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SpaceX Wants $2 Trillion
SpaceX filed for the biggest IPO ever, up to $2 trillion. A generational buy, sci-fi pricing, or an Elon fiefdom?
Read »The World Cup's Empty Seats
Weeks out, World Cup seats sit unsold at $4,000-plus.
The Strike Samsung Just Dodged
Some 47,000 chip workers were set to walk over AI profits. A last-minute deal stopped it -- but did it settle anything?
Are the Bond Vigilantes Back?
The 30-year Treasury yield hit 5.2%, its highest since 2007. A fiscal reckoning, a normal repricing, or a Fed problem?
San Francisco Real Estate
Record $1.7M prices and an AI boom -- but condo owners are stuck underwater, and the waterfront itself may be sinking.
Let's Buy Spirit
Spirit shut down May 2. A TikTok creator has $337M in non-binding pledges to buy it back.
Trump Gets His Fed Chair
Kevin Warsh confirmed 54-45 in the closest Fed chair vote ever. He says he's not a sock puppet. CPI is 3.8%.
Chili's Is Cooking
Brinker stock 5x'd in three years. Same-store sales rose 21% one quarter, then 8.6% the next. Playbook or fluke?
Save Spirit?
Spirit is close to a $500M bailout and possibly 90% federal ownership. Jet fuel doubled after the Iran war started.
Trump's Refund Portal
There are $175 billion in illegal tariffs owed. The portal opens tomorrow -- for importers only.
Germany's Sick Day Problem
German workers take 24 sick days a year. The chancellor wants to know if they're all necessary.
Ireland's Fuel Revolt
650 fuel stations empty, the only refinery blockaded, and a government offering half a billion euros to make it stop
McRed Bull
Red Bull at the drive-thru -- McDonald's is betting big on energy drinks and dirty sodas
The Boom Belt
DeSantis and Abbott call the Southeast a $9T boom belt. The data backs them. The critics say it's already breaking.
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.