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Michele Luhn
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Deputy business editor at CNBC. Ohio State grad & Ohio native. More style than the AP.
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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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June 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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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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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.
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April 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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As auto stocks reacted to the latest tariff announcement out of Washington, D.C., on Thursday, General Motors took the brunt of the hit.
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.
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March 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are back on Earth after about nine months at the International Space Station.
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.
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March 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It's the end of Southwest Airlines as we know it www.cnbc.com/2025/03/11/s...
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.
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March 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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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.
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.
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January 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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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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January 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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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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January 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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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.
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.
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January 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Liftoff for Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, for the first time:
January 16, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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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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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.
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January 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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"Hey Michael, do you think 2025 is going to be a big year for space?"

How about just January:
January 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Terrifying @planet.com satellite imagery captured yesterday of the Palisades fire in LA:
January 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Richmond has been without potable running water for days
January 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Richard Parsons, former Time Warner CEO, dies at age 76

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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.
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December 26, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Ohio State is #1 in CNBC's rankings, the only rankings I care about
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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.
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December 19, 2024 at 11:58 AM
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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.
December 2, 2024 at 3:06 PM
having a really hard time saying "Bluesky" and not thinking about "Bigger Than the Whole Sky"
July 3, 2023 at 2:57 PM