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How a CEO and Trump donor is weaponizing tariffs against his rivals
Business

How a CEO and Trump donor is weaponizing tariffs against his rivals

Cambria CEO Marty Davis has successfully asked the U.S. government to put tariffs on quartz. His business competitors are crying foul.

New York Magazine reviewing work of writer facing plagiarism allegations
Business

New York Magazine reviewing work of writer facing plagiarism allegations

The high-profile writer, who has written a forthcoming book about New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is being investigated by the magazine after being called out fo...

Can the NFL's Rooney Rule survive the DEI backlash?
Business

Can the NFL's Rooney Rule survive the DEI backlash?

Florida's attorney general says the NFL's Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview minority candidates for top jobs, is discriminatory. Trump's EEOC has c...

Jury orders Boeing to pay $49.5 million to family of 737 MAX crash victim
Business

Jury orders Boeing to pay $49.5 million to family of 737 MAX crash victim

A federal jury in Chicago awarded $49.5 million to the family of Samya Stumo, a young woman who was killed in the second of two Boeing 737 MAX crashes within mo...

The MAHA movement is coming to school cafeterias. Here's what that means for kids
Business

The MAHA movement is coming to school cafeterias. Here's what that means for kids

U.S. school districts worry it could get even more expensive to prepare a meal under new federal dietary guidelines, as they also contend with cuts to programs...

Foreign ticket holders from World Cup teams' countries won't have to pay bonds to enter U.S.
Business

Foreign ticket holders from World Cup teams' countries won't have to pay bonds to enter U.S.

The Trump administration is suspending a requirement that visitors from countries that have qualified for the World Cup and bought tickets for the tournament pa...

Short flights are popular. Will they last?
Business

Short flights are popular. Will they last?

Some flights are less than 100 miles, and they're the backbone of the U.S. air system, linking small towns and big cities. But short routes were in decline even...

Don't listen to Elon Musk, you can trust me, says ChatGPT boss
Business

Don't listen to Elon Musk, you can trust me, says ChatGPT boss

OpenAI boss Sam Altman has insisted he is an "honest and trustworthy businessperson", as he rejected Elon Musk's claim he moved to "steal" the company and turn...

The economic chilling effect of Trump's immigration crackdown
Business

The economic chilling effect of Trump's immigration crackdown

New research finds that ICE raids and deportation fears disrupted local economies, reduced work among undocumented immigrants, and may have hurt some U.S.-born...

The clipping economy: How short-form video 'clippers' are overrunning
the internet
Business

The clipping economy: How short-form video 'clippers' are overrunning the internet

Short-form clips of long interviews and shows are taking over the internet. But behind the sea of social media clips are marketplaces offering freelance clipper...

Cut employee national insurance to win back voters, Labour report says
Business

Cut employee national insurance to win back voters, Labour report says

Radical economic reforms such as cutting national insurance and overhauling capital gains tax are Labour's only ways of winning back voters they have lost to Re...

Budget-conscious shoppers are feeding a boom in discount groceries
Business

Budget-conscious shoppers are feeding a boom in discount groceries

Many facing economic pressures and frustrations have begun shopping at budget grocery stores and warehouse clubs in lieu of traditional supermarkets, with prior...

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