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While JetBlue Airways was initially established out of New York’s JFK with the goal of expanding connectivity on the East Coast, the airline has over the last few months significantly reduced its presence out of airports like Newark and LaGuardia.Along with cuts of its seasonal routes between EWR and Los Angeles and Las Vegas announced earlier this summer, JetBlue closed its flight attendant base at the New Jersey airport.While still flying to both airports, the airline also significantly scaled down its technical operations at LaGuardia as part of a plan to relocate more resources to a booming South Florida market.JetBlue runs final flight out of Manchester-Boston Regional AirportJetBlue followed these changes confirmed back in June with the final flight run from Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) on July 8. The smaller airport 50 miles outside of Boston is frequently chosen by low-cost airlines due to the lower airport taxes and the wider availability of gate slots.It is also the largest airport serving nearby New Hampshire and several of the region’s ski resorts. The airline had earlier justified its exit from this market, which it entered only 17 months ago in January 2025, as strategic “decision to reassign assets” and cut underperforming routes that did not bring in the expected traffic.Related: Another airline cancels 8 flights to the U.S.As a result of the exit, those living closer to MHT in New Hampshire or who prefer to fly out of a regional airport rather than navigate the drive to Boston Logan (BOS) are left with only Southwest Airlines and Breeze Airways as low-cost options.”It is unfortunate that they find themselves in a financial position which did not allow time for the MHT market to mature, but we understand their immediate need to increase market share in a focus city,” Tom Malafronte, the customers and airport director at MHT, said of JetBlue’s exit.

Manchester-Boston Regional Airport is located an hour outside Boston in New Hampshire.Image source: Shutterstock

What is happening with JetBlue and its regional flights in 2026In January 2026, low-cost competitor Avelo Airlines also left the regional airport due to low traffic numbers. The airline had previously run permanent flights there from North Carolina’s Raleigh-Durham, Wilmington, and Concord-Padgett airports as well as South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach.More Travel News:Airline to launch unusual new flight to Cayman Islands from the U.S.There is a very cool Irish version of swimming pigs in the BahamasUnexpected country is most luxurious travel destination for 2026Low-cost airline launches easier way to get to Sri LankaOn JetBlue’s end, the decision to pull out of Manchester-Boston also came to down to the need to reallocate planes to markets where they will serve the largest numbers of customers.Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and Orlando International (MCO) have both been part of the airline’s expansion plans amid an increase in seat sales over the last year.The collapse of Spirit Airlines at the start of May also freed up significant gate slots at FLL that JetBlue has been eager to jump upon. The airline also poached some of the former Spirit employees left unemployed by the collapse to work out of Fort Lauderdale.”We’re now at 130 flights,” JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty said of the airline’s further plans. “We’re going to be growing to about 150 by the end, so we are hiring across most of our workgroups and hiring Spirit crew members.”Related: Another low-cost airline files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

What if AI could help older adults stay healthy and independent—without replacing the human care they still need? In this conversation, Karen Eggleston, PhD. discusses Stanford Health AI Week and shares insights from health systems across East Asia, including how AI is being used to support aging in place. We explore the importance of ethical guardrails, evidence-based evaluation, and designing care pathways that connect AI predictions to real next steps—especially in rural and underserved communities.Jeffrey Snyder, Broadcast Retirement NetworkWell, Dr. Eggleston, it’s great to see you. Thanks for joining us on the program this morning.Karen Eggleston, PhD., Stanford UniversityMy pleasure, great to be here.Jeffrey Snyder, Broadcast Retirement NetworkYeah, and I guess before we kind of dive into the recent webinar you moderated, I was wondering if you might give us a little bit of background about the Stanford Health AI Week. What was that week, what did it entail, and what does it mean?Karen Eggleston, PhD., Stanford UniversityGreat, well, the Health AI Week here at Stanford is an ongoing event for a few years now that involves activities. Some are in person here on campus, bringing people from many parts and walks of life, looking at applications of artificial intelligence in health and medicine.Jeffrey Snyder, Broadcast Retirement NetworkSo I have to think that it’s so pervasive. I don’t know if that’s the right word or not, but in a lot of different industries, it’s become part of everything that those industries do. I come from the financial services and retirement industry.I’ve seen it being deployed to speed up our operations or to even answer financial types of questions. I have to imagine similarly, it’s being deployed in health and I would think for the betterment or the more efficient treatment of patients.Karen Eggleston, PhD., Stanford UniversityThat is certainly the goal of our parties concerned, but being a health economist, I’m soon to point out that how it’s actually used in practice and to whose benefit goes back to aligning incentives with what the goals are of an organization or of society. So I actually direct the Asia Health Policy Program. So I contributed within the Stanford Health AI Week, an Asian perspective on deployment in health systems in Asia.Jeffrey Snyder, Broadcast Retirement NetworkSo let’s talk about Asia. It’s no secret that Asia, like the United States, like Europe has a lot of aging people. I think that’s probably the norm when you look at their global population, a lot of people turning age 65 and older.How is AI being deployed in Asia today to help those that are aging in place?Karen Eggleston, PhD., Stanford UniversityWell, great question. Something that many of us focus a lot of time looking at and thinking about. I am not on the technology side.The people I spoke with are experts mostly from the health systems and medicine side, thinking about how AI is actually being used in practice rather than sort of the technical development. And Asia is a huge and diverse part of the world. But we focus mostly on East Asia, partly because that’s the part of the world that is sort of leading the whole globe in terms of population aging and older age structures.So I talk with experts from South Korea and China and Singapore about their perspectives, their own research and that of their colleagues. So there’s a lot going on, but the bottom line might be that there’s still a long way to go and we all need to prepare for and think about how we want this technology to be applied for the benefit of all, including our older population. So that was the focus, thinking about keeping people healthy to older ages so that they can what’s called age in place rather than go to a nursing home or be institutionalized.Jeffrey Snyder, Broadcast Retirement NetworkDo our counterparts or your counterparts in Asia, East Asia share some of the concerns that many of us here, the general population might have about AI? Do they have some concerns or do they want more standards or more, I’m gonna call them guardrails. I don’t even know if that’s correct or not.But is that something that when you were moderating the panel, did that seem like something that was necessary?Karen Eggleston, PhD., Stanford UniversityYes, despite differences across the economies and societies, even in this short webinar, there was a common thread that thinking about sort of the ethics of deploying AI and having guardrails, as you said, about how it’s used, in particular thinking about how you evaluate and continuously evolve, thinking about the evidence about what works and for whom, because this technology might exacerbate existing issues with access or affordability for some populations. So for example, in rural parts of China have different issues than say in the center of Seoul.Jeffrey Snyder, Broadcast Retirement NetworkWhat I always hear from experts and I wanna get your sense from your panel and the folks in Eastern Asia, this isn’t, AI doesn’t replace the humanity that’s gonna help those that are aging in place. So they’re still gonna need doctors or medical care or caregivers. Was the consensus that AI is gonna be used to maybe augment or enhance what the human touch can do so that maybe the humans can focus on more qualitative aspects of caregiving?That make sense?Karen Eggleston, PhD., Stanford UniversityYes, definitely. That was also a common theme that AI needs to be used to augment humans, not to replace or automate the process. And many systems have different strategies for doing that.But connecting between a diagnosis or prediction to actually getting care for the individuals is one of the goals. Like the AI enabled calls to people living alone in Korea is supposed to be designed to talk to people and then connect to them with individuals or the deployment of AI in healthcare in Singapore and China that is supposed to help busy physicians actually look at and connect with their patients rather than have to deal with a lot of the routine aspects of care. Those are some of the goals.It’s much easier said than done, but a lot of systems are working on it systematically.Jeffrey Snyder, Broadcast Retirement NetworkAre there, I mean, it’s hard to paint with a, you really can’t paint people with a general brush, but when you look at the elderly population or mature population here in the United States, and there’s always the bias that they don’t have the technological wherewithal. I can tell you by talking to my mom and dad, they’re pretty technology savvy. So they know how to use the phone, do all those types of things.Is it analogous or similar in Eastern Asia where people there have phones and tablets and computers and televisions and everything in between that they’re fairly technologically savvy like we are here in the States?Karen Eggleston, PhD., Stanford UniversityWell, yes and no. Yes, they are very technology savvy, but more among the younger generation than the older generation, which often didn’t have as many opportunities for education or use of technology. So some pockets are much more tech savvy than some places we might be familiar with and some much less so.So, you know, anybody in China might know how to use WeChat, but if in the rural areas it’s all older individuals may not be familiar with any other tools. So this was an important theme that also came through in the webinar is that we shouldn’t require the user to be the one that finds the technology and uses it for their own health and wellbeing. We need a system of care that aligns incentives so the people that help the older individuals can use this technology.Of course, the individuals and perhaps their adult children or other caregivers can also use the technology to provide more information, empower them to ask questions and so on. But as discussed by our three speakers, a key aspect is for the guardrails at the policy level and then the caregivers in medicine or healthcare to be the ones that select the appropriate AI tool and put it into place so that’s just seamlessly part of the system of care that improves the care experience and hopefully the health outcomes.Jeffrey Snyder, Broadcast Retirement NetworkSo we’re having a, you know, I think we’re having similar conversations, Elise, how to care, how to age in place, how to care for loved ones that are aging. Are there some lessons that maybe are some good takeaways for our policymakers, those that are responsible for maybe developing the policies, the procedures of the future to help this population here in the States, I should say. Are there some lessons?Karen Eggleston, PhD., Stanford UniversityYes, we can learn from other places and they can learn from us. I think all parties tend to emphasize the success stories, which is very important, but it’s also important to gather evidence about what hasn’t worked. As they say in Texas, you know, it’s dry holes that find oil, right?So you kind of need to be open to sharing experience and a lot of that is embedded in just local little experiments. So there’s an important role for policymakers and objective evaluation, maybe from academic institutions to share experience and find out what works for something specific like screening eyes when you have diabetes is a common use of AI, but not just here’s a report three weeks later, maybe you should do something about it, but actually point of care, we’ve used AI, now we’re gonna direct you to the next person you can actually talk to to get the care you need.So those are some of the ways where different systems are experimenting. And I think particularly in our system of care for older adults, there are a lot of challenges here as elsewhere, where we really need to share ideas about how technology can support our strained workforce and provide better outcomes to our older adults.Jeffrey Snyder, Broadcast Retirement NetworkWell, you know, obviously there’s a huge need globally, not just in East Asia, it’s important research, important information and look at the end of the day, whether you live in East Asia, the United States or Europe, you’re just, we’re all people, right? So we’re all gonna get older, we’re all gonna have diseases, I know the circumstances are different, but clearly, you know, we need to do a lot of sharing and help each other kind of work through these challenges. Dr. Eggleston, we’re gonna have to leave it there. Thanks so much for joining us, really appreciate you coming on the program and we look forward to having you back again very soon.Karen Eggleston, PhD., Stanford UniversityThank you, it was a pleasure.

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Walmart and Sam’s Club revealed on July 6 that they are lowering their prices across the country to help shoppers save money on common products this summer. Walmart is cutting prices on thousands of products, including groceries, household essentials, toys, and clothes. At the same time, Sam’s Club is dropping prices on more than 250 items focused on road trips and grilling, while also keeping its gas prices low. These cheaper prices can be found in their physical stores, on their websites, or through their shopping apps, the company said in the press release. Examples of specific savings listed in the press release include:1 lb. 73% Ground Beef Roll, Fresh ($5.94, was $6.74)Fresh Red Cherries 2.25 lb. bag ($5.63, was $11.18)Great Value Ice Cream 48 fl. oz ($2.50, was $2.97)Frito-Lay Family Fun Variety Pack, 18-count ($8.97, was $9.97)Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar 24-packs ($9.97, was $14.97)Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Dr Pepper and Diet Mountain Dew 24-packs ($9.97, was $13.97)How do Walmart’s rollbacks compare to other retailers’ prices? For regular Walmart shoppers, these price cuts are welcome news, especially if you are a deal hunter whose wallet is squeezed due to inflation. TheStreet dug deeper to see how much the products currently on discount at Walmart cost at the other two giant retailers, Target and Kroger. Prices were pulled live on July 9, 2026.Summer grocery price comparison: Walmart vs. Target vs. Kroger Product & Exact SizeWalmart (New Rollback)Target (Live Source)Kroger (Live Source)Ground Beef (1 lb, 73/27)$5.94$7.59 at Target$5.99 at KrogerCoca-Cola (24-pack cans)$9.97$15.99 at Target$14.99 at Kroger (member price may vary by region and digital coupon availability)Lay’s Classic Chips (8 oz)$2.50$3.49 at Target$3.99 at Kroger (digital promotions may reduce the price, depending on location)Frito-Lay Variety Pack (18-ct)$8.97$9.99 at Target$9.99 to $10.99 at KrogerBusiness Insider conducted a similar investigation, comparing Walmart’s promotional prices against Kroger’s and Amazon’s. The outlet’s review also confirmed that Walmart offered the lowest overall grocery bill with the latest summer promotional discounts.  While Amazon lagged behind in value, Kroger proved to be highly competitive if shoppers took advantage of its rotating member coupons rather than standard shelf prices.Which of 35 grocery chains generally offers the best deals?A recent, massive 2026 supermarket price study conducted by Consumer Reports analyzed baskets of common groceries across 35 chains to find out which one saves shoppers the most. The study compared prices in six cities representative of their regions. The review, done prior to Walmart’s latest promotional offering, revealed that Costco Wholesale, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Lidl, Aldi, WinCo, and H-E-B are typically the most affordable. Here is the entire list, showcasing the average price difference versus Walmart, which served as a baseline across all locations: Costco Wholesale: -21.4%BJ’s Wholesale Club: -21.0%Lidl: -8.5%Aldi: -8.3%WinCo: -3.3%H-E-B: -0.2%Walmart: BaselineMarket Basket: +1.2%Target: +5.9%Wegmans: +7.6%King Soopers: +7.9%Safeway: +8.8%Food 4 Less: +9.0%Meijer: +9.9%Food Lion: +12.5%Hannaford: +13.2%Kroger: +14.8%Stater Bros.: +15.6%Save A Lot: +19.3%Publix: +20.3%Fiesta: +21.7%Ralphs: +21.9%Stop & Shop: +22.2%Piggly Wiggly: +22.6%Harris Teeter: +23.5%Trader Joe’s: +24.6%Albertsons: +24.8%Tom Thumb: +25.4%Big Y: +26.2%Vons: +26.6%Mariano’s: +27.6%Jewel-Osco: +29.7%El Rancho: +30.1%Shaw’s: +31.9%Whole Foods: +39.7%

Analysts and shoppers had plenty to say about Walmart and Sam’s Club’s recent price cuts.Douglas Rissing / Getty Images

Trump, analysts react to Walmart’s and Sam’s Club’s recent price cuts Following Walmart’s price cut announcements, President Donald Trump weighed in with a post on Truth Social.”I have just been informed that one of the biggest, best, and smartest Retailers in America, Walmart, will be lowering prices, by a lot, at my Administration’s request to celebrate our great Country’s 250th birthday.“Walmart is stepping up in a big and bold way, and other Retailers should follow the lead of these absolute Patriots,” the president added, wrote Barron’s. A Walmart representative told MarketWatch that Walmart’s price rollback typically lasts about 90 days, Morningstar noted. Meanwhile, following the price-cut announcement, Mizuho analyst David Bellinger reiterated his “outperform” rating on the stock, saying that Walmart already confirmed these exact price cuts in its corporate guidance. Related: Discount grocery giant shuts 100 stores, completely exits 3 states“Bellinger highlighted that Walmart has massive financial flexibility right now because it is receiving over $2 billion in tariff refunds from the U.S. government, which it is funneling directly into store discounts,” wrote Investing.com. While many analysts expected these price cuts, a number of them are now predicting price wars among popular retailers. “Grocery will get even more competitive in the second half. With Kroger, Albertsons, Costco, and Dollar Tree (more visible $1 price points) all being very vocal about price investments, this announcement will heighten concerns about a price war,” said Wolfe Research’s Spencer Hanus, as reported by Barron’s. Hanus also noted that Walmart price rollbacks were already up some 20% in the first quarter, and that is projected to accelerate in the coming quarters. However, the challenge that regular shoppers are completely fed up and exhausted because grocery prices have gone up by 33% over the last few years, wrote Barron’s Teresa Rivas. So, what exactly are consumers saying? Walmart shoppers react to latest price dropsI reviewed a recent Reddit thread sharing the news on Walmart’s latest price cuts and the discussion around it. A review of the highest-voted comments in a Reddit discussion of roughly 476 comments showed that sentiment was overwhelmingly skeptical toward Walmart’s announcement, despite the underlying news being positive.The Reddit conversation quickly shifted from “cheaper groceries” to broader debates about corporate pricing, inflation, politics, and whether the announcement is genuine or simply a marketing ploy. While some users were cynical and joked around how Walmart is only discounting items with the letter “B” (from beef to backpacks), the more serious comments argue that the retailer is only rolling back prices because a drop in public assistance benefits and general shopper exhaustion caused a dip in the retailer’s foot traffic. Although the Reddit user was correct that public assistance cuts have hurt lower-income households’ budgets, available Placer.ai data suggest that Walmart’s overall foot traffic has continued to grow, which doesn’t support the claim that shoppers are abandoning the chain. “Cutting prices back to where they were two years ago isn’t a discount, it’s just admitting they were gouging us in the first place,” wrote user ugliestmartyrdom43. This was among the most common themes in the discussion.“Sounds like PR bullshit. WinCo and Costco have better prices 95% of the time,” wrote user buddhistbulgyo.Reddit user awildjabroner wrote a comment that resonated with more than 400 users in this thread.“Further proof that the cost of living and inflation issues are largely due to corporate price gouging. WM has no issues raising prices across the board to capitalize on more affluent demographics shopping there more, but now that the cut in snap and other public benefits is not buoying up their largest customer base a major revenue stream has dried up… so they just walk back the price gouging a bit because they always could,” they wrote. What Walmart’s price cuts really mean for shoppersWalmart’s latest price cuts appear to offer real savings on many everyday items, particularly when compared with standard prices at Target and Kroger. However, broader pricing studies suggest that shoppers who are willing to compare stores or buy in bulk can often still find lower prices elsewhere. More importantly, consumer reaction shows that many shoppers remain focused less on today’s discounts than on how much grocery costs have increased over the past several years. Whether these promotions improve public perception or simply intensify competition among major retailers will likely depend on how long the lower prices last and whether rival chains respond with deeper discounts of their own.Related: Big-name designer fashion chain closes 139 stores

Verizon has spent years arguing that its network quality is the one thing competitors cannot replicate. On July 9, it found another place to prove that point. BMW is giving it the keys, figuratively, to the connectivity layer running inside every new BMW, MINI, and BMW Group vehicle sold in the United States.The deal is not a traditional wireless contract. It puts Verizon’s 5G Standalone and LTE networks at the center of how BMW’s connected features work, from firmware updates to navigation to subscription services. And it signals something happening across the auto industry that investors in both sectors should pay attention to.Verizon and KDDI land BMW connected car deal for the U.S. marketVerizon Business and Japanese telecom company KDDI announced the collaboration on July 9 via a press release.Under the arrangement, KDDI’s Global Communications Platform acts as the middleware layer that programmatically manages connectivity and data flowing through Verizon’s network into BMW Group vehicles.The practical effect for drivers is that every new BMW and MINI sold in the U.S. now comes with Verizon-powered telematics built in. That covers BMW Connected Drive services, firmware and map updates delivered over the air, and subscription features.More Verizon:Verizon acquires 35-year-old wireless carrier as it shuts downVerizon drops 2 new plans as wireless customers flee high pricesVerizon customers can now avoid 2 major fees with new offerOur collaboration with BMW Group and KDDI prioritizes innovation and capability to advance the connected driving experience for drivers across the U.S.,” Verizon Business CEO Kyle Malady said. Satoshi Oishi, President and CEO of KDDI America, said the company was honored to bring its Global Communications Platform to BMW Group’s next-generation connected vehicle services. KDDI has worked with BMW Group since 2022 and has been building IoT connectivity infrastructure for over two decades.Why the BMW deal matters for Verizon’s connected car strategyVerizon already has a significant connected car relationship with Volkswagen Group, where it provides telematics connectivity across VW’s brands, primarily through Audi, according to Light Reading. The BMW partnership extends that footprint into the premium European segment that Volkswagen does not cover.Daniel Lawson, Senior VP for Global Solutions at Verizon Business, described the scope to Light Reading as covering telematics for the full BMW Group vehicle lineup in the U.S., including “firmware and map updates, subscription services and all the things BMW tracks as part of the driver experience and health of the car.”Related: Verizon CEO sends shocking message to employeesThis matters more to Verizon than it might look from the outside. The company’s wireless service revenue is expected to be roughly flat in 2026 as it transitions to what it calls volume-based growth. The traditional consumer phone business does not have the same room to run that it did a decade ago. Connected vehicles represent one of the cleaner paths to recurring revenue that does not depend on smartphone upgrade cycles.Verizon launched its first BMW connectivity service in 2023, offering voice, data, and unlimited Wi-Fi hotspot access for $20 a month through the My BMW app. The July 9 announcement goes considerably further, embedding Verizon’s network at the infrastructure level rather than as an add-on subscription service.What BMW gets from the Verizon KDDI partnershipBMW’s incentive is straightforward. Premium car buyers in 2026 do not treat connectivity as a bonus feature. They treat it the way they treat the engine: it either works reliably or it does not, and if it does not, it reflects on the brand.By locking in Verizon’s 5G Standalone network as the connectivity backbone, BMW gets a stable foundation for all of its digital services in the U.S. market. KDDI’s platform layer means BMW has granular control over how connectivity and data are managed, rather than depending on whatever a carrier decides to prioritize.The arrangement also positions BMW well for what comes next. Firmware updates over the air, subscription-based feature unlocks, and vehicle health tracking are all growing parts of how automakers generate post-sale revenue. A reliable network partner makes those services easier to scale.

The practical effect for drivers is that every new BMW and MINI sold in the U.S. now comes with Verizon-powered telematics built inHoppe/Getty Images

The connected car market Verizon and BMW are both betting onThe global connected car market is projected to grow from roughly $145 billion in 2026 to nearly $570 billion by 2034, according to Fortune Business Insights. That kind of growth curve is what makes automotive connectivity attractive to a carrier like Verizon even if individual deals start small.AT&T has built a large connected car business through its relationship with General Motors and OnStar. Verizon has been catching up through its Volkswagen and now BMW relationships, pursuing the market through both direct manufacturer deals and partnerships like this one with KDDI. The race for embedded automotive connectivity is essentially a second wireless subscriber war, except the subscribers are vehicles instead of people.For investors watching Verizon, the BMW deal is another data point in the company’s push to diversify revenue beyond consumer wireless. The company also recently signed a joint venture with BT Group to combine their international enterprise operations, according to an SEC filing.Both moves point in the same direction: Verizon is trying to build recurring enterprise revenue streams that are less tied to how many people upgrade their phone this quarter.What Verizon’s BMW deal means for telecom and auto investorsConnected car partnerships are not glamorous announcements. They do not move stock prices the way an earnings beat does, and they take years to show up in revenue in a meaningful way. But they compound. Every vehicle sold with Verizon connectivity embedded is a multi-year recurring revenue relationship that does not require a sales call to renew.For Verizon investors, the question is whether the company can stack enough of these relationships, across automakers, enterprise IoT, and infrastructure deals, to offset the slower growth in its core wireless business. BMW is a meaningful name to have on that list. It is a premium brand with buyers who are less price-sensitive and more likely to keep connected services active over the life of the vehicle.Malady said Verizon is pursuing other automotive opportunities through partnerships like KDDI and directly with manufacturers. The BMW deal adds to an existing Volkswagen relationship and suggests the company is methodically working through the premium segment of the auto market rather than waiting for one large anchor deal to define the strategy.Related: Verizon acquires 35-year-old wireless carrier as it shuts down

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