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"Oligarchs are oligarching": Inside Rupert Murdoch’s family trust battle

The media mogul's bid to give his son Lachlan control over his Fox News media empire failed

13.12.2024 3

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Cara Michelle Smith

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: the watchdog Republicans love to hate

Elon Musk is leading another effort to "delete" the CFPB. It's complicated.

12.12.2024 3

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UnitedHealthcare killing reignites criticism of insurance industry

As the nation's largest insurers report higher premiums and profits, customers rage

10.12.2024 10

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What happens when Tesla, Intel CEOs lose their pay plans? They're still super rich

Top execs are paid mostly through stock incentives, and their pay has ballooned far beyond their workers' earnings

07.12.2024 10

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Gen Z’s vision of success? Nearly $600,000 a year

A new report shows that members of Gen Z  — individuals born between 1997 and 2012 — define “financial success” as earning nearly $600,000...

04.12.2024 10

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Cara Michelle Smith

Moving abroad? Here’s how much it’ll cost

The dream of packing up and starting anew in another country picked up steam among many Americans following the reelection of former President Donald...

16.11.2024 9

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Moving to New York City cost us $10K in fees. Those fees may soon be banned

Last June, on a sweaty summer evening, in our 550-square-foot Brooklyn apartment filled to the brim with towers of stacked moving boxes, my partner...

13.11.2024 5

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Tech billionaires' fashion is "a subtle demonstration of status"

Remember the version of Mark Zuckerberg who wore the same gray T-shirt, day after day, because he didn’t want to burden himself with unnecessary...

09.11.2024 30

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Cara Michelle Smith

We're shopping more, but less interested in speedy delivery

FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service, two of America’s largest private shipping giants, recently revised their projected earnings for 2024 — UPS...

17.10.2024 7

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Experts warn that mental health is a $282 billion "macroeconomic crisis"

As income inequality continues to soar in the United States, researchers are working to more comprehensively measure the relationship between...

25.09.2024 10

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Inside the “very, very guarded” agreements that dictate what’s sold in grocery stores — and the cost

With food prices up 25% over the last four years, it may be worth asking – what determines the cost of food? It’s a complicated question,...

23.09.2024 6

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"They're admitting it": Experts say megamerger helps corporations that used pandemic to raise costs

Major food conglomerates that hiked prices amid the pandemic could benefit a $24.6 billion grocery megamerger facing a federal court challenge from...

12.09.2024 3

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"Shocking": Experts warn "irresponsible" Project 2025 Medicare proposal would harm seniors

Something still haunts Ed Weisbart, MD, from his days in the health insurance business. It was 1999, and Weisbart was the medical director of a...

03.09.2024 7

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