Shipping impact from plane grounding after UPS crash seen as ‘minimal’

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The grounding of MD-11 aircraft after the deadly crash of a UPS plane earlier this month could boost air cargo rates during the peak holiday shipping season, with some capacity out of the market, but analysts aren’t expecting a big impact. The Federal Aviation Administration on Nov. 8 prohibited flights of MD-11 planes, less than […]


How Trump bill Medicaid cuts will impact U.S. health care

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An aerial view of Valley Health Hampshire Memorial Hospital on June 17, 2025 in Romney, W.V. Ricky Carioti | The Washington Post | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” would make sweeping changes to U.S. health care, leaving millions of vulnerable Americans without health insurance and threatening the hospitals and centers that provide […]


The airstrikes in the Israel and Iran are having a global impact on Wall Street

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Wall Street’s myopia was on full display in the immediate aftermath of the Israeli airstrikes against Iran. Many of us were worried about the possibility of World War III as we saw the attacks almost in real time Thursday night. Many of my sources were trying to gauge impacts on the Dow, oil prices and […]


Insurers brace for impact with above-average hurricane season forecast

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John Cangialosi, Senior Hurricane Specialist at the National Hurricane Center, inspects a satellite image of Hurricane Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 season, at the National Hurricane Center on July 1, 2024 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Government scientists on Thursday released a forecast for the 2025 […]


RTX, GE Aerospace expect more than $1 billion tariff impact

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Men work with a jet engine at General Electric (GE) Celma, GE’s aviation engine overhaul facility in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. YASUYOSHI CHIBA | AFP | Getty Images RTX and GE Aerospace expect a more than $1 billion impact combined from President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported goods and materials, the latest sign of […]


Innovative Study by UPenn and NYPL Finds That Public Libraries Positively Impact Community Health and Well-Being

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And, while the surveys collected and analyzed in the study were specific to the New York Public Library, researchers believe they can be extended to other libraries—be they in rural, urban, or suburban areas—across the country. Daphna Blatt, the NYPL’s Senior Director of Strategy & Public Impact and one of the people involved in the […]


How CBS’s left-wing bias could impact Skydance Media’s $8B Paramount merger

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Skydance Media may finally win regulatory approval for its $8 billion deal to merge with Paramount Global — but the process could look like something out of “Mission: Impossible.” That’s the word from sources close to the megadeal, who tell me that under terms of a merger approval being discussed by the incoming Trump administration’s […]


How the 2024 election will impact Black Friday, holiday spending

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A “Keep America Great” hat tops off a Christmas tree at a “Merry Christmas” rally hosted by President Donald Trump at the Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek, Michigan, Dec. 18, 2019. Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Black Friday is poised to take on a new tint of red, white and blue […]