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Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to encourage families to claim ‘Trump Accounts’

Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to encourage families to claim ‘Trump Accounts’

NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion Tuesday to provide 25 million American children 10 and under an incentive to claim the new investment accounts for childre...

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Shoppers spend billions on Black Friday 2025

Shoppers spend billions on Black Friday 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Despite wider economic uncertainty hovering above this year’s holiday season, shoppers turned out in big numbers for Black Friday — spending billions of dollars both in stores and ...

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Retailers expect Black Friday shoppers to spend in a typically big way

Retailers expect Black Friday shoppers to spend in a typically big way

NEW YORK (AP) — Black Friday may no longer be the retail bacchanalia of years past, when the promise of one-time bargains caused people to leave Thanksgiving tables for malls where some customers ...

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Thanksgiving prices don’t reflect bird flu’s recent toll on turkeys

Thanksgiving prices don’t reflect bird flu’s recent toll on turkeys

CHELSEA, Mich. (AP) — Old Brick Farm, where Larry Doll raises chickens, turkeys and ducks, was fortunate this Thanksgiving season. Doll’s small farm west of Detroit had no cases of bird flu, despi...

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US endorses a new female crash test dummy that’s more like women

US endorses a new female crash test dummy that’s more like women

The U.S. government on Thursday released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women. The Department of Transportation will consider using the dummy i...

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Report says China made hundreds of billions in loans to US firms to gain edge

Report says China made hundreds of billions in loans to US firms to gain edge

WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, Washington has been warning others not to trust loans from Chinese state banks fueling its rise as a superpower. But a new report reveals an ironic twist: The United S...

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