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Jeep’s not the only vehicle company trying to amp up summer roadies. Luxury cars are set to sizzle, with sales rolling in the deep until 2024, despite being known gas guzzlers. Other EV companies are running laps around Ferrari and Lamborghini as they crawl towards electric avenue in first gear.

Elon Musk may have eyes on your loose change to score the blue tick, but like lions escaping the zoo, there’s a wondrous journey those coins can travel. From treating the office, to treating your belly, what else could you spend $13 on each month?

Pfizer is doubling down on the triple-threat of winter viruses: Covid, ‘flu and respiratory virus RSV. They’re working on a new RSV vaccine for pregnant women, and partnering with BioNTech to create a combine Influenza and Covid-19 shot using mRNA technology.

Pets have kept us pawsitiveover the past few years so deserve chillax time at Airbnb’s pet friendly vacay rentals. And bookings with furry friends in tow have soared to 3 million pet check-ins over the past year. Could it be enough for Airbnb to claw back their pandemic losses?

Sometimes the business of apps can get real ugly, and with reverse catfishing on the rise, dating apps are under the lens. As the pandemic redefined dating behaviour, it seems investors have fallen out of love with Bumble and Tinder parent, Match Group. Will investors ever swipe right again?

Santa’s sack may be lighter this year with home furnishings and appliances off shopping lists. But MasterCard reckons spending hasn’t been off the cards; it’s moved to airlines, tickets and going out. Seems in Aotearoa we’ve been spreading our legs in nature, too. So what could it all mean for Xmas?

Following last week’s urgent government alert, vapers and retailers may be fuming that e-cigs are being vaporised from shelves. This follows zigzagging revenue returns mist by vape distributors, including Juul being smoked out of the US. But is it all smoke ‘n’ mirrors?

It’s been a minute since teenage Zuckerberg created Facebook in his dorm room. But that hasn’t stopped the middle-aged billionaire dad from trying to entice teens into his metaverse with VR. But according to research, Instagram and Facebook are smelling a lot less like teen spirit.

While Kiwi farmers fight fart tax, cultivated meat is starting to pop up on menus. Singapore has approved lab grown chicken, and meat manufacture giant, Tyson Foods joins a growing number of investors, including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Sergey Brin, backing research into ‘clean meats’.

There’s a new gig in town: revenge travel. This is when the fear of missing out has seen millions of would-be travellers who’ve spent years in lockdown are now furiously booking flights, packing their bags and heading on vacay. The result? Soaring airfares, fuel costs and airline revenue.

The legends of October markets have come back to haunt us, but is the ‘October Effect’ more myth than reality? While the S&P 500 has experienced thirteen 52-week lows this year, October may be a lot less spooky than superstitious minds may think.

Gen Zers are making stacks of cash on TikTok. But it took 99-year-old Aunty Beeb to reveal the vertical video app’s greedy gift-grifting - of refugees. And they’re not the only app taking a big slice of creators’ profit pie. Who else is taking ravenous bite-sized chunks out of creators’ revenue?