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The U.S. market has never been more focused on one single bet—but AI’s payoff will likely take decadesZuckerberg told Meta directors he might leave California, where he could lose billions to a wealth tax. Meta answered with a new class of stockBillionaires fleeing California could turn a $30 billion tax windfall into a $39 billion loss, Stanford economists warnRepublican Sen. Collins promotes her independence and ‘true blue-blooded Maine’-ness by partnering with ex-Dem. Joe Manchin and breaking from TrumpPutin agrees ‘in principle’ to resume talks with Washington and Kyiv to end war in Ukraine—but still isn’t ‘fully satisfied’ with proposals‘It’s more than any president has ever spent’: Trump’s groups spent nearly $277 million on the midterms—and he still has $164 million left to spendMeta’s revenue surges to $64.6 billion, but billions in settlements and skyrocketing AI spending turn screws on profit, free cash flowWhat is Intuit Intelligence? How the QuickBooks AI assistant actually worksAI tools discovered the PHP vulnerability that could take down 70% of the internet. Now, the race is on to patch it before AI-powered hackers attackNew Mexico took on Meta alone and won a $25 billion judgment over Facebook’s privacy violationsCollectors sent rare Pokémon and sports cards to get graded. Then thieves stole nearly $1 million worth of them from the FedEx truck taking them home‘Give us a raise or let us save money’: California state workers go on strike over pay, healthcare, and Gavin Newsom’s return-to-work mandateAmazon abandons $427 million GW campus data center plan and pledges land donations worth $65 million insteadPolar Dive MAX Cold Plunge Review (2026): Fortune Tested and RatedThe Best Pimple Patches in 2026: Invisible Options for Day and NightGM simulated 300,000 EV battery designs—using 34,000 years of computer time—before building a single cell. Now comes the physical partMicrosoft and Alphabet opt out of tokenized stocks—the latest blow to an ambitious plan to shake up trading‘Grow the damn economy’: Billionaire Ken Griffin warns Trump made a mistake cutting taxes as the national debt tops past $40 trillionEric Schmidt’s path to a $20 billion Anthropic windfall began with an introduction from his ex, Cami Clark—now Dario Amodei’s wife‘You’re no longer an influencer … you’re a cofounder’: MrBeast’s business resembles a Fortune 500 holding company, investor Steven Bartlett saysAnthropic adds Harvard astrophysicist to the trust that controls its boardIn-N-Out keeps delivery off the menu, but its fans are paying extra to get it anywayAmerica’s national debt plan is ‘clearly not in order,’ says Ken Griffin. He believes part of the problem is Europeans who ‘don’t want to go to work’‘We all feel that something has changed’: Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In says tradwife content is hurting women at workHungary’s former central bank chief is arrested on suspicion of fraud as the new government cracks down on alleged corruptionChristian schools are seeing their prayers answered as taxpayer dollars fuel a push to open 5,000 schoolsNonprofits are embracing AI to advance their missions, but few have a road map for adoptionMartha Stewart says people need to get it through their ‘thick skulls’ that there’s ‘no such thing as balance’—even at 85 she starts work at 7 a.m.The AI boom is nearly $5 trillion short of paying for itself, Gartner saysThe parenthood tax: voters pay $13,000-a-year for childcare as Trump uses ‘fighting wars’ excuse: We can’t take care of daycare’Best FHA loan lenders in 2026Newport Restaurant Group is 100% owned by its workers—and has paid them $33 million since 1995: ‘Nobody else gets the benefit’Jamie Dimon spent years warning about America’s reliance on China. A year in, JPMorgan has put $230 billion behind fixing itJapan’s trade deficit hits record $17.8 billion as Iran war sends oil import prices soaring‘From Greece to France, give money to education’: European protesters make clear it’s not immigration that has them on the marchUK Treasury chief vows to give families ‘some breathing space’ as inflation runs hot, highest in a yearMore output isn’t better business: Workday’s CFO Zane Rowe on how finance chiefs should really measure AICurrent price of gold as of October 21, 2026Australians also don’t like data centers: NextDC shares fall 42% after community opposition stalls a grid upgradeTop CD rates from major banks on October 21, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and moreCurrent price of Ethereum for October 21, 2026Current price of Bitcoin for October 21, 2026Current price of oil as of October 21, 2026Current price of silver as of Wednesday, October 21, 2026Trump’s remarkable mess on electric vehicles: How he made them more expensive and harder to find just as he went to war on IranIs Anthropic the IPO market’s last hope for 2026? The clock is tickingExclusive: AI code-testing startup Blacksmith hits $1 billion valuation as AI-written code surgesKen Griffin says Trump’s plan for America First was always doomed to fail: ‘Most people don’t want to live that dream’How to catch an AI modelAnthropic’s S-1 leaks (again)—here’s a look at the massive losses on the income statementTech futures rise in premarket trading as SpaceX stock rockets overnight—and Wells Fargo’s ‘buy’ signal is triggeredThe top high-yield savings rates: Up to 4.70% on Oct. 21, 2026Top CD rates on Oct. 21, 2026: Lock in up to up to 5.25%The ex-Kellogg CEO who learned he had ADHD at 65 says it had upsides in the corner officeBeyond the UAE: Space42’s $1.7 billion bid to conquer new marketsDatabricks sets sights on Abu Dhabi as Middle East growth takes off Kalshi’s cofounder says becoming a billionaire hasn’t changed much: ‘Maybe I’ll get a fancier lunch’Billionaire Mark Cuban’s 5-step plan to make healthcare affordable targets drug middlemen’s ‘contractual terrorism’The Bezos Earth Fund has given away $2.4 billion. Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos’ latest $100M bet is saving species on the edge of extinction‘Tap-dancing through a minefield’: Elon Musk’s $3.5 trillion Tesla-SpaceX merger talks expose his power—and scant accountabilityMortgage rates, Oct. 21, 2026: Rates still elevatedHome equity loan and HELOC rates, Oct. 21, 2026Current refi mortgage rates report for Oct. 21, 2026Current ARM mortgage rates report for Oct. 21, 2026Political campaigns have poured $137 million on AI-made ads ahead of a crucial midterm—after spending virtually nothing last election cyclePowerful new AI models are fueling a growing wave of cyberattacks, experts sayThe way we consume energy is changing. Abu Dhabi’s integrated system has already embraced that change
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