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

Why have budget carriers become durable competitors in Europe while the U.S. version is now fighting for a federal lifeline?

By Catherina GioinoApril 23, 2026
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Cadence CEO on the AI boom and human nature: ‘there are more tools, but the human part is not different’
By Nick LichtenbergApril 23, 2026
Meta, Microsoft look to trim workforces amid heavy AI spending
Meta, Microsoft look to trim workforces amid heavy AI spending
By Kurt Wagner, Brody Ford and BloombergApril 23, 2026
A man walks on a patch of land that is dried and cracked
The world has entered a ‘global water bankruptcy,’ but markets are mispricing water as drought costs rise to $307 billion annually, analysts warn
By Sasha RogelbergApril 23, 2026
President Donald Trump
People living in the U.S. with temporary protected status, targeted by Trump, are a $29 billion economic force
By Tristan BoveApril 23, 2026
David Ellison smiles
Paramount’s $81 billion Warner Bros mega merger moves closer to becoming a reality as shareholders approve deal
By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressApril 23, 2026
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Intel CEO Lip Bu Tan crushed Wall Street targets on his 1-year anniversary: We are embracing our ‘paranoid’ roots
Big TechIntel CEO Lip Bu Tan crushed Wall Street targets on his 1-year anniversary: We are embracing our ‘paranoid’ roots
By Alexei OreskovicApril 23, 2026
Feds charge U.S. Army soldier who made $400,000 from Polymarket bets tied to Maduro capture
LawFeds charge U.S. Army soldier who made $400,000 from Polymarket bets tied to Maduro capture
By Jeff John RobertsApril 23, 2026
Zohran Mamdani
Personal FinanceKen Griffin’s Citadel fires back at NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani ‘tax the rich’ video featuring his $238 million penthouse
By Catherina GioinoApril 23, 2026
Should you pay off debt or save? How to decide
Personal FinanceShould you pay off debt or save? How to decide
By Joseph HostetlerApril 23, 2026
Jensen Huang stands smiling with his arms outstretched.
Big Tech‘Don’t leave’: Jensen Huang challenges billionaire class as he insists ‘highest taxes in the world’ are OK with him
By Jacqueline MunisApril 23, 2026
The man who helped put meat at the top of RFK Jr.’s new food pyramid is Steak ’n Shake’s new ‘Chief MAHA Officer’
HealthThe man who helped put meat at the top of RFK Jr.’s new food pyramid is Steak ’n Shake’s new ‘Chief MAHA Officer’
By Catherina GioinoApril 23, 2026
Tesla stock dives on news that it earned next to nothing on cars in Q1, and plans to spend $25 billion in CapEx anyway
Big TechTesla stock dives on news that it earned next to nothing on cars in Q1, and plans to spend $25 billion in CapEx anyway
By Shawn TullyApril 23, 2026
How Chris Ong helped Seatrium emerge from a messy merger between two shipyards to become a profitable offshore oil and wind giant
AsiaHow Chris Ong helped Seatrium emerge from a messy merger between two shipyards to become a profitable offshore oil and wind giant
By Nicholas Gordon and Angelica AngApril 23, 2026
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An older couple, smiling
InvestingBaby boomers have now ‘gobbled up’ nearly one-third of America’s wealth share, and they’re leaving Gen Z and millennials behind
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 8, 2025
  • Donald Trump
    Politics‘There’s this fake narrative that the Democrats talk about, affordability’: Trump keeps dismissing cost of living as his party struggles to hold seats
    By Meg Kinnard, Joey Cappelletti and The Associated PressDecember 4, 2025
Trump
EconomyTrump plans $12 billion bailout for farmers who saw livelihoods vanish along with China’s missing soybean imports
By Seung Min Kim, Josh Funk, Didi Tang and The Associated PressDecember 8, 2025
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EconomyThe U.S. has over 900 billionaires and their wealth soared by 18% to $6.9 trillion this year, UBS says
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 8, 2025
What’s the top concern among billionaires? Not a financial crash or debt crisis. It’s tariffs—and only 1% have no worries about the market
EconomyWhat’s the top concern among billionaires? Not a financial crash or debt crisis. It’s tariffs—and only 1% have no worries about the market
By Jason MaDecember 8, 2025
China
EconomyChina makes history with $1 trillion trade surplus for first time ever
By Chan Ho-Him and The Associated PressDecember 8, 2025
Trump
EconomyTrump hails Netflix’s Sarandos as ‘fantastic man’ but casts mega-merger in doubt ‘There’s no question about it. It could be a problem’
By Darlene Superville and The Associated PressDecember 8, 2025
  • Jerome Powell
    CommentaryFed officials like the mystique of being seen as financial technocrats, but it’s time to demystify the central bank
    By Alexander William SalterDecember 4, 2025
Jerome Powell
EconomyStocks: Everything is on hold until the Fed delivers that rate cut on Wednesday
By Jim EdwardsDecember 8, 2025
Macron warns EU may hit China with tariffs over trade surplus
EconomyMacron warns EU may hit China with tariffs over trade surplus
By James Regan and BloombergDecember 7, 2025
U.S. trade chief says China has complied with terms of trade deals
EconomyU.S. trade chief says China has complied with terms of trade deals
By Hadriana Lowenkron and BloombergDecember 7, 2025
Jerome Powell faces a credibility issue as he tries to satisfy hawks and doves at the most divided Fed in recent memory
EconomyJerome Powell faces a credibility issue as he tries to satisfy hawks and doves at the most divided Fed in recent memory
By Jason MaDecember 7, 2025
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Europe has a ‘real problem’
EconomyJPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Europe has a ‘real problem’
By Katherine Chiglinsky and BloombergDecember 6, 2025
  • Bastian
    PoliticsDelta took $200 million hit from longest government shutdown in history, filings reveal
    By Rio Yamat and The Associated PressDecember 4, 2025
The most likely solution to the U.S. debt crisis is severe austerity triggered by a fiscal calamity, former White House economic adviser says
EconomyThe most likely solution to the U.S. debt crisis is severe austerity triggered by a fiscal calamity, former White House economic adviser says
By Jason MaDecember 6, 2025
Trump
PoliticsTrump finally meets Claudia Sheinbaum face to face at the FIFA World Cup draw
By Will Weissert and The Associated PressDecember 6, 2025
U.S. consumers are so financially strained they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Black Friday and Cyber Monday
RetailU.S. consumers are so financially strained they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Black Friday and Cyber Monday
By Jeena Sharma and Retail BrewDecember 5, 2025
Schumer
Politics‘This is a bad idea made worse’: Senate Dems’ plan to fix Obamacare premiums adds nearly $300 billion to deficit, CRFB says
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 5, 2025
Trump calls affordability a ‘Democrat scam’ and ‘con job’—but nearly three-quarters of his voters think cost of living is bad or the worst ever
EconomyTrump calls affordability a ‘Democrat scam’ and ‘con job’—but nearly three-quarters of his voters think cost of living is bad or the worst ever
By Jason MaDecember 5, 2025
Construction workers are getting a salary bump for working on data center projects during the AI boom.
AIConstruction workers are earning up to 30% more and some are nabbing six-figure salaries in the data center boom
By Nino PaoliDecember 5, 2025
Young family stressed over finances
SuccessPeople making six-figure salaries used to be considered rich—now households earning nearly $200K a year aren’t considered upper-class in some states
By Emma BurleighDecember 5, 2025
Ray Dalio attends the Fortune Global Forum Riyadh 2025 on October 27, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
EconomyRay Dalio says ‘a little bit of everything’ is needed to prevent a debt crisis—but it won’t happen anyway
By Eleanor PringleDecember 5, 2025
Scott Bessent speaks with Andrew Ross Roskin at Dealbook Summit
LawTreasury Secretary Bessent insists Trump’s tariff agenda is ‘permanent,’ saying the White House can re-create it even with a Supreme Court loss
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 5, 2025
Trump
Politics‘We fixed inflation, and we fixed almost everything’: Trump travels to Pennsylvania to talk affordability while denying it’s a problem
By Josh Boak and The Associated PressDecember 4, 2025
Bear
RetailBuild-A-Bear stock falls 15% as it reveals the real hit from tariffs, at last
By Michelle Chapman and The Associated PressDecember 4, 2025
Gen Z
EconomyAmerica, meet your alienated youth: ‘Gold standard’ Harvard survey reveals Gen Z’s anxiety and distrust, defined by economic insecurity
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 4, 2025
The outside of a Dollar General store, at night
RetailDollar Tree says the majority of its new customers earn at least $100,000 a year
By Dave SmithDecember 4, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, in front of a brick building, smiles as he holds a press conference.
Real Estate‘There is no Mamdani effect’: Manhattan luxury home sales surge after mayoral election, undercutting predictions of doom and escape to Florida
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 4, 2025
Hassett, Bessent
EconomyTariffs and the $38 trillion national debt: Kevin Hassett sees ’big reductions’ in deficit while Scott Bessent sees a ‘shrinking ice cube’
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 4, 2025
Hassett
BankingMarket doubts Hassett can deliver at Fed, PGIM’s Peters says
By Ruth Carson and BloombergDecember 4, 2025
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the Hoover Institution's George P. Shultz Memorial Lecture Series in Stanford, California, US, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025.
EconomyFor Wall Street, pandemic-level bad news for jobs is good news for stocks—it pushes the Fed further into cutting territory
By Eleanor PringleDecember 4, 2025
Traders Michael Urkonis, left, and Fred Demarco work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025.
InvestingWall Street drifts while Dollar General and Spam sales jump in a market hungry for affordability
By Stan Choe and The Associated PressDecember 4, 2025
Factory worker on assembly line.
SuccessNearly 4 million new manufacturing jobs are coming to America as boomers retire—but it’s the one trade job Gen Z doesn’t want
By Emma BurleighDecember 4, 2025
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When interest on national debt overtook military spending, it triggered a limit where the U.S. may ‘cease to be a great power,’ warns Hoover historianplaceholder alt text
By Eleanor PringleApril 23, 2026
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By Mead Gruver, Dorany Pineda and The Associated PressApril 22, 2026
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