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Trump’s speech on combating inflation turns to grievances about immigrants from ‘filthy’ countries

By MARC LEVY and JOSH BOAK
Dec 09, 2025 7:13 pm - President Donald Trump is road-testing his claims that he's tackling Americans' affordability woes at a Tuesday rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania — shifting an argument made in Oval Office appearances and social media posts to a campaign-style event.
Why the world’s top coffee producer is switching up its beans

By Renata Carlos Daou
Dec 09, 2025 4:47 pm - In the coming years, coffee from Brazil might start to taste a bit different. The South American country is the world’s biggest producer of arabica, a mild variety of coffee bean. But as climate change makes it harder to grow those beans, some farmers are investing in robusta, which produces a more bitter bean but can tolerate higher temperatures and is more resistant to diseases.
MAGA influencers urge Trump to kill Netflix deal over streamer’s Obama ties

By Will Oremus and Scott Nover
Dec 09, 2025 3:30 pm - As the Trump administration eyes dueling bids by Netflix and Paramount to buy the entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery, a cadre of right-wing influencers are launching broadsides against Netflix for its ties to former president Barack Obama.
Silver prices just smashed a new record. What does this mean for the economy?

By Aaron Gregg
Dec 09, 2025 3:03 pm - Silver is giving gold a run for the money. The precious metal has more than doubled in value since the start of the year and broke a fresh record on Tuesday, rising above $60 per troy ounce on New York’s Commodity Exchange for the first time ever.
The end of the lunch bowl era? Chipotle, Sweetgreen, Cava are struggling as customers turn to sandwiches and tacos

By Redd Brown and Dina Katgara
Dec 09, 2025 1:29 pm - Americans are increasingly over the “slop bowl.” Chipotle, Sweetgreen and Cava — once stars of the restaurant industry — are struggling as diners tire of all those pick-your-own ingredients piled atop rice or greens. Instead, lunchgoers are choosing offerings with more texture, like sandwiches and tacos, that fill them up and often cost less.
‘A lot of buzz’: Lake Zurich now the site of Salvation Army’s seventh area thrift store

By Mick Zawislak
Dec 08, 2025 6:22 pm - The newest store in Lake Zurich won't open until Friday morning, but that hasn't stopped would-be patrons from knocking on the door in hopes of getting a sneak peek.
Neer Beer brings suburbs’ first non-alcoholic bottle shop to Wheaton

By Rick West
Dec 08, 2025 5:59 pm - Neer Beer, a non-alcoholic bottle shop, opened last week in downtown Wheaton. Owner Jason Krapausky said most of the NA options he sells would do well in blind taste tests with their alcoholic counterparts “except for the not getting drunk part.”
What Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros. means for the movies

By LINDSEY BAHR
Dec 08, 2025 3:06 pm - Netflix’s deal to acquire Warner Bros., one of Hollywood’s oldest movie studios, poses seismic shifts to the entertainment industry and the future of moviegoing.
Wall Street pulls back from its record heights

By STAN CHOE
Dec 08, 2025 2:36 pm - U.S. stocks are pulling away from their record heights on Monday.
Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros., challenging a $72 billion bid by Netflix

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Dec 08, 2025 9:38 am - Paramount has gone hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging Netflix which reached a $72 billion takeover deal with the company just days ago.

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