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Investing

Home Depot CEO says with the housing market stalemate, ‘our customers are telling us that they’re not investing’

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February 25, 2026
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Economy

A two-child household must earn $400,000 a year for childcare to be affordable, study says. ‘It’s easy to see why birth rates are falling’

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February 22, 2026
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Energy

Voter fury and the American energy ‘paradox’: Higher utility bills, record oil and gas production—and 45% of the world’s data centers

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February 20, 2026
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Arts & Entertainment

Mark Cuban slams the NBA for focusing on tanking and ignoring the real issue for fans: ‘It should worry more about pricing fans out of games’

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February 18, 2026
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Politics

Politicians scramble on data centers after putting their voters on the hook for Big Tech’s job-killing AI efforts

By Marc Levy and The Associated Press
February 13, 2026
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Economy

Trump’s tariffs cancel out what he claims is ‘the largest tax cut in American history’: The average person will lose $300 even after refunds

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February 12, 2026
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Politics

People really did have a kind of millennial optimism in 2016, Gallup finds, as hopes for the future fade

By Linley Sanders and The Associated Press
February 10, 2026
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Commentary

The economy isn’t K-shaped. For 87 million, people, it’s desperate and for another 46 million it’s elite

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February 10, 2026
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North America

Classrooms close as San Francisco teachers launch first public school strike in nearly 50 years

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February 9, 2026
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Economy

Top analyst: Trump’s economy marked by ‘soggy consumption, weak job gains and a sour public mood’

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February 9, 2026
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Commentary

America marks its 250th birthday with a fading dream—the first time that younger generations will make less than their parents

By Mark Robert Rank and The Conversation
February 8, 2026
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Politics

As Republicans slash $1 trillion out of Medicaid, Democrats see ‘a banger of an issue’ to campaign on

By Ali Swenson, Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
February 7, 2026
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos argues its Warner Bros. deal won’t hurt consumers. If so, they can cancel with one click
Big Tech

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos argues its Warner Bros. deal won’t hurt consumers. If so, they can cancel with one click

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February 6, 2026
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Personal Finance

Americans are so broke and housing is so expensive that ‘rent now, pay later’ is on the rise

By Ken Sweet, Cora Lewis and The Associated Press
February 4, 2026
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Commentary

While elites debate geopolitics, Americans are rethinking college in the search for economic mobility

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February 3, 2026

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