Year: 2026

Frontier Airlines forecasts revenue boost from Spirit collapse
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Frontier Airlines forecasts revenue boost from Spirit collapse

Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines ticket counters at Kansas City International Airport. Leslie Josephs/CNBC Frontier Airlines expects a revenue boost from Spirit Airlines’ collapse over the weekend, a shuttering that removed Spirit’s capacity from the market overnight. “Drawing on the benefits realized from prior Spirit capacity adjustments, we believe their exit supports a [revenue per […]

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Iran doesn’t have ‘kamikaze dolphins,’ Hegseth says. But marine mammals have a long history of military use
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Iran doesn’t have ‘kamikaze dolphins,’ Hegseth says. But marine mammals have a long history of military use

A US Navy trained dolphin named Ten, seen above, discovered a 1800’s era torpedo in San Diego Bay. Don Bartletti | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday shut down the idea that Iran could weaponize marine mammals in the Strait of Hormuz as the war with Iran continues as […]

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U.S. says ‘Project Freedom’ will reopen Hormuz Strait for commerce. Experts are skeptical
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U.S. says ‘Project Freedom’ will reopen Hormuz Strait for commerce. Experts are skeptical

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 4, 2026. Amirhosein Khorgooi | ISNA | WANA | Via Reuters Defense and geopolitical experts are skeptical that “Project Freedom,” the Trump administration’s new effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic, will succeed. “In my view, it’s not a solution at […]

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Intel and Micron are poised to break major milestones
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Intel and Micron are poised to break major milestones

Options Action Intel and Micron are poised to break major milestones Published Tue, May 5 20262:51 PM EDTUpdated 56 Min Ago Oliver Renick@OJRenick WATCH LIVE Source

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Why Palantir’s stock is down despite a stellar first quarter
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Why Palantir’s stock is down despite a stellar first quarter

Palantir’s stock is down after a gangbusters first quarter , and while the earnings report showed one or two tiny blemishes, signs of any real weakness for the company were basically nonexistent, even by the hyperbolic standards of tech-sector performance. The lukewarm investor response more likely signals wariness of soaring valuations and fatigue with idiosyncratic […]

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Keep buying Five Below as it leans into squishy dumplings, says analyst
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Keep buying Five Below as it leans into squishy dumplings, says analyst

Wolfe Research believes that the latest growth driver for Five Below comes in the form of a squishy toy dumpling. In a Tuesday note to clients, analyst Spencer Hanus reiterated his outperform rating on the off-price retail chain. Hanus’ new price target of $291 price target implies upside of 26% from where shares of Five […]

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Spirit starts monthslong process of dismantling airline after biggest collapse in a generation
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Spirit starts monthslong process of dismantling airline after biggest collapse in a generation

A Spirit Airlines airplane at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) in Baltimore, Maryland, US, on Saturday, May 2, 2026. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Spirit Airlines’ more than three-decade run ended over the weekend, but on Tuesday it was just starting the monthslong process of dismantling the company after the biggest […]

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Anthropic CEO warns of cyber ‘moment of danger’ as AI exposes thousands of vulnerabilities
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Anthropic CEO warns of cyber ‘moment of danger’ as AI exposes thousands of vulnerabilities

Key Points Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned Tuesday that there is a 6-to 12-month window to patch tens of thousands of software vulnerabilities uncovered by the company’s Mythos model before Chinese AI catches up. Amodei and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon appeared together at an Anthropic financial services event, signaling the AI giant’s lead in […]

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FAA employee in New Hampshire charged with threatening to kill Trump
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FAA employee in New Hampshire charged with threatening to kill Trump

A Federal Aviation Administration flag flies at the Orville Wright Federal Building which houses the FAA headquarters, in Washington, June 2025. Kevin Carter | Getty Images A Federal Aviation Administration employee in New Hampshire was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump, whom he criticized for the war against Iran, the U.S. Attorney’s […]

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Jerome Powell making a ‘significant mistake’ by staying on at the Fed, Sen. Tim Scott says
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Jerome Powell making a ‘significant mistake’ by staying on at the Fed, Sen. Tim Scott says

Committee Chairman Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) delivers an opening statement during the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Chair of the Federal Reserve, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Senate […]

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