It's spring break season in the U.S. and travelers are facing long airport lines as security screeners work without pay while the Department of Homeland security is shut down.
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Travel experts say passengers need to be prepared, and patient, amid the government shutdown. Until a deal is reached, officials say airport disruptions and delays could get even worse.

Airport security lines are long. Here's what to know if you're flying - NPR

Elon Musk has been found liable by a California jury for misleading Twitter shareholders amid his $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform in 2022.
On Friday, the jury in the class-actio… [+1405 chars]

Elon Musk has been found liable by a California jury for misleading Twitter shareholders amid his $44 billion acquisition of the platform.

Deadline

Elon Musk Found Liable For Misleading Twitter Shareholders Ahead Of $44B Acquisition - Deadline

Starting Saturday, stores across the state will be required to accept cash payments from customers. 
The state attorney general's office reminded New Yorkers on Friday the new legislation takes effe… [+2819 chars]

A new law takes effect on Saturday requiring all food stores and retail establishments in the state to take cash in exchange for goods and services.

Newsday

Stores statewide now required to accept cash payments or face fine - Newsday

The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has delivered the biggest disruption to the airline industry since the COVID-19 pandemic, and United is bracing for a future where oil prices remain high through 2027.Not … [+3646 chars]

CEO Scott Kirby pointed out jet fuel prices have more than doubled in the last three weeks, representing an additional $11 billion in annual costs if prices stay at that level.

Fortune

United Airlines plans for oil hitting $175 a barrel and staying above $100 next year - Fortune

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<ul><li>The U.S.-Israel war against Iran has driven oil and gasoline prices sharply higher.</li><li>Goldman Sachs predicts production will come back when the Strait of Hormuz is fully ope… [+5321 chars]

This is how the finance giant sees the Iran playing out.

TheStreet

Goldman Sachs resets oil-price bets as war rages on - thestreet.com

While crude oil prices soar above triple digits amid the ongoing disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trumps next political crisis may already be taking shape at the … [+6260 chars]

While crude oil prices soar above triple digits amid the ongoing disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump‘s next political...

Yahoo Entertainment

Trump Meets Diesel Shock: This Scary Chart Shows Inflation Hitting 8% - Yahoo Finance

When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took the stage for his annual GTC keynote on Monday, the $4-trillion-dollar company’s stock started to drop. 
Wall Street investors, it seems, were unmoved by the leathe… [+3735 chars]

Despite investor fears of an AI bubble, Nvidia's latest conference shows that most in the industry aren't concerned by that possibility.

TechCrunch

Why Wall Street wasn’t won over by Nvidia’s big conference - TechCrunch

This is The Takeaway from today's Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with:
<ul><li>What we're watching
</li><li>What we're reading
</li><li>Economic … [+5830 chars]

Reconciling what was once thought of as a compressed timeline of limited consequence with more wide-ranging ramifications is part of the narrative unfolding ...

Wall Street priced a swift bombing campaign. What it got was an energy war. - Yahoo Finance

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As OpenAI prepares to open up ad sales to more marketers next month, it is trying to address what some advertisers say was lacking in the initial ad sales offering. Among other things, the ChatGPT creator is planning to streamline the process of ad buying, ei…

The Information

OpenAI’s First Advertisers Can’t Prove ChatGPT Ads Work - The Information

Royal Caribbean is scrapping a slate of 2027 sailings on one of its major ships, leaving thousands of summer vacations in flux. More than 20 cruises scheduled between May and September 2027 on Freedo… [+1461 chars]

Cruise line is reassigning Freedom of the Seas ship to the UK, wiping out a bunch of vacation itineraries

Newser

Royal Caribbean Cancels 20+ Cruises - Newser

The companies, supporters say, can bring the unfiltered wisdom of crowds to climate debates, cutting through the partisan noise around an issue that has divided the country.
But critics argue they h… [+10681 chars]

Traders are placing wagers on the likelihood of disasters, activists being jailed and oil depots exploding.

Politico

You can bet on climate disasters. Business is booming. - Politico

For decades, humans have sought to harness the power of the stars to generate electricity here on Earth. And for nearly as long, achieving that goal always seemed just a decade away. 
Now, a slew of… [+4952 chars]

Fusion power promises to generate large amounts of clean electricity from nearly limitless fuel. This article explains the main approaches and the companies that use them.

How fusion power works and the startups pursuing it - TechCrunch

A mini burger, mini fries and mini beer, Clinton Hall's "Teeny Weeny Mini Meal", is pictured next to a regular-sized combo on Dec. 8, 2025 in New York City. Approximately one in eight American adults… [+12390 chars]

For restaurants and food companies, the increasing adoption of GLP-1 drugs present both an opportunity and a threat to their businesses.

CNBC

GLP-1 drugs are changing how Americans eat. Food companies are racing to catch up - CNBC

Although President Trump initially said war with Iran would last four weeks or less, the conflict has been going on for three weeks now and shows no end in sight.
Investors find themselves in the mi… [+201 chars]

Gold, often a haven during times of stress, has been falling. Meanwhile, stocks are down, but not as much as many expected.

MarketWatch

Financial markets are responding to the Iran conflict in unexpected ways — leaving some investors puzzled - MarketWatch

COVID-19 gave us hybrid work. The Iran War might give us a three-day weekend. Thats because, as Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Pakistan move to a 4-day work week because of the war in Iran, experts … [+6154 chars]

As governments across Asia slash the working week to save energy amid the Iran War, workers have never been closer to a permanent four-day week

Covid gave us hybrid work. The Iran War might give us a four-day week—and this time, experts say it could stick - Fortune

Nearly five years ago, Mark Zuckerberg told us the future was the metaverse an idea that seemed to involve all of us strapping on virtual reality goggles and interacting with digital versions of ours… [+3938 chars]

In 2021,  Zuckerberg said Facebook was becoming a metaverse company. He's stopped saying that — but he's still putting money into metaverse-y things.

Business Insider

Actually, Mark Zuckerberg didn't burn $80 billion on the metaverse - Business Insider

The Wall Street Journal

Why the Fed’s Next Rate Move Could Be a Hike - WSJ

A New York postal worker was arrested for knocking a four-year-old hassidic (ultra-Orthodox) boy to the ground on Friday afternoon, police said.
Video footage showed the boy approaching the mail tru… [+913 chars]

Video footage showed the boy approaching the mail truck before the postal worker came out and forcefully knocked the child to the ground.