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US senators grill airline officials about fees for seats and checked bags
2 weeks, 6 days ago

US senators grill airline officials about fees for seats and checked bags

Associated Press  

Members of a U.S. Senate subcommittee took aim at airline executives Wednesday for using an expanding menu of fees to charge customers for early boarding, better seats and other comforts that used to be part of the ticket price. Blumenthal, the chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, said seat fees were pure profit for the airlines because they …

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Taylor Swift Fans Sue Ticketmaster for Price Gouging
54 years, 11 months ago

Taylor Swift Fans Sue Ticketmaster for Price Gouging

Wired  

A group of almost 400 fans of Taylor Swift and other musicians filed a new lawsuit in California state court on Friday against Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation, accusing them of colluding with partner organizations to drive up ticket prices for concertgoers. The complaint, which expands on an existing federal court case brought by Swift fans, accuses Ticketmaster …

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Surge pricing in pubs: Uber-style price gouging will ensure this beloved institution’s extinction
1 month, 1 week ago

Surge pricing in pubs: Uber-style price gouging will ensure this beloved institution’s extinction

The Independent  

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Ruchira Gupta | Why Trump won, Dems lost: Churches played crucial role
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ruchira Gupta | Why Trump won, Dems lost: Churches played crucial role

Deccan Chronicle  

It all started with my Uber driver in New Hampshire. While Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party relied on the mainstream media and social platforms to convey messages, Trump’s campaign tapped directly into the vast, powerful influence of independent Evangelical mega-churches. Trump’s team embedded messages about the wall, food prices, family, and national security directly into sermons, community groups, and …

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Big corporations used Trump tax cuts to pump $839B into buybacks and dividends: report
2 months ago

Big corporations used Trump tax cuts to pump $839B into buybacks and dividends: report

Raw Story  

The 15 largest corporate beneficiaries of former President Donald Trump's 2017 tax law have dumped a combined $839 billion into executive-enriching stock buybacks and dividends since the measure's passage, according to research released Wednesday by the progressive watchdog group Accountable.US. "There's nothing to be gained for everyday Americans by doubling down on the Trump corporate tax breaks—a historic mistake that …

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15 big corporations used Trump tax cuts to pump $839 billion into buybacks, dividends
2 months ago

15 big corporations used Trump tax cuts to pump $839 billion into buybacks, dividends

Raw Story  

The 15 largest corporate beneficiaries of former President Donald Trump's 2017 tax law have dumped a combined $839 billion into executive-enriching stock buybacks and dividends since the measure's passage, according to research released Wednesday by the progressive watchdog group Accountable.US. "There's nothing to be gained for everyday Americans by doubling down on the Trump corporate tax breaks—a historic mistake that …

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Residents in hurricane-affected states are complaining of 'price gouging.' What is it?
2 months, 1 week ago

Residents in hurricane-affected states are complaining of 'price gouging.' What is it?

NPR  

Residents in hurricane-affected states are complaining of 'price gouging.' Attorneys general in Florida and North Carolina say they've received hundreds of complaints of price gouging the days before and after Hurricane Helene and Milton. SIMON: But as NPR chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley finds, price gouging is not always easy to define or to police. HORSLEY: Giberson, who's with the …

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Hurricane Milton: Airlines hit back at price gouging accusations amid flight chaos
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Hurricane Milton: Airlines hit back at price gouging accusations amid flight chaos

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I’m calling on the airlines and other companies to provide as much service as possible to accommodate evacuations, and not …

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'Despicable' hotels in Florida and Georgia raise prices from $95 to $700-a-NIGHT as desperate Hurricane Milton evacuees flee
2 months, 2 weeks ago

'Despicable' hotels in Florida and Georgia raise prices from $95 to $700-a-NIGHT as desperate Hurricane Milton evacuees flee

Daily Mail  

As Floridians brace for the catastrophic arrival of Hurricane Milton, hotels across the region are capitalizing on the widespread misfortune by gouging their prices. Hurricane Milton is due to make landfall in Tampa Bay on Wednesday, less than two weeks after Helene devastated the same region. The Hampton Inn and Suites in Brunswick, Georgia, was offering a room Wednesday night …

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Hurricane Helene-Related Scams Are On The Rise
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Hurricane Helene-Related Scams Are On The Rise

Huff Post  

Illustration: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost; Photos: Getty After Hurricane Helene, criminals and scammers are taking advantage of vulnerable victims of the natural disaster. “After a disaster, criminals and scammers may try to take advantage of you when you’re looking for help,” Jayce Genco, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s deputy press secretary, told HuffPost. “FEMA urges Hurricane Helene survivors to be on alert …

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Free cash coming to some California drivers, in the form of gas rebates
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Free cash coming to some California drivers, in the form of gas rebates

LA Times  

A big chunk of a $50-million settlement in a California lawsuit over price gouging at the gas pump will be distributed as compensation to consumers. In July, the California attorney general announced the settlement with three gasoline trading firms that allegedly worked together to manipulate gas prices nine years ago, violating California antitrust laws, according to the office of Atty. …

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Insiders look for signals that Kamala Harris would keep up one of Biden’s biggest fights
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Insiders look for signals that Kamala Harris would keep up one of Biden’s biggest fights

Politico  

What Harris chooses to do if she wins is “very important,” said Josh Tzuker, a former antitrust official at the Department of Justice, who joined the consulting firm FGS Global earlier this year. Those include former Biden National Economic Council director Brian Deese, who is advising Harris on economic policy; and Bharat Ramamurti, formerly Deese’s deputy at the NEC and …

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Retirement villages accused of gouging older Australians in 'corporatised elder abuse'
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Retirement villages accused of gouging older Australians in 'corporatised elder abuse'

ABC  

They are billed as a retiree's utopia: A playground for adults that is fun, safe and can even help you live a longer, healthier, and happier life. Mr Gannon says the Retirement Village Residents Association report also found that "most cases of bullying were actually perpetrated by residents onto other residents". Ms Sharkie says retirement village arrangements were excluded from …

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Rejecting Trump's 'failed trickle-down' policies, 400+ economic experts endorse Harris
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Rejecting Trump's 'failed trickle-down' policies, 400+ economic experts endorse Harris

Raw Story  

Several progressive economists were among more than 400 policy experts who signed onto an endorsement of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday, arguing that the Democratic presidential candidate's proposals for an "opportunity economy" would improve the financial well-being of families across the country. Stony Brook University professor Stephanie Kelton, a leading proponent of modern monetary theory; Center for Economic …

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“Do you believe Americans can afford higher prices?": Trump's food tariffs criticized in debate
3 months, 1 week ago

“Do you believe Americans can afford higher prices?": Trump's food tariffs criticized in debate

Salon  

The word "food" was mentioned only twice in Tuesday’s presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump. Yet, it quickly became clear that policy discussions would be secondary to performance last night, something Jon Stewart noted in his “The Daily Show” wrap-up of the debate: “After surviving the PTSD of the last presidential debate, how unbelievably …

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Trump is fixated on bacon prices. He's not making the point he intends
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump is fixated on bacon prices. He's not making the point he intends

LA Times  

It was then-President Trump who botched the pandemic response and sent the economy reeling, so it doesn’t resonate when he tries to fault the current administration. As late as Aug. 31 that year, Trump was still telling the country: “It’s going to go away.” But in 2020, thousands of people were dying daily, the supply chain was at a standstill …

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As Oasis reunites, U.K. government blasts Ticketmaster for ‘vastly inflated’ prices
3 months, 3 weeks ago

As Oasis reunites, U.K. government blasts Ticketmaster for ‘vastly inflated’ prices

LA Times  

Oasis fans are looking back in anger at their experience trying to purchase tickets for the act’s highly anticipated reunion tour, and the U.K. government is preparing to take action. The U.K. government has vowed to investigate live event companies’ use of “dynamic pricing” after concertgoers accused Beverly Hills-based Ticketmaster of gouging them to see the recently revived band perform. …

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No. 18 Kansas State cruises to 41-6 win over UT Martin
3 months, 3 weeks ago

No. 18 Kansas State cruises to 41-6 win over UT Martin

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “And it just allows me to go out there to kind of relax and be able to settle in the game.” K-State also befuddled UT Martin’s passing attack by sacking Kinkead Dent three times. We got a tough road game next week.” Meanwhile, the Wildcats’ offense …

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Kamala Harris reveals in CNN interview her 'day one' priorities
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kamala Harris reveals in CNN interview her 'day one' priorities

Raw Story  

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris revealed what she'll do on "day one" in the White House, should voters elect her on Nov. 5. In her first sit-down interview as the candidate at the top of the ticket, Harris told CNN anchor Dana Bash she has a "number of things" she'd like to accomplish. "When I look at the aspirations, the …

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Trump blasts Harris plan to ban price gouging as communism. But GOP states already block some price hikes.
4 months ago

Trump blasts Harris plan to ban price gouging as communism. But GOP states already block some price hikes.

Politico  

In Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, sued a large egg supplier for raising prices by about 300 percent at the height of the pandemic lockdowns in 2020. “There is no comparison between Florida’s price gouging laws that are in place to protect people in emergency situations and what Harris is proposing which, from the limited information she is …

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Column: Kamala Harris wants to tackle corporate ‘price-gouging.’ Here’s what she’s missing
4 months ago

Column: Kamala Harris wants to tackle corporate ‘price-gouging.’ Here’s what she’s missing

LA Times  

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris holds a bag of Doritos at a convenience store in Pennsylvania on Sunday as her running mate, Tim Walz, looks on. Few lessons from economic history are more clear than the futility of that approach, as Robert L. Schuettinger and Eamonn F. Butler chronicled in their 1979 book “Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls: …

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Column: Harris is right about housing assistance and price gouging. Here’s what you should know
4 months ago

Column: Harris is right about housing assistance and price gouging. Here’s what you should know

LA Times  

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris greets attendees after speaking about the administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug costs during an event at a Maryland community college. Harris’ professed desire to lower food prices led to a spurt of news articles and columns asserting that she was proposing “price controls.” It’s hard to know where that idea came from; …

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Amid GOP freakout, expert says Harris is 'exactly right' to target price gouging
4 months ago

Amid GOP freakout, expert says Harris is 'exactly right' to target price gouging

Raw Story  

The executive director of a leading progressive think tank said in an appearance on CNBC Monday that Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is "exactly right" to target corporate price gouging as part of her broader economic agenda, countering a flurry of bad-faith attacks on the proposal from economists, pundits, Republican lawmakers, and GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. "So this is a …

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As politicians point fingers on price gouging, Kroger pledges to slash grocery prices by $1 billion
4 months ago

As politicians point fingers on price gouging, Kroger pledges to slash grocery prices by $1 billion

Salon  

Since first announcing plans to merge in Oct. 2022, leadership from Kroger and Albertsons, two of the largest supermarket chains in the country, have maintained the deal is necessary in order to compete with the increasingly monopolistic companies, like Amazon and Walmart, that have pushed their way into the grocery business in recent years. “Kroger’s acquisition of Albertsons would lead …

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