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President Donald Trump signed a diesel relief order at a campaign rally with the midterm elections four weeks away. The announcement offers help for farmers and truckers, but the promise of “tax-free” fuel comes with an important condition: some taxes could still have to be paid later. The October 5 executive order seeks to expand...

Artificial intelligence may already be helping companies decide how much consumers are willing to pay, and a new lawsuit against McDonald’s could test how far businesses can go when using AI to recommend prices. McDonald’s is facing a proposed nationwide class action accusing the fast-food giant of using an AI-powered pricing system to illegally coordinate...

“Over the years, I’ve often been asked for investment advice,” billionaire Warrant Buffett once wrote in a 2013 shareholder letter. “My regular recommendation has been a low-cost S&P 500 index fund.” With that, Buffett would name the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA: VOO). One of its biggest selling points is its low cost. VOO charges...

President Donald Trump is once again promising Americans $5,000 checks if Republicans retain control of Congress, repeating a pledge he first made last month as the midterm elections enter their final stretch. At the same time, the administration is already sending out much smaller federal payments, including $90 payments to millions of eligible Medicare beneficiaries...

A laboratory worker’s death in Siberia has triggered hospital quarantines and reports that nearly 200 people are under medical observation. Authorities are investigating a suspected plague infection, although the cause of her fatal pneumonia remains unconfirmed. The case involves an employee of Russia’s Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, a facility that studies dangerous infectious diseases. Local...