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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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Santa is coming to Wall Street early this season, and analysts say 2026 is shaping up to be another big year of gains
InvestingSanta is coming to Wall Street early this season, and analysts say 2026 is shaping up to be another big year of gains
By Jason MaNovember 29, 2025
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    EconomyWhy is Black female unemployment soaring? Experts gather in Boston to discuss 7.5% unemployment rate
    By Matt Brown and The Associated PressNovember 25, 2025
Wall Street strategist explains today’s political rage with a poverty line that should be $140,000 and the ‘Valley of Death’ trapping people below it
EconomyWall Street strategist explains today’s political rage with a poverty line that should be $140,000 and the ‘Valley of Death’ trapping people below it
By Jason MaNovember 29, 2025
McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski said earlier the fast-food chain's combo meals were too expensive for its customers.
C-SuiteMcDonald’s promoted its new $8 nugget combo meal, then got blasted online with complaints about affordability, quality and service
By Nino PaoliNovember 29, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy
PoliticsAfter lengthy delay, Trump administration releases $3.6 billion of funding for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
By Susan Haigh and The Associated PressNovember 29, 2025
Black Friday
Economy‘The economy is bad, but you still have to celebrate’: Black Friday shoppers attack stores with a vengeance, some sipping champagne
By Anne D'Innocenzio, Cathy Bussewitz, Stephen Smith and The Associated PressNovember 29, 2025
President Donald Trump listens as first lady Melania Trump speaks at a signing ceremony for the "Fostering the Future" executive order in the East Room of the White House on November 13, 2025 in Washington, DC.
EconomyNational debt crisis will be averted by governments ‘mobilizing and encouraging’ private wealth to fill budget holes, says UBS
By Eleanor PringleNovember 29, 2025
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    EconomyGovernment shutdown sends consumer confidence plunging to April ‘liberation day’ levels
    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressNovember 25, 2025
Photo of Jim Farley
EconomyFord workers told their CEO ‘none of the young people want to work here.’ So Jim Farley took a page out of the founder’s playbook
By Sasha RogelbergNovember 28, 2025
Narendra Modi wearing a blue vest
EconomyIndia growth beats all estimates as factories defy Trump tariffs
By Anup Roy, Shruti Srivastava and BloombergNovember 28, 2025
Shoppers in a Target on Black Friday
RetailShoppers are underwhelmed by deals and crowds on Black Friday
By Jaewon Kang and BloombergNovember 28, 2025
Women shopping
RetailBlack Friday faces its ultimate test as desperate retailers and low consumer confidence collide in a high-stakes holiday standoff
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressNovember 28, 2025
Dr. Z. John Zhang is the Tsai-Wan Tsai Professor and Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School
CommentaryThe finger arithmetic of free vs. fair trade
By Z. John ZhangNovember 28, 2025
  • Nouriel Roubini, chief executive officer of Roubini Macro Associates Inc., during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Qatar Economic Forum (QEF) in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday, May 24, 2023.
    Economy‘Dr. Doom’ Nouriel Roubini breaks with the crowd on the AI bubble, saying the U.S. is headed for a ‘growth recession’ and not a market crash
    By Eva Roytburg and Nick LichtenbergNovember 25, 2025
This ‘boring’ job that millennials and boomers abandoned is the hottest seasonal job on the market—and it’s Gen Z’s path to a six-figure career
SuccessThis ‘boring’ job that millennials and boomers abandoned is the hottest seasonal job on the market—and it’s Gen Z’s path to a six-figure career
By Orianna Rosa RoyleNovember 28, 2025
Warren Buffett in front of a sky blue background
InvestingRead Warren Buffett’s annual Thanksgiving letter for 2025—his final one to shareholders
By Dave SmithNovember 27, 2025
blind spot
CommentaryWhy Congress’ refusal to act on freight since 1993 is costing taxpayers over $40 billion a year
By Michael F. GormanNovember 27, 2025
K-shaped economy and ‘collective holding of breath’ about the AI bubble both appear in Fed’s temperature check
EconomyK-shaped economy and ‘collective holding of breath’ about the AI bubble both appear in Fed’s temperature check
By Eva RoytburgNovember 27, 2025
Photo of Jerome Powell
EconomyThe labor market feels so awful right now because companies are doing everything bar announcing mass layoffs, says the Fed
By Eleanor PringleNovember 27, 2025
Photo: U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., the United States, Oct. 29, 2025. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday decided to lower the target range for the federal funds interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.75 to 4 percent, marking its second rate cut this year.
Economy‘Weaker job growth and lower inflation’: It’s all lining up perfectly for a Fed cut in December
By Jim EdwardsNovember 27, 2025
Sam Altman smiles against a pink background
AIMIT report: AI can already replace nearly 12% of the U.S. workforce
By Dave SmithNovember 27, 2025
Despite some green shoots, the new CEO of Kohl’s faces a tough slog to win back its AWOL shoppers
RetailDespite some green shoots, the new CEO of Kohl’s faces a tough slog to win back its AWOL shoppers
By Phil WahbaNovember 27, 2025
jobless
Economy‘Low-hire, low-fire’ economy grinds on as lower-than-expected jobless claims suggests layoffs aren’t spiking
By Christopher Rugaber, Nick Lichtenberg and The Associated PressNovember 26, 2025
Trump sits in a chair in the Oval Office, speaking while gesturing with both hands.
CryptoNobel laureate Paul Krugman says Bitcoin’s meltdown is deeply connected to Trump’s waning power: ‘Think of it as the unraveling of the Trump trade’
By Sasha RogelbergNovember 26, 2025
layoffs
EconomyThese Fortune 500 companies are laying off thousands of workers and fueling economic anxiety
By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressNovember 26, 2025
Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, appears to be the frontrunner to serve as the next Fed chair.
EconomyLongtime Trump advisor Kevin Hassett emerges as favorite for Fed chair, Bloomberg reports
By Nino PaoliNovember 26, 2025
tariffs
Economy‘It wasn’t worth the $10 tariff for a $27 purchase’: American shoppers find maybe they just won’t buy that small thing from Canada or England this year
By Mae Anderson and The Associated PressNovember 26, 2025
Canada, India
EconomyCanada cozies up to India for trade deal after years of strain as Trump continues pushing the world into new alliances
By Rob Gillies and The Associated PressNovember 26, 2025
United States Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent (L) and Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States Jerome Powell (R).
EconomyScott Bessent wants the era of Fed-watching to end: They should ‘move back into the background’ and make fewer speeches, he says
By Eleanor PringleNovember 26, 2025
How AI can power Europe’s next industrial revolution
CommentaryHow AI can power Europe’s next industrial revolution
By Dave McCannNovember 26, 2025
Black Friday
EconomyU.S. consumers dial back in sign of anxiety heading Into holidays
By Molly Smith, Julia Fanzeres and BloombergNovember 25, 2025
Witkoff
PoliticsWitkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plan to Trump
By BloombergNovember 25, 2025
RealPage, a rent pricing software, helps landlords charge the highest possible rent by accessing confidential data, critics argue.
Real EstateDeal emerges from antitrust lawsuit that alleged landlords used pricing software for ‘algorithmic collusion’ to drive up rent
By R.J. Rico and The Associated PressNovember 25, 2025
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