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Gen Z grads turn to gigs and startups as entry-level hiring dries up
Gen Z grads turn to gigs and startups as entry-level hiring dries up Career counselors say the class of 2026 faces one of the toughest...
Mortgage rates dip again, easing the lock-in effect for would-be sellers
Mortgage rates dip again, easing the lock-in effect for would-be sellers The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropped for the third straight week this spring,...
China tops the U.S. in research spending, reshaping global innovation
China spent roughly $500 billion on research and development in 2024, a sum so large it now rivals or exceeds what the United States invested...
Google and Microsoft reportedly bid to lease SoftBank’s U.S. data center
Two of the world’s largest cloud computing companies are competing for the same prize: a lease inside a massive artificial intelligence (AI) data center that...
Divorce can reshape kids’ money habits, from saving to risk-taking
Adults who experienced parental divorce as children accumulate less wealth, save at lower rates, and tolerate more financial risk than peers raised in continuously intact...
Gold rises but is set for its 1st weekly drop in 5 weeks, Reuters says
Gold prices ticked higher on Friday, with spot bullion trading near $3,225 an ounce, but the late-session bounce barely dented a weekly loss of roughly...
Economists lift U.S. inflation forecasts as Iran war keeps oil high
Economists lift U.S. inflation forecasts as Iran war keeps oil high When the Bureau of Labor Statistics published its March 2026 Consumer Price Index report...
TSMC shares climb after Taiwan loosens fund limits on holdings
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. shares rose in Taipei on Monday after Taiwan’s financial regulator more than doubled the cap on how much of a single...
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...