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Voters usually decide one or two income or wealth tax measures a year. This midterm season, there are nine

Colorado, Washington and Cook County voters will also weigh taxes on top earners, while other states move to make taxes harder to raise.

By Catherina GioinoNovember 1, 2026

China sees the yuan vs. dollar rivalry like Pepsi vs. Coke, expert says — ‘never the market leader, but serviceable in a pinch’

“Without a far larger pool of renminbi assets that foreigners can freely buy and sell, the renminbi cannot come close to replacing the dollar.”

By Jason MaOctober 31, 2026

If California undid its ‘original sin’ and matched Texas on taxing property, it would raise more revenue than the billionaire tax, economists say

“It is simply not possible to fund the state’s needs by leaning on a few hundred people, as politically appealing as that may be.”

By Jason MaOctober 31, 2026

The ex-CEO of the agency behind ‘Jerry Maguire’ says NIL is still the Wild West—and parents are part of the problem

College athletes became paid players and brand spokespeople almost overnight. Meltzer argues they still lack a framework and trustworthy advocates, even as Congress and the Big Ten move to impose order.

By Robert GrayOctober 31, 2026

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‘The best thing that you can do for your career is to make yourself redundant’: Inside Stellantis’ AI push after the ‘starting gun went off’

That’s the advice of Stellantis’ CTO, who plans to hire hundreds more anyway. AI is shrinking weeks into days, but it can’t tell you what car to make.

By Nick LichtenbergNovember 1, 2026

Hackers pushed freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets to 122 degrees. Now the Pentagon is asking whether the same thing hit U.S. military bases

More than half a dozen U.S. military commissaries experienced refrigeration failure in August, and cybersecurity experts suspect a possible connection.

By Sasha RogelbergNovember 1, 2026

Why Wendy’s is losing the burger wars—and is now a takeover target for Nelson Peltz

Its new CEO says Wendy’s has let quality slip and now it has fallen behind Burger King to No. 3 in the burger wars.

By Phil WahbaNovember 1, 2026

U.S workers just took home their smallest share of capital since at least 1947—and the lowest ever recorded

American workers aren’t just getting the smallest share of GDP since records began. Their share of employment is shrinking and shrinking

By Sasha RogelbergOctober 31, 2026