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Plus, the Fed holds interest rates steady.

It's open enrollment season, gang! If you're anything like producer Emma, choosing your healthcare plan and benefits might make your head spin. Good news: Jill and Mark are breaking down everything you need to know when choosing a plan.

Plus, Trump’s tariff exposes just how badly American industry needs Canadian aluminum.

Regulator demands companies explain how and why they charge different prices for the same product or service The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is demanding some of the US’s biggest airlines, ride-share companies and retailers divulge how they are using algorithms and loyalty programs to target customers and drivers with different prices and wages. Nine companies – Delta, United, JetBlue, Lyft, Uber, DoorDash, Instacart, Target and Walmart – were named in the inquiry, which comes after investigations and lawsuits alleging consumers are charged different prices based on their buying histories and drivers paid different fares based on their personal histories. Continue reading...

The ex-presidential candidate tells Democrats to prosecute corruption and bring real change for the working class A corporate plutocracy. A broken healthcare system. Massive and widening inequality. Cash-soaked elections. Angry people struggling to pay their bills and disgusted with lawmakers in Washington DC . Nearly everything that pushed famed consumer-rights advocate Ralph Nader to launch the 2000 presidential run that made him a political pariah in Washington is front and center as the US gears up for the 2026 midterm elections. But this time, things are much, much worse. Continue reading...

LuxExperience sacrificed casual buyers looking for deals to target shoppers who spend tens of thousands of dollars on clothes.

Volkswagen has posted a $6.5 billion after-tax loss for the July-September quarter

Properties where someone has died in tragic circumstances can have big reductions in price.

The Korean automaker is struggling with slowing sales, higher raw-material prices and intensifying competition from Chinese rivals.

The recent updates to Google Maps and Apple’s Maps use artificial (and human) intelligence for better navigation, planning and travel guides.

Learning about money is becoming a growing part of the high school curriculum.

American auto companies say they are paying more for key components like computer chips, steel and copper — plus the fuel needed to transport their products.

The cruise promised a lifetime of sailing, for less than what it cost to live on land. But it was underfunded and couldn’t absorb the rising cost of fuel.

Sanrio ends association with TV drama Vivant after China says portrayal of ruthless Chinese agents is ‘deliberate smear’ The company behind the successful Hello Kitty franchise has apologised and ended its commercial tie-up with a Japanese TV drama after Chinese state media and netizens condemned the show’s “deliberate smears” against China. Sanrio, a Japanese firm whose characters are popular around the world, said in a post on the Chinese social media site Weibo that it had decided to end its association with the TV drama Vivant after concluding that it “contained elements inconsistent with Sanrio’s core values”. Continue reading...

The European chip maker—which counts SpaceX among its clients—said its gross margin should increase to about 36.4% from 33.9% last year.

Samsung Electronics has reported a record operating profit of $80.5 billion, driven by high demand for computer memory chips used in AI systems

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine intensifying the strain on state finances, President Vladimir Putin is reaching for cash to fund his government and the war, squeezing tax revenue from an economy that’s increasingly skewed toward the military — while ...

The FTC ordered nine major companies including Delta, Uber and Walmart to reveal whether they use personal data for surveillance pricing tactics.