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A 35-year-old Florida man booked more than 120 free flights by posing as a flight attendant

Tiron Alexander is set to be sentenced in August.

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‘College doesn’t carry the same ROI it once did’: 70% of teens say their parents support them going to trade school or getting an apprenticeship

Parents are becoming more accepting of alternative post-high school plans.

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Bluesky is backfiring. Mark Cuban says the ‘lack of diversity of thought’ is actually pushing users back to X

The billionaire argues Bluesky’s liberal-heavy user base creates an echo chamber.

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The American dream is no longer buying a house—it’s paying off debt

Gen Zers carry an average of $94,000 in personal debt.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s advice to young people is to work with those who outshine you

Pichai has been with Google for more than two decades.

10.06.2025 10

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Elon Musk predicts a recession this year. 8 sneaky signs we actually could be headed for one

These are the weird recession indicators starting to show themselves.

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Red Lobster’s 36-year-old CEO started as a Goldman Sachs intern. He reveals 3 bold moves he’s cooking up for the seafood chain’s comeback

Damola Adamolekun reveals his blueprint for garlic-butter crab and good music in Red Lobster’s second wave.

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Trade wars have Americans so nervous even six-figure earners are flocking to dollar stores

Strained consumers are turning toward discount retailers amid tariffs and inflation.

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Elon Musk eviscerates Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ calling it a ‘massive, outrageous, pork-filled’ spending plan and a ‘disgusting abomination’

The House passed Trump’s spending bill on May 22.

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6 ‘unhinged’ things Sara Blakely did that ultimately shaped the success of her $1.2 billion Spanx empire

Blakely became the first self-made female billionaire in 2012.

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Walmart CEO started his career unloading trailers at the warehouse—he says raising his hand led to his success

Doug McMillon helped Walmart retain its top spot on the Fortune 500.

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A $1 billion hearing aid company is reinventing itself using AI—to destigmatize hearing loss while offering the ultimate personal assistant

Starkey recently introduced its EdgeAI hearing aids.

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United’s CEO proclaims the budget airline model is dead and argues they ‘screw the customer’

The airline also announced a partnership with JetBlue allowing customers to share perks and miles between the airlines.

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Meet Fidji Simo’s replacement as Instacart CEO: A former Apple director who helped drive iPhone market adoption

Instacart has already announced its replacement for CEO after Simo left to join OpenAI.

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Cash-strapped recent college grads: These are 10 of the most affordable U.S. cities to live that also have low unemployment rates

Realtor.com released its ranking of the top rental markets for recent college grads.

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Gaming industry needs more women in its ranks to become more ethical and less toxic, industry executives say

The Middle East gaming industry is growing, but it needs more women.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai says there won’t be just one winner in the AI race

There is too much competition at the top and other AI-focused companies and tools to be launched.

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A Kohl’s board member resigned because she was ‘continually disappointed’ by governance and a lack of transparency. The retailer denies there was any friction

The retailer said it “strongly disagrees” with Christine Day’s statements.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Gen Z and millennials are using ChatGPT like a ‘life adviser’—but college students might be one step ahead

Altman discussed how different generations use ChatGPT at a Sequoia Capital event.

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HubSpot CEO avoids the Sunday scaries simply by working on the weekend

Yamini Rangan has seen tremendous growth at the software company since joining in January 2020.

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are poised to lose money on the sale of their $60 million Beverly Hills home thanks to the mansion tax

The divorced celebrity couple is getting a double whammy of a price drop plus the mansion tax.

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Deepfakes gave AI a bad rap but the tech has real uses—it just needs guardrails, experts say

AI leaders have a “duty” to make sure the technology is used in a responsible way, said Daniel Hulme, CEO of Satalia.

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Europe should be a global AI leader given its talent pool, but the trouble is keeping companies there

Many startup companies move to the U.S. once they reach a certain revenue level.

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While nearly everything gets more expensive, Sweetgreen CEO defends $16 salads, imploring customers to think about the long-term cost of their health

The fast-casual salad restaurant chain partners with local farmers to incorporate fresh produce into its meals.

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Gen Z is actually the most enthusiastic generation about working in the office and are there 3 days a week

Having missed out on in-person interactions during the pandemic, Gen Zers want to see their coworkers at the office.

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Kohl’s just fired its CEO after only 100 days on the job after striking a ‘highly unusual’ deal with a vendor he had a personal relationship with

Buchanan had only been at the helm of the retailer since January.

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People feel so bad about the economy because of tariffs and inflation that consumer confidence sank to a 13-year low

President Donald Trump’s tariff policies have largely impacted how consumers feel about the economy.

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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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Hasbro has a winning hand with Wizards, bucking the trend in retail

The toymaker had great success with its Wizards of the Coast segment last quarter.

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Chili’s is winning fast-casual dining while others are floundering because it made itself brutally efficient. Its new approach to fries is the perfect example

The casual chain with a Tex-Mex flair is making its comeback with a 31.4% same-store sales increase in Q2 fiscal year 2025.

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Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee says a move by Trump to terminate Jerome Powell would ‘undermine the credibility of the Fed’

President Donald Trump said this week Jerome Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough.”

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Trump reportedly drafted an executive order for ‘a disciplined reorganization’ of the State Department that would shut down embassies and cut climate change and refugee offices

This would mark one of the most significant reorganizations of the State Department since its 1789 inception.

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Trump’s handling of tariffs and inflation nosedives his economic approval rating to the rock bottom of his entire presidential career

A survey of 1,000 Americans showed Trump with 43% approval and 55% disapproval.

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White House doubles down on its lab leak theory, annihilating the original COVID-19 information website and replacing it with its own claims

Trump believes the COVID-19 pandemic started from a research lab in Wuhan, China.

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Gen Z has a different attitude about dining from baby boomers and millennials—and it shows in smaller tickets at chain restaurants

The younger generation opts to share entrées or order appetizers or kid’s meals to save money.

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Jeff Bezos sold his Seattle mansion for a record-breaking $63 million after he and fiancée Lauren Sanchez moved to Miami to live in a $237 million compound

The Amazon founder owns three Miami mansions in the Billionaire Bunker.

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Finance bros were looking forward to their cell phone detox at the Masters. Then the market went crazy

Masters patrons infamously aren’t allowed to bring cell phones to Augusta National.

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He’s just Ken: LeBron James becomes first pro male athlete Barbie doll as Mattel bets on adult customers

Mattel’s release of a LeBron James Ken doll solidifies its stance in growing its adult consumer base.

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Disney heiress says any billionaire who can’t manage to share their wealth is ‘kind of a sociopath’

Abigail Disney previously said the need to tax rich people like her “has never been so dire.”

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Roughly half of Gen Z workers say they don’t want to return to the office because it means they can’t binge-watch their favorite TV shows during work anymore

And about half say they’ve lied to their bosses about it.

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Walmart CEO Doug McMillon says customers are exhibiting ‘stressed behaviors’—and it’s already tanked the company’s valuation by $22 billion

The retailer’s stock dropped on the news that consumer confidence had hit a 12-year low.

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Meet the March Madness millionaires: From Duke’s Cooper Flagg to Purdue’s Braden Smith, college athletes are raking in eight-figure NIL deals

Through NIL deals, college athletes can earn their own money from using their image.

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The Trump administration’s abrupt federal grant cuts have made their way to ‘Sesame Street’—and they risk ‘pulling the rug out from under children’

The iconic children’s show is partially funded by the government.

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Millennial and Gen Z credit scores are the latest sign of the ‘vibecession.’ Their credit scores will keep going up, Open Lending, TransUnion report shows

This could be a good sign for borrowers since lenders have historically been “hesitant” to extend loans to thin-file or low-credit consumers.

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Nike’s founder, a Walmart heiress, and the owner of the Dallas Cowboys are among the billionaires bankrolling March Madness Sweet 16 schools

Some of America’s wealthiest have donated millions of dollars to the U.S. schools with the top-ranked basketball programs.

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How Nvidia’s billionaire CEO went from Denny’s dishwasher to leading a company with a $2.9 trillion market cap

“I’m still working on being a good CEO,” Jensen Huang said in an interview at his alma mater, Stanford University.

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Match Group CEO admits dating apps feel too much like ‘a numbers game’ so he’s asking employees for ‘unvarnished feedback’ on how to improve Hinge and Tinder

Spencer Rascoff said too many people have a “false impression that we prioritize metrics over experience.”

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Warren Buffet’s advice for staying calm when stocks are falling comes from a 130-year-old poem: ‘Keep your head’

Investors have warned the U.S. economy is reaching “correction territory.”

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Kohl’s had an even worse quarter than Wall Street expected with net sales plummeting nearly 10% in the aftermath of layoffs and store closures

One retail expert says Kohl’s problems stem from a “lack of identity and muddled strategy.”

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For the first time ever, more than half of couples pick a lab-grown diamond for engagement rings

Couples appear to care more about gemstone size and price than sustainability.

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