The trick America's biggest drug companies are using to screw over taxpayers

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
American Flag made out of pills and syringes
Americans are not only paying through the nose for their prescriptions but also receiving none of the benefits from having a robust "American" pharmaceutical industry.

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There's a mystery lurking in America's national medicine cabinet.

There are way too many real estate agents — and it's screwing over homebuyers

Tech Insider : Economy
Real estate agents run to get a deal on a house for sale.
A surplus of real-estate agents is bad for both the industry and regular home buyers and sellers.

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A glut of mediocre Realtors is screwing over homebuyers

The last, best hope for homebuyers

Tech Insider : Economy
Newly constructed houses shine brightly on a grassy field, which a line of eager homebuyers filing at the bottom of the hill, for a chance to snatch this housing from this new construction boom. The sky in the background is a greenish purple.

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The real 'monster' behind soaring prices: corporate greed

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Dragon hoarding
Anyone who has bought a carton of eggs or a tank of gas has felt the sting of inflation. The data is increasingly pointing to one culprit for all these price hikes: corporate greed.

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It's becoming clear that corporate greed is screwing over the US economy

Amazon is the growth laggard of the cloud industry now

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Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy

Amazon

Investors are making the wrong bet on a recession — and it's going to cost them big time

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Stock exchange falling around the Wall Street Bull
Investors are betting that the US economy is going to suddenly fall into a recession and inflation is going to cool. But what happens if they're wrong?

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How betting on a recession could wreck the market

Buying eggs for Easter? The fake ones at Walmart and Target might be cheaper than the real thing

Tech Insider : Economy
Eggs in a fridge.
A dozen eggs still costs more than $4, roughly twice as expensive as a year ago.

BI Photo / Isabel Fernandez Pujol

Silicon Valley Bank is the biggest US bank collapse since Washington Mutual during the 2008 financial crisis

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Greg Becker, CEO of SVB Financial, is shown speaking during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on May 3, 2022.
Greg Becker, CEO of SVB Financial

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How a grand attempt to improve airline travel backfired — and ended up turning flying into a total nightmare

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Travel
aerial view of a plane with the top rolled open like a sardine tin to reveal a crowd of people inside
Shortsighted decisions that prioritized efficiency and price cuts over quality and comfort have made air travel and airline customer service a total mess.

Getty; Marianne Ayala/Insider

It all started with one dumb law

See Bing's breakout week in charts as Microsoft taps new ChatGPT technology to go after Google's search lead

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella points with one finger on stage.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

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