Oil Companies Wanted Trump to Lower Costs. Tariffs Are Raising Them.

• Lower mortgage rates may tempt home buyers. But these fast-rising phantom costs could sneak up on them.

  Mortgage rates are down to a nearly three-month low. But if you’re thinking of buying a home, beware of these hidden costs.
  
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  CEOs want workers back in offices—this company is giving workers a $10,000 raise to do it

  Cameo wants workers back in the office more often, and it’s paying them each $10,000 to show up.
  
  NBC News - Feb. 20

• CEOs want workers back in offices—this company is giving workers a $10,000 raise to do it

  Cameo wants workers back in the office more often, and it's paying them each $10,000 to show up.
  
  CNBC - Feb. 20
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  Here's why Trump tariffs may raise your car insurance premiums

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• Here's why Trump tariffs may raise your car insurance premiums

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  CNBC - 3d

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  MarketWatch - 6d

• Trump wants a 25% tariff on cars from the E.U. Where he could be going wrong.

  Some trade experts haven’t been won over by the 47th president’s tariff proposals, even as Europe’s big car companies are making shifts to deal with Trump 2.0.
  
  MarketWatch - 23h
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  Air Traffic Control Trainees to Get Raise, in Nod to Cost of Living

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  The New York Times - 19h

• Texas raises ticket prices as player costs go up

  Texas will be raising football season ticket prices by $13 per game next season as the program, already one of the richest in the nation, tries to meet rising costs.
  
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