This man has allegedly been buying and returning an anvil on Amazon for almost a year
A guy in Illinois claims to be buying and returning anvils through Amazon, as a form of protest, or maybe just performance art.

The tariff refund process has begun for businesses. What about customers?
Businesses are finally able to request their tariff refunds. But customers should not expect to get most of the money they spent on tariffs back.
Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders approve $110B merger with Paramount Skydance
The merger will unify two of the oldest studios in Hollywood
What challenges will new Apple CEO face?
Apple CEO Tim Cook will step down in September and be replaced by longtime hardware and engineering lead John Ternus.

Apple's Tim Cook to step down as CEO
Senior vice president of hardware engineering, John Ternus, will become CEO in September.
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The familiar strategy behind the Allbirds AI pivot
Shares of the shoe brand Allbirds soared this week after the company announced a surprising pivot to artificial intelligence.

WHOOP founder Will Ahmed on how a desire to avoid overtraining turned into a $10 billion company
As the team captain of the Harvard squash team, Will Ahmed found himself constantly overtraining. So, he decided to come up with a device that would solve that problem: WHOOP...

Jury finds Live Nation acted as a monopoly and inflated prices
A federal jury in Manhattan ruled Wednesday that Live Nation, the concert giant that owns Ticketmaster, is acting as an illegal monopoly that is driving up ticket prices for consumers.
United CEO floats American Airlines merger, Bloomberg reports
The move could create a new aviation giant.
Why some American workers are responding to pitches from other countries to move abroad
Wall Street Journal columnist Callum Borchers has been talking to people about why they’re weighing that option.

Bombas co-founder on the sock company's values and business challenges
When Randy Goldberg and David Heath learned that socks were the single most requested item at homeless shelters, they decided to do something about it.
Postal Service faces uncertain future as Amazon pulls back
The Wall Street Journal reports Amazon plans to cut back on how many packages it sends through the U.S. Postal Service, which is already in a fragile financial situation.

Why iRobot went bankrupt — and how the company is starting over
The company that created and manufactured the robotic vacuum Roomba, iRobot, filed for bankruptcy late last year and is now owned by one of its Chinese creditors.
Indiana's new rules for rounding cash transactions amid penny shortage
The shortage comes after the U.S. Mint stopped producing pennies last year.
How to avoid tax scams this season
The Internal Revenue Service recently released its list of tax scams to be on the lookout for this year.

America's cattle herd reaches a 75-year low
That supply squeeze is leading to skyrocketing beef prices and layoffs in the meatpacking business.
Make America Skilled Again: Arkansas to lead the way for apprenticeship boom
Trump says his goal is to reach one million active apprenticeships while he’s in office.
AI and the future of the job market
A new report has prompted fears about the possible economic impact of AI, along with a debate about whether it's an accurate picture of what's to come.
What tariff ruling means for small businesses
President Trump's tariffs have cost businesses and consumers billions of dollars, and many businesses are trying to recoup some of their costs.
Tariffs ripple from grocery aisles to hobby shops
The Trump administration’s tariffs have had broad effects on the economy, and you may feel those effects when you’re shopping in the grocery store or when you buy a car.