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You can fly almost anywhere in Europe for €20 while Spirit Airlines is staving off bankruptcy. Here’s the difference

Spirit Airlines built its brand on a simple business model: give up the frills, pay less, get there. Now the Trump administration may test whether

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Small businesses may already be at disadvantage as $166 billion tariff refund pool becomes available

After months of waiting, U.S. importers will finally have access to the $166 billion collected from tariffs that were ruled unconstitutional. But as American small

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Oil is back to early war days, S&P 500 jumps to all-time high

Oil prices dropped back to where they were in the early days of the Iran war, and U.S. stocks raced to another record Friday after Iran said the Strait

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Anthropic cofounder who majored in literature says knowing which questions to ask beats coding

AI may be restoring the importance of the liberal arts degree, at least according to the cofounder of one of the industry’s biggest players. Jack

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The petrodollar faces increased risk, but a petroyuan is ‘far-fetched,’ strategist says

President Donald Trump’s war on Iran has raised doubts about America’s superpower status and currency dominance as the Strait of Hormuz remains under Tehran’s control.

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Within a day, the Iran-U.S. ceasefire began breaking down. Markets shrugged

Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said Wednesday that three clauses of the 10-point ceasefire framework with the United States had already been violated, despite

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Trump risks confidence in U.S. role as guardian of global shipping

Of all the things Donald Trump has done to disrupt global commerce, from levying punitive tariffs to tearing up trade deals, few would be as

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Paul Krugman smacks down Trump speech with argument that $4 gas is ‘less than half’ of the Hormuz hit. Here’s what he’s talking about

In a primetime address to the nation Wednesday night, President Donald Trump cast the U.S. effort in Iran as a show of strength. But he

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Wealth taxes on billionaires and $30 min. wages: ‘They should pay their fair share,’ advocate says

There are an estimated 938 billionaires in the United States. To put that into context, that’s about two full Boeing 747s (each one holds 416

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Meta promised it wouldn’t spy on you with its AI smart glasses. A lawsuit says humans are watching you, actually

When Meta opened its Ray-Ban smart glasses up for pre-order, it made clear of one thing: your privacy will be secure. “Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses