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These former six-figure earners got trapped in jobs because of luxury ‘lifestyle creep’—they sacrificed it all and went in search of financial freedom

In an inflationary environment it's only going to get easier to fall foul of lifestyle creep. These six-figure earners share what it was like to...

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Eleanor Pringle

Growing number of stressed out Gen Z students are failing school, and forcing universities to act

Nearly 8 in 10 students say financial stress harms their mental health. Now, colleges are treating money literacy like a campus health crisis.

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Preston Fore

Gen Alpha is snubbing the careers that boomers dreamed of. As influencers become the new faces of entrepreneurship, they want in

Goodbye, quarterbacks and ballerinas: Gen Alpha dreams of becoming the next MrBeast or Ms. Rachel.

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Emma Burleigh

Nobel-winning economist warns Trump’s tariff walk back makes them ‘worse’ than they were in the first place

Economist and Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman says Trump's tariff pause is only making life harder for investors.

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Eleanor Pringle

Canadians are avoiding the U.S. over Trump’s bluster and border arrests—crossings down 22%

Trump’s attacks on Canada’s economy and threats to make it the 51st state have infuriated Canadians, who are canceling trips to the U.S. in big...

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Rob Gillies

WPP first-quarter sales drop on declines in U.K., Western Europe

WPP, once the largest ad agency globally, has been working on ways to reignite growth and streamline its operations.

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Amy Thomson

Trump administration strikes on Houthi rebels have cost $200 million in shot-down drones

The U.S. has increased its attacks on the Houthis, launching daily strikes since March 15, when President Donald Trump ordered a new, expanded...

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Lolita C. Baldor

JD.com’s delivery clash with Meituan may worsen $70 billion rout

Analysts are cutting price target for both stocks as the two Chinese tech giants battle to steal each other's market share.

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Charlotte Yang

German economy gets yet another downgrade as government projects zero growth this year

"Tariffs and trade policy turbulence are hitting the German economy harder than other nations".

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Louis Van Boxel-Woolf

The truth about the dollar’s decline: ‘You’ll either have to raise prices, or lower profits’

Also: Trump insists he is talking to China, Apple will move iPhone production to India.

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Peter Vanham

Trump plan to require proof-of-citizenship to vote shot down by judge

The decision is a setback for President Donald Trump, who has argued the requirement is needed to restore public confidence in elections.

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Ali Swenson

Nissan sees $5.3 billion loss as restructuring charges mount

It's a record annual deficit for the Japanese automaker that's been struggling with sales in the U.S. and China.

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Reed Stevenson

South Korea’s ‘shocking’ fall in marriages is a dating app opportunity, says Match Group’s Asia CEO

"Korea has an acute challenge” when it comes to long-term relationships, notes Malgosia Green, Asia CEO for Match. 

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Lionel Lim

The Trump Organization is now selling ‘Trump 2028’ hats

Sales once again raises question of Trump's intentions.

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Chris Morris

Jeff Bezos-backed Slate Auto unveils its $20,000 electric pickup

It will be one of the cheapest EVs available, but it has limitations.

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Chris Morris

Huge decline at LA port is a hit to truckers—and a stark warning of coming tariff damage

Los Angeles is already experiencing a huge drop-off, and truckers in other cities will soon be hit too.

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Jeff John Roberts

Private markets are booming. What investors need to know before buying

Deloitte predicts private market investments among retail investors will grow "exponentially" in the next five years.

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Alicia Adamczyk

Target Boycott: Inside the CEO’s meeting with Black leaders amid DEI protests

“It did not come up to all that we're expecting or needing.”

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Lila Maclellan

Trump’s trade war has already sparked a massive cancellation of shipments from China to the U.S. 

The Port of Los Angeles, the largest port in the U.S., predicts a 35% drop in shipments, nearly all from China, in a matter of weeks.

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Sasha Rogelberg

Finance execs are the new targets of deepfake videos

Fraudsters are increasingly using deepfakes on social media, a Fortune report finds.

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Sheryl Estrada

Exclusive: Crypto VC giant Paradigm makes $50 million bet on decentralized AI startup Nous Research at $1 billion token valuation

Nous aims to compete with OpenAI and DeepSeek by training open-source through crypto incentives.

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Leo Schwartz

Boeing will find it ‘relatively easy’ to find customers for China’s rejected planes, says jet leasing CEO

Boeing planned to complete 50 orders for Chinese customers this year but is now assessing options as China refuses Boeing plane deliveries due to...

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Lionel Lim

The longtime CHRO of Citizens Bank says that HR teams treat corporate initiatives like ‘diet fads’ and argues that making real changes can take years of consistency

HR leaders who have managed large companies through massive change, like say an IPO, say it takes years to move the needle.

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Brit Morse

What ‘Mar-a-Lago Accord’ proponents—who have Trump’s ear—get wrong about the U.S. dollar

The notion that the accord will lower the dollar’s value, eliminate the trade deficit, and return global production to America is flawed.

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Steve H. Hanke

Exclusive: Reducto, AI document parsing startup, raises $24.5 million Series A led by Benchmark

Reducto has raised a $24.5 million Series A, led by Benchmark, Fortune can exclusively report.

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Allie Garfinkle

Uber and Volkswagen are teaming up to launch a robotaxi service with self-driving, electric microbuses

The partnership builds on Uber’s strategy of integrating others’ autonomous systems into its ride-hail network, adding to existing deals with...

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Beatrice Nolan

Americans are ‘doom-spending’ as a result of Trump’s trade policy, new report reveals

Some 27% of Americans say they’ve stockpiled goods, and 14% say they plan to hoard goods soon.

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Stuart Dyos

Switzerland is among the 15 countries Trump administration plans to hold ‘privileged’ talks with

The U.S. has been Switzerland’s most important goods export market worldwide since 2021, while Switzerland is the fourth most important export...

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Jamey Keaten

Apple aims to build most iPhones for U.S. in India by end-2026

The goal means Apple would roughly double its annual iPhone output in India to more than 80 million units.

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Sankalp Phartiyal

The SEC needs to take a hands-off approach to peer-to-peer transactions

Financial P2P transactions have taken place for centuries and are perfectly legal. Making them digital shouldn't change that.

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Tuongvy Le

About 1 in 8 senior leaders are likely to be psychopaths—how to spot an abusive boss

A fine line separates a difficult work superior from a psychologically damaging—or even psychopathic—one.

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Lindsey Leake

Albertsons tells suppliers to eat the cost of tariffs: ‘We are not accepting cost increases’

The second-largest supermarket chain in America is taking a tough line with its vendors, according to a leaked letter.

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Irina Ivanova

Markets notch small gains as tech stocks rise and Trump delivers mixed signals on tariffs

President Donald Trump said he’s made “200 deals” on tariffs but declined to say with whom.

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Ben Weiss

Investment bankers have ‘work-from-beach’ dreams crushed after Citi shutters its Málaga office

Economic headwinds may force junior employees to prioritize job security over work-life balance.

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Greg Mckenna

Asia is winning the trade war—at least as far as stock markets are concerned

In the past 24 hours, however, there have been fresh signs of life in the U.S.

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Jim Edwards

Elon Musk defends political deepfakes on X in latest free speech battle

X is challenging the constitutionality of a Minnesota ban on using deepfakes to influence elections and harm candidates.

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Steve Karnowski

Trump says he ‘loves’ a millionaires tax, but not enough to lose an election

The GOP is considering a tax on Americans who make at least $1 million per year.

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Sydney Lake

Banks are getting the upper hand on card fraud but social scams getting worse, Mastercard says

AI is changing the cybersecurity game both for crooks and those protecting consumers.

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Jeff John Roberts

Trump’s own contradictions on his tariff plan could lead to enormous consequences for Americans

Trump says he's on a path to cut several new trade deals in a few weeks.

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Josh Boak

Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO as Trump’s DOJ seeks death penalty

Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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Michael R. Sisak

Researchers warn that eating this amount of chicken per week could increase your mortality risk

Americans love chicken—but eating it as often as we do may not be as healthy as once thought.

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Ani Freedman

There are 2 types of managers suffering the most right now and it could spell disaster for the workplace

"Managers are handed an almost impossible task of making it all work in the real world."

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Sara Braun

Fed’s Powell walks tightrope of being late but not ‘Mr. Too Late’

Jerome Powell’s determination to ensure any jump in prices stemming from Trump's tariffs don’t spread through the economy has earned him a moniker...

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Craig Torres

Pharma giant Merck expects Trump’s tariffs to cost the company $200 million

The news comes a week after J&J executives said they expect $400 million in tariff-induced expenses in 2025.

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Maia Anderson

Bessent sees U.S., Korea trade ‘understanding’ by next week

The U.S. treasury secretary said that "we may be moving faster than I thought, and we will be talking technical terms as early as next week."

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Catherine Lucey

Trump can’t follow through on plans to cut public school funding over DEI programs, judge rules

District Court Judge Landya McCafferty said it wasn't clear what the Education Department believes a DEI program is or when it believes such...

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Holly Ramer

South Carolina lawmakers have earned only $10,400 annually for the past 25 years—and now want a $18,000 bump in their stipends 

The South Carolina Senate has voted what is effectively an $18,000-a-year pay raise into the state's spending plan for the next budget year.

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Jeffrey Collins

Stocks surge for 3rd straight day on hopes of tariff progress

Hopes of a tariff deal drove the major indexes higher.

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Irina Ivanova

‘There are no quick fixes’: Intel’s CEO gives Wall Street a reality check about the chipmaker’s would-be turnaround

New CEO Lip-Bu Tan gave a broad outline of how he plans to revive the ailing chipmaking giant.

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Verne Kopytoff

How much was Elon Musk’s pledge to step back from DOGE worth? $67 billion to frustrated Tesla shareholders

The news—and subsequent jump in Tesla's stock price—followed a Q1 where its core business lost money.

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Shawn Tully