Michele Luhn

Airplane tickets are getting cheaper, but it’s getting more expensive to bring your family to an airport lounge. Capital One is the latest company to limit access to booming airport lounges to combat overcrowding.

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Airlines bank even more on splurging vacationers as clouds form on economy Carriers are hoping that wealthier leisure travelers will continue to treat themselves to pricier, roomier seats.

U.S. domestic travel demand is slowing, corporate bookings are waning, so airlines are banking ever more on vacationers who believe, as Victoria Ratliff would say, are just not "meant to live an uncomfortable life."
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Why GM stock is getting hit the hardest by Trump auto tariffs Roughly 30% of GM vehicles sold in the U.S. during the first three quarters of 2024 were assembled in Canada and Mexico.

As auto stocks reacted to the latest tariff announcement out of Washington, D.C., on Thursday, General Motors took the brunt of the hit.

Boeing Starliner astronauts complete return to Earth in SpaceX capsule after extended stay on ISS Two NASA astronauts are heading home on a SpaceX ship after about nine months at the International Space Station.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are back on Earth after about nine months at the International Space Station.

Southwest Airlines will charge to check bags for the first time, launch basic economy tickets Southwest is getting rid of its policy for free checked bags, ending a more than 50-year perk.

It's the end of Southwest Airlines as we know it www.cnbc.com/2025/03/11/s...

Dozens feared dead after American Airlines regional jet carrying 64 collides midair with military helicopter near D.C. airport An American Airlines regional jet collided with a helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

An American Airlines regional jet with 64 people aboard collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter moments before the airplane was set to land at Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Firefly says its Blue Ghost lunar lander completed its second engine burn today, with two weeks left in Earth orbit before it heads to the moon via the Trans Lunar Injection.

A beautiful "Blue Marble" photo captured by the lander:
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Bluesky got an influx of new users following the U.S. election, largely from individuals fleeing X. It now has over 28 million users.

Bluesky is the brainchild of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who conceived it as a side project inside Twitter in 2019.

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Store closures hit highest level since pandemic — see who is shutting down the most locations The trend reflects the divide between retailers gaining market share, such as Walmart, and those that have lost ground or filed for bankruptcy, like Big Lots.

Major retailers, including Party City and Macy’s, closed 7,325 stores in 2024, according to Coresight Research. That’s the sharpest jump since retailers in the U.S. shuttered almost 10,000 stores in 2020, the year when the Covid pandemic began.

Liftoff for Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, for the first time:

Firefly Aerospace kicks off first moon mission after SpaceX launch The lander of Texas-based rocket and spacecraft builder Firefly Aerospace has begun a 45-day trip to the moon.

Firefly is moon-bound:

The company's Blue Ghost cargo lander kicked off a 45-day trip to the moon, the third U.S. company to fly a mission under NASA's CLPS program.

Est. landing date is Mar. 2:
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"Hey Michael, do you think 2025 is going to be a big year for space?"

How about just January:

Terrifying @planet.com satellite imagery captured yesterday of the Palisades fire in LA:

Richmond has been without potable running water for days

Richard Parsons, former Time Warner CEO, dies at age 76 Richard Parsons helped Time Warner divorce from AOL after what was considered the worst takeover in history.

Richard Parsons, former Time Warner CEO, dies at age 76

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What the top 75 college sports programs are worth The top of the list is dominated by SEC and Big Ten schools, due largely to each conference's massive media rights deals.

Ohio State is #1 in CNBC's rankings, the only rankings I care about
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Art Cashin, New York Stock Exchange fixture for decades, dies at age 83 Art Cashin was UBS' director of floor operations at the NYSE and a man The Washington Post called "Wall Street's version of Walter Cronkite."

A sad day on Wall Street
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CNBC is on Bluesky! Check out our starter pack of anchors, reporters and other staff at CNBC that you should follow for the latest in business news.

ugh this is devastating

having a really hard time saying "Bluesky" and not thinking about "Bigger Than the Whole Sky"