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Jeff Bezos wants the bottom half of earners to pay zero income tax—he says nurses making just $75K should save $12K a year

Billionaire Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, says the bottom 50% of Americans should pay no federal income tax—and he plans to pitch the idea to President Trump.

By Preston ForeMay 21, 2026
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Current price of Bitcoin for May 21, 2026
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Current price of oil as of May 21, 2026
By Joseph HostetlerMay 21, 2026
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Your ‘flexible hot girl summer’ is going to cost you
By Catherina GioinoMay 21, 2026
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The U.S. freight network is broken by design. One merger could start fixing it
By Brigham A. McCownMay 21, 2026
Europe is considering price caps to control inflation. CEOs are shaking their heads in despair
Europe is considering price caps to control inflation. CEOs are shaking their heads in despair
By Kamal AhmedMay 21, 2026
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Anu Madgavkar, a partner at the McKinsey Global Institute
AIMcKinsey partner says up to 50% of work hours could be transformed within the next 5 years
By Emma BurleighMay 21, 2026
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By Christina SnyderMay 21, 2026
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SuccessMacKenzie Scott gave away more than $7 billion last year—but her secretive style got her snubbed from a top donors list
By Sydney LakeMay 21, 2026
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By Joseph HostetlerMay 21, 2026
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AIAllbirds’ 600% stock surge says a lot about how ‘AI washing’ became the new ‘greenwashing’
By Suvrat Dhanorkar and The ConversationMay 21, 2026
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Personal FinanceCurrent price of gold as of May 21, 2026
By Danny BakstMay 21, 2026
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Personal FinanceTop CD rates from major banks on May 21, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and more
By Joseph HostetlerMay 21, 2026
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EconomyTrump’s short-term aid ‘during this little transition’ turns into an automaker rebate running through 2030
By Josh Boak and The Associated PressOctober 18, 2025
  • Photo: Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, during the Federal Reserve Board Community Bank Conference in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. The conference focuses on key issues facing the community bank sector. Photographer: Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images
    EconomyGlobal markets tumble as Beijing imposes new ban on U.S. shipping. Bessent vows China ‘will be hurt the most’ if it doesn’t surrender
    By Jim EdwardsOctober 14, 2025
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Economy‘These are people who are in this country doing hard work that many Americans don’t want to do’: Farmers, schools reel from Trump immigration crackdown
By Paul Wiseman, Gisela Salomon and The Associated PressOctober 18, 2025
Stephen Moore looking worried, his hands clasped as if in prayer
EconomyEven the author of ‘Trumponomics’ admits ‘tariffs are taxes—and taxes are bad’
By Eva RoytburgOctober 18, 2025
Little India
CommentaryFrom Iselin to India: What we learned about tariffs, trade and trust
By Angela Chitkara and Matthew ReesOctober 18, 2025
board
CommentaryDo you have a blind spot in the boardroom?
By Anahita Thoms and Reagan DemasOctober 18, 2025
President Donald Trump looks on during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House on October 15, 2025 in Washington, DC.
EconomyS&P analysis of 9,000 companies worldwide finds the real cost of tariffs and other corporate costs: $1.2 trillion
By Nino PaoliOctober 18, 2025
  • Wilbur Ross, U.S. commerce secretary, listens as U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, March 23, 2018.
    Economy‘Rare earths are a very useful weapon for China’: Former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on the big economic danger
    By Eva RoytburgOctober 13, 2025
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EconomyU.S. auto delinquencies have jumped 50% from 15 years ago
By Miguel Ambriz, Keith Naughton and BloombergOctober 17, 2025
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InvestingRattled Wall Street on alert after trillion-dollar risk runup
By Denitsa Tsekova, Isabelle Lee and BloombergOctober 17, 2025
Richard Nixon stands behind a podium, one finger waving in the air as he speaks.
EconomyGoldman Sachs says the demand for gold is not just hype, and predicts the U.S. could still see a repeat of a Nixon-era spike
By Sasha RogelbergOctober 17, 2025
Doug Ford
North AmericaAfter Stellantis dumps Canada for $13 billion move to U.S., Ontario premier urges fight back against ‘real piece of work’ Trump
By Rob Gillies and The Associated PressOctober 16, 2025
Drive Talent Investments with Strategic Workforce Planning. A female job-seeker answering questions during a job interview with a human resource manager in a business office.
Workplace CultureYes, you can still ask for a raise in an ugly job market—experts reveal when (and how) to do it
By Cathy Bussewitz and The Associated PressOctober 16, 2025
  • NYSE broker
    InvestingTop analyst warns that ‘larger than expected correction is likely’ if Trump and China don’t kiss and make up
    By Nick LichtenbergOctober 13, 2025
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EconomyGen Z is snubbing college as a dismal job market and sky-high tuition forces them to weigh ROI: ‘No schools are immune’
By Collin Binkley and The Associated PressOctober 16, 2025
Logo of Swiss food giant Nestle on the facade of its headquarters ahead of the company's third-quarter results announcement, in Vevey, western Switzerland, on October 14, 2025.
C-SuiteNestlé is laying off over 16,000 employees under its new CEO—and says a key motivator is ‘automation’
By Nino PaoliOctober 16, 2025
Worker happy getting news on phone
SuccessMark Cuban called for workers to get a slice of their employers’ $33 trillion success—now, Samsung is awarding shares to staff for the first time
By Jessica Coacci and Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 16, 2025
Trump, Milei
EconomyScott Bessent working on another $20 billion of Argentina financing with private banks, sovereign funds, ‘more focused on the debt market’
By Fatima Hussein, Andrea Vulcano and The Associated PressOctober 16, 2025
Europe’s defence wake-up call: why innovation can’t wait
CommentaryEurope’s defence wake-up call: why innovation can’t wait
By Alex FerraraOctober 16, 2025
work
EconomyGen Z’s misery is real: Most workers in this economy lack a voice and are stuck in low-quality jobs, a massive Gates-backed study finds
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 16, 2025
Middle class
CommentaryThe next big corporate risk isn’t AI—it’s antitrust
By Katica RoyOctober 15, 2025
social security
EconomyTens of millions on Social Security go without cost-of-living adjustment due to government shutdown
By Fatima Hussein and The Associated PressOctober 15, 2025
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025.
EconomyPowell says exactly what Wall Street wants to hear as Trump provokes soybean battle with China
By Eleanor PringleOctober 15, 2025
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
Economy‘It was the internet then, it is AI now’: IMF upgrades U.S. growth outlook but sees ‘echoes’ of late ’90s dot-com boom
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressOctober 14, 2025
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025.
EconomyPowell just gave his strongest hint yet that rate cuts are coming, and investors are jubilant: ‘Stage is set for parabolic Q4’
By Eva RoytburgOctober 14, 2025
Best Buy’s CEO says growing spending power gap between affluent and poor ‘keeps me up at night’
ConferencesBest Buy’s CEO says growing spending power gap between affluent and poor ‘keeps me up at night’
By Phil WahbaOctober 14, 2025
From Doritos to Pop-Tarts, Big Food’s $67 billion obsession is protein-packed everything: ‘It’s going to keep coming’
HealthFrom Doritos to Pop-Tarts, Big Food’s $67 billion obsession is protein-packed everything: ‘It’s going to keep coming’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 14, 2025
Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford speaks at MPW
ConferencesBeth Ford says ‘we need more legal immigration’ to help American farmers because a lack of labor could trigger a ‘black swan event’
By Dave SmithOctober 14, 2025
Wealthy man stressed out
SuccessEven workers earning more than $500,000 annually are living paycheck to paycheck—thanks to ‘lifestyle inflation,’ they’re continuing to splurge money they don’t have
By Emma BurleighOctober 14, 2025
Jerome Powell
EconomyGoldman economists on the Gen Z hiring nightmare: ‘Jobless growth’ is probably the new normal
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 14, 2025
Jamie Dimon
BankingJPMorgan beats expectations with strong earnings as Jamie Dimon says the U.S. economy ‘generally remained resilient’
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 14, 2025
General Motors
EnergyGeneral Motors sees $1.6 billion hit from expiry of EV tax incentives, emissions rules relaxation
By Michelle Chapman and The Associated PressOctober 14, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a meeting with Finland President Alexander Stubb in the Oval Office at the the White House White House on October 09, 2025 in Washington, DC
EconomyAmerica is ‘going broke slowly’ says J.P. Morgan, as national debt balloons and tariff revenue looks shaky
By Eleanor PringleOctober 14, 2025
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