Finance
Money, markets, and economic claims — separated from the noise.
When BankAmericard was first launched, it experienced major problems including a roughly 22% cardholder default rate and significant fraud.
HARDLY BS
In 2025, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission found that Coles Group and Woolworths Group were among the most profitable supermarket businesses compared with their international competitors.
NOT BS
Hydrazine Capital invested up to 75% of its capital in companies funded by Y Combinator.
HARDLY BS
OpenAI generates around $13 billion per year in annual recurring revenue (ARR).
MOSTLY BS
Grand Theft Auto VI generated about $3 billion in revenue from pre-orders within the first 24 hours after pre-orders opened.
TOTAL BS
The market size for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the United States is approximately $800 million in 2026.
TOTAL BS
TurboTax handles about 60% of all United States tax preparation.
TOTAL BS
Intuit Inc. is the largest consumer financial technology company in the United States.
TOTAL BS
Ben Horowitz has the highest DPI (distributions to paid-in capital) among all venture capitalists globally, based on net returns to limited partners.
TOTAL BS
Financial Ombudsman Service guidance says that deception (being tricked into authorising a payment) is the key factor when assessing protection or reimbursement for authorised payments, rather than whether the payer pressed a 'confirm' button.
HARDLY BS
The OECD lowered its 2026 real GDP growth forecast for Austria to 0.7%.
HARDLY BS
A conflict that affects shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is beneficial to the United States economy in the short term.
TOTAL BS
The United States inflation rate is higher now than it was in June 2022.
TOTAL BS
The Internal Revenue Service does not impose U.S. capital gains tax on the sale of foreign real estate that is a primary residence for a U.S. citizen who is a foreign resident taxpayer.
TOTAL BS
On the Isle of Man, electricity that is priced at about 1.5 pence per kilowatt-hour at the point of production would cost consumers about 6–7 pence per kilowatt-hour.
TOTAL BS
In the United Kingdom, 25% of pensioners are millionaires.
MOSTLY BS
Digital piracy reduces companies' revenue in the long run.
SOME BS
Commonwealth Bank of Australia Limited has a three-year average dividend growth rate of 8.24%.
TOTAL BS
The 2019–2020 Australian bushfire season (the Black Summer bushfires) cost the Australian economy an estimated 103 billion Australian dollars.
HARDLY BSNo checks match that verdict.