President Donald Trump rode Americans’ gloom about inflation and the economy to a surprising reelection in 2024. Then, a year later, upstart Democrats including New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani rode concerns about “affordability” to an even more surprising sweep. It…
The meat stick, long associated with truck stops and road trips, has undergone a rebranding. Fueled by a national obsession with protein and the rise of weight-loss medications, meat snacks have become a rare bright spot in the food industry,…
Here’s what your unemployed friend is really doing on a Tuesday: In the latest sign of a stagnant job market, white-collar workers are flipping the traditional recruiting model by hiring recruiters to help them land their next jobs—a trend known…
As Wall Street embraces blockchain technology, the crypto industry is still dealing with an existential problem: how to scale the tech so that it can handle the massive volume created by traditional finance entities like the New York Stock Exchange.…
Americans are entering another brutal winter paying more for power than ever, and the cold only magnifies a trend that has been building for years: Electricity is getting structurally more expensive. Even as overall inflation cools, utility bills are getting…
Good morning. After the annus horribilis that was 2025 for American Airlines, CEO Robert Isom is now facing a unanimous vote of no confidence from the board of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA). As they write: “Our airline…
Warren Buffett may have said he was “going quiet” after he retired from his role as Berkshire Hathaway CEO last year, but the investment strategy of his sunset years in business certainly didn’t seem to get the memo. The old…
The Seattle Seahawks just triumphed over the New England Patriots in the LX Super Bowl, taking home the Lombardi Trophy after a 29-13 victory this past Sunday. The team’s coach, Mike Macdonald, led his players to victory at just 38…
The children of Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and China critic, said Monday that a possible visit by President Donald Trump to Beijing in April could be “crucial” in securing the release of their 78-year-old father. Lai’s son and…
In China, consumerism appears to outweigh nationalism regardless of how testy relations have become in recent diplomatic spats with countries like Japan and the United States. It has been common practice for the ruling Communist Party to whip up nationalist sentiment and deploy…