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“You can’t ignore the fact that 85% of the world’s population lives outside temperate regions,” says BDx Data Centers CEO Mayank Shrivastava.

By Angelica AngMarch 26, 2026
Jessica Thompson poses outside her home.
Today’s Equal Pay Day. Women and men still disagree about who has more economic opportunities
By Jacqueline MunisMarch 26, 2026
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Trump’s war in Iran is costing the U.S. economy 10,000 jobs a month, Goldman Sachs says
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 26, 2026
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Gen Z’s credit scores are cratering — and Trump’s student loan crackdown is the biggest reason why
By Tristan BoveMarch 26, 2026
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New York is home to 154 billionaires. Together they’re worth $975.7 billion—and some of them are even making $2 million an hour
By Emma BurleighMarch 26, 2026
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CryptoBitcoin faces $14 billion options expiry while Middle East turmoil mounts
By Sidhartha Shukla and BloombergMarch 26, 2026
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CryptoHousing giant Fannie Mae to accept crypto-backed mortgages for the first time
By Carlos GarciaMarch 26, 2026
LawA toddler needed a life-saving flight, and the insurer said no. Then Mark Cuban called
By Catherina GioinoMarch 26, 2026
Middle EastTrump extends his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to April 6
By The Associated Press, Jon Gambrell and David RisingMarch 26, 2026
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Arts & EntertainmentDisney CEO’s no good, very bad week: Josh D’Amaro is dealing with 3 major headaches in his first week
By Tristan BoveMarch 26, 2026
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CryptoExclusive: Megapot raises $5 million to create a crypto-powered global lottery
By Carlos GarciaMarch 26, 2026
Water storage construction on the Meta data center site in Holly Ridge, Richland Parish, Louisiana.
AIInside Meta’s chaotic AI boomtown in rural Louisiana
By Sharon GoldmanMarch 26, 2026
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Real EstateHow a war in the Middle East is hiking your mortgage rate in America
By Jake AngeloMarch 26, 2026
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EconomyTrump’s $12 billion farmer bailout is a ‘Band-Aid on a bigger wound’ the American agriculture industry is still reeling from
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 9, 2025
jobs
EconomyThe low-hire, low-fire economy crawls along with job openings unchanged from September to October
By Paul Wiseman and The Associated PressDecember 9, 2025
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EconomyThe ‘forever layoffs’ era hits a recession trigger as corporates sack 1.1 million workers through November
By Nick Lichtenberg and Eva RoytburgDecember 9, 2025
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CommentaryThere is a simple fix for America’s job-quality crisis: actually give workers a piece of the business 
By Pete StavrosDecember 9, 2025
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EconomyAI isn’t the reason you got laid off (or not hired), top staffing agency says. You don’t have the right skills
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 9, 2025
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CommentaryAI doctors will be good at science but bad at business, and big talk with little action means even higher drugs prices: 10 healthcare predictions for 2026 from top investors
By Bob Kocher, Bryan Roberts and Siobhan Nolan ManginiDecember 9, 2025
EconomyMalaysia’s Johor launches 7,300-acre innovation sandbox, part of new special economic zone with neighboring Singapore
By Angelica AngDecember 9, 2025
EconomyA divided Fed meets today, and Wall Street is listening for 4 key words from Powell: ‘In a good place’
By Jim EdwardsDecember 9, 2025
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, pictured in May 2023, warns of record debt issuance by AI companies during an infrastructure boom.
Big TechBorrowing by AI companies represents a ‘mounting potential threat to the financial system,’ top economist says 
By Nino PaoliDecember 9, 2025
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InvestingBaby boomers have now ‘gobbled up’ nearly one-third of America’s wealth share, and they’re leaving Gen Z and millennials behind
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 8, 2025
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EconomyTrump plans $12 billion bailout for farmers who saw livelihoods vanish along with China’s missing soybean imports
By Seung Min Kim, Josh Funk, Didi Tang and The Associated PressDecember 8, 2025
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EconomyThe U.S. has over 900 billionaires and their wealth soared by 18% to $6.9 trillion this year, UBS says
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 8, 2025
EconomyWhat’s the top concern among billionaires? Not a financial crash or debt crisis. It’s tariffs—and only 1% have no worries about the market
By Jason MaDecember 8, 2025
China
EconomyChina makes history with $1 trillion trade surplus for first time ever
By Chan Ho-Him and The Associated PressDecember 8, 2025
Trump
EconomyTrump hails Netflix’s Sarandos as ‘fantastic man’ but casts mega-merger in doubt ‘There’s no question about it. It could be a problem’
By Darlene Superville and The Associated PressDecember 8, 2025
Jerome Powell
EconomyStocks: Everything is on hold until the Fed delivers that rate cut on Wednesday
By Jim EdwardsDecember 8, 2025
EconomyMacron warns EU may hit China with tariffs over trade surplus
By James Regan and BloombergDecember 7, 2025
EconomyU.S. trade chief says China has complied with terms of trade deals
By Hadriana Lowenkron and BloombergDecember 7, 2025
EconomyJerome Powell faces a credibility issue as he tries to satisfy hawks and doves at the most divided Fed in recent memory
By Jason MaDecember 7, 2025
EconomyJPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Europe has a ‘real problem’
By Katherine Chiglinsky and BloombergDecember 6, 2025
EconomyThe most likely solution to the U.S. debt crisis is severe austerity triggered by a fiscal calamity, former White House economic adviser says
By Jason MaDecember 6, 2025
Trump
PoliticsTrump finally meets Claudia Sheinbaum face to face at the FIFA World Cup draw
By Will Weissert and The Associated PressDecember 6, 2025
RetailU.S. consumers are so financially strained they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Black Friday and Cyber Monday
By Jeena Sharma and Retail BrewDecember 5, 2025
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Politics‘This is a bad idea made worse’: Senate Dems’ plan to fix Obamacare premiums adds nearly $300 billion to deficit, CRFB says
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 5, 2025
EconomyTrump calls affordability a ‘Democrat scam’ and ‘con job’—but nearly three-quarters of his voters think cost of living is bad or the worst ever
By Jason MaDecember 5, 2025
Construction workers are getting a salary bump for working on data center projects during the AI boom.
AIConstruction workers are earning up to 30% more and some are nabbing six-figure salaries in the data center boom
By Nino PaoliDecember 5, 2025
Young family stressed over finances
SuccessPeople making six-figure salaries used to be considered rich—now households earning nearly $200K a year aren’t considered upper-class in some states
By Emma BurleighDecember 5, 2025
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EconomyRay Dalio says ‘a little bit of everything’ is needed to prevent a debt crisis—but it won’t happen anyway
By Eleanor PringleDecember 5, 2025
Scott Bessent speaks with Andrew Ross Roskin at Dealbook Summit
LawTreasury Secretary Bessent insists Trump’s tariff agenda is ‘permanent,’ saying the White House can re-create it even with a Supreme Court loss
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 5, 2025
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Politics‘We fixed inflation, and we fixed almost everything’: Trump travels to Pennsylvania to talk affordability while denying it’s a problem
By Josh Boak and The Associated PressDecember 4, 2025
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