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Jeff Bezos says a 3-day workweek and more single-income households are on the way thanks to AI: ‘It’s going to be difficult to hire people’

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Disney offered a 13-year-old $2 million to sing in ‘The Lion King.’ His mom took $100K plus royalties instead. He’s still getting paid 34 years later

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‘Fantasy economics’ hit reality: Boomer vs. Gen Z fight roils France as pension costs drive debt crisis and education cuts that fuel student riots
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“Thus the fiscal pressure caused largely by France’s very generous government pension plan has led to cutbacks in other spending, notably on education.”

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EU says trade deal could cut up to 50% of Chinese EV and plug-in hybrid imports and lower tariffs for some European exports to China
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‘Trojan horse’: California’s top 1% pay nearly half the state’s income taxes. Prop 40 opponents warn the billionaire tax could reach everyone else

The state legislature could modify Prop 40 with a two-thirds vote, but courts would also weigh in on any attempts to stretch the scope to all taxpayers.

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‘A very leaky pipeline’: 1.7 million trade jobs will open each year through 2035—and experts are scrambling to figure out how to fill them

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Caregiving is a trillion-dollar industry, and eldest daughters take the brunt of it.

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Elon Musk just lost his trillionaire status again after three days—but he says ‘it’s not like it’s sitting in a bank account’ anyway

SpaceX founder Elon Musk lost $63 billion in the span of days, falling out of the trillionaire club for the second time.

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Bitcoin is the original cryptocurrency and remains the most popular crypto coin on the market.

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Disney offered a 13-year-old $2 million to sing in ‘The Lion King.’ His mom took $100K plus royalties instead. He’s still getting paid 34 years later

Jason Weaver’s mom once backed Aretha Franklin. She bet on royalties over Disney’s cash—and it’s paid more than the $2 million he gave up.

By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 9, 2026
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Tamboran Resources CEO stands in front of an H&P drilling rig shipped from the U.S. to Australia's Beetaloo Basin.
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Texas wildcatters, oilfield services giants, and U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright helped Australia’s Beetaloo Basin deliver its first commercial gas. The hard part is still ahead.

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Trump struck a diesel deal with Putin just weeks after signing Russia sanctions. Zelenskyy calls it ‘a weak decision’

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National Council on Problem Gambling executive director Heather Maurer required board members to sign NDAs before revealing the donation.

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The league wants clarity “before another NFL season goes by” to preserve game integrity.

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