Budget smartphones are in trouble

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Three Galaxy phones are on display.
Smartphone prices, especially for budget phones like the Samsung Galaxy A36, are feeling the crunch as chip and memory shortages continue.

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We were gaslit by Big Egg about egg prices (allegedly)

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Egg prices were allegedly manipulated during 2022-2025.

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Amazon just made a key AI cloud service more expensive

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An AWS data center

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What smart people are saying about price hikes by Apple and Xbox

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Apple and Microsoft's Xbox hiked prices on the same day due to a global shortage in memory chips driven by AI demands.

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Apple is charging you more and blaming AI data centers. That's a big deal.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook at the company's annual developer conference, June 2026
Apple CEO Tim Cook says the boom in AI data centers has made price hikes "unavoidable".

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Prices are rising. We want to hear how it's hitting your food bills.

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A woman shops for groceries at a store in Arlington, Virginia, the United States, on June 5, 2026.
US shoppers are increasingly heading to wholesale clubs to find the best prices.

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I went to Dollar General to find $1 groceries. Here's what I'd buy and what I'd skip.

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Person wearing sunglasses takes a selfie outside a Dollar General storefront with the sign visible.
Dollar General is adding more $1 items to its stores.

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The 3 sectors where wage growth is still outpacing inflation

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An unlikely halalflation culprit: New York City's big push to cut traffic

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Many NYC street vendors live outside Manhattan and must pay congestion pricing tolls on their commute.

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We're tracking the price of 45 Costco items, from bacon to motor oil

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Vehicles wait in line at a Costco Wholesale gas station on May 1, 2025 in Simi Valley, California.
Expensive gas has more US shoppers heading to Costco, where prices inside the warehouse are holding steady so far.

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