Tesla reported an uptick in quarterly revenue and profit, but the costs of pivoting to an AI future are starting to add up.
Why it matters: CEO Elon Musk has directed the company to invest heavily in the development and production of humanoid robots, self-driving cars and AI chips.
Spirit Airlines is in talks with the White House over a potential bailout — a move that could test how far the Trump administration is willing to go to prop up a struggling private-sector company.
Why it matters: A bailout would mark the latest in a series of increasingly aggressive examples of economic interventionism on the president's part.
Crooked Media, the progressive political media company behind the "Pod Save America" podcast, is expanding to TV with a free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channel called SANEtv, Axios has confirmed.
Why it matters: What started as a progressive podcast has grown into a cross-platform media powerhouse.
Huntsville, Ala.'s global reputation for aerospace, biotech and defense often grabs headlines. But the region's continued growth depends just as much on local entrepreneurs — and access to capital that helps them launch, hire and scale.
For four decades,the Federal Reserve has steadily moved toward telling the world more about its actions and intentions. Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh wants to reverse course — envisioning a Fed that will talk less and say more.
Why it matters: This regime would bring more surprises — more policy meetings that catch financial markets off guard, less clarity on how to interpret incoming data and generally less public knowledge of what the central bank's leadership is thinking week to week and meeting to meeting.
Airlines are raising fees and cutting routes as the cost of jet fuel soars, which could revive interest in a radical airplane design that promises big fuel savings.
Why it matters: Fuel is airlines' single biggest cost — and one of the few they can't control, as shown by the volatility in oil prices during the Iran war.
The Trump administration in talks to bail out Spirit Airlines in a deal that would prop up the budget carrier as it scrambles to avoid liquidation, a person familiar with the matter tells Axios.
Why it matters: Spirit is one of the largest budget carriers in the U.S., but the company has been struggling to find a sustainable financial model as it grapples with rising jet fuel prices, higher labor costs and operational shortcomings.
The 2,000 workers planned in Nashville amount to more than half the head count at Starbucks' current headquarters in Sodo, reports The Seattle Times.
Driving the news:Starbucks expects to bring the jobs to Nashville over the next five years. They will include new roles, work brought in-house from contractors and some relocated teams.
Roles will span supply chain, technology and broader support functions, with some teams — including in Starbucks Technology — moving from Seattle.
Global electricity generation from renewables edged past coal in 2025, per a new analysis by Ember, a clean energy think tank.
Why it matters: The inflection point with renewables — mostly hydro, solar, wind and bioenergy — helped to keep CO2 emissions from power essentially flat even as consumption rose, it found.
A well-timed, optimistic post on Truth Social from President Trump about the war in Iran can send stocks higher.
Why it matters: Social media posts from the White House have become key drivers of the oil and stock markets during the conflict, particularly as its resolution seems to keep moving further and further out of reach.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is pressing the Trump administration to end the GOP staring contest over Kevin Warsh's confirmation as Fed chair.
Why it matters: Frustration inside the Senate GOP conference is mounting over the own goal they see President Trump making on issues central to their political survival: spurring economic growth and taming inflation.
