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North AmericaU.S. births dropped last year, offsetting 2024’s increase and dashing hopes for an upward trend
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PoliticsTrump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after bipartisan backlash. The White House initially defended it, then blamed a staffer
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InvestingDow soars by 1,200 points to top 50,000 for the first time as chipmakers and airlines lead ferocious stock market rebound
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AIAnthropic’s newest model excels at finding security vulnerabilities—but raises fresh cybersecurity risks
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RetailKalshi gave away $50 in free groceries for 3 hours in New York City. A line 4 blocks long full of students and people on food stamps formed
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SuccessIn 250 years, the economy has gone from agrarian to industrial to service to experience. Now the transformation economy is here
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EconomyIndonesia’s Danantara bets a new $6 billion SOE can save a textile industry from Trump tariffs and foreign competition
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Economy‘The Chinese have invaded us in terms of merchandise’: Mexico and Argentina lead Latin America’s struggles with flood of imports
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C-SuiteMeet Walmart’s new CEO, John Furner: Once an hourly worker, today he takes charge of the top company in the Fortune 500
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North AmericaMexico’s ban on vapes could give drug cartels more revenue — ‘those selling cocaine, fentanyl, marijuana are selling you vapes’
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Big TechFive years after the short squeeze, GameStop’s CEO is betting on a ‘genius or totally foolish’ $100 billion-plus acquisition
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Workplace Culture‘What do you think is going on with the stock price?’: Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol says baristas’ market savvy makes him proud
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Workplace CultureWalmart doubles down on health, promoting 3,000 pharmacy workers and upping earning potential—with no college degree required
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RetailHow stroopwafels and saffron tiramisu fit into Starbucks’ plan to get to 40,000 stores around the world
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Big TechAmazon is closing its futuristic Go and Fresh stores—showing logistics and tech aren’t enough to make old-school retail work
By Phil WahbaJanuary 29, 2026
North America50-year tradition of Southwest Airlines letting you choose your own seat comes to an end
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SuccessAfter 40 years of climbing the ladder, Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon is retiring—his top tip for Gen Z is that ‘life is too short’ to hate their jobs
By Emma BurleighJanuary 26, 2026
RetailTarget faces new backlash amid Minnesota ICE raids after boycotts over its DEI rollback. But don’t blame politics for falling profits, analyst says
By Jacqueline MunisJanuary 23, 2026
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SuccessWalmart CEO started his career unloading trailers at the warehouse. He says he got promotion after promotion by raising his hand when his boss was out
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJanuary 23, 2026
EuropeA Danish app that helps consumers boycott U.S. products increased users by 1,400% as Trump resurrected the Greenland issue at Davos
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BankingNathan’s Famous goes from 5-cent hot dog stand in Coney Island to $450 million acquisition by Smithfield Foods over 100 years later
By Matt Ott and The Associated PressJanuary 21, 2026
Economy6 months later, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sings a different tune on tariffs, saying the pain of higher prices is coming soon in 2026
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