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Anna Helhoski

Jury Rules Live Nation Is an Illegal Monopoly — What It Means For You

Sweeping changes may be coming for concertgoers after a federal jury in New York on Wednesday ruled that Live Nation Entertainment illegally monopolized the live event market. What comes next is uncertain: Will the entertainment giant be broken up? How much will Live Nation owe in monetary damages? Will consumers

An Economic Wild Card: The Iran War and Your Finances

Look no further than your local gas station if you want to see how the Iran war is already shifting financial conditions for U.S. consumers. Oil prices have surged past $100 per barrel and gas prices have increased more than 32% since last month, according to data from AAA,

I Should Have Bought Punch’s Ikea Monkey When I Had the Chance

If you, like me, have become emotionally attached to a zoo animal via social media, then I don’t have to explain the Punch phenomenon to you. For everyone else, Punch is a baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan who had a sad start in life. After he

How Health Care Is Keeping the Job Market Afloat

The health care sector is doing the heavy lifting when it comes to jobs growth, and recent federal labor data shows that without it, the labor market would be in serious trouble. In fact, if you take health care and social assistance out of the picture for January data, overall