Tyler Foster
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Microsoft offers 1st-ever U.S. retirement buyouts to thousands
For the first time in its 51-year history, Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement packages to thousands of U.S. employees, asking roughly 8,750 workers to decide...
Tesla beat Q1 estimates but stock fell 3.6% after Musk revealed a $25 billion capex plan for AI and robotics — triple last year’s spending
Tesla’s first-quarter results cleared Wall Street’s bar, but the stock still dropped 3.6 percent on April 23, 2026, after Elon Musk told investors the company...
American Airlines says the Iran war just added $4 billion to its fuel bill — and the tickets you already bought were priced before the spike
Millions of passengers who locked in summer airfares earlier this year did so in one of the cheapest fuel environments the airline industry had seen...
An attorney went viral on TikTok for refusing to pay her $8,800 tax bill as a political protest — millions watched, and the IRS hasn’t responded
Rachel Cohen filed her 2025 federal tax return. She calculated what she owed. Then she decided not to pay it. The Chicago attorney posted a...
IEA chief calls the Iran oil crisis “the biggest energy security threat in history” — 13 million barrels per day are gone with no fix in sight
Fatih Birol does not reach for superlatives lightly. The International Energy Agency’s executive director has navigated oil shocks from Libya to Russia without once labeling...
Credit card debt holds at a record $1.277 trillion — and consumer revolving credit is now rising faster than inflation
Americans owe a record $1.277 trillion in revolving consumer credit, according to the Federal Reserve’s G.19 statistical release, and the balance has barely budged from...
Trump’s economic approval just hit the lowest point of both his terms — 39% approve, and even Republican support dropped 17 points
Fewer than four in ten Americans now approve of how Donald Trump is handling the economy, and the most striking erosion is coming from inside...
Credit card annual fees just crossed $800 at Amex and Chase — and people are still paying them
The American Express Platinum card now costs $695 a year. The Chase Sapphire Reserve sits at $550. And both issuers have layered on so many...
A new credit card charges zero interest, zero fees, and requires no credit check or deposit — here’s how OnePay’s Builder Card actually works
Most credit-building cards come with a catch; secured cards want a deposit upfront and subprime cards pile on annual fees and interest rates north of...
How much $4-a-gallon gas actually costs your household per year — and 3 ways to offset it right now
Gas flirting with 4 dollars a gallon is more than a psychological threshold; it quietly reshapes a household budget over the course of a year....
Medigap premiums are jumping 12% to 26% this year — and unlike Part B, there’s no COLA to help absorb it
A retiree collecting the average Social Security benefit of roughly $1,976 per month got about $55 more in 2026 thanks to the 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment....
Tech layoffs in 2026 have now topped 96,000 workers across Oracle, Amazon, Meta, Disney, Snap, and more
By late April 2026, more than 96,000 tech workers have lost their jobs this year, according to the tracking site Layoffs.fyi. The list of companies...
The Credit Card Competition Act has bipartisan backing and Trump’s public support — but banks say it would kill your rewards
If you earn cash back, airline miles, or hotel points every time you swipe a credit card, a bill moving through Congress right now could...
Trump’s approval on the economy just hit 30% — the lowest of his presidency — as gas prices and the Iran war erode confidence
A gallon of regular gasoline now averages roughly $4.50 nationally, with prices running even higher in some metro areas. A military campaign against Iran is...
Existing home sales fell to the lowest level in 9 months — and mortgage rates just ticked back up to 6.05%
Spring is supposed to be when the housing market wakes up. In 2026, it hit the snooze button. Existing home sales slid 3.6% from February...
What Kevin Warsh’s “regime change” at the Fed actually means for your mortgage, your savings, and the next rate decision
The next Federal Reserve (Fed) chair has already told the Senate that he will not promise cheaper borrowing costs for consumers. The extent to which...