We asked people in the US about their customer service battles and hundreds responded on the financial and emotional costs Guardian readers from across the US wrote in to tell us about their battles with big companies, and the time, expense and emotional toll exacted by…
Guardian readers in the US share concerns about how the SpaceX IPO and AI boom affect their retirement accounts Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire last week after SpaceX debuted on the stock market with a valuation of $1.77tn. Millions of Americans could soon become…
As datacenters’ connections to electric grids are held up, big tech is forced to throw money at producing its own power Datacenters are driving unprecedented growth in the US clean energy industry, paradoxically boosting a sector that was sputtering before the artificial…
Cook is at the center of a supreme court case focused on whether Trump’s firing of her from the Fed board was legal The Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook faced more than $1.3m in legal and security fees after coming under attack from the Trump administration, according to…
Data shows that the increase in at-home living stems from high housing costs rather than labor market conditions A record number of the US’s young adults were living with their parents last year, according to new data from Realtor.com, as high housing costs pushed the milestone…
While the stock market booms for the rich, cost of living is soaring for everyone else Since 2020, the stock market has more than doubled. Americans who own substantial financial assets are reveling in economic success. For everyone else, the economy feels very different. This…
As companies integrate AI and hire fewer employees, a shift toward a ‘gig economy’ will commence In 2024, the buy-now-pay-later company Klarna announced that it would cut hundreds of customer service roles and begin using an artificial intelligence chatbot instead. The move was…
Open markets committee says ‘economic activity is expanding at a solid pace’ in first meeting under new chair Kevin Warsh US stock markets dropped on Wednesday afternoon after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and signaled a possible rate hike before the end of…
Acting secretary Keith Sonderling threatens to withhold administrative funds from states for first time in history Keith Sonderling sent letters to 53 states and US territories demanding action to “combat waste, fraud, and abuse” within the unemployment insurance program,…
Arnault’s addition of leading weekly to stable of publications raises concerns about media ownership in France He is known as the “wolf in cashmere” – the owner of the world’s biggest luxury group whose brands including Louis Vuitton, Dior and Tiffany have made him one of the…
Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s governor, squares off with state lawmakers over the facilities powering an AI boom A controversial haunted house near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, taps into its dark history every fall to scare tens of thousands of visitors. In 1968, a local news…
Elon Musk’s firm briefly reached $2.97tn valuation days after its IPO following purchase of AI coding startup Cursor SpaceX has overtaken Amazon to become the world’s fifth most valuable company days after its stock market debut. The milestone came as Elon Musk’s company agreed…
Borrowers face stricter payment timelines after Biden-era Save repayment plan was ended by Donald Trump The American student loan repayment system is set to undergo a significant overhaul next month, changing the way millions of borrowers pay off their debt. The series of…
Brian Gu says he sees Chinese car firms competing on quality rather than launching price war as at home Motorists in the UK and EU should not expect a sharp drop in the cost of electric vehicles despite increased competition among Chinese manufacturers, one of the country’s…
Markets welcome US-Iran peace deal but prices may stay high as buyers race to refill depleted emergency crude stockpiles Oil prices hit three-month low and markets rally After more than 100 days of the greatest recorded disruption to the world’s energy supplies, the global oil…
A layoff and a leap of faith convinced Katie Teixeira she had what it takes to run her own business In 2010, Katie Teixeira adopted a kitten found all alone in an abandoned house. The kitten – so tiny she fit in the palm of Teixeira’s hand – needed to be bottle-fed every few…
A citizen referendum, only the second of its kind in Georgia history, seeks to block a zoning amendment Ire Gene Grovner stood behind his house on a recent morning, between chicken pens on one side and rows of winter collard greens on the other, holding a knife and skinning a…
When partners consider finances, when is it ‘my’ money, and when it is ‘our’ money? Guardian readers shared their experiences Private lives: ‘I want to end my marriage but I’m financially dependent’ A survey of about 1,000 Americans found that one in 10 would describe their…
