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Tech & Your Wallet

Amazon inks $11.6B Globalstar deal to power satellite internet ambitions

Amazon just made its most expensive bet yet on satellite internet. The company announced an all-cash-and-stock deal to acquire Globalstar, the satellite communications firm, for...

Stocks & Wall Street

Bank of America survey: investor sentiment crashes to 3.7 — most bearish reading in 11 months (contrarian buy signal)

Hundreds of the world’s largest money managers just flashed their most bearish positioning in nearly a year, and if history is any guide, that could...

Market Trends

Cape Coral leads price declines at -9.6%; Kansas City leads gains at +8.6%

In Cape Coral, Florida, a three-bedroom house that sold for $410,000 in early 2023 might list for under $370,000 today. In Kansas City, Missouri, a...

Economy & The Fed

Fed projections still point to just one 0.25% cut in 2026 as tariffs and oil keep inflation sticky

A single quarter-point interest rate cut. That is all the Federal Reserve expects to deliver in 2026, according to projections released after its March 17-18...

Cost of Living

Survey: 62% of shoppers say they’re spending more on groceries

A bag of groceries that cost $100 before the pandemic now runs about $130. American shoppers do not need a chart to know that, but...

Fraud & Scams

INTERPOL says financial fraud is now central to global crime networks

A global law enforcement sweep coordinated by INTERPOL led to more than 3,700 arrests across multiple countries, targeting criminal syndicates that use online fraud as...

Economy & The Fed

OECD warns U.S. inflation could top 4% as energy shock spreads

Americans who lived through the price surges of 2022 may be bracing for a repeat. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development warned in late...

Economy & The Fed

March CPI climbs to 3.3% 2-year high as Iran war drives energy spike

Americans paid more for gasoline in March 2026 than in any single month on record, and the shock rippled through nearly every corner of household...

Economy & The Fed

Q4 GDP cut to 0.5% growth, reviving Wall Street stagflation worries

The U.S. economy grew at just 0.5% in the final quarter of 2025, the Bureau of Economic Analysis confirmed in its third and final GDP...

Economy & The Fed

AI investment surge coincides with tech job cuts across sector

In the opening months of 2026, the tech industry is sending two signals at once: record sums of money are flowing into artificial intelligence, and...

Economy & The Fed

CPI rises 0.9% in March as energy prices jump 10.9%, BLS says

Gasoline prices jumped 21.2% in a single month, and that one category alone accounted for roughly three-quarters of the overall Consumer Price Index increase in...

Economy & The Fed

Oil tops $100 after U.S. announces Strait of Hormuz blockade

Brent crude blew past $100 a barrel in the last week of April 2026 after the United States announced it would blockade Iranian ports along...

Stocks & Wall Street

Tesla heads for 8th straight weekly loss, now down 23% since January

Tesla shares are sliding toward an eighth straight weekly loss, a streak that has carved roughly 23% off the stock’s value since the start of...

Social Security & Medicare

What happens to Social Security checks if the trust fund is depleted

Every month, roughly 70 million Americans deposit a Social Security check. For many retirees, that payment covers rent, groceries, and prescriptions with little left over....

Credit & Debt

What different credit scores really cost in interest over 90 days

Imagine two people each owe $5,000 on a credit card. Neither makes a purchase. Neither makes a payment. After 90 days, one owes roughly $213...

Cost of Living

Stagnant wages and high costs leave many Americans falling behind

On a Saturday morning in April 2026, a home health aide in suburban Atlanta opens her banking app and stares at the number. After taxes,...

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