More Americans buy groceries with buy now, pay later loans
People shop for produce at a Walmart in Rosemead, California, on April 11, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images A growing number of Americans are using buy now, pay later loans to buy groceries, and more people are paying those bills late, according to new Lending Tree data released Friday. The figures […]
‘I don’t have $800.’ A look at the heart-wrenching decisions pet owners face as vet care has gotten so expensive.
A new Gallup survey finds more than 50% of pet owners have put off or decided against veterinary treatment — which in worst-case scenarios can lead to “economic euthanasia.”
Plane tickets are getting cheaper as domestic travel demand weakens
Is a recession brewing in row 33? Airline CEOs this month warned Wall Street that passengers’ appetite for domestic trips is coming in lighter than they had hoped when they set forecasts high at the start of 2025. On a series of earnings calls, they said the reasons range from President Donald Trump’s whipsawing tariff […]
Private jet demand declines as tariffs spook would-be buyers
A Cessna Citation jet aircraft is viewed at Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in this aerial photo taken on June 1, 2021, near Healdsburg, California. George Rose | Getty Images With consumer confidence tumbling, demand for commercial air travel has waned. Even deep-pocketed travelers are pulling back, according to Barclays’ latest survey of business […]
Kevin Warsh says the Fed is broken. He’s taking dead aim at Powell’s job.
Wall Street’s odds-on favorite to lead the Federal Reserve lays out his vision of a central bank that retreats back behind its high walls.
Car purchases rise, consumer spending slows
In an aerial view, Ford Broncos are seen for sale on a lot at a dealership on April 18, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images At car dealerships across the country, consumers are rushing to buy new vehicles ahead of tariff-related price hikes. Some shoppers have also replaced iPhones early. Yet when […]
A ‘property-tax revolt’ is underway across the country. These numbers explain what’s driving it.
More than 72% of metropolitan areas with at least 200,000 residents saw above-average increases in property-tax bills last year, according to a property-data and real-estate analytics firm.
Novo Nordisk legal win bars many compounded Wegovy, Ozempic drugs
Flags with the logos of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, maker of the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy are pictures while the company presents the annual report at Novo Nordisk in Bagsvaerd, Denmark, on February 5, 2025. Mads Claus Rasmussen | Afp | Getty Images Novo Nordisk scored a huge legal victory that […]
Trade war is opportunity for Latin America
MercadoLibre CEO Marcos Galperin CNBC The CEO of Argentina’s MercadoLibre — often called the Amazon of Latin America — sees big opportunity for Latin America in the U.S.-China trade war. “If Latin America plays its cards well, I think could benefit from this volatility,” MercadoLibre CEO and founder Marcos Galperin told CNBC’s Robert Frank on […]
Why airlines were already raising baggage fees even before travel demand started dropping
Airline passengers around the globe spend $33 billion on baggage fees — and now Southwest plans to start charging for the first time.
