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US Consumers to Bear Brunt of Tariff Hit, Goldman Economists Say  Bloomberg.com Trump said foreign countries would ‘eat’ tariffs—but U.S. consumers and businesses will actually pay 75% at best  Fortune Will US inflation numbers withstand pressure from Trump?  Financial Times Bad news for US shoppers: The cost of everything from laptops to cars is likely to keep rising  Business Insider Everyday Economics: CPI takes …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Ike’s Chili in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been around for 117 years, surviving a myriad of challenges like the Great Depression, the Covid-19 pandemic and a once-in-a-generation burst of inflation. But 2025 already holds an even more complicated challenge. “The cost of everything’s just going up, and we’ve got to figure out how to manage it right,” …

American businesses and consumers soon will have a better idea of how President Donald Trump’s foreign trade agenda might affect them now that the United States has imposed higher tariffs on products from dozens of countries. It’s been nearly 100 years since the nation had an overall import tax rate as high as the one set Thursday. But the individual …

Recently, Delta Air Lines announced it would expand its use of artificial intelligence to provide individualized prices to customers. This move sparked concern among flyers and politicians. But Delta isn’t the only business interested in using AI this way. Personalized pricing has already spread across a range of industries, from finance to online gaming. WATCH: What to know about Delta’s …

American businesses and consumers woke up Friday to find the contours of President Donald Trump’s foreign trade agenda taking shape but without much more clarity on how import taxes on goods from dozens of countries would affect them. Late Thursday, Trump ordered new tariff rates for 66 countries, the European Union, Taiwan and the Falkland Islands. Among them: a 40% …

Trump ends international tax loophole: What it means for consumers, businesses  Axios Trump ends de minimis exemption for global low-cost goods  CNBC US ends tariff exemption for all low-value packages  Reuters FedEx and UPS Shares Fall After White House Sets End Date for ‘De Minimis’ Rule  The Wall Street Journal Trump closes key trade loophole, impacting Shein, Temu orders  USA Today Source link

Trump Announces Health Care Records System for Consumers  The New York Times Trump administration is launching a new private health tracking system with Big Tech’s help  AP News New tech-focused MAHA initiatives will usher in ‘new era of convenience,’ improve health outcomes, Trump says  foxnews.com The White House announced a new health data tracking system. How would it work?  PBS Anthropic Signs CMS Health …

Visa Profit Climbs 8% as Consumers Keep Spending  Barron’s Visa beats quarterly estimates on resilient consumer spending but steady forecast drags shares  Yahoo Finance Visa says spending is growing at a healthy rate, but its stock dips after earnings  MarketWatch Visa, Mastercard set for higher profits on solid spending trends  Reuters Visa Profit Beats Estimates on Gains in Cross-Border Spending  Bloomberg.com Source link

QR codes were once a quirky novelty that prompted a fun scan with the phone. Early on, you might have seen a QR code on a museum exhibit and scanned it to learn more about the eating habits of the woolly mammoth or military strategies of Genghis Khan. During the pandemic, QR codes became the default restaurant menu. However, as …

Exclusive: Despite tariff uncertainty, consumers ready to buy cars, survey finds  Axios Source link