Amazon's Fuel Surcharge: The War Arrives at Your Shopping Cart
Amazon will charge third-party sellers a 3.5% fuel surcharge starting April 17 — the clearest sign that the Iran war has reached American consumers.
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Amazon will charge third-party sellers a 3.5% fuel surcharge starting April 17 — the clearest sign that the Iran war has reached American consumers.
Tesla delivered 358,023 vehicles in Q1, missing consensus by 7,600 units, while building 50,000 excess cars nobody picked up.
National average gas hit $4.06 and diesel $5.45 -- five weeks into an unauthorized war that most Americans did not know was coming.
52,050 tech workers lost their jobs in Q1 2026 -- a 40% jump from last year -- and AI is the excuse that makes the spreadsheet feel visionary.
Apple, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, and Boeing have said nothing for 48+ hours after Iran's IRGC named them as military targets.
Tesla dropped 5% Thursday after missing Q1 delivery estimates, extending its YTD decline past 20% -- compounded by its appearance on the IRGC's list of American targets.
Diesel has climbed to $5.45/gallon -- up 45% from pre-war levels -- and truckers are absorbing the cost before it reaches grocery shelves and construction sites.
Goldman Sachs maintains its 12-month U.S. recession probability at 30%, up from 20% in early March, citing war-driven oil spikes, tariff drag, and the DHS shutdown.