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MacKenzie Scott alone accounted for one-third of America's $19.2 billion in megagifts last year

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MacKenzie Scott alone accounted for one-third of America's $19.2 billion in megagifts last year

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ConnectOne Bank CEO: what Kevin Warsh’s ‘quieter Fed’ can teach CEOs about communicating uncertainty

There is an important difference between giving people certainty and giving them clarity, and Kevin Warsh is wrestling with that distinction in real time.

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As Social Security races toward insolvency, retirees are getting their biggest COLA boost in 4 years
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It’s not just billionaires fleeing Britain—fed up with grey skies, crumbling healthcare and the tax bill, a record 69,300 workers have left the U.K.
It’s not just billionaires fleeing Britain—fed up with grey skies, crumbling healthcare and the tax bill, a record 69,300 workers have left the U.K.
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 15, 2026
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Wall Street’s earnings split: Goldman’s $18.7 billion blowout quarter—and why JPMorgan and BofA fell short
By Morgan ChittumOctober 15, 2026
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Women top lawyers now out-earn men by 16% at America’s biggest companies—even as their share of the job slips
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Women top lawyers now out-earn men by 16% at America’s biggest companies—even as their share of the job slips
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Should we phase out Social Security? 2 economists debated it for an hour in front of me—then agreed the wealthy have to pay up
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MAGAnomics is starting to look uncomfortably like Bidenomics
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Despite fears AI will kill jobs, 72% of bosses say they’ll actually pay more for AI skills—with some roles offering a $100,000 premium
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People are winning millions on prediction markets. Is it ethical?
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Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh speaks during a news conference following Federal Open Market Committee meetings at Federal Reserve Headquarters on September 16, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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Kevin Warsh’s Fed has a rent problem: Higher rates could fuel a ‘doom loop’ in housing, top economist warns
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Why ‘China plus one’ is paying off less than Southeast Asia hoped
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Even ‘Bond King’ Bill Gross warns ‘Don’t own bonds’ as long-term debt enters a new era of volatility 
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Even ‘Bond King’ Bill Gross warns ‘Don’t own bonds’ as long-term debt enters a new era of volatility 
By Jason MaOctober 4, 2026
Gen Z is poised to be wealthier than millennials but despair over economy — ‘they get spammed and scammed, and there are tons of fake jobs out there’
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Gen Z is poised to be wealthier than millennials but despair over economy — ‘they get spammed and scammed, and there are tons of fake jobs out there’
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America’s budget, the bond market and the national debt at 250: Gradually, then suddenly
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Iran’s currency is getting obliterated as the regime is about to run out of oil to sell and can’t even get its money from customers
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Iran’s currency is getting obliterated as the regime is about to run out of oil to sell and can’t even get its money from customers
By Jason MaOctober 3, 2026
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    8 in 10 Gen Z and millennials have two jobs to make ends meet, Goldman Sachs finds, as the affordability crisis ‘crowds out’ any retirement hopes
    By Eleanor PringleOctober 1, 2026
Zohran Mamdani says ‘you have to luck out in some big way’ to achieve the American Dream now—and many people see better odds of winning the lottery
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Zohran Mamdani says ‘you have to luck out in some big way’ to achieve the American Dream now—and many people see better odds of winning the lottery
By Jason MaOctober 3, 2026
U.S. debt is increasingly at the mercy of the market as interest costs surge while elections add more risk to the debt ceiling, ratings agency warns
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U.S. debt is increasingly at the mercy of the market as interest costs surge while elections add more risk to the debt ceiling, ratings agency warns
By Jason MaOctober 3, 2026
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‘Really wealthy Americans will be embarrassed’ not to have an Argentine passport, program designer predicts
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 3, 2026
Nearly 1,400 laid off at Ohio factory days before Trump rally. Now a former supporter will help elect Democrats: ‘Something has to change politically’
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Nearly 1,400 laid off at Ohio factory days before Trump rally. Now a former supporter will help elect Democrats: ‘Something has to change politically’
By Josh Boak and The Associated PressOctober 3, 2026
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Sports betting is America’s new pastime—and it’s bigger than movies, music, and museums together as Americans wage a whopping $166 billion on bets
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MacKenzie Scott’s first novel in 13 years is being called ‘baffling’—and critics are left asking what message she’s trying to send
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MacKenzie Scott’s first novel in 13 years is being called ‘baffling’—and critics are left asking what message she’s trying to send
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What the bond market reveals about Congress, the national debt and the middle class—and where America goes from here
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McKinsey: AI will create more jobs than it kills — after destroying 11 million
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McKinsey: AI will create more jobs than it kills — after destroying 11 million
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The ‘golden passport’: Argentina to offer citizenship for foreigners that make a $350,000 contribution to its treasury—or invest $800,000 in its bonds
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France debt crisis: Bond investors have rendered a ‘guilty’ verdict and are pricing in growing odds of a sovereign default, analyst says
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France debt crisis: Bond investors have rendered a ‘guilty’ verdict and are pricing in growing odds of a sovereign default, analyst says
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Bessent said ‘I am the house.’ The bond market disagreed
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Jeff Bezos just opened a free preschool inside an Arizona retirement community—and families earning up to $132,000 can apply
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Jeff Bezos just opened a free preschool inside an Arizona retirement community—and families earning up to $132,000 can apply
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Trump just soft-launched higher inflation as the new solution for rebalancing the $40 trillion U.S. national debt
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Capitalism may be reinventing socialism — and probably not how you think
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The Fed has one interest rate. America has two economies
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The Fed has one interest rate. America has two economies
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Billionaire George Soros has donated $102 million ahead of the midterms—and now the Democrats are coming out ahead
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Billionaire George Soros has donated $102 million ahead of the midterms—and now the Democrats are coming out ahead
By Mia OsmonbekovOctober 2, 2026
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