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Matty Merritt

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FTC data confirms job offer text scams are 4 times more common now and have cost job seekers almost $300 million

Text scams have grown especially quickly in the last five years, with 20,673 reports last year compared with just 4,872 reports in 2020.

18.11.2025 3

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Matty Merritt

The longest government shutdown in history is over—but flights and jobs data won’t return to normalcy yet

The House passed a bill last night to fund the government through Jan. 30, and President Trump signed it, reopening the federal government.

13.11.2025 2

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Airport lounges are about to get even more exclusive as some credit card companies jack up annual fees by more than 40%

One of the most popular travel perk cards, the Chase Sapphire Reserve, just ratcheted up its annual fee from $550 to $795.

11.11.2025 10

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Adult obesity rate fell from record high—and big pharma is reaping the benefits from mainstream sales of weight-loss drugs like Zepound and Mounjaro

Eli Lilly reported stellar third-quarter earnings yesterday and raised this year’s revenue estimates from $60 billion–$62 billion to $63...

31.10.2025 2

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Beyond Meat’s 250% stock pop was spurred by a Dubai-based real estate developer. Now the company is squarely in meme-stock territory

The rally came after years of Beyond losing steam.

23.10.2025 2

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Lay’s drastically rebrands after disturbing finding: 42% of consumers didn’t know they were made out of potatoes

New bags—matte-ified and designed to look like wood planks (like a potato crate)—will hold the chips with revamped ingredient lists.

10.10.2025 4

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Gen Zers made sewing ‘cool’ again: They want something that gets them off their phones and saves them money

Other traditional textile art like crocheting, knitting, and embroidery have popped off among Gen Zers.

23.09.2025 4

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Authorities raided Streameast’s offices and shut down the largest illegal sports streaming platform that had over 1.6 billion visits in the last year

The network illegally streamed matches and games from Europe’s Premier League and Champions League, as well as those from the NFL, NBA, and MLB.

05.09.2025 3

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NYC landlords can’t require tenants to pay broker fees anymore

Though there was technically no cap on these fees, they averaged around 12% to 15% of the annual rent of the listing.

13.06.2025 9

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There are 500,000 more people selling their homes in the U.S. than those looking to buy them

Still, the median home price jumped 1.6% YoY last month and is sitting at $431,931.

31.05.2025 5

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With eggs hitting record-high prices from inflation and bird flu, parents are trying these alternatives for Easter activities

A dozen eggs hit a record $6.23 last month.

19.04.2025 20

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