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After years of elevated inflation, many Americans are still feeling sticker shock at the grocery store. Food costs continue creeping higher, even as overall inflation has eased from its peak. Now, the Trump administration is turning to tariff exemptions in hopes of slowing the pressure on household budgets.

A striking contrast emerged on the streets of Chicago when personal finance expert George Kamel asked strangers about their debt: while some young Americans are trapped under mountains of student loans they expect to “die with,” others have cracked the code to building wealth before their 21st birthday.

Mercor is paying more than $1.5 million a day to people training artificial intelligence systems. 

A call from Tracy in Birmingham, Alabama set off a tense conversation about marriage and control on "The Ramsey Show." The caller told host Dave Ramsey and co-host John Delony that she put her career on hold to support her husband's multiple businesses. 

When Jim, 62, walked away from his aerospace engineering career last month, he didn't exactly feel like he was walking into freedom. 

A caller named Angela from New Mexico asked "The Ramsey Show" for help managing her husband's unpaid child-support debt. 

Taylor Swift's promotional film "Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl," a behind-the-scenes film of the singer's 12th studio album, helped AMC Theaters (NYSE:AMC) capture 36% of the domestic movie theater market share in one weekend, AMC CEO Adam Aron said during the company's recent Q3 earnings call. 

A Missouri man told "The Ramsey Show" that his family's Christmas traditions are leaving his wallet empty. 

Will artificial intelligence make financial advisors obsolete? It may be too soon to tell, but two-thirds of Americans are already using generative AI for financial advice, according to an Intuit Credit Karma survey released in September.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has been a long-time critic of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), and reaffirmed her skepticism recently despite the asset’s growth over the years.

Hedge fund manager Eric Jackson doubled down this week on his ultra-bullish call for Better Home Finance Holding Co. (NASDAQ:BETR), framing the mortgage platform as an AI company masquerading as a lender — and likening its trajectory to what he says made Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) a breakout winner.