CVS’s PBM ‘settlement’ is Wall Street deodorant for a system that squeezes diabetics
United States – April 15, 2026 – CVS just turned an insulin pricing scandal into investor relief. Patients get paperwork. The middlemen keep the leverage.
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Deregulation on Paper: The 2026 Economic Report Smokes the Right Villain
United States – April 14, 2026 – The government just served a deregulatory smoke stack of an economic report, and Brick calls it freedom on paper.
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SBIR Is Back, but the Gatekeepers Got Bigger
United States – April 14, 2026 – SBIR is back through 2031, but new security screens and mega-awards revive the question: innovation for whom?
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A Judge Hit Pause on the Nexstar-Tegna Deal. Corporate News Wants You to Look Away.
United States – April 14, 2026 – A federal judge slowed Nexstar’s $6.2B Tegna grab. This is what monopoly news looks like when it smiles.
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Fire Up the Grill: Atlanta Fed Says OBBB Tax Cuts Did Not Trigger a Panic
United States – April 13, 2026 – While the doom merchants howl, the Atlanta Fed reports most firms saw little to no change in their 2026 plans after the OBBB tax cuts.
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Google, the News, and the Courtroom Door That Would Not Open
United States – April 13, 2026 – A judge just reminded small publishers that antitrust is a maze, Google holds the map, and Congress keeps changing the subject.
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NLRB vs. Amazon’s ‘Contractor’ Costume: The Settlement That Lets the Boss Slip Out the Side Door
United States – April 13, 2026 – Amazon’s delivery ‘partners’ look a lot like employees, so the NLRB case mattered. Now a settlement may spare the empire a precedent.
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All-In Pricing, All-Out Excuses: StubHub’s $10 Million Receipt
United States – April 11, 2026 – The FTC says StubHub advertised ticket prices without clearly showing mandatory fees up front, and a $10 million settlement is now forcing refun…
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Cars.com Fired the Workers and Fed the Buyback Machine
United States – April 11, 2026 – Cars.com cut 11% of staff, then juiced its buyback target. Wall Street clapped. Workers got the bill.
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Live Nation, Ticketmaster, and the Jury: Is Antitrust Still a Verb?
United States – April 10, 2026 – A jury is deciding whether Live Nation and Ticketmaster built a lawful lead, or the kind of gatekeeper power that makes markets, artists, and fa…
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