Some small businesses are swearing off tariff price hikes. It’s costing them.

When Jeremiah Chamberlain and his wife, Harriet, started their 3D-printing business in March last year, tariffs weren’t high on their list of challenges to prepare for. “We didn’t expect to have this type of panic arise,” said Chamberlain, the owner-operator of Corvidae Creations in Hammond, Louisiana. But in the months since President Donald Trump took…

It’s the last chance for Southwest plane tickets with two free checked bags, as policy ends in days

Passengers check in for Southwest Airlines flights at Chicago Midway International Airport on Feb. 18, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Set your alarm. Southwest Airlines customers have only one day to go before the company starts charging to check bags for the first time in more than half a century. Starting…

OpenAI CFO says AI hardware will boost ChatGPT subscriptions in ‘new era of computing’

OpenAI is betting a new “era” of computing will justify the company’s decision to spend billions of dollars on bespoke hardware to go with it, Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar said. The artificial intelligence startup, best known for the ChatGPT chatbot, announced plans on Wednesday to buy iPhone designer Jony Ive’s devices startup io for…

Trump tax bill faces fresh hurdles as holdouts meet with Trump at White House

WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders faced a last-minute revolt Wednesday by members of the party’s hardline conservative faction, who opposed their latest attempt to win support from moderate members of the conference for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax bill. As a pivotal meeting of the House Rules Committee entered its sixteenth hour after starting…

China says U.S. undermined trade talks with Huawei chip warning

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, China’s International Trade Representative and Vice Minister of Commerce Li Chenggang, and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, prepare to discuss on the day of a bilateral meeting between the U.S. and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 10, 2025. Keystone/eda/martial Trezzini | Via…