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Airlines and planemakers obsess about reducing jet-fuel consumption by constantly finding new ways to reduce aircraft weight. They may have new allies in Ozempic and other similar slimming medications.

Prominent in dating apps, women's height bias takes them to a preference for taller men that might not be entirely valid.

The US government and 17 states are suing Amazon in a landmark monopoly case reflecting years of allegations that the e-commerce giant abused its economic dominance and harmed fair competition.

Shipments grew for 7th straight year in 2022

The lawsuit alleges that Amazon artificially drove up prices for consumers and locked sellers into using the marketplace through coercive tactics.

The end of Netflix DVD marks the loss of something even bigger.

The toy giant finds that the new crude oil-free material did not cut carbon emissions.

Ticketmaster's "Verified Fan" system doesn't help fans. It helps scalpers who have hundreds of accounts, use special internet browsers, and have dozens of credit cards.

An Edinburgh food research team produces a lower-fat alternative aimed at cutting palm oil dependence.

British competition regulators has signaled that Microsoft’s restructured $69 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard is likely to receive antitrust approval.

Starbucks has 383 billion unique latte combinations.

The FOMC opts to keep interest rates as-is. But what does that mean for us?   With the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) having their September press conference today, we delve into an essential topic for your students' financial literacy journey: the Federal Reserve's role in shaping personal finances. Let's break down the key topics discussed in today's press conference and explore some engaging discussion questions to use in your classrooms.

The world’s best athletes make us happier. It’s harder to tell if they make us richer.

The spice is one of the world’s most elusive, complex and hard to cultivate ingredients. But for many Americans, it still represents a “boring” choice.

To succeed on Spotify and other services, songs are getting shorter, albums are getting longer, and artists are collaborating across genres.

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French supermarket chain labels products that have shrunk in size but cost more before contract talks with suppliers

There are 29 empty properties per homeless person across the US. Have a look through historical changes and how each US state compares.

UAW President Shawn Fain has brushed off comments that his labor action would only solidify Tesla’s dominance in the EV market.

Powered by algorithms and AI, a growing number of consumer industries are adjusting prices in response to supply and demand

It’s the government’s biggest antitrust case since the DOJ took on Microsoft in 1998.

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Google’s dominant search engine market share has prompted the U.S. Justice Department to file a lawsuit over anticompetitive practices.

A new discovery of lithium this last week led to a flurry of headlines touting the finding as one of the biggest lithium deposits in history. The discovery comes amid fears that a shift towards electric vehicles would exhaust too much of the world’s supply of lithium—an important component in batteries. This raises an interesting question. Why do we never run out of resources when experts say we will?

McDonald’s is getting rid of one of its biggest perks.

Activities in the rest of your life now feature dynamic prices, which change along with demand.

The UK’s biggest pub company is trying to offset high costs with "dynamic pricing".

Olive trees in Spain and neighboring countries have little fruit, which itself could wither away

The Queen, better known as Beyoncé, had a dress code in mind for Renaissance tour concert goers attending her “House of Chrome,” as she described her concerts.