoring in political science. Isidore left without a degree in 1983 to take his first job. He received his degree from there in 2018.
