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Philanthropy leader at Warren Buffett and Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge says children of billionaires are pushing them to give their wealth away faster

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Philanthropy leader at Warren Buffett and Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge says children of billionaires are pushing them to give their wealth away faster

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Meet a 71-year-old who retired as a radiologist and professor, and now runs a banana-skewer business: ‘I never want to retire. Why would you do that?’

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Hilton received 12,000 Gen Z applications for just 72 internship spots—its CHRO says AI has made the hospitality gigs more competitive
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$6 trillion a year in unpaid labor isn’t counted in GDP. Its absence from official stats distorts how we see growth, living standards and productivity

A new GAO report puts a price tag on unpaid household labor and shows why family income can look better on paper than it feels in real life

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China suffers another setback in effort to de-dollarize global finance as anchor in the greenback’s dominance quietly exits Beijing’s payment scheme
China suffers another setback in effort to de-dollarize global finance as anchor in the greenback’s dominance quietly exits Beijing’s payment scheme
By Jason MaSeptember 21, 2026
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The Bank of Mom and Dad has a new line item: guilt
By Nick LichtenbergSeptember 21, 2026
Iran’s economy faces another blockade: Red tape and gridlock are clogging up land routes that bypass the U.S. Navy’s Hormuz stranglehold
Iran’s economy faces another blockade: Red tape and gridlock are clogging up land routes that bypass the U.S. Navy’s Hormuz stranglehold
By Jason MaSeptember 20, 2026
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the state of the international financial system on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2026.
U.S. Treasury’s bond scheme is not a national debt management tool, say top economists, but it did show Wall Street what makes Scott Bessent flinch
By Eleanor PringleSeptember 21, 2026
Dollar General CEO says consumers making $100,000 a year don’t feel like high-income shoppers anymore as high gas prices and inflation reshape habits
Dollar General CEO says consumers making $100,000 a year don’t feel like high-income shoppers anymore as high gas prices and inflation reshape habits
By Jason MaSeptember 20, 2026
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    Trump is seeking the biggest defense budget surge in 75 years as the Pentagon stays committed to ‘exquisite’ weapons
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The U.S. government is spending $88 billion a month in interest on national debt—equal to spending on defense and education combined
By Eleanor PringleApril 9, 2026
Photo: A fireball rises from a building hit by an Israeli airstrike in the area of Abbasiyeh, on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, on April 8, 2026. Lebanon's army warned people against returning to the country's south on April 8, where the Israeli military is still launching attacks, as Israel said the ceasefire with Iran did not include its conflict with Hezbollah. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP via Getty Images)
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Too much fire, not enough cease: Iran tightens its grip on global oil trade on eve of peace talks
By Jim EdwardsApril 9, 2026
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White-collar workers are quietly rebelling against AI as 80% outright refuse adoption mandates
By Nick LichtenbergApril 9, 2026
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Why a proposed merger to create Malaysia’s largest construction conglomerate fell apart
By Angelica AngApril 9, 2026
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Gen Z doesn’t want your full-time job. They want several part-time roles, and it’s reshaping the entire workforce
By Jake AngeloApril 9, 2026
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    The Artemis II astronauts have officially gone further from earth than any humans have gone before
    By The Associated Press and Marcia DunnApril 6, 2026
Trump’s 2027 budget gambles on rosy assumptions—and if they don’t pan out, America edges closer to a fiscal crisis driven by runaway interest costs
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Trump’s 2027 budget gambles on rosy assumptions—and if they don’t pan out, America edges closer to a fiscal crisis driven by runaway interest costs
By Shawn TullyApril 9, 2026
The Iran war is either concluding with the world worse off, or escalation is just delayed again
Energy
The Iran war is either concluding with the world worse off, or escalation is just delayed again
By Jordan BlumApril 8, 2026
How dual incomes and the tech boom turned the upper middle class into America’s biggest income group
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How dual incomes and the tech boom turned the upper middle class into America’s biggest income group
By Sam Klebanov and Morning BrewApril 8, 2026
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‘You can never really catch up’: The Iran war is exacerbating already high grocery bills, and it will only get worse if the war continues, experts say
By Jacqueline MunisApril 8, 2026
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York City on April 7, 2026.
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From brinkmanship to TACO: Trump’s Iran pause triggers $1.5 trillion market rally
By Eva RoytburgApril 8, 2026
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    AI is cutting 16,000 U.S. jobs a month—and Gen Z is taking the brunt, Goldman Sachs says
    By Nick LichtenbergApril 6, 2026
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Donald Trump Jr. says ‘the biggest names’ think Europe is a ‘disaster’ that needs to be fixed
By The Associated PressApril 8, 2026
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The U.S. had a national debt ‘home run’ in its grasp, says Jamie Dimon. But the government did nothing, and now its best option is crisis management
By Eleanor PringleApril 8, 2026
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Trump’s ceasefire gives Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz—and Mojtaba Khamenei is reportedly alive
By Jim EdwardsApril 8, 2026
Asian stocks rally after Trump’s Iran ceasefire and ‘immediate’ Hormuz opening—even as it remains unclear how open the strait actually is
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Asian stocks rally after Trump’s Iran ceasefire and ‘immediate’ Hormuz opening—even as it remains unclear how open the strait actually is
By Angelica AngApril 8, 2026
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Energy
2 years ago, Saudi Arabia quietly canceled the ‘petrodollar’ deal with America that wired the world economy for 50 years. Then war broke out in Iran
By Sasha RogelbergApril 7, 2026
Doritos prices jumped 50% in four years and PepsiCo waited until it lost billions to do anything about it
Retail
Doritos prices jumped 50% in four years and PepsiCo waited until it lost billions to do anything about it
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezApril 7, 2026
The megamanager era: AI is doubling bosses’ workloads—and the costs are just beginning to show
Future of Work
The megamanager era: AI is doubling bosses’ workloads—and the costs are just beginning to show
By Nick LichtenbergApril 7, 2026
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Economy
Trump, the $39 trillion national debt, rosy growth assumptions, and the question of ‘a sustainable path’
By Nick LichtenbergApril 7, 2026
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Sam Altman and Vinod Khosla agree: AI will break the economy. Their fix is no income tax for most Americans
By Nick LichtenbergApril 7, 2026
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Top economist Mark Zandi says the indicator that has called every recession since WWII just signaled we’re already in one
By Jake AngeloApril 7, 2026
Bitcoin slides with risk assets as Trump’s Iran ultimatum looms
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Bitcoin slides with risk assets as Trump’s Iran ultimatum looms
By Suvashree Ghosh, Melos Ambaye and BloombergApril 7, 2026
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‘I’d love to keep that a secret, Mr. President’: Trump’s boasts about Iran rescue flummox top advisors
By Jonathan J. Cooper, Konstantin Toropin, Farnoush Amiri and The Associated PressApril 7, 2026
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Success
MacKenzie Scott rewrote the rules of philanthropy. Who will follow her lead?
By Felecia HatcherApril 7, 2026
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Small businesses are ‘doing fine.’ That’s a problem, says the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
By Catherina GioinoApril 7, 2026
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Lowe’s is investing $250 million to train plumbers, carpenters, and electricians as its CEO says skilled trades are ‘critical to the future’
By Preston ForeApril 7, 2026
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Anthropic economics chief talks about the jobs that could be killed by AI
By Jim EdwardsApril 7, 2026
Anthropic’s research shows that AI can already do a huge portion of many jobs; its top economist talks about how that could shape the future of work
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Anthropic’s research shows that AI can already do a huge portion of many jobs; its top economist talks about how that could shape the future of work
By Matthew Heimer and Nicolas RappApril 7, 2026
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Sam Altman’s big pitch to fix the big AI mess sounds like Jamie Dimon’s: a 4-day workweek and a big new tax on rich people like him
By Jake AngeloApril 6, 2026
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Goldman just looked at 40 years of data on the ‘scarring’ effects of technological disruption and finds Gen Z isn’t the most at risk
By Nick LichtenbergApril 6, 2026
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