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Calif. AG: Amazon Colluded With Other Firms to Raise Prices
3+ hour, 59+ min ago (411+ words) By Sam Barron "|" Monday, 20 April 2026 08: 44 PM EDT The California Attorney General's Office has released emails that show Amazon working with other companies to raise prices on everything from pet treats to eyedrops. Employees at Amazon worked with vendors like Walmart…...
The Onion Launches New Bid to Take Over Alex Jones' Infowars
5+ hour, 30+ min ago (702+ words) DAVE COLLINS Monday, 20 April 2026 07: 13 PM EDT The satirical news outlet The Onion is back with a new plan to take over the Infowars platforms of Alex Jones as his company faces liquidation over more than $1 billion in defamation judgments owed…...
Fed Chair Nominee Vows Independence on Setting Rates
7+ hour, 3+ min ago (558+ words) By Sam Barron "|" Monday, 20 April 2026 05: 40 PM EDT Kevin Warsh, Federal Reserve chair nominee, said he plans to testify at his confirmation hearing Tuesday that the bank's independence to set interest rates is essential but must be earned, Politico reported. Warsh…...
War Slows the Economy, Raises Recession Risks
8+ hour, 43+ min ago (764+ words) The U. S. economy has become less recession prone, but the war with Iran does impose new risks. Through the 1970s, many more Americans worked in factories and before ubiquitous computers, Data Analytics and the Internet, corporate planners had fewer tools to forecast…...
Rebel Wilson Appears in Court to Defend Defamation Lawsuit
11+ hour, 34+ min ago (481+ words) By Zoe Papadakis "|" Monday, 20 April 2026 01: 09 PM EDT Rebel Wilson appeared in a Sydney court on Monday to defend a defamation lawsuit brought by actor Charlotte Mac Innes, the star of Wilson's directorial debut,""The Deb."" Mac Innes was also present…...
Trump Admin Targets Beef Prices and Supply Chain
11+ hour, 24+ min ago (426+ words) By Jim Mishler "|" Monday, 20 April 2026 01: 19 PM EDT The Justice Department is investigating whether major meatpacking companies engaged in criminal anticompetitive conduct in the U. S. beef market"following concerns raised by President Donald Trump about rising prices. The Justice Department's antitrust division…...
Maryland Is First State to Ban Grocery 'Surveillance Pricing"
12+ hour, 8+ min ago (327+ words) By Solange Reyner "|" Monday, 20 April 2026 12: 34 PM EDT Maryland has become the first state to ban "surveillance pricing" in grocery stores after lawmakers passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act earlier this month. The legislation, which takes effect Oct. 1, bans dynamic…...
Shipping Traffic Remains at Virtual Standstill Through Hormuz
15+ hour, 55+ min ago (198+ words) Monday, 20 April 2026 08: 48 AM EDT Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained at a virtual standstill on Monday with just three crossings in the space of 12 hours, according to shipping "data. The oil products tanker Nero, "which is under British…...
UAE Seeks US Financial Backstop as War Threatens Economy
14+ hour, 15+ min ago (424+ words) UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, center, shakes hands with Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, before a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (Sergey Bobylev/AP) By Newsmax Wires "|" Monday,…...
Trump Corrects Energy Chief, Insists Gas Prices Will Fall Quicker
14+ hour, 17+ min ago (381+ words) By Brian Freeman "|" Monday, 20 April 2026 10: 26 AM EDT President Donald Trump on Monday rejected his energy secretary's projection a day earlier that U. S. gas prices may not fall below $3 per gallon until next year, arguing instead that prices will drop sooner if…...