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Southwest Airways begins charging many flyers to test luggage this week
Passengers check in for Southwest Airlines flights at Chicago Midway International Airport on Feb. 18, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Set your alarm. Southwest Airlines customers have only one day to go before the company starts charging to check bags for the first time in more than half a century. Starting…
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UnitedHealthcare faces backlash and inventory value decline
Flags fly at half staff outside the United Healthcare corporate headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota, Dec. 4, 2024. Stephen Maturen | Getty Images News | Getty Images It took six months, countless hours on hold and intervention from state regulators before Sue Cover says she finally resolved an over $1,000 billing dispute with UnitedHealthcare in 2023.…
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GOP senators criticize Home price range invoice over deficit considerations
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., is seen in the U.S. Capitol during a series of votes on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sen. Ron Johnson said Sunday that he thinks he has enough GOP colleagues on board with his opposition to the House’s “big, beautiful bill” to stall…
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China tariff stacking pushes true price of import taxes properly above 30%
China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images The Trump administration’s trade truce with China that paused the steepest tariffs on Chinese goods isn’t offering much of a reprieve to many importers. Stacking of multiple tariff layers already implemented during the trade war has pushed up costs to import retail goods much higher…
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Kyle Fraser Wins Survivor Season 48
The flight attendant ended up taking home the $1 million prize during Survivor: China and planned on seeing the world with it, but he publicly struggled with alcoholism after his time on the CBS reality hit. A frequent guest on the Dr. Phil Show, he made headlines in 2017 when he alleged to Stat and The Boston Globe that…
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Hinge Well being costs IPO at $32, the highest finish of anticipated vary
Hinge Health’s TrueMotion feature. Courtesy: Hinge Health Hinge Health priced its IPO at $32 per share on Wednesday, at the top end of the expected range. The digital physical therapy startup sold 8.52 million shares in the offering, raising about $273 million. The total offering was for 13.7 million shares, with the balance being sold…
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Canada Goose (GOOS) This autumn earnings report 2025
Canada Goose jackets for sale inside a Nordstrom store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Nordstrom will close its six Canadian department store locations and seven Nordstrom Rack shops, as CEO Erik Nordstrom said the company no longer sees a realistic path to profitability in the country, The Canadian Press reports. Photographer:…
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Trump’s No Taxes On Ideas Has Grow to be No Healthcare For Restaurant Staff
PoliticusUSA is real independent news that you can rely on. Please support our work by becoming a subscriber. Donald Trump made a big production out of not taxing tips while campaigning for president in 2024. The message seemed to resonate with voters as Trump won a close election by a slim margin. The reality of…
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Cable corporations Constitution and Cox to merge
Charter Communications and Cox Communications, two of the largest cable companies in the U.S., have agreed to merge. The deal would be one of the largest in the industry – and across corporate America – in the last year. The agreement values Cox at $34.5 billion on an enterprise basis – comprised of $21.9 billion…
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UnitedHealth Group shares plunge on report of DOJ investigation
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of UnitedHealth Group plunged more than 13% on Thursday following a report that the Department of Justice is conducting a criminal investigation into the health-care giant over possible Medicare fraud. The DOJ is focusing on the company’s Medicare Advantage business practices, but the exact nature of the potential…
