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The Boom Belt
DeSantis and Abbott call the Southeast a $9T boom belt. The data backs them. The critics say it's already breaking.
Read »When Will Gas Prices Drop?
Gas hit $4.14 a gallon. The ceasefire should help -- but refinery closures and tariffs could keep prices painful
Eight Dollar Diesel
San Francisco just became the first U.S. city to hit $8/gallon diesel. The war did this. California made it worse. And it may hit your grocery bill soon.
McCormick Swallows Unilever's Food Empire
McCormick is paying $44.8 billion for Hellmann's, Knorr, and Marmite. Investors aren't thrilled.
Who's Winning the Strait of Hormuz?
Iran shut down the world's most important oil chokepoint. But not everyone is losing.
When Do Markets Recover?
Stocks hit their lowest since August 2025. The answer to "when do they come back?" probably depends entirely on a strait.
Who Knew Before Trump Posted?
$580 million in oil futures traded 16 minutes before Trump's Iran announcement. Nobody's investigating.
Who's to Blame for $4 Gas
Gas prices nearly doubled in a month and everyone has a different villain
Is Tipping Culture Broken?
77% say tipping is ridiculous. Servers say they'd make less without it. The tipped minimum hasn't moved since 1991.
Is Remote Work Over?
Amazon says yes. Stanford says no. The data says hybrid won.
The Market Is Panicking
Oil past $110. Dow down 768. The Fed won't cut. And Iran just hit Qatar's gas fields.
The Fed Holds
Inflation up, jobs down, oil through the roof. The Fed picked a side.
Rent Forever?
75% of American households can't afford a median-priced home. The debate over whose fault it is is its own industry.
War's Windfall
Oil companies are cashing in during this war.
Oil At $300?
A few outliers say yes. Economics says no.
The Inflation U-Turn
Core PCE just hit a near two-year high, erasing months of progress -- and the worst may not be here yet
How Bad Will Gas Prices Get?
The national average just hit $3.54.
Is the Stock Market the Economy?
The Dow dropped hundreds of points last week, more today with the Iran war. For most Americans, that's irrelevant.
What Will Warsh Actually Do?
Trump's Fed pick is a hawk who's been talking like a dove. Inflation and the Iran war just made his job harder.
Will AI Save Inflation?
The costs are here. The productivity gains are a promise. The timing gap is the whole fight.