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MacKenzie Scott alone accounted for one-third of America's $19.2 billion in megagifts last year

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MacKenzie Scott alone accounted for one-third of America's $19.2 billion in megagifts last year

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Travis Kelce joined an activist group pushing Six Flags to consider a sale. The ‘Final Destination’–style death of a patron poured gas on the fire

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Despite his $200 million success, Matthew McConaughey spent a weekend in the desert reading 20 years of bad reviews—he says some of them had ‘a point’
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As Social Security races toward insolvency, retirees are getting their biggest COLA boost in 4 years
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It’s not just billionaires fleeing Britain—fed up with grey skies, crumbling healthcare and the tax bill, a record 69,300 workers have left the U.K.
It’s not just billionaires fleeing Britain—fed up with grey skies, crumbling healthcare and the tax bill, a record 69,300 workers have left the U.K.
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 15, 2026
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Wall Street’s earnings split: Goldman’s $18.7 billion blowout quarter—and why JPMorgan and BofA fell short
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Gen Z is open minded about blue-collar work and the Fords of the economy need them — but both sides are missing each other
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Gen Z is open minded about blue-collar work and the Fords of the economy need them — but both sides are missing each other
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    America’s $38 trillion national debt ‘exacerbates generational imbalances’ with Gen Z and millennials paying the price, warns think tank
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‘This year is just not a jewelry Christmas’: Meet a 64-year-old small businesswoman who’s seen her Main Street decline for the last decade
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The bulls are too bullish: Bank of America warns 200-plus fund managers just triggered a contrarian ‘sell’ signal
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Sneaking unemployment rate means the U.S. economy is inching closer to a key recession indicator, says Moody’s
By Eleanor PringleDecember 19, 2025
Southeast Asian economies prove resilient in the face of Trump’s tariffs as supply chains expand
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Southeast Asian economies prove resilient in the face of Trump’s tariffs as supply chains expand
By Angelica AngDecember 19, 2025
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Trump was wrong about tariffs funding the ‘Warrior Dividend’ of $1,776—troops were already set to get the money
By Josh Boak, Michelle L. Price and The Associated PressDecember 18, 2025
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    80% of American Christmas trees are fake. They’re also tariffed
    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated PressDecember 16, 2025
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‘This is a wacky number’: economists cry foul as new government data assumes zero housing inflation in surprising November drop
By Eva RoytburgDecember 18, 2025
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Trump says $1,776 ‘warrior dividends’ were made possible partly by tariff revenue, which still lags $100 billion behind what the White House expected
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 18, 2025
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State Department announces massive $10 billion arms sale to Taiwan, infuriating China
By Matthew Lee, Simina Mistreanu and The Associated PressDecember 18, 2025
Top AI defense CEO sees China planning for a ‘very protracted conflict’ and the U.S. running out of weapons in 7 days
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Top AI defense CEO sees China planning for a ‘very protracted conflict’ and the U.S. running out of weapons in 7 days
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 18, 2025
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Inflation hits 2.7% in November, still above Fed’s 2% target but less than economists expected
By Paul Wiseman, Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressDecember 18, 2025
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    China slashes EU pork tariffs to 19.8% from 62.4%
    By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated PressDecember 16, 2025
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Our data shows that companies of 500 and fewer workers mostly avoided the AI layoffs. They’re making AI work for them
By Gabby BurlacuDecember 18, 2025
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North Korea stole a record amount of crypto—again: report estimates  its hackers’ 2025 haul at $2 billion
By Carlos GarciaDecember 18, 2025
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The American voter is angry about one thing above all and Trump’s tariffs are in the crossfire, Goldman’s chief political economist says
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 18, 2025
Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi says Gen Z is struggling with credit card debt as balances are at an all-time high.
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Intuit CEO says Gen Z is staving off recession by putting it on plastic: ‘Credit card balances are up 36-37%, but they still have jobs’
By Nino PaoliDecember 18, 2025
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We ‘don’t have enough manpower’ for the delivery boom, says Singapore-based robotics founder
By Angelica AngDecember 18, 2025
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After Trump used prime-time speech to deny economic reality, his aides reassured him he did great
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Mamdani gets 74,000 resumes in sign of New York City’s job-market misery
By Georgia Hall and BloombergDecember 17, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with top business leaders in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on December 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. During the roundtable, Trump addressed questions on the Federal Reserve’s latest decision to cut interest rates and reports that the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, among other topics.
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A U.S. oil blockade on Venezuela could ‘devastate’ its economy and further pressure Maduro. But how far is Trump willing to take it?
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Tariffs take a bite out of mom-and-pop stores as small business profit growth turns negative for first time in 18 months, BofA says
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 17, 2025
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The Trump administration says it could go after Spotify if Europe doesn’t back off American tech companies
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The $38 trillion national debt is to blame for over $1 trillion in annual interest payments from here on out, CRFB says
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A week after telling Americans their kids may get fewer dolls and pencils because of tariffs, Trump vows ‘THE BEST IS YET TO COME’
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Red flags in U.S. data will justify ‘insurance’ interest rate cuts from the Fed next year, says UBS
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Prices at the gas pump are the lowest since the pandemic and still falling—just in time for record-high holiday travel
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Economy
The labor market’s holiday present for America: the highest unemployment in 4 years. It might be ‘noisy’ but the jobs just aren’t there
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As Americans continue to feel the pain from tariffs and inflation, Lidl launches holiday meal deal for less than $4 per person
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Government belatedly reveals loss of 105,000 jobs in October as full DOGE cutbacks come into view
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Economy
Unemployment hits 4-year high as frozen jobs data shows recession risks getting ‘uncomfortably high,’ top economist Mark Zandi says
By Eva RoytburgDecember 16, 2025
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