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2% of donors supply 89% of college giving — something is going to give

Ken Griffin gave Carnegie Mellon more than $3 billion and the Knights gave Oregon $1 billion, yet Hampshire College is closing despite a $5 million gift.

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Louis Vuitton won its $1.5 million fight with a beloved Chinese tea chain. The backlash may have cost it hundreds more
Louis Vuitton won its $1.5 million fight with a beloved Chinese tea chain. The backlash may have cost it hundreds more
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‘When you’re given gifts, you take ’em’: Trump defends using Qatari luxury jet as Air Force One
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ConnectOne Bank CEO: what Kevin Warsh’s ‘quieter Fed’ can teach CEOs about communicating uncertainty
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Great disappointment will follow the Great Wealth Transfer as baby boomers pass on just a fraction of their fortune to millennials and Gen Xers
By Jason MaAugust 8, 2026
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    Scott Bessent just declared the K-shaped economy is over, saying he’s ‘sick of hearing about’ it—but the data would beg to disagree
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Iranian officials are worried the U.S. blockade will cause an economic collapse and admit sanctions relief is desperately needed
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Iranian officials are worried the U.S. blockade will cause an economic collapse and admit sanctions relief is desperately needed
By Jason MaAugust 8, 2026
With broad bipartisan support, Congress is about to give Trump ‘unchecked authority’ to impose new tariffs of up to 100% on top trading partners
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With broad bipartisan support, Congress is about to give Trump ‘unchecked authority’ to impose new tariffs of up to 100% on top trading partners
By Jason MaAugust 8, 2026
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It’s not just Canadian tourists snubbing U.S. cities. Business leaders are cancelling more trips to America as geopolitical tensions continue
By Sasha RogelbergAugust 8, 2026
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How Scott Bessent used financial engineering to finance the $2 trillion deficit while leaving it untouched—and created a $1.45 trillion shortfall
By Eva RoytburgAugust 8, 2026
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Vanguard Chief Economist: AI and jobs, still in an ATM phase
By Adam SchicklingAugust 8, 2026
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    $25 billion in data centers shows St. Louis is serious about competing in the AI economy 
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GrayMatter Robotics CEO: The FCC was right to ban Chinese robots. But protection alone won’t win the robotics race
By Ariyan KabirAugust 8, 2026
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The deportation economy is backfiring on American workers, top economist warns
By Eva RoytburgAugust 7, 2026
China’s export engine is cooling—but high-tech demand isn’t.
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China’s export engine is cooling—but high-tech demand isn’t.
By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated PressAugust 7, 2026
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Economy
Yen jumps after U.S. data as traders watch for intervention clues
By Bloomberg, Mia Glass and Naomi TajitsuAugust 7, 2026
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Boomers and Gen Xers scramble our assumptions about economic misery — they’re way unhappier than millennials and Gen Z
By Sasha RogelbergAugust 7, 2026
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    Bill Ackman, unfiltered: The billionaire hedge fund founder’s take on AI, investing, and why socialism is a ‘disaster’
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DOGE seems to have hallucinated government savings, like $1.7 billion from a contract it never canceled
By Kevin Freking and The Associated PressAugust 7, 2026
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Top economists on ‘unexpected turbulence’ in the U.S. jobs market—the plane is coming in low and hitting a rough patch
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 7, 2026
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The economy has been weaker than we thought as jobs report reveals 23,000 deficit in July
By Paul Wiseman and The Associated PressAugust 7, 2026
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‘You can say ‘nasty.’ But this is a question of Canadian jobs’: Carney stands up to Trump with tough talk
By Rob Gillies and The Associated PressAugust 7, 2026
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Trump’s blockade of Cuba has created an upside-down world with 20-minute spurts of electricity access
By Andrea Rodriguez and The Associated PressAugust 7, 2026
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Trump’s grass obsession leads to White House summit with Scotts Miracle-Gro: ‘An amazing dialogue, talking grass for half an hour’
By Will Weissert and The Associated PressAugust 7, 2026
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Another month, another likely 100,000 jobs print, another mark of diminished expectations in the retiring boomer labor market
By Paul Wiseman and The Associated PressAugust 7, 2026
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For every 10 jobs, there are 2,539 applicants. A top hiring platform’s CEO has a solution to the job hunt hell: ‘Don’t just apply to OpenAI’
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For every 10 jobs, there are 2,539 applicants. A top hiring platform’s CEO has a solution to the job hunt hell: ‘Don’t just apply to OpenAI’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 7, 2026
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Every major Italian city is on heat alert as the drought hits Hungary’s nuclear power
By Giada Zampano, Kirsten Grieshaber, Justin Spike and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
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Over a third of employers handed out ‘peanut butter raises’ this year—now, a quarter of bosses admit they’re losing top talent because of bad pay
By Emma BurleighAugust 6, 2026
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SoftBank profits drop 18%, stock falls 4% in Tokyo
By Yuri Kageyama and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
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Pentagon war game exposed a critical U.S. aluminum risk months before Iran attacks
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Elizabeth Warren demands answers on the National Guard deployment, and finds the cost: $1.4 billion
By Gary Fields, Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
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Jamie Dimon waves off Wall Street ‘squealing like stuck pigs’ over Warsh’s Fed: ‘It makes tremendous sense’
By Eleanor PringleAugust 6, 2026
California mints the most billionaires. A new index ranks it dead last on the freedom to give to charity
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California mints the most billionaires. A new index ranks it dead last on the freedom to give to charity
By Sydney LakeAugust 6, 2026
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Asia
‘No choice but to take necessary countermeasures’: China imposes sanctions on Washington in retaliation to U.S. trade restrictions
By The Associated Press, Huizhong Wu and Kanis LeungAugust 5, 2026
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