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Jun 26, 2026

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Apple Raises Prices. AI Eats the Difference.

The memory shortage stops being abstract the moment it hits your cart.

Sam Morris

Jun 25, 2026

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Target's Shareholder Revolt Hit a Record. Cornell Kept His Chair.

A record-low vote, a recovering business, and a chairman going nowhere until 2027.

Sam Morris

Jun 24, 2026

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World Cup 2026 ticket buyers paid for one seat (FIFA gave them another)

The price gouging got the headlines. The seat swap will get the lawsuit.

Sam Morris

Jun 23, 2026

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SpaceX Has $100 Billion. It's Borrowing Anyway.

The market stopped pricing rockets and started pricing the debt.

Sam Morris

Jun 22, 2026

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Budget Airlines Are Collapsing, and So Is the Cheap Flight

Spirit's gone, Frontier and JetBlue are bleeding, and the $39 fare is officially extinct.

Sam Morris

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