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As Big Tech showers employees with perks to win the talent war, Nvidia built a nearly $5 trillion company by making people pay for their own lunch

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As Big Tech showers employees with perks to win the talent war, Nvidia built a nearly $5 trillion company by making people pay for their own lunch

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AI’s $2.2 trillion deficit fix is already half fake, economists say

A new Brookings/Fed paper finds AI productivity could meaningfully shrink the U.S. deficit — until you count the side effects, which could erase more than half the savings before Washington even cashes the check.

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Michael Burry just shorted Caterpillar’s 172% AI rally. One analyst says his bet won’t even matter
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Trump fights fraud by freezing funding for New York’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
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Anthropic’s Fable model is back. But U.S. AI policy is still a mess
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By Fatima Hussein and The Associated PressJuly 2, 2026
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Trump trots out the C-word — communism — not getting the memo that capitalism has been largely discredited with Gen Z
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California bans ‘sell by’ labels to curb food waste and emissions
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Driving less, canceling vacations, and tightening budgets: All the ways Americans are coping with soaring gas prices
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    AI could solve America’s $39 trillion debt crisis—but only if Washington abandons displaced workers, Yale Budget Lab warns
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‘Close to zero’: Schools are spending tens of millions banning phones from classrooms, but test scores aren’t improving
By Jake AngeloMay 8, 2026
Iran may have a higher tolerance for economic pain—but the pain is excruciating as regime reveals 100% inflation in just days on some items
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Iran may have a higher tolerance for economic pain—but the pain is excruciating as regime reveals 100% inflation in just days on some items
By Jason MaMay 8, 2026
Ray Dalio: the ‘heart attack’ of America’s debt crisis is just the beginning of a ‘great turbulence’ that will reshape the country
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Ray Dalio: the ‘heart attack’ of America’s debt crisis is just the beginning of a ‘great turbulence’ that will reshape the country
By Nick LichtenbergMay 8, 2026
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The job market is healing for everyone—except in the office
By Eva RoytburgMay 8, 2026
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U.S. economy surprises with 115,000 new jobs created in April
By Paul Wiseman and The Associated PressMay 8, 2026
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New York is going to tax the wealthy’s second homes, but not tax wealth itself
By Anthony Izaguirre and The Associated PressMay 8, 2026
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Economy
Wall Street piles into ‘NACHO’ bet on looming oil shortages in June
By Jim EdwardsMay 8, 2026
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Whirlpool has a word for what the Iran War is doing to its industry: recession
By Nick LichtenbergMay 8, 2026
The $39 trillion debt is set to surpass its postwar peak—and the math says Washington can’t simply cut its way out
Economy
The $39 trillion debt is set to surpass its postwar peak—and the math says Washington can’t simply cut its way out
By Nick LichtenbergMay 8, 2026
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Ford CEO says his Gen Z son is choosing hands-on work: ‘He feels like that’s more fulfilling than doing summer school at some fancy college’
By Nick LichtenbergMay 7, 2026
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North America
California farmers must destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte closes its canneries and cancels more than $550 million in long-term contracts
By Sasha RogelbergMay 7, 2026
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Trump admits World Cup tickets are too expensive—days after Infantino insisted they were ‘market rate’ for America
By Nick LichtenbergMay 7, 2026
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Economy
Americans owe $1.68 trillion on car loans — more than credit card debt and as much as all federal student loans
By Tristan BoveMay 7, 2026
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The AI job apocalypse is ‘unhelpful marketing, bad economics and worse history,’ a16z says
By Nick LichtenbergMay 7, 2026
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Economy
Two Americas, one drive-thru: Welcome to fast food’s contradictory, split-screen economy
By Nick LichtenbergMay 7, 2026
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Retail
McDonald’s posts better-than-expected first quarter sales. But higher gas prices threaten demand
By The Associated Press and Dee-Ann DurbinMay 7, 2026
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Politics
Surging gas prices, auto-crushing tariffs and ominous special elections: GOP sees Michigan slipping away
By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated PressMay 7, 2026
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Republicans fear the midterms, but Trump is still enacting retribution on anyone who strays from MAGA path
By Thomas Beaumont, Bill Barrow and The Associated PressMay 7, 2026
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Iran War forces DoorDash to shell out $50 million to help struggling delivery drivers
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Auto-enrollment in Medicare Advantage isn’t a nudge. It’s a trap
By Brian KeyserMay 7, 2026
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Economy
U.S. Treasury will have to borrow $2 trillion this year just to continue functioning—more than $166 billion every month
By Eleanor PringleMay 7, 2026
Wall Street has decided the war is already over as stocks rally globally on peace talk progress
Politics
Wall Street has decided the war is already over as stocks rally globally on peace talk progress
By Jim EdwardsMay 7, 2026
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I litigated the JetBlue-Spirit merger. A few thoughts on the future of antitrust in the airline industry
By James "Jimmy" MooreMay 7, 2026
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Energy
Cargo ship crews face attacks waiting the Gulf as Trump pauses two-day-old project to ‘guide’ ships
By Mae Anderson, David McHugh and The Associated PressMay 6, 2026
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Iran War is hitting low-income Americans the hardest at the gas pump, New York Fed says
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressMay 6, 2026
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It’s always happy hour at the airport bar, but Ryanair’s CEO is calling for a crackdown on 6am tipples: ‘Who needs to be drinking beer at that time?’
By Tristan BoveMay 6, 2026
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