Alina Selyukh

After weeks of waiting to hear how — or whether — the U.S. government might refund the tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court, Monday is the day it finally begins.

Companies can apply starting Monday Topline: Starting Monday, companies can apply to get their tariff-related refunds back.

Business people had their fingers above the keys, ready to go, when the U.S. government launched its tariff-refund portal Monday morning.

On Monday, the U.S. Customs portal began accepting refund requests from businesses that paid President Trump's tariffs before the Supreme Court ruled them illegal.

The news on his phone left Richard Brown so stunned he stumbled past the exit of the bagel shop where he was grabbing breakfast. Then, he couldn't find his car in the parking lot.

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Shein, the ultrafast-fashion juggernaut, is buying Everlane, a brand that once pitched millennial shoppers on a vision of fashion with "ethical factories" and "radical transparency" into how its clothes were made and priced.

Company to use tariff refunds to lower prices Topline:

In the hunt for cheaper gas, people are going out of their way for discounted fuel at Costco and Walmart — many of them visiting for the first time.