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Jeff Bezos wants the bottom half of earners to pay zero income tax—he says nurses making just $75K should save $12K a year

Billionaire Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, says the bottom 50% of Americans should pay no federal income tax—and he plans to pitch the idea to President Trump.

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Current price of Bitcoin for May 21, 2026
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Current price of oil as of May 21, 2026
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By Catherina GioinoMay 21, 2026
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The U.S. freight network is broken by design. One merger could start fixing it
By Brigham A. McCownMay 21, 2026
Europe is considering price caps to control inflation. CEOs are shaking their heads in despair
Europe is considering price caps to control inflation. CEOs are shaking their heads in despair
By Kamal AhmedMay 21, 2026
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Intuit CFO on why the company is simplifying its structure
NewslettersIntuit CFO on why the company is simplifying its structure
By Sheryl EstradaMay 21, 2026
Anu Madgavkar, a partner at the McKinsey Global Institute
AIMcKinsey partner says up to 50% of work hours could be transformed within the next 5 years
By Emma BurleighMay 21, 2026
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By Christina SnyderMay 21, 2026
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SuccessMacKenzie Scott gave away more than $7 billion last year—but her secretive style got her snubbed from a top donors list
By Sydney LakeMay 21, 2026
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By Joseph HostetlerMay 21, 2026
allbirds
AIAllbirds’ 600% stock surge says a lot about how ‘AI washing’ became the new ‘greenwashing’
By Suvrat Dhanorkar and The ConversationMay 21, 2026
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By Danny BakstMay 21, 2026
Top CD rates from major banks May 21, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and more
Personal FinanceTop CD rates from major banks on May 21, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and more
By Joseph HostetlerMay 21, 2026
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Greg Abbott and Sundar Pichai sit next to each other at a red table.
AIBank of America predicts an ‘air pocket,’ not an AI bubble, fueled by mountains of debt piling up from the data center rush
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 3, 2025
  • President Donald Trump listens as first lady Melania Trump speaks at a signing ceremony for the "Fostering the Future" executive order in the East Room of the White House on November 13, 2025 in Washington, DC.
    EconomyNational debt crisis will be averted by governments ‘mobilizing and encouraging’ private wealth to fill budget holes, says UBS
    By Eleanor PringleNovember 29, 2025
Bessent
EconomyScott Bessent calls the Giving Pledge well-intentioned but ‘very amorphous,’ growing from ‘a panic among the billionaire class’
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 3, 2025
Scott Bessent
EconomyScott Bessent is defiant on whether tariffs are a tax, demands Democrats work to cut actual taxes instead
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 3, 2025
President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House on Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
EconomyTrump says national debt is ‘peanuts’ and his tariff income will pay everyone a $2,000 dividend too—but the math doesn’t add up
By Eleanor PringleDecember 3, 2025
Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell
EconomyTrump’s pick for chairman isn’t enough to threaten Fed independence, says Bank of America—especially if Jerome Powell decides to stick around
By Eleanor PringleDecember 3, 2025
Elon Musk, standing with his arms crossed, looks down at Donald Trump sitting at his desk in the Oval Office
EconomyElon Musk says he warned Trump against tariffs, which U.S. manufacturers blame for a turn to more offshoring and diminishing American factory jobs
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 2, 2025
  • Photo of Jim Farley
    EconomyFord workers told their CEO ‘none of the young people want to work here.’ So Jim Farley took a page out of the founder’s playbook
    By Sasha RogelbergNovember 28, 2025
layoffs
EconomyWhat CEOs say about AI and what they mean about layoffs and job cuts: Goldman Sachs peels the onion
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 2, 2025
Trump
CommentaryThe trade war was never going to fix our deficit
By Daniel BunnDecember 2, 2025
Michael Dell talks candidly about his $6.25 billion donation to fund Invest America accounts for 25 million American children
EconomyMichael Dell talks candidly about his $6.25 billion donation to fund Invest America accounts for 25 million American children
By Diane BradyDecember 2, 2025
Mohamed Aly El-Erian
Economy‘This Fed went to sleep,’ says top economist Mohamed El-Erian, who wants to see the central bank reformed and presidents to ‘cool it’
By Eleanor PringleDecember 2, 2025
More than 1,000 Amazon employees sign open letter warning the company’s AI ‘will do staggering damage to democracy, our jobs, and the earth’
AIMore than 1,000 Amazon employees sign open letter warning the company’s AI ‘will do staggering damage to democracy, our jobs, and the earth’
By Nino PaoliDecember 2, 2025
  • Narendra Modi wearing a blue vest
    EconomyIndia growth beats all estimates as factories defy Trump tariffs
    By Anup Roy, Shruti Srivastava and BloombergNovember 28, 2025
Extended holiday sales, effectively Black November, is ‘confusing’ for customers and dilutes shopping ‘sparkle’ of Black Fridays and Cyber Mondays past
RetailExtended holiday sales, effectively Black November, is ‘confusing’ for customers and dilutes shopping ‘sparkle’ of Black Fridays and Cyber Mondays past
By Kristina Monllos and Marketing BrewDecember 1, 2025
members of the media outside the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Hassett said that Chinese actions on trade in the last few weeks have been "unacceptable," but there has been "sort of a thawing" in US-China relations in recent days as conversations
EconomyWho is Kevin Hassett? The rumored Fed pick says inflation is ‘way down,’ sees ‘political bias’ in jobs data, and suggested firing Powell over a renovation
By Eva RoytburgDecember 1, 2025
Queens
LawNew York City backs casinos in Queens and the Bronx that would benefit billionaire Steve Cohen and maybe even Donald Trump
By Philip Marcelo and The Associated PressDecember 1, 2025
Donald Trump
EconomyThe tariffs are raising $100 billion less than Trump expected. Pantheon Macro sees 3 reasons why, starting with China
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 1, 2025
President Donald Trump walks out with Federal Reserve board member Jerome Powell
EconomyTrump says he has a name to replace Powell—so Wall Street may need to contend with a ‘shadow Fed chair’ for the next half year
By Eleanor PringleDecember 1, 2025
dollars
EconomyThe K-shaped economy means inflation hurts at the bottom and swells the assets at the top
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressDecember 1, 2025
Cyber Monday
RetailAdobe sees Americans spending $14.2 billion online during Cyber Monday, last call for holiday shopping binge
By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressDecember 1, 2025
Photo of Elon Musk
EconomyElon Musk says only AI and robotics can solve the ‘insanely high’ $38 trillion national debt crisis—but it would cause ‘significant deflation’
By Eleanor PringleDecember 1, 2025
Photo: PHILADELPHIA, PA - NOVEMBER 28: Philadelphia Eagles fan dressed as the Grinch looks on during the game between the Chicago Bears and the Philadelphia Eagles on November 28, 2025 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA.
Economy‘Santa Rally’ stalls even though a December cut from the Fed is a near certainty
By Jim EdwardsDecember 1, 2025
Teen brands win over wary Black Friday shoppers while other deals disappoint
RetailTeen brands win over wary Black Friday shoppers while other deals disappoint
By Jaewon Kang and BloombergNovember 30, 2025
The housing crisis is also a crisis of hopelessness as young Americans give up, hustle less, spend more, and make risky investments as a last resort
EconomyThe housing crisis is also a crisis of hopelessness as young Americans give up, hustle less, spend more, and make risky investments as a last resort
By Jason MaNovember 30, 2025
Black Friday
Economy‘Black Friday has really turned into like a full week event’: America spends Thanksgiving week cruising for deals amid $18 billion spending explosion
By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressNovember 30, 2025
Tim Wu
EconomyWhy the economy has that ‘weird feeling of something you like getting worse’: One of America’s top legal theorists on ‘the age of extraction’
By Nick LichtenbergNovember 30, 2025
Lab-grown diamonds are crushing this African economy that was built on natural stones
EconomyLab-grown diamonds are crushing this African economy that was built on natural stones
By Sello Motseta, Farai Mutsaka and The Associated PressNovember 29, 2025
Santa is coming to Wall Street early this season, and analysts say 2026 is shaping up to be another big year of gains
InvestingSanta is coming to Wall Street early this season, and analysts say 2026 is shaping up to be another big year of gains
By Jason MaNovember 29, 2025
Wall Street strategist explains today’s political rage with a poverty line that should be $140,000 and the ‘Valley of Death’ trapping people below it
EconomyWall Street strategist explains today’s political rage with a poverty line that should be $140,000 and the ‘Valley of Death’ trapping people below it
By Jason MaNovember 29, 2025
McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski said earlier the fast-food chain's combo meals were too expensive for its customers.
C-SuiteMcDonald’s promoted its new $8 nugget combo meal, then got blasted online with complaints about affordability, quality and service
By Nino PaoliNovember 29, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy
PoliticsAfter lengthy delay, Trump administration releases $3.6 billion of funding for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
By Susan Haigh and The Associated PressNovember 29, 2025
Black Friday
Economy‘The economy is bad, but you still have to celebrate’: Black Friday shoppers attack stores with a vengeance, some sipping champagne
By Anne D'Innocenzio, Cathy Bussewitz, Stephen Smith and The Associated PressNovember 29, 2025
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