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Russia is suffering from a slow-motion bank run as the Kremlin scavenges for war funding—and it may start seizing recruits for the military tooAs Trump administration readies economic warfare measures against Iran, top security official vows retaliation ‘in a seismic manner’Jared Kushner has negotiated with adversaries like Iran as Trump’s envoy. Now he’s talking with the House Democratic leader ahead of midterms‘This is heartbreaking for me’ — A sailor serving on the USS Abraham Lincoln just found out his father was caught in Trump’s immigration crackdownThe Iran war could last ‘deep into 2027’ as the Strait of Hormuz isn’t that closed, allowing more oil to leak out—but major escalation is likely soonBurry says he sold Alibaba, calling it pricey before share saleThe Treasury’s recent moves in the bond and currency markets add up to ‘soft-form financial repression’ to lower debt costs, economist warnsEarth’s forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last climate shock — this one is moving 10 times fasterReno’s mayor to residents near a fast-growing wildfire: your life matters more than your houseTrump panic mounts as judge rules his financial records fair game in his own BBC defamation lawsuitNancy Kassebaum Baker said she’d ‘rather cuddle up and do needlepoint all day,’ but became a rare Republican to call for Trump’s impeachmentA California house painter taught himself about gibbons 50 years ago — and now his center is a world-leading rescue facilityJapan’s PM is barely sleeping and rarely leaving her office in the name of ‘efficiency.’ Her approval rating disagrees‘We’re going to hit back’ — Canada does what many other U.S. allies have avoided: risk economic pain rather than yield to tariff pressureThe U.S. picked the Mexican state without screwworm to reopen the border. Then it got screwwormTraders bet bitcoin was stuck below $67,000. The Treasury blew that trade up in one afternoonYour boss’s monitoring app didn’t just watch you — it shared your data to Facebook and a Russian search engineBuc-ee’s Buckeye backlash as beaver infringement lawsuit infuriates Mini Mart maniacs in OhioTaxing all 938 billionaires at 100% wouldn’t stop the $40 trillion national debt, says Elon Musk. Bernie Sanders says tax them 5% and send you a checkDespite his $2.6 billion net worth, MrBeast said he’s had to borrow cash and didn’t even have enough money in his bank account to buy McDonald’sThe tax escape map: Billionaires are bolting for Florida from the West Coast and taking some $29 billion in tax revenue with themFortune Archives: Baseball’s salary cap fight is 40 years in the makingMeet the 18-year-old junk remover who vibe-coded his own pricing calculator and makes up to $15,000 a month‘I had no one to bird with who wasn’t 20 years older than me’: Meet the Gen Zers who transformed grandma’s hobby into an analog crazeThe CEO of $1.2 billion learning platform Preply says it all started with his online search for an English tutorOTC Markets CEO: 250 years of market history just collided with a new SEC ruleAmerican billionaires are showing off their farmland for elaborate hobbies, but a buying spree among the ultrarich risks pricing farmers outWomen want ‘dads,’ not ‘duds’: A Nobel-winning historian has a theory for falling birthrates, but the economics aren’t so straightforwardMark Walter’s sports empire offers a glimpse of the money machine behind private credit—and the plumbing keeping it togetherSpaceX is hiring in natural gas trading for energy needsHumanoid Chinese robots are smashing running records set by humans — including Usain Bolt’s sprintVenezuela abandoning the bolivar and adopting the U.S. dollar would be the biggest currency switch since the advent of the euro, Hanke says‘You’re at war when you get attacked’ — Canada’s Mark Carney accuses U.S. of using economic integration as a weapon as trade fight spurs tariff hikesCanada demand for trucks tariff relief imperiled trade talksNvidia customers notified about AI-related price hikes above 15%Trump’s stock disclosure shows more than 1,000 trades in JuneForget AI, debt has become the main character on Wall Street as markets just now decided that it’s gotten out of control after years of warnings Even billionaires are worried their Gen Z kids can’t keep a job—and their wealth advisors say the fear is ‘very real’‘We will not endure’ — Top Iranian leaders signal they are running out of time as economy crumbles ahead of Trump’s next sanctions onslaughtJeff Bezos wants the bottom half of earners to pay zero income tax—he says nurses making just $75K should save $12K a year$25 billion CEO says one-hour interviews are a waste of time—he puts candidates through six hours of tests and wants them to order wine at lunch‘This is a money-losing proposition for most of these individuals’: Americans are draining stock portfolios to shovel more money into sports bettingAbdul El-Sayed used Mamdani’s social media playbook to overcome a 9:1 spending deficit. Now he’s facing slander about 9/1190% of executives say AI hasn’t boosted productivity. Some are still cutting jobsTrump says oil companies are ‘making too much money.’ Their own balance sheets agreeTikTok settles children’s privacy suit with DOJ for $400 millionMeet the Florida architect who lost his roof at 12 — and now builds for the next AndrewTrump remakes Rose Garden with loans from secret Supreme Court megadonor Harlan CrowFood stamp enrollment plunges as Trump’s demand for more paperwork pushes poor people off the rollsU.S. to allow limited livestock imports from Mexico as outbreak from flesh-eating screwworm parasite eases, but total eradication will take timeHarvard to pay $53 million after former morgue manager sold body parts on black market‘The U.S. is not the only game in town anymore’ — Treasury debt faces more competition from higher-yielding bonds overseas than in recent decadesU.S. hits Canada with 50% tariffs, invoking a notorious Great Depression law that has never been used before to impose import taxesI helped turn a California bank into one of America’s fastest-growing. Now I’m building a company to serve the people that banking has failedMeet the sisters who got dumped by their landlords and were down to their last £15,000 before they built an £8 million businessAI’s Three-Body Problem: no single force can dictate the outcomeAmerica has a $172 billion child care problem. Investors are overlooking part of the solutionThis CEO was out to dinner when he caught his AI agent wasting $1,000 in tokens. He says ‘insecurity’ is a bigger problemRetired racer Jimmie Johnson credits his multimillion-dollar success to shining his shoes and arriving 10 minutes early: ‘Small things matter’The veteran Fortune 500 CEO who turned an 80-year-old AC company into an AI darlingPowering the cloud after 60 years underground: Ormat’s geothermal pivot to AIExclusive: Amazon quietly hiked prices on Echo, Fire TV, Kindle, and eero overnight to offset ‘significant increases’ in memory costsAlex Jones no longer on-the-hook for $50 million owed to Sandy Hook families—but he still has $1.25 billion looming over his headRepublicans say let them eat overpriced burgers, turning on Trump for ‘flooding the market with foreign beef’The AI boom is lifting economies across Asia. But for Southeast Asia, it might just be a ‘short-term blip’Chief Justice John Roberts allows Trump’s ballroom crews to keep working 20-hour daysYouTube offers creators millions to not work with NetflixLeader of Fat Marmot Week fights the budget cut era: ‘we’re going to be laughing our way down as the Titanic sinks’Bitcoin soars to nearly $80,000—but crypto’s new favorite coin, Hyperliquid, is stealing its thunderMembership into Miami’s most exclusive club is something money can’t buy—and Jeff Bezos is among those standing outside, looking inPhoebe Gates took a secret Stanford class on how to ‘rule the world’—and reportedly recruited employees for her startup accused of wire fraudWhere Bumble’s ex-CEO is going next and other female exec moves to know‘Take time in quiet’: Melinda French Gates says to spend at least 10 minutes a day on self-careScott Bessent is ‘playing with fire’ as the Treasury’s debt buyback risks putting the dollar in a devaluation spiral like the yen, economist warns‘Adding insult to injury’: Flight attendants accuse Google of creepy deal to access ‘confidential’ data for AI in Spirit Airlines transactionTrump admits tariffs are a tax on America’s love for hamburgers and allows 300,000 metric tons of ground beef imports at ‘below current market prices’AI will not give you Fridays offForget RTO: Fully remote workers report the highest well-being—and are less likely to quit, new study of 7,700 employees findsHarry and Meghan’s homecoming comes with a multimillion-dollar tax catch—waiting four years could have shielded their $60 million fortuneCEO of viral backflipping robot company says robots are still years from ‘ChatGPT moment,’ even after investors sent his stock soaring 460%Eric Schmidt is reportedly at odds with Google cofounder Sergey Brin over how a $100 million campaign against California’s billionaire tax is spent‘Damage from the chaotic tariff regime cannot be refunded’: The $100 billion in refunds have wiped out revenue the import taxes brought in since MayThe banking lobby’s bad faith campaign to kill the Clarity Act will backfireThe trick to getting kids to stop trusting AI: Ask it to draw a map of the worldChina’s onetime richest man has lost everything but creditors are still owed $300 billionCuba opened its economy on Washington’s orders. Rubio’s answer: more sanctionsFortune 500 Power Moves: Which executives gained and lost power, Aug. 8-21College sports’ talent race is turning each athletic department into a $40 million business empirePhilanthropy has long been dominated by the wealthy. This $12 million campaign wants Black Gen Z to see it differentlyCFO turnover at America’s largest companies is on pace to hit 18.3%—the highest since the pandemicCurrent price of gold as of August 21, 2026Gold, silver, or cash: Which has been the better crisis hedge over the last 50 years?New York Times correction over a college basketball player wrongly named at the scene of a shooting leads to $9.25 million jury verdictThe changing college sports landscape has women’s programs turning to philanthropy as funding dries upCurrent price of Ethereum for August 21, 2026Current price of Bitcoin for August 21, 2026Current price of oil as of August 21, 2026Current price of silver as of Friday, August 21, 2026Top CD rates from major banks on August 21, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and moreHow Silicon Valley just might save America from the growing drone threatThe Best Labor Day Mattress Sales of 2026: Save on Saatva, Helix, and MoreWhy chips have become the world’s most contested resourceAmerica faces an affordability crisis like the one from 25 years ago, but needs a fresh solutionWall Street is bemused by Bessent’s bond plan and the unwinding punt on the Japanese yen—he’s hinting he knows something the markets don’tAnthropic to SpaceX: You ain’t biggerBond traders believe Bessent’s ‘band-aid’ was ‘a heinous financial crime’The top high-yield savings rates: Up to 4.50% on Aug. 21, 2026Top CD rates on Aug. 21, 2026: Lock in up to up to 4.50%The bond market is sending CEOs a blunt message: Borrowing costs are going to go upThe AI ‘death zone’ is here and most corporate AI strategies are standing in itAI productivity tools are overhyped and overfunded. Investors should look elsewhereAmazon, Uber, DoorDash, and Walmart are taking the delivery wars to the skiesMacKenzie Scott gave California public education $461 million—and let the recipients decide how to spend every dollarHome equity loan and HELOC rates, August 21, 2026Mortgage rates on Aug. 21, 2026: Rates tick up slightlyCurrent refi mortgage rates report for Aug. 21, 2026Current ARM mortgage rates report for Aug. 21, 2026Baby boomers look richer than ever—but many are retiring with record levels of debtBillionaire Jeff Bezos once asked Warren Buffett why so few people copy his strategy—now he’s backing $7 billion Liverpool FCOur AI startup is growing 40% a month helping financial advisers do what they love: giving advicePrediction market exec says gambling fight could reach Supreme Court by JuneAirwallex expands from cross-border payments to autonomous finance—though president Lucy Liu says it’s still ‘not the best time’ for an IPOThe Best Face Sunscreens in 2026: SPF Options for Everyday WearSupermicro investigation clears CEO in alleged $2.5 billion smuggling scheme while a criminal trial involving a cofounder is set for next yearExclusive: The man leading Trump’s RTO charge for government workers says he filmed a video in front of a blank wall to avoid work-from-home suspicionTrump oblivious to voter fury about data centers, saying ‘the jobs are enormous and the money paid, the taxes paid, are just enormous’Army unit offers ‘special 4 day pass’ to play Grand Theft Auto VI for reenlisted troops as part of ‘unique incentives program’Senators demand answers from TikTok About ‘depraved’ experimentBessent becomes most interventionist Treasury chief in decadesThe AI industry is getting better at spotting dangerous behavior. It is less clear that labs know how to stop itScott Bessent on the national debt: ‘There’s nothing magic about the $40 trillion number’Gen Z forced to rewrite the American Dream in the ‘Great Postponement’: Fixer-uppers, side hustles and doing life out of orderFacing weary customers, Walmart will use its nearly $3 billion in tariff refunds to lower pricesBill Ackman’s $400 million brain institute was inspired by his daughter—and built outside elite universities, which he says are losing talentWhat a decade as president of the WNBA players’ union taught Nneka Ogwumike about leadershipModerna co-founder is a billionaire once again at $1.7 billion—he once turned down 20 high-paying job offers to ‘have more of an impact on the world’One U.S. Army unit is offering 4-days off to play Grand Theft Auto—but there’s a catch: they’ll have to reenlist if they take the day off to playNneka Ogwumike’s WNBA legacy isn’t just her 11 All-Star nods. It’s a 364% pay raise for the playersAnother Democratic primary, another shocking DSA upset as Angie Nixon adds to moderates’ heartburn over seemingly unstoppable waveAs U.S. debt hits $40 trillion, Americans will foot the bill: $700 a month for retirees, and homebuyers could take a $53,000 hit, report findsExclusive: A leader in Venezuela’s National Assembly engages ‘money doctor’ Steve Hanke for a dose of dollarization medicine in a nation sick from hyperinflationYour next oil change is becoming a bigger part of car dealers’ business as profits cool and service departments make up the differenceCurrent price of gold as of August 20, 2026‘Game-changer’ GLP-1s could fix America’s obesity crisis—but 2 inequalities stand in the wayGovernor races present ‘unique moment’ as historic number of Black candidates climbs to 8The great climate change Champagne race, as grape ripening shrinks from 100 to 80 days: ‘We’ve never seen anything like it’The military’s own newspaper is too ‘woke’ for Pete Hegseth as longtime Stars and Stripes publisher retires after decades of serviceYou are paying for your favorite college athlete now: ‘the next stage of the arms race’Trump calls his new FDA pick ‘Dr. Heidi.’ Patty Murray calls her a ‘far-right, anti-abortion extremist’Instagram took ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ approach to kids, former engineer testifies — and pay was tied to keeping them online‘Squid has a distinctive odor to it’: Seafood truck crash in Rhode Island creates ‘Squidpocalypse of ’26’Walmart’s sales growth falls to 6-year low as Middle American shoppers go on strikeTarget’s second straight comeback quarter boosted by nearly $1 billion Trump tariff refundWhy the bond market is acting like it did before the Great RecessionKlarna wants its next CFO in New York. That’s a signal to Wall Street‘Capital alone no longer clears a site’: Morgan Stanley says data centers’ big money era is overTreasury rushes into bond market as Fed minutes show many governors want to hike rates, not cutTrump’s Canada tariff threat produces a deal with no public termsPortfolio review takes on a new urgency for VCs as AI makes 2024’s great deals look like 2026’s clear mistakesTop CD rates from major banks on August 20, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and moreCurrent price of Ethereum for August 20, 2026Current price of Bitcoin for August 20, 2026Current price of oil as of August 20, 2026Current price of silver as of Thursday, August 20, 2026AI is becoming a financial engineering businessClimate change to cost London up to £36 billion a year by 2050sBessent’s $4 billion bond plan is like ‘rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic given the U.S. national debt of $40 trillion,’ ING saysThe top high-yield savings rates: Up to 4.50% on Aug. 20, 2026Top CD rates on Aug. 20, 2026: Lock in up to up to 4.50%AI won’t fix enterprise complexity. Rewiring willZynga founder Mark Pincus: AI can get you to a B-plus, but it won’t get you to an AAmazon can’t quit Bezos’ drone dreamVenezuela oil minister to U.S. companies: ‘It’s an entire world waiting to be discovered’Meta faces a $1.4 trillion threat that could mean ‘turning in the keys and walking away’—but the stakes of the case reach across techTeachers in one of San Francisco’s richest suburbs are so underpaid that a philanthropist just gave each of them $9,161Companies are spending trillions on AI. The C-suite doesn’t know who is in charge of itCurrent refi mortgage rates report for Aug. 20, 2026Mortgage rates on Aug. 20, 2026: Rates remain elevatedCurrent ARM mortgage rates report for Aug. 20, 2026Home equity loan and HELOC rates, August 20, 2026In this economy, millennials and Gen Z would rather break up than date someone in debt: ‘There’s a pretty big divide’‘Buyers aren’t yet opening their wallets’: AI-generated assets are flooding marketplaces, but consumers are snubbing them for human-made productsAmazon isn’t giving up on Jeff Bezos’ drone deliveries dream—and after 13 years of turbulence, the momentum is finally shiftingBitcoin posts surprise rally as currency nears $70,000 for the first time since JuneGoogle and the UK think changing flights paths could cut down on climate changePentagon pushes ‘zero tolerance’ audit on foreign university partnerships that ‘compromise our national security’Geopolitical risk needs to move away from the ‘after-dinner speaker’: Eurasia Group and Rio Tinto’s Dominic BartonThe new head of America’s top children’s hospital sees ‘the dawn of a new era’ for kid cancer treatmentTrump threatens to bomb Oman, widening the war that crippled the global economy‘Harvest their data and hide the truth from the public’: Four states seek billions from Meta over child safety practicesNational debt crosses $40 trillion and think tank warns: ‘The level of fiscal mismanagement is tragicLindsay Clancy was ‘begging for help’ and feared drug dependence in weeks before her children died, ex-mother-in-law testifiesA SpaceX rocket carved out a crater on the moon as long as a bowling lane with ‘butterfly wing’ streaksTexas’ screwworm could be fatal for the unadopted dogs and cats in rescue shelters statewideA woman inspired by Luigi Mangione to try bombing Scott Bessent gets hit with 6 years in prison78-year-old ex-Fauci adviser pleads guilty to concealing COVID-19 origin research records using private email‘I think that we’re going to make history here’: Angry parents of kids sextorted, cyberbullied or addicted to social media are out for vengeanceThe AI boom made San Francisco so crowded even ‘tech bros’ making six figures are left scrounging for homes and apartmentsJimmy Kimmel feud with Trump escalates to ABC suing the FCC over threats to its broadcast licensesFortune 500 companies got billions in tariff refunds. Here’s who’s giving customers a cut—and who isn’tAmerican Airlines is finally bringing back seatback screens after nearly 10 years in a premium push to win back customersHow KFC and Taco Bell’s top technologist is embracing AI and automation across 63,000 restaurantsModerna’s and Merck’s personalized mRNA vaccine shows real promise against deadly skin cancer melanoma in late stage trial and sends stocks soaringA Democratic Socialist just defeated a central figure in Trump’s first impeachment trial in a Florida primary‘Often flying blind’: Up to $246 million of taxpayer-funded CDC programs are largely unstaffedCosigning a loan: The risks oftentimes overlookedHow a DIY Adobe Illustrator design landed Rebel Creamery in a $23.8 million fight with Van LeeuwenMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella says he doesn’t see empathy as a soft skill: ‘It’s the hardest skill we learn’Google’s founders didn’t market test Alphabet’s name before launching the now $1.9 trillion juggernaut. Here’s the advice Steve Jobs gave Larry PageUAE halts all trade with Iran after new missile fire in Gulf, cutting off a key export route for TehranAmazon drones attack suburbs nationwide as delivery pilot expanded to nearly 500 citiesFrom Pennsylvania to Ohio to Texas, the governors’ races are all coming down to data centersEx-Google chief scientist tells Gen Z the trick is not to master AI—instead, just ‘skim papers’Millionaire Mel Robbins says her waitressing boss taught her how to spot the most influential person in the room: ‘It’s never who you think it is’Bond traders are testing Kevin Warsh: The Fed chair will heed—but not be ruled by—them, says an economist who spent years sitting next to himHayden Panettiere helped change how women talk about mental health. After her death, consumers aren’t ready to forgive the brand that failed herAfghanistan’s grape harvest is turning into raisins — literally — as exports collapseExclusive: Replit taps OpenAI’s low-cost Luna model for new ‘Free Mode’Current price of gold as of August 19, 2026Unitree, famous for its dancing robots, surges by 460% on its trading debut, lifting valuation to $66 billion, far ahead of U.S. competitorsAlso’s $3,500 e-bike is a $1 billion Trojan horse for autonomous transportationEven potato-chip tasters are temporary in the economy of 2026 — there’s nearly 57 million of these ‘disposable workers’Home Depot’s $730 million tariff refund was largely offset by rising costsTop CD rates from major banks on August 19, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and moreCurrent price of Ethereum for August 19, 2026Current price of Bitcoin for August 19, 2026Current price of oil as of August 19, 2026Current price of silver as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026Iran has Trump right where it wants him and suggests he seek ‘a dignified exit’One of the VC world’s biggest stars is doubling down on sports in a big way, and there’s a compelling tax reason behind the strategyThe top high-yield savings rates: Up to 4.50% on Aug. 19, 2026Top CD rates on Aug. 19, 2026: Lock in up to up to 4.50%How the UAE has emerged as a ‘leading light’ for tokenization Coinbase establishes Abu Dhabi tokenization hub OpenAI hits pause on training in Hugging Face aftermathFor CEOs, retirement is the ultimate performance review—and 60% are failing itThe IRS is scrutinizing how UnitedHealth moved money through foreign subsidiaries—and whether it underpaid taxesTesla asked Las Vegas for 5,000 robotaxi permits. Sin City gave it an initial 10, capped the speed at 45mph, and banned airport tripsHome equity loan and HELOC rates, August 19, 2026USC just shattered its fundraising record by nearly $100 million—thanks partly to the billionaire family behind the Houston TexansCurrent ARM mortgage rates report for Aug. 19, 2026Current refi mortgage rates report for Aug. 19, 2026Mortgage rates, Aug. 19, 2026Princeton’s ‘AI Snake Oil’ author says the real fear isn’t thinking machines—it’s that AI exposes who already knows how to thinkStrait of Hormuz chaos has incentivized China to use an alternative trade route: a 3,400 mile frozen Arctic channel dubbed the ‘Ice Silk Road’Nelson Peltz might take Wendy’s private following six straight quarterly sales declines as customers flee its poor franchise models and bad marketingTop economist on Trump’s ‘deadly cocktail’ for the bond market—and how the bond vigilantes have crossed Scott Bessent’s ‘red line’Inside the $8 billion cybersecurity acquisition that helped ServiceNow’s stock buck the ‘Saaspocalypse’ fearsExclusive: Accounting AI startup Rillet reaches unicorn status with $1 billion valuation. Its founder says he wants to give CFOs back their weekendsThe U.S. built its brand by attracting the world’s best and brightest. It must not lose that advantageDavid Sacks says Anthropic’s Dario Amodei wants a ‘DMV for AI.’ But plenty of industries thrive despite safety regulationGuide to mortgage preapprovalThe Best Labor Day Treadmill Sales of 2026: Save on Top Treadmills for Your Home GymWith the national debt nearing $40 trillion, Bank of America has a warning for bond investorsThe Best Labor Day Fitness Sales of 2026: Save on Treadmills, Rowers, and MoreMeet the venture capital and crypto billionaires quietly bankrolling the fight against California’s wealth taxOpenAI says it paused AI training for two weeks and announces new security protocols following Hugging Face hackOpenAI data center deal with Nvidia comes in $145 billion lower than reported—signaling concerns of artificial demand for chipsLand O’Lakes wants in on the protein boom—and it could be a lifeline for dairy farmersReed Hastings says he learned why companies aren’t families after laying off one-third of Netflix: ‘You would never lay off two of your kids’Dropbox co-CEO has just shared the simple rule he follows for when to turn down a meeting2 Penn State frats were main suppliers in ‘upper level trafficking’ cocaine ring, authorities sayHome Depot rides America’s housing affordability problem to sales increase on home DIY projectsData center gas plants to boost U.S. power emissions by 20%Biden’s favor to Trump on cheaper drug prices includes a largely forgotten law to make Medicare more powerfulOne guinea pig helped her son heal. Now she has to feed 400 every day, running America’s biggest Guinea Pig SanctuaryThe gift of a garden: How Facebook’s Buy Nothing helped a teacher reinvent herself as an urban flower farmer for free‘The negotiations are very intense and delicate’: Carney, Trump hold crunch talks to avoid midnight 50% tariff deadlineMeet OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Teens, which doesn’t talk about sex or suicide and gives you homework help insteadThe Buss family wants an ‘exit gracefully.’ Jeanie Buss says noCurrent price of gold as of August 18, 2026The finance skills that are becoming more and more critical in the AI age210 interns. 115,000 applicants. Here’s what Citadel Securities’ 0.18% actually have in commonThe most important AI habit I have is making one phone call a dayFinancial adulthood has moved to the 30s: ‘the decade when people come to terms with where they are in life’Top CD rates from major banks on August 18, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and moreCurrent price of silver as of Tuesday, August 18, 2026Current price of oil as of August 18, 2026Current price of Bitcoin for August 18, 2026Current price of Ethereum for August 18, 2026Anthropic’s annual revenue run rate reportedly hits $65 billionThe top high-yield savings rates: Up to 4.50% on Aug. 18, 2026Top CD rates, Aug. 18, 2026: Lock in up to up to 4.50%AI gets its own “boiler room” scandalMeta braces for federal child privacy trial in CaliforniaThe CEO of KB Home has a plan to tempt first-time buyers into the market at lastThe Iran war may kill the ‘freedom of seas’ worldwide and everyone would pay the priceMarried 69 years, this philanthropic couple died 8 days apart—after giving away more than $20 million from a hotel-and-property fortuneA dropout living in a trailer, he got $1 million from Peter Thiel at 19—now he’s a billionaire who says the American Dream isn’t deadHome equity loan and HELOC rates, August 18, 2026Current ARM mortgage rates report for Aug. 18, 2026Current refi mortgage rates report for Aug. 18, 2026Mortgage rates, Aug. 18, 2026AWS’s Asia chief is relocating to Japan as the country scrambles to modernize its legacy IT systemsAlibaba’s $2 billion gaming exit signals where Beijing wants its moneyCalifornia’s billionaires just poured $40 million into blocking a wealth tax that threatens to force them to pay 5% of their net worthOusted L3Harris CEO Chris Kubasik forfeits $45 million—but he’ll still walk away with $80 million in stock and optionsNew Mexico’s attorney general reportedly pushes new social media safety laws a day before 29 AGs testify against Meta in federal trial57 Trump officials are worth $100 million or more—quadruple the combined total of the last three presidentsCheck your fridge: Nearly 19 million eggs are under the FDA’s most serious recall classification‘Only idiot startup founders stay in Cali’: Mark Cuban rips billionaire tax—and opens a rift inside the Democratic PartyBurger King is closing the gap in the burger wars with a simple formula: Better food and a star executive who takes customers’ calls himselfU.S. strategic reserves are getting so low the drawdown threatens to damage the 60 underground salt caverns storing American oilAndreessen Horowitz focus of DOJ probe over board directorsThe ‘Jamie premium’ nears $1 trillion as JP Morgan flirts with historic market valuationThe manosphere isn’t just an ideology–it’s an economyTrump pivoted from bombs to an economic war against Iran. But Tehran is now ‘fully offensive’ and doesn’t think the real fighting has even started yetBillionaire Gen Zer dropped out of high school to launch his startup at 17—now he’s the richest self-made 25-year-old in the U.K and all of EuropeLike Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Siemens’ CEO has no recurring meetings with direct reports to save time—he also replies to emails with just ‘OK’ or ‘No’China, the EU, and Singapore are pushing back against the White House’s new ‘Great Transshipment Scam’ reportUnitree vs. Shein: How August’s big China IPOs show how AI hype is leaving e-commerce giants behindWalmart, Target and Home Depot set to give Wall Street a peek at the American consumer, one week after stocks’ all-time highCanadian auto billionaire’s fortune doubles even with US tariffsCurrent price of gold as of August 17, 2026Cava CFO on growth, AI and why price hikes aren’t on the agendaThe great modern train robbery: Thieves steal $200 million a yearTrump’s Venezuela fixer is promoting ‘America First’ oil dealsThe inspiring survival of Jimothy, the hunchbacked raccoon who conquered SeattleThe real reason why company cultures are doomed to failWalmart and McDonald’s aren’t the SNAP kings anymore — Uber, Lyft and DoorDash lead in workers on food stamps Hayden Panettiere, child actor turned adult star of ‘Heroes’ and ‘Nashville,’ dies at 36Meta heads to child safety trial facing financial damages as large as $1.4 trillionJapan’s economy notches 1.1% growth rate as spending dips 1.2% and PM sinks in pollingYou spend 20 years climbing the corporate ladder. Then a retiree takes the top jobLula opens a U.S. tariff fight with big tech in the crosshairsMiami’s wreck of a gorgeous floating stadium where Elvis and Jimmy Buffett has a chance to come back from the deadLake Powell, America’s second-largest reservoir, is 30 feet from a hydropower shutdownThe pandemic loan was for a tire shop. Prosecutors say it helped elect a mayorIs it better to pay off your mortgage early or invest?Florida gerrymandering puts Debbie Wasserman Schultz in awkward position of running to represent 42% Black districtTether has the gold. Now, CEO Paolo Ardoino is making a bold push into AIWispr talks its way to a $2 billion valuation. The company says dictation’s only the beginningTrump shrinks South Korea war games, citing ‘very good relationship’ with Kim Jong UnTop CD rates from major banks on August 17, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and moreCurrent price of Ethereum for August 17, 2026Current price of Bitcoin for August 17, 2026The top high-yield savings rates: Up to 4.50% on Aug. 17, 2026Top CD rates on Aug. 17, 2026: Lock in up to up to 4.50%Current price of silver as of Monday, August 17, 2026Current price of oil as of August 17, 2026Inside Japan’s climate-adaptation playbookThe U.S. government wants allies to pick a side in the AI raceHome equity loan and HELOC rates, August 17, 2026Billionaire founder agrees with Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Jeff Bezos: We will live and work in space—and could be commuting to the moon by 2030Current ARM mortgage rates report for Aug. 17, 2026Current refi mortgage rates report for Aug. 17, 2026Mortgage rates, Aug. 17, 2026
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