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Car sales climb 5.4% and offer fresh proof of strong economy

Sales of new cars and trucks in the U.S. rose 5.4% in February, rebounding from a slow start at the start of the year and offering fresh evidence of the strength of the economy.

Want the IRS to do your taxes for free? The Direct File program will be available soon in these 12 states.

Direct File marks the widespread debut of a free, government-run answer to mass-market online tax preparation from commercial providers like TurboTax and H&R Block

Companies are pulling back on DEI. What will be lost in the process?

If companies get rid of diversity, equity and inclusion programs, deep-seated biases will remain — “and DEI opponents have no solutions,” one DEI practitioner said.

Intuitive Machines says good night to Odysseus and hopes moon lander will eventually ‘phone home’

Space-exploration company Intuitive Machines hopes its history-making Odysseus moon lander will ‘phone home’ after the two-week lunar night

These industries would be hit hardest by Trump’s plan for the largest ‘deportation operation in history’

Research “suggests that for the jobs undocumented workers do, employers will be hard-pressed to find substitutes for them,” one labor economist said.

Gold futures just closed at new record thanks to weak economic data

Gold futures settle at their highest on record Friday.

AI is helping people buy up and hoard sought-after sneakers. Adidas says it has a solution.

This week, Adidas charged everybody who entered its shoe raffle the full price of the shoe, and said it would refund entrants’ money if they didn’t win.

Amid ‘streamflation,’ consumers are spending more on TV streaming than ever

Since 2021, spending on streaming services has climbed 70% and the share of households paying over $100 a month has more than doubled.

Haley raises $12 million in February, but ad spending in GOP race drops as Trump’s wins pile up

Nikki Haley’s campaign says the February haul shows she has support among Americans “who are tired of Donald Trump’s chaos and division.”

How U.S. stock markets have fared in March following a strong February

U.S. stocks cemented a winning month in February, but the seemingly relentless rally also raises the concern of whether investors would take profits in the early days of March.

Kellogg’s ‘cereal for dinner’ controversy and price increases spur calls for a boycott

“Inflation has continued to rise year over year over year, and they continue to do nothing about it,” one TikTok user said.

AMC is ‘hamstrung’ by these factors, says Macquarie

The movie-theater chain and original meme stock reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results this week.
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