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Airlines are cutting cheaper flights amid latest jet fuel spike
Higher fuel prices are forcing airlines to cut less-profitable flights, leaving budget travelers with fewer choices and higher fares heading into the final months of the year.
Diesel costs more than $6 a gallon for the first time. Here’s how that affects you
Diesel prices have shattered a record, topping $6 a gallon nationwide as soaring oil costs and refinery disruptions threaten to drive up the price of everything from groceries and freight to home heating.
Volkswagen to slash half its vehicle lineup and 50,000 jobs in cost-cutting effort
Volkswagen is making a drastic U-turn as it plans to cut 50,000 jobs and slash half its vehicle lineup amid rising Chinese competition, tariffs and mounting pressure on the auto industry.
Tesla keeps hyping robotaxis as its future. But it’s trailing rival Waymo in a field yet to prove profitable
Tesla’s Cybercab is finally hitting the spotlight—but with Waymo miles ahead, the bigger question may be whether Tesla’s robotaxi dream can actually make money.
Inexpensive new cars are becoming tougher and tougher to find
The $25,000 new car is disappearing fast—so how did SUVs costing $40,000 to $80,000 become the new normal for American buyers?
Bill Gates proposes major limits on AI development
Bill Gates is calling for urgent limits on artificial intelligence, warning that without stronger safeguards, AI could deepen inequality, accelerate job losses and create risks powerful enough to outweigh its potential benefits.
The AI-related reason every billionaire suddenly wants to own a sports team
Billionaires and private equity investors are pouring unprecedented sums into professional sports, with soaring media rights, sports betting and a surprising new factor—AI resistance—helping turn teams into some of the world’s hottest investment assets.
Higher gas prices bite Walmart sales growth, but says $2.9 billion tariff refund will feed price cuts
Walmart reported $6.4 billion in quarterly profit, boosted by a record $2.9 billion tariff refund, but slower US store sales and rising gas prices are signaling growing pressure on American consumers.
Google is buying all of Spirit Airlines’ data to feed its AI models
Spirit Airlines may be gone from the skies, but its data is about to take on a new life in artificial intelligence. The bankrupt carrier has agreed to sell a massive trove of business data to Google for $10 million, raising fresh questions about the value and privacy of corporate information.
LA Lakers sell for a record $12.5 billion to ex-Disney CEO Iger and Jared Kushner’s brother Josh
In a stunning sports-business shakeup, former Disney CEO Bob Iger and venture capitalist Josh Kushner are reportedly buying the Los Angeles Lakers for a record $12.5 billion, less than a year after the franchise changed hands.
