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Oil prices passed $100 per barrel on Sunday as the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran disrupts production and shipping in the Middle East.This is the first time in nearly four years that oil prices reached this mark.The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, rose to more than $107 after trading resumed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, a 16.5% jump from its Friday closing price of $92.69.West Texas […]

Enterprise software giant Oracle is reportedly planning to ax thousands of jobs due to mounting financial pressure from its aggressive push to build AI-focused data centers.The tech powerhouse may slash 20,000 to 30,000 positions, possibly cutting 12–18% of its global workforce of roughly 162,000 employees, tech magazine CIO reported.The layoffs could be implemented as early as March 2026, Bloomberg reported.The move is driven by a cash crunch from massive spending […]

Passengers endured a terrifying ordeal last Friday when SWAT teams reportedly swarmed their plane and forcibly removed a passenger at gunpoint following an emergency landing prompted by a potential security threat.The removal occurred after 9 p.m. in Atlanta on Southwest Airlines Flight 2094, which had departed from Nashville and was bound for Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport near Miami, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). "Southwest Airlines Flight 2094 landed safely […]

A Philadelphia food stand owner says she was left scrambling after 600 tubs of French onion dip suddenly showed up at her small Center City kiosk, a surprise shipment she never ordered.Mac Mart owner Marti Lieberman told Fox 29 Philadelphia that she began receiving boxes of "Heluva Good! French Onion Dip" after getting a random email from what appeared to be an overseas promotions company offering the free food.Lieberman said […]

Ford CEO Jim Farley and his wife, Lia, recently gifted Pope Leo XIV a new Explorer SUV.The couple personally delivered the vehicle during a private audience with the American-born pontiff on Feb. 28.The black Explorer Platinum, customized with a 3.3-liter V6 hybrid powertrain and 10-speed hybrid transmission, was assembled at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant, located about 5 miles from Leo's hometown of Dolton. It also features vanity license plates that […]

A looming "silver tsunami" of retiring baby boomer business owners could dramatically reshape America’s small-business landscape.Nearly half of U.S. small-business owners are 55 or older, yet just 54% have a succession plan in place — setting the stage for a potential retirement shock that could leave many companies vulnerable over the next decade, according to Forbes.The stakes are high. Small businesses employ more than 62 million Americans and account for […]

Travelers left millions of items behind in 2025, including things as eccentric as a samurai sword, as expensive as diamond earrings and as historic as a World War II flight jacket, according to the new Unclaimed Baggage report.Unclaimed Baggage, which calls itself the nation’s only retailer of lost luggage, released its annual Found Report on Thursday, listing its most interesting finds from luggage that airports couldn’t get back to passengers."Each […]

Ford Motor Company ranks as the "most American" brand in the country, earning top marks from Democrats and Republicans alike while leading across every major income bracket, according to a new survey.The Morning Consult survey of over 11,000 U.S. adults, conducted in February and titled "America at 250: What the Nation Believes," found the iconic automaker holds the No. 1 spot regardless of political affiliation or earnings.Among Republicans, 21% named […]

Frito-Lay is pulling select bags of potato chips from store shelves after discovering they may contain an undeclared allergen.The recall covers certain 8-ounce bags of Miss Vickie’s Spicy Dill Pickle Potato Chips that may have mistakenly included jalapeno-flavored chips containing milk, according to a notice Wednesday from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)."Those with an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk run the risk of a serious or life-threatening […]