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Dollar General CEO Warns Even "Upper-Middle Acting Like Lower-Income" Amid Fuel Crisis
Dollar General CEO Warns Even "Upper-Middle Acting Like Lower-Income" Amid Fuel Crisis
Speaking at Goldman Sachs' 33rd Annual Global Retailing Conference on Tuesday morning, Dollar General CEO Todd Vasos offered a downbeat assessment of its customer base, warning that financial stress is spreading up the income ladder to middle- and upper-middle-income households.
Years of elevated prices for everyday goods, compounded by gasoline prices above $4 a gallon nationally and $6 a gallon for diesel, are certaintly reshaping consumer habits across income cohorts. Vasos said that even customers earning $100,000 or more, whom Dollar General...
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Chinese Navy Pushes Dutch Frigate From Claimed Waters Via Electronic Warfare
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The Netherlands has become the latest Western nation to tangle with Beijing and exchange tense words after testing its sweeping claims to the South China Sea.
A tense military encounter unfolded involving a Dutch warship, identified as the HNLMS De Ruyter, after it had entered waters near the disputed Paracel Islands. China's military reportedly used electronic warfare measures to force it out of the China-claimed waters in the incident on Wednesday.
source: Defensie.nl
Chinese military spokesperson Zhai Shichen later charged that the Dutch ship...
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Jul 22, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Secret Service Official Sounds Alarm: "Threat Environment Highest Ever" As Assassination Attempts Explode
Secret Service Official Sounds Alarm: "Threat Environment Highest Ever" As Assassination Attempts Explode
The threat environment facing individuals under U.S. Secret Service protection, including President Trump, is the highest the agency has ever recorded, a senior official said during a background briefing with reporters, according to CNBC.
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"What we're seeing now is something I've never seen before," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of a public briefing.
The Secret Service has logged roughly 10,000 cases involving threats against government officials, including Supreme Court justices, so far in 2026...
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May 22, 2026 / Tyler Durden
CEO Saves His Failing Company By Firing Entire HR Department
CEO Saves His Failing Company By Firing Entire HR Department
When Elon Musk purchased Twitter and took the company over in 2022, he proceeded to fire approximately 80% of the social media company's bloated 7500 person workforce. This included almost all HR related employees. The company roster was pared down to a lean 1500 people. Everyone in the establishment media claimed that Twitter (now called "X") was going to collapse.
The political left and their corporate allies did everything in their power to make this happen, including advertising cancellations and even...
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