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Southwest Airlines and the Price of Abandoning a 53-Year Competitive Advantage Elliott Investment Management took an 11% stake in Southwest Airlines, forced...

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Kalshi and Polymarket Called the Election - Now 19 States Want Them Gone Prediction markets have evolved from an academic curiosity into a $40 billion...
The $124 Trillion Question: Economic Headwinds and Tailwinds for a New Generation The largest inter-generational wealth transfer in human history is underway —...
America's Brexit moment has arrived The U.S. has raised effective tariffs from 2.4% to 19% — the highest since 1933...
The trillion-dollar bet powering America's AI age The largest private infrastructure buildout in American history is being driven...
The Supreme Court just killed Trump's IEEPA tariffs — now what? The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on February 20, 2026, that President Trump...
The copper squeeze reshaping the global economy Copper prices have surged nearly 41% year-over-year to historic levels, driven...
The Great AI Price Split: How Chinese Models Are Reshaping Global AI Economics Chinese AI labs are now selling frontier-class intelligence at one-tenth the...
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