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How Failed Christmas Tree And Parrot Breeding Businesses Helped Make Richard Branson A Billionaire

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Martina Di Licosa

The IRS (Mostly) Closes Up Shop Edition

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Kelly Phillips Erb

UOL Submits Top Bid Of $404 Million For Hotly-Contested Singapore Residential Site

UOL Submits Top Bid Of $404 Million For Hotly-Contested Singapore Residential Site

A consortium led by UOL Group—the real estate giant controlled by the family of the late banking tycoon Wee Cho Yaw—submitted the highest bid of...

yesterday 10

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Jonathan Burgos

A $250 Million Plan To Pull Lithium For Batteries From The Great Salt Lake

A $250 Million Plan To Pull Lithium For Batteries From The Great Salt Lake

T he U.S. could become a major supplier of lithium for batteries in the next few years after the Trump administration took a stake in the developer...

yesterday 3

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Alan Ohnsman

Forbes Daily: After Years Of Turmoil, Polymarket Made Shayne Coplan A Billionaire

Forbes Daily: After Years Of Turmoil, Polymarket Made Shayne Coplan A Billionaire

Amid the AI boom, a growing number of startups are scrambling to build voice tools with the technology. A new company from a former Meta and Google...

yesterday 3

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Danielle Chemtob

With Billionaire Backers In Tow, Crypto’s Fastest-Growing Startup Mints The World’s Youngest Self-Made Billionaire

With Billionaire Backers In Tow, Crypto’s Fastest-Growing Startup Mints The World’s Youngest Self-Made Billionaire

At 27, Shayne Coplan has become the world’s youngest self-made billionaire. His estimated 11% stake in Polymarket, the blockchain-based prediction...

yesterday 3

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Alicia Park

Trump Is Now One Of America’s Biggest Bitcoin Investors

Trump Is Now One Of America’s Biggest Bitcoin Investors

Looking at Donald Trump’s finances, it’s easy to miss one of his most important assets: bitcoin. The cryptocurrency appears nowhere on the...

yesterday 3

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Dan Alexander

Did The Nobel Peace Prize Expose Insider Trading On Prediction Market Polymarket?

Did The Nobel Peace Prize Expose Insider Trading On Prediction Market Polymarket?

At 5 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that this year’s Peace Prize would go to Venezuelan opposition leader...

yesterday 3

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Brandon Kochkodin

How Hakeem Jeffries Became A Millionaire

How Hakeem Jeffries Became A Millionaire

T wo decades ago, Hakeem Jeffries was a litigator for CBS. Fresh off his work fighting a suit against the network over Janet Jackson’s unfortunate...

yesterday 7

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Kyle Khan-Mullins

A Lavish Private Island Resort, Top Leaf-Peeping Hotels And More Travel News

A Lavish Private Island Resort, Top Leaf-Peeping Hotels And More Travel News

Plenty of travelers dream of owning a private island—but why not rent one first? Nestled in Fiji’s Beqa Lagoon, Royal Davui features 16 oceanfront...

yesterday 3

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Passport By Forbeslife

As The Government Shutdown Drags On, Here Are The Finances Of Congress’ Leaders

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Kyle Khan-Mullins

These Nobel Prize Winners Paved The Way For Quantum Computing

These Nobel Prize Winners Paved The Way For Quantum Computing

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, a startup using AI to track pathogens, a quantum cooling...

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Alex Knapp

How To Avoid AI Strategy Mistakes And Optimize Your Product Strategy

How To Avoid AI Strategy Mistakes And Optimize Your Product Strategy

Artificial intelligence is now front and center on product roadmaps across sectors. It’s even making many executives reconsider their product...

yesterday 2

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Anne T. Griffin

Forbes Daily: Government Shutdown Hits IRS Workers

Forbes Daily: Government Shutdown Hits IRS Workers

The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates last month for the first time since December—but central bank officials were divided over how many more...

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Danielle Chemtob

Caught In The Crossfire Of A Government Shutdown, Infant Nutrition Program Is Expected To Run Out Of Funding This Week

Caught In The Crossfire Of A Government Shutdown, Infant Nutrition Program Is Expected To Run Out Of Funding This Week

The government shutdown has many nutrition programs and scientific researchers scrambling, including a supplemental nutrition program for women,...

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Chloe Sorvino

These Billionaires Have Gotten $450 Billion Richer From Striking AI Infrastructure Deals For Their Own Firms

These Billionaires Have Gotten $450 Billion Richer From Striking AI Infrastructure Deals For Their Own Firms

It’s been a big year for AI infrastructure deals. In just the last month, OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia, AMD and others have announced epic transactions...

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Phoebe Liu

How AMD’s AI Software Helped It Score The Multi-Billion Dollar OpenAI Deal

How AMD’s AI Software Helped It Score The Multi-Billion Dollar OpenAI Deal

Whenever Vamsi Boppana, senior vice president of AI at the chip giant AMD, gives CEO Lisa Su an update on the progress of the company’s software...

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Richard Nieva

This Space Billionaire Rival To Elon Musk Just Got $500 Million Richer

This Space Billionaire Rival To Elon Musk Just Got $500 Million Richer

On Wednesday, AST SpaceMobile announced a deal to provide cellular service from space to fill in coverage gaps for Verizon customers, starting in...

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Thomas Gallagher

The Inside Story Of How A Former Hedge Fund Star Made His First Billion On Grindr

The Inside Story Of How A Former Hedge Fund Star Made His First Billion On Grindr

In the summer of 2019, George Raymond Zage III, founder and CEO of Singapore-based Tiga Investments, got an urgent call from an investor pal in Los...

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Jessica Tan

How CIOs Can Overcome Enterprise AI Disappointment

How CIOs Can Overcome Enterprise AI Disappointment

AI’s place in the enterprise is maturing, and it’s no longer seen as “just an IT thing,” but that doesn’t mean that it has outgrown its problems....

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Megan Poinski

IRS Announces 2026 Tax Brackets, Standard Deductions And Other Inflation Adjustments

IRS Announces 2026 Tax Brackets, Standard Deductions And Other Inflation Adjustments

The IRS has announced the annual inflation adjustments for the year 2026, including tax rate schedules, tax tables and cost-of-living adjustments....

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Kelly Phillips Erb

How The Government Shutdown Affects Women. Plus: A Prenup You Can Sign From Your Couch

How The Government Shutdown Affects Women. Plus: A Prenup You Can Sign From Your Couch

This is this week’s ForbesWomen newsletter, which every Thursday brings news about the world’s top female entrepreneurs, leaders and investors...

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Erin Spencer Sairam

Billionaires Plug Into India’s Electricals Industry To Tap Demand Surge

Billionaires Plug Into India’s Electricals Industry To Tap Demand Surge

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of India’s Richest 2025. See the full list here . India’s infrastructure buildout and buoyant property...

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Gloria Haraito

Pharma Billionaire Dilip Shanghvi Positions Next Gen For Succession

Pharma Billionaire Dilip Shanghvi Positions Next Gen For Succession

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of India’s Richest 2025. See the full list here . Speculation about succession at Sun Pharmaceutical...

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Gloria Haraito

Best Stocks To Buy Now For October 2025

Best Stocks To Buy Now For October 2025

Even short government shutdowns can change the investing landscape. This effect of the latest budget impasse in Congress could be more pronounced...

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Catherine Brock

Garuda Seeks $1.4 Billion Cash From Danantara As Tycoon Chairul Tanjung Cuts Stake

Garuda Seeks $1.4 Billion Cash From Danantara As Tycoon Chairul Tanjung Cuts Stake

Garuda Indonesia is seeking as much as $1.4 billion capital injection from the country’s sovereign wealth fund, Danantara Indonesia, to support the...

wednesday 10

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Yessar Rosendar

IRS Halts Most Taxpayer Services As It Furloughs Nearly Half Its Workers

IRS Halts Most Taxpayer Services As It Furloughs Nearly Half Its Workers

The IRS has finally indicated what operations will look like during the government shutdown. Despite the need to prepare for the upcoming tax...

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Kelly Phillips Erb

Forbes Daily: Tesla Launches Affordable Alternatives To Popular Models

Forbes Daily: Tesla Launches Affordable Alternatives To Popular Models

The federal government holds $1.6 trillion in student loan debt on its books. Now, the Trump Administration wants to offload some of that to the...

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Danielle Chemtob

India’s Richest Man Adds Fizz To Country’s Cola Market With Relaunch Of Iconic Brand

India’s Richest Man Adds Fizz To Country’s Cola Market With Relaunch Of Iconic Brand

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of India’s Richest 2025. See the full list here . India’s cola wars are bubbling over with the revival of...

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Yessar Rosendar

Billionaire Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Deepens AI Push With $5.4 Billion ABB Robotics Deal

Billionaire Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Deepens AI Push With $5.4 Billion ABB Robotics Deal

SoftBank Group—controlled by Japan’s richest person, Masayoshi Son—has agreed to buy the robotics unit of Swiss industrial giant ABB Ltd. for $5.4...

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Ian Sayson

India’s 100 Richest 2025: Indian Tycoons Face Reality Check As Wealth Drops By $100 Billion

India’s 100 Richest 2025: Indian Tycoons Face Reality Check As Wealth Drops By $100 Billion

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of India’s Richest 2025. See the full list here . India’s hopes of being on friendly terms with Trump 2.0...

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Naazneen Karmali

Indian Heiress Is On A Mission To Modernize Her Family Storied Furniture Business

Indian Heiress Is On A Mission To Modernize Her Family Storied Furniture Business

W hen Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the moon’s south pole in August 2023, India became the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the moon. Behind...

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Anu Raghunathan

Red-Hot IPO Of Solar-Panel Maker Waaree Puts Doshi Brothers Among India’s 100 Richest For First Time

Red-Hot IPO Of Solar-Panel Maker Waaree Puts Doshi Brothers Among India’s 100 Richest For First Time

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of India’s Richest 2025. See the full list here . The heavily oversubscribed IPO of solar panel maker Waaree...

wednesday 5

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Anu Raghunathan

Billionaire Brothers Aim To Scale Up Torrent Pharma With $1.3 Billion Stake Purchase In Rival

Billionaire Brothers Aim To Scale Up Torrent Pharma With $1.3 Billion Stake Purchase In Rival

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of India’s Richest 2025. See the full list here . Brothers Sudhir and Samir Mehta are riding the momentum of...

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Phisanu Phromchanya

Stake Sale To Temasek Returns Brothers Behind Indian Snack Brand Haldiram’s To Ranks Of India’s 100 Richest

Stake Sale To Temasek Returns Brothers Behind Indian Snack Brand Haldiram’s To Ranks Of India’s 100 Richest

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of India’s Richest 2025. See the full list here . ​​The third-generation brothers behind Haldiram’s,...

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Anu Raghunathan

How Influencer Storefronts Impact Marketing

How Influencer Storefronts Impact Marketing

Marketing is often undervalued, which is not news to many reading this newsletter. When companies are looking to make budget cuts, they often begin...

wednesday 2

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Megan Poinski

How The Shutdown Impacts Healthcare

How The Shutdown Impacts Healthcare

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the shutdown’s impact on healthcare, the Nobel Prize winners in medicine, Amgen’s direct-to-...

wednesday 4

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Amy Feldman

Why JPMorgan’s Rising Stock Defies Traditional Valuations And Jamie Dimon’s Own Advice

Why JPMorgan’s Rising Stock Defies Traditional Valuations And Jamie Dimon’s Own Advice

“I want to make it really clear, OK? We’re not going to buy back a lot of stock at these prices,” said billionaire JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon...

wednesday 2

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Brandon Kochkodin

How The War In Ukraine Has Sparked A Demographic Crisis In Russia

How The War In Ukraine Has Sparked A Demographic Crisis In Russia

A leaked document from the Russian Ministry of Defense revealed on Monday that the Russian Federation’s casualties in Ukraine in 2025 total more...

wednesday 5

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Mark Temnycky

Regenerative Design Is The Next Step In Sustainable Fashion

Regenerative Design Is The Next Step In Sustainable Fashion

Regenerative design in fashion means building clothing systems that restore, rather than deplete, natural resources. It goes beyond “less harm”...

wednesday 4

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Dianne Plummer

This Former SpaceX Engineer Is Using AI To Design Circuit Boards

This Former SpaceX Engineer Is Using AI To Design Circuit Boards

Welcome back to The Prompt. When Sergiy Nesterenko joined SpaceX as an intern, a technical error caused a circuit board he’d designed to catch fire...

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Rashi Shrivastava

Baltimore City Lawsuit Accuses Fintech MoneyLion Of Preying On Borrowers

Baltimore City Lawsuit Accuses Fintech MoneyLion Of Preying On Borrowers

The City of Baltimore has sued 12-year-old fintech MoneyLion, accusing it of deceptive and unfair practices related to its cash advances to...

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Jeff Kauflin

No, Taxes Are Not The Main Reason Seniors Are Reluctant To Move

No, Taxes Are Not The Main Reason Seniors Are Reluctant To Move

A recent column in The Washington Post by housing finance expert Jim Parrott placed much of the blame for the current housing shortage on a tax...

07.10.2025 5

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Howard Gleckman

How To Use A CFO Job As A Springboard To Other Leadership Roles

How To Use A CFO Job As A Springboard To Other Leadership Roles

According to Deloitte’s latest CFO Signals report, CFOs are becoming slightly more confident—especially about their own companies—but in North...

07.10.2025 2

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Megan Poinski

Forbes Daily: ChatGPT’s Latest Innovation Pushes OpenAI Ahead Of The Pack

Forbes Daily: ChatGPT’s Latest Innovation Pushes OpenAI Ahead Of The Pack

The strain on the U.S. air traffic control system could be key to ending the government shutdown. Air traffic controllers are working an average of...

07.10.2025 3

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Danielle Chemtob

FBI Is Warning Companies To Patch Their Oracle Databases Immediately

FBI Is Warning Companies To Patch Their Oracle Databases Immediately

This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in...

07.10.2025 1

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Thomas Brewster

The NHL’s Highest-Paid Players 2025

The NHL’s Highest-Paid Players 2025

F or the second straight year, Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews is the NHL’s highest-paid player, due to rake in an estimated $20.2...

07.10.2025 2

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Brett Knight

Nigeria’s Mini-Grids Trigger A $7.8 Billion Clean Energy Wave Globally

Nigeria’s Mini-Grids Trigger A $7.8 Billion Clean Energy Wave Globally

Nigeria’s $3.2 million energy project could serve as a harbinger for other emerging markets. It focuses on solar mini-grids, which distribution...

07.10.2025 2

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Ken Silverstein

These 25 Universities Will Take A Big Hit From Trump’s H-1B Visa Attack

These 25 Universities Will Take A Big Hit From Trump’s H-1B Visa Attack

T here’s been lots of discussion about which tech companies will be the biggest losers from President Donald Trump’s broad assault on H-1B visas...

07.10.2025 2

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Janet Novack

Polymarket Secured A $2 Billion Investment From Wall Street’s ICE

Polymarket Secured A $2 Billion Investment From Wall Street’s ICE

Prediction markets just got their ultimate stamp of legitimacy. Intercontinental Exchange, the powerhouse behind the New York Stock Exchange,...

07.10.2025 2

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Boaz Sobrado