The Super Bowl, America’s Ad Champ

Been Trumped The Waning Power of the Super-PAC With Donald Trump sitting firmly atop the Republican field, the willingness of big establishment donors to underwrite his competitors' war chests has fizzled. Even Goldman Sachs has bailed on Bush. Here's a month-by-month tally of the money fueling the race.   Today's Top Stories Get Ready to Binge-Fly With Unlimited Flight Subscriptions You've got monthly newspaper subscriptions, phone bills, gym memberships, mortgages, car payments and that wine of the month club you keep forgetting to cancel. Why not pay for your air travel the same way? A startup called OneGo is charging $1500 to $2950 per month for unlimited airfare—with some restrictions—on seven of the largest U.S. airlines. Gadfly: The Super Bowl, America's Ad Champ Any way you crunch the numbers, the Super Bowl is a titan of an advertising franchise. Every year, spots get longer and more expensive to air. Maybe that's because every year, we watch in massive numbers. Why You're Still Paying Fuel Surcharges After the Oil Crash The days of $100 per barrel oil are long gone, but only cruise lines have abolished fuel surcharges as energy costs have plummeted. Airlines, trucking companies and railroads continue to stick customers with zombie fuel fees. Why? Well, because they can. A Professor Made 500 Percent on His Money by Gambling on an Obscure Sport On this week's Odd Lots Podcast, hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway talk to professor Steven Skiena about that time he made an absurd amount of money using computers and algorithms to crack the betting system for jai alai. How Oil Hypnotized Global Stock Markets Even casual observers know oil is exerting uncommon influence on stocks. What's less clear is how the energy market has come to dominate sentiment in industries with seemingly no connection to crude prices. Understanding why oil is casting such a spell is more than an academic inquiry. The reason matters, given how big the moves have been. Almost $1.6 trillion has been erased from U.S. stocks in 2016. If oil is contributing, it'd be nice to know why.   A Bit Expensive for a Box The Mercedes-Benz G65 AMG Is a $200,000 Way to Brag It is an astounding car. All the numbers are big. There's a 12-cylinder engine. It's got a great history, having worked initially as military transport for the Shah of Iran before becoming the preferred vehicle for the Pope. But the body style—and the abysmal gas mileage—haven't changed in 40 years. Is paying $223,575 for a G-Wagon still cool?         You received this message because you are subscribed to the Bloomberg Business Daily newsletter.       Unsubscribe | BloombergBusiness.com | Contact Us Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022

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