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News Articles: Business

Many Americans received an email from the Social Security Administration applauding the passage of President Trump's megabill.

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  • Business

What Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act means for taxes on Social Security

Many Americans received an email from the Social Security Administration applauding the megabill's passage. Experts say it was misleading.

July 11, 2025
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
The Italian candy company Ferrero plans to buy the American cereal maker Kellogg for $3.1 billion, the companies announced Thursday. The deal would unite the makers of household brands including Nutella and Frosted Flakes.

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  • Business

Nutella-maker Ferrero to gobble up cereal giant Kellogg for $3.1 billion

Italian candy giant Ferrero offered the American breakfast company a $3.1 billion deal too sweet to pass up.

July 10, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
TikTok researchers and users say there is yet another type of deception to look out for on the hit video app: deepfake videos that copy the exact words of a real creator but in a different voice. In this case, the screenshot on the left is from the original TikTok video; on the right is a copy using an apparently AI-generated persona.

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  • Technology

This TikTok video is fake, but every word was taken from a real creator

TikTok researchers and users say there is yet another type of deception to look out for on the hit video app: deepfake videos that copy the exact words of a real creator but in a different voice.

July 10, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn and
  • Shannon Bond
U.S. children born after Dec. 31, 2024, and through the end of 2028 will be eligible for Trump Accounts, seeded by $1,000 in federal funds. Families can add up to $5,000 each year until the year a child turns 18.

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  • Your Money

Trump Accounts for newborns: How should families use them?

Parents can deposit up to $5,000 into a Trump Account annually until the year their child turns 18. But should they do that? And what are the benefits compared with other savings options?

July 10, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
President Trump is pictured at the Salute to America Celebration at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on July 3.

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  • Politics

Trump sets 50% tariff rate for Brazil, blasting treatment of former far-right president

President Trump defended former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of plotting an attempted coup following his loss in the 2022 election.

July 10, 2025
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, formerly Twitter, at a trade show in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, 2025. Yaccarino announced Wednesday that she is stepping down from X after two years running the social media platform.

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  • Technology

Linda Yaccarino steps down after a turbulent two years leading X

Yaccarino, a traditional business executive, was in many ways a strong foil to the mercurial and controversy-courting Musk. She did not cite a reason for her departure.

July 10, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
President Trump is again threatening to impose steep import taxes starting Aug. 1.

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  • Economy

Confused about where things stand with Trump's tariffs? Here's a handy primer

President Trump has announced — but postponed the effective date for — higher tariffs once again. Here's what to know about the latest on his tariff policy.

July 10, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
A person holds a telephone displaying the logo of Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI  and its chatbot, Grok.

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  • Technology

Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, started calling itself 'MechaHitler'

On Sunday, the chatbot was updated to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated." By Tuesday, it was praising Hitler.

July 09, 2025
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By:
  • Lisa Hagen,
  • Huo Jingnan,
  • and 1 more
The Supreme Court

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  • Politics

Supreme Court allows Trump to resume mass federal layoffs for now

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was appointed to the court by President Biden, dissented.

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Anuli Ononye
A crew with the company CSR Services works on plugging an orphan well on a homeowner's property in Ashland, Ohio, on October 24, 2024.

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  • Environment

The U.S. has millions of old gas and oil wells. Here's what it takes to plug them up

There was a circle in Maria Burns' yard where grass wouldn't grow and trees died. She knew what it was: An old natural gas well, plugged when she was a little girl, starting to leak again.

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
An Amazon worker delivers packages in Los Angeles.

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  • Business

Prime Day — er, Days — tests deal hunters' will to spend amid tariffs

Electronics and back-to-school supplies are expected to top many shoppers' lists.

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
The dollar has slumped more than 10% against other major currencies, marking its worst first-half a year since 1973.

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  • Business

Why some see the dollar's drop as a sign America is losing its financial might

The dollar has just posted its worst first-half of a year since 1973. And now investors wonder — is it a sign that America is losing its financial standing?

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Rafael Nam

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  • Economy

A Planet Money guide to 5 fascinating new econ papers

The Planet Money newsletter rounds up some new economics studies.

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a copy of a letter to Japan, signed by President Trump, announcing 25% tariffs beginning on Aug. 1st, during the daily press briefing at the White House on July 7.

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  • Politics

Trump sends letters with new tariff rates on goods to 14 countries, with more to come

The leaders of Japan and South Korea were the first to get letters on Monday that informed them of the new tariff rates.

July 07, 2025
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Dan Arthur, the president and chief engineer of ALL Consulting, stands beside a defunct oil well in the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Oklahoma on March 20, 2024. The well has not been used for years — there's no pump attached to it. But it hasn't been properly plugged, either.

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  • Environment

Defunct oil wells are a national problem. Finding them is the first step

There could be about a million 'orphan' oil and gas wells across the U.S. As they age, they can leak greenhouse gases or unhealthy chemicals.

July 07, 2025
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
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