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Murdoch’s wager

Monday Moneybeat: David Bahnsen on encouraging labor data, tariff refunds flowing back to businesses, and why Rupert Murdoch’s Disney deal now looks like one of the savviest media bets of the streaming era.

Spirit Airlines shuts down two years after a blocked merger, a government intervention that may have guaranteed the outcome the market tried to prevent. WORLD’s Monday Moneybeat with economist David Bahnsen.


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Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani targets a hedge-fund power player who answers back, as the path clears for a new Fed chairman and an SPLC indictment exposes the risks of taking cues from the group. David Bahnsen analyzes the stakes on this week’s Moneybeat.

Markets pushed oil prices lower as supply fears eased, but stopped short of earlier levels—while debates over AI show how disruption can be misread as destruction. Monday Moneybeat: our conversation with economist David Bahnsen.

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Monday Moneybeat: Oil prices, inflation, and geopolitical risk are driving volatility, but markets may be betting more on how the conflict ends than on the final outcome. Our conversation with economist David Bahnsen.

Oil spikes, mixed jobs data, and Fed uncertainty complicate the outlook, as David Bahnsen separates short-term volatility from lasting economic trends.

From stable jobless claims to weakening hiring data, the economy shows mixed signs as investors react to oil prices and geopolitical risk. David Bahnsen has this week’s Monday Moneybeat.