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With inflation now running at a 40-year high, the Fed is trying to tamp down without triggering a recession or high unemployment. 

Fed’s historic interest rate hike aims to cool inflation, could crash economy
There's little to gain from towering inflation, but the Series I Bond is one silver lining. This virtually risk-free investment yields 9.62% interest.

Americans scramble to invest in I bonds as inflation breaks records
The European Union wants to ban Russian oil by year's end, but one of its own is standing in the way, calling energy sanctions a 'red line.'

Europe considers ban on Russian oil by end of year
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott would love to see Elon Musk move Twitter from California to his hometown, following Tesla, HPE, and Oracle.

Should Twitter follow Tesla, Oracle in corporate charge to Texas?
Russia just escalated its war against the West by cutting off gas supplies to two European nations that refused to pay for exports in rubles.

EU: Russia is ‘blackmailing’ after cutting off gas to Poland, Bulgaria
Elon Musk has vowed to enhance Twitter and make it a free speech destination. Here are three things he hopes to change on the platform.

3 ways Elon Musk hopes to change Twitter
When it comes to the stock market, there have been a lot of "worsts" in 2022, but investors are looking to safe haven assets to mitigate risk.

Investors turning to ‘safe haven’ assets like gold, cryptocurrency amid volatility
Billionaire Elon Musk will buy Twitter in a cash deal valued at $44 billion, the social media company announced Monday afternoon.

Twitter accepts Elon Musk’s ‘best and final’ offer to buy
You've probably seen advice suggesting now is the time to ask for a raise, and it appears a lot of people have taken that advice.

Survey: Wages rise at 70% of US companies, most pass on costs
They came on like a storm, but are NFTs already over? Here are five signs the NFT hype is already crashing in this week's Five For Friday.

Are NFTs already over? 5 reasons the market is cooling
Twitter's board of directors voted to take a poison pill to try to prevent Elon Musk from a hostile takeover, but it's not the only group to do so.

Twitter popped a poison pill. Here are 3 other companies that did, too.
After Elon Musk made a bid to buy Twitter, the company's board of directors indicated it'd rather swallow a poison pill than let Musk take over.

What’s a poison pill and why is Twitter biting down?
With renters leaving big cities for greener pastures, here are the most popular destinations for those escaping high housing costs.

Renters are flocking to these 5 cities as housing costs skyrocket
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is all in on Twitter, offering roughly $43 billion to buy out the public company and take it private.

Elon Musk bear hugs Twitter with $43 billion buyout bid
Forty years ago, the United States was just emerging from "The Great Inflation," when the annual rate peaked near 15% and led to interest rate hikes.

As inflation hits 21st century high, is now anything like ‘The Great Inflation’?
Consumer prices in March climbed to a new 4-decade high of 8.5%, according to an inflation report economists described as "nasty" and "ugly.

8.5% inflation sets new 40-year high. But here’s the good news.
With property prices on planet Earth just out of this world, some priced-out investors might be looking for otherworldly real estate in the metaverse.

Why buy land in a virtual world? Inside the metaverse real estate frenzy
By refusing Twitter's board seat, Elon Musk will not be beholden to its restrictions and can acquire as much Twitter stock as he wants.

Elon Musk will not join Twitter’s board. Now what?
Harvard just accepted a record-low 3.2% of applicants for the class of 2026. But these five jobs are even more competitive than that.

5 things harder than getting into Harvard
JetBlue is trying to break up pending nuptials between fellow low-fare airlines Frontier and Spirit, offering to buy Spirit for $3.6 billion.

JetBlue makes unsolicited proposal to buy Spirit, threatening Frontier merger
Twitter is giving Elon Musk a board seat after the world's richest man became Twitter's largest shareholder, buying a 9.2% stake in the company.

Twitter gives Elon Musk board seat. Is an edit button next?
The country is missing its pocket change, driven largely by a push for cashless transactions during the pandemic.

Spare some change? Businesses are desperate for your coins
From coach salaries to gambling to broadcasting rights, the money behind March Madness will surprise even the biggest ballers.

5 mind-blowing money figures behind March Madness
In one of the biggest attacks in the cryptosphere to date, thieves stole $600 million in cryptocurrency from a blockchain bridge via Axie Infinity.

Cryptocurrency thieves nab $600 million in blockchain attack linked to Axie Infinity