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Mike Rowe on America’s great tradesperson shortage: ‘I don’t care what your politics are. Math doesn’t care, either’

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Jeff Bezos is giving $25 million to protect the Pacific—but his climate fund still has about $7 billion left to spend in four years

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Mike Rowe on America’s great tradesperson shortage: ‘I don’t care what your politics are. Math doesn’t care, either’

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Jeff Bezos is giving $25 million to protect the Pacific—but his climate fund still has about $7 billion left to spend in four years

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp quietly purchased 37,000 acres of forests in Sweden—and locals found out when hunters lost leases to use the property
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‘The economy is increasingly reliant on AI gains’: U.S. GDP grew 2.2% amid ‘sudden reversal of optimism’ on AI tech

The U.S. economy has proven surprisingly resilient in the face of fighting with Iran and the energy price spike it caused.

By The Associated Press and Paul WisemanSeptember 30, 2026
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LinkedIn CEO says that job seekers are sending out 30% more applications than pre-pandemic—and it’s harder to ‘know who can actually do the job’
By Emma BurleighSeptember 30, 2026
Iran says it got a U.S. response to its peace proposal as its currency hits a new record low seven months into the war
Iran says it got a U.S. response to its peace proposal as its currency hits a new record low seven months into the war
By The Associated Press and Aamer MadhaniSeptember 30, 2026
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Ford CEO Jim Farley teams with Jamie Dimon on $2 billion initiative as he fears the ‘backbone of the American Dream’ is crumbling
By Nick LichtenbergSeptember 30, 2026
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AI is giving CFOs a bigger slice of the C-suite, new IBM data shows
By Sheryl EstradaSeptember 30, 2026
Higher wages don't guarantee retirement confidence, Goldman Sachs found.
You’re more likely to live paycheck to paycheck if you earn less than $50K—or more than $500K—Goldman Sachs says
By Eleanor PringleSeptember 30, 2026
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Macron says Europe forced Trump to back down: ‘Europe can make itself be respected, and that’s a very good thing’
By Lorne Cook, Sam McNeil and The Associated PressJanuary 22, 2026
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How the middle class was hollowed out from 1979 to 2022, according to new federal data
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 22, 2026
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Trump’s Greenland gambit followed a familiar playbook—one he wrote himself
By Eva RoytburgJanuary 22, 2026
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Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the number of people moving out
By Mike Schneider and The Associated PressJanuary 22, 2026
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‘Some form of crisis is almost inevitable’: The $38 trillion national debt will soon be growing faster than the U.S. economy itself, watchdog warns
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 22, 2026
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America could ‘lose the AI race’ because of too much ‘pessimism,’ White House AI czar David Sacks says
By Tristan BoveJanuary 22, 2026
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Welcome to the ‘skills mismatch economy’: The shift from roles to skills making your résumé—and your job title—meaningless
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 22, 2026
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Ken Griffin says America was sent an ‘explicit warning’ from the bond market, and it’s time to get the national debt in order
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 22, 2026
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Investing
The Trump TACO trade is driving up the price of gold as central banks hoard bullion to hedge against the dollar
By Jim EdwardsJanuary 22, 2026
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Economy
MAHA’s dietary guidelines prioritizing red meat and dairy is the K-shaped economy in action, economist warns: ‘There’s certainly affordability issues’
By Sasha RogelbergJanuary 22, 2026
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Brett Kavanaugh says letting Trump fire Lisa Cook ‘would weaken, if not shatter, the independence of the Federal Reserve’
By Mark Sherman and The Associated PressJanuary 21, 2026
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    Economy
    Americans aren’t paying for all of Trump’s tariffs—only 96% of them, study finds
    By Jacqueline MunisJanuary 20, 2026
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Trump TACO trade roars as stocks recover half of yesterday’s loss after messages over ‘piece of ice’ from Davos
By Stan Choe and The Associated PressJanuary 21, 2026
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Europe
Trump seems to be changing his mind on Greenland as he rolls back threat of tariffs amid talks with Denmark, NATO
By Josh Boak, Will Weissert, Aamer Madhani and The Associated PressJanuary 21, 2026
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Trump says Europe does one thing right: drug prices. ‘A pill that costs $10 in London costs $130 in New York or Los Angeles’
By Sasha RogelbergJanuary 21, 2026
Trump doesn’t want America to be ‘a nation of renters,’ but experts say at least one of his proposals may put homeownership more out of reach
Real Estate
Trump doesn’t want America to be ‘a nation of renters,’ but experts say at least one of his proposals may put homeownership more out of reach
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJanuary 21, 2026
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Politics
Trump calms markets with belligerent call for peace that touts contested antiwar record, reiterates U.S. ‘great power’ status and demands Greenland
By Tristan BoveJanuary 21, 2026
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Ray Dalio warns the global rules-based order is already ‘gone’ as Trump threatens Greenland: ‘Let’s not be naive’
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 21, 2026
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Economy
6 months later, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sings a different tune on tariffs, saying the pain of higher prices is coming soon in 2026
By Jacqueline MunisJanuary 21, 2026
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Economy
7 ways Europe could hurt the U.S. economically if Trump doesn’t back down over Greenland
By Jim EdwardsJanuary 21, 2026
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Economy
Jamie Dimon says he’d have no issue paying higher taxes if it actually went to people who need it. Right now it just goes to the Washington ‘swamp’
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 21, 2026
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Success
Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires across 24 countries are demanding Davos leaders tax them more: ‘Tax us. Tax the super rich.’
By Emma BurleighJanuary 21, 2026
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Slipping on ICE: innocent retailers are the latest collateral damage from Trump’s perpetual noise machine
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianJanuary 21, 2026
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China buys all 12 million tons of soybeans it promised, just in time for Trump to announce new tariffs
By Josh Funk and The Associated PressJanuary 21, 2026
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Economy
Wall Street is openly talking about whether Trump’s Greenland plan will end U.S. ‘primacy’
By Jim EdwardsJanuary 21, 2026
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Economy
Scott Bessent insists he’s ‘not concerned at all’ about investors selling America—despite the fact it’s unraveled tariffs before
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 21, 2026
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Hotels allege predatory pricing, forced exclusivity in Trip.com antitrust probe
By BloombergJanuary 21, 2026
The U.S. debt now equals $229,000 per household—and a hefty tax hike looms as the most probable outcome
Economy
The U.S. debt now equals $229,000 per household—and a hefty tax hike looms as the most probable outcome
By Shawn TullyJanuary 21, 2026
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Economy
Trump added $2.25 trillion to the national debt in his first year back in charge, watchdog says
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 20, 2026
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Selling America is a ‘dangerous bet,’ UBS CEO warns as markets panic
By Eva RoytburgJanuary 20, 2026
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