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‘I’ve never had a real job’: Shaq talks building his brand through ads, and says he hates ‘wealthy athletes’ who show off. It ‘makes me sick’

The NBA legend explains how his endorsements built his brand and why he turned down Wheaties because he doesn't endorse what he doesn't believe in.

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Catherina Gioino

China’s economy grew 4.5% last quarter, yet its export boom risks being ‘a drag on world growth’

"It is untenable and unsustainable" for China to rely on foreign demand, Cornell's Eswar Prasad said.

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Chan Ho-Him

South Korea bets on five regional airports to spread its tourism boom beyond Seoul

South Korea drew 18.9 million foreign visitors in 2025, yet only a third ventured outside Seoul.

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Angelica Ang

The inventor of BRICS has a message for ‘lazy, colonial’ Europe—India and China are still not taken seriously enough on the world stage

Jim O’Neill’s Goldman Sachs Economics Paper No. 66 reshaped how business leaders looked at the world, but it may now be time for a significant upgrade

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Kamal Ahmed

Zoom and big financial firms add ‘Proof of Human’ badges from Sam Altman’s World to stop fraud and deep fakes

The new security measure, which will deployed by the likes of Bain Capital and VanEck, relies on World's iris-scanning orb device.

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Jeff John Roberts

Europe sent its gold to the U.S. for safe keeping during World War II. Central banks are now reshuffling their reserves for a new era of uncertainty

"Central banks are increasingly optimizing across three considerations: custody risk, physical accessibility and market liquidity."

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Jason Ma

Anthropic commits 5% of its stock to a new ‘public benefit’ fund and may give large donations to traditional nonprofits or to specific populations

The shares will go to the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a new entity within the company.

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The Associated Press

Iran is running out of money and can’t even pay its troops as U.S. blockade chokes the economy, Central Command says, while domestic unrest grows

"The Islamic regime is clearly feeling the economic pain, and the IRGC is increasingly showing signs of greater desperation as a result."

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Jason Ma

The next AI race will be won at the credit desk

Nvidia's $500 billion financing push shows the AI race now hinges on capital markets, not just engineering.

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Mehran Gul

Trump to close historic DC golf course for 15 months of renovations, citing ‘disease infested trees,’ despite judge’s order to halt development plans

The judge ordered the government to explain whether its position had changed from a court filing that said “at most” Trump has given...

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Michelle L. Price

Egypt’s president vows to use ‘any measure’ to defend Saudi Arabia and seeks authorization to deploy troops abroad as battle against Houthis escalates

Parliament convened Sunday and will continue deliberations on Monday.

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The Associated Press

Gen Z started building wealth at 19—13 years before boomers did. Most still say they can’t get ahead

A new U.S. Bank survey finds 56% of Gen Z did everything “right” financially and still aren’t where they hoped to be. Sky-high housing, tuition,...

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Dr. Colleen Batchelder

Official data show China is dumping more U.S. Treasury debt. But it may actually be a stealth buyer, with a big stash suspiciously piling up in Canada

Canada's holdings of U.S. Treasuries soared to $465 billion in August from just $169 billion five years ago.

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Jason Ma

Canada suffers one of the worst peacetime tragedies for its military on domestic soil as four service members die in a fire at a base in Alberta

Fire crews scrambled late Saturday as fierce winds whipped flames beyond Canadian Forces Base Wainwright and into the surrounding rural area.

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Rob Gillies

A former Trump Organization executive vice president says Trump ‘could be a better negotiator if his ego didn’t get in the way’

“Any concession that should be made, he can’t make. Then, with the other parts of it, nothing can continue. He just has to win everything.”

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Will Weissert

‘We’ve already won.’ Alberta separatist leader vows to continue independence movement regardless of outcome of key vote on Monday

Albertans will decide whether to remain a province or begin the legal process toward a future referendum on separation.

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Rob Gillies

Trump, who owned the Miss Universe pageant, touts how handsome GOP candidates are, even praising parts of their body. ‘Look at this beautiful guy’

“I examined his ass. I never did that with a man before. I examined his ass. And then I looked at his shoulders. I looked at his feet. I looked at...

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Jesse Bedayn

While consumers are angry about high-tech ways to set prices, a study of dynamic pricing found half the U.S. changes it recorded were decreases

“There are major tensions happening right now between who’s really going to have the power with some of these algorithms and usage of bots and AI:...

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Dee-Ann Durbin

Costco CEO Ron Vachris rose from forklift driver to the C-suite without a college degree: ‘Don’t chase a title’ is the career advice that got him there

Even without a college degree, Costco CEO Ron Vachris rose from the warehouse floor to the corner office—guided by his father’s advice.

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Preston Fore

Melinda French Gates has a 48-hour rule for criticizing employees. The billionaire philanthropist says it’s because ‘being clear is kind’

The billionaire philanthropist’s 48-hour feedback rule is designed to replace anger with honesty, and it eliminates surprises at performance reviews.

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Sydney Lake

Tim Cook says late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs gave him this unforgettable advice before handing over the reins as CEO: ‘Never ask what I would do’

Former Apple CEO Tim Cook says the advice from Steve Jobs was a “gift” in leading the $4.86 trillion tech giant: “I just put my head down and...

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Emma Burleigh

10 million Americans are using advance loan apps to get their paychecks in advance—and it’s costing them hundreds of dollars more, report finds

More than 95% of payday loans through direct-to-consumer apps included fees or voluntary “tips,” and these extra charges are piling up.

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Sasha Rogelberg

For Gen Z, everything looks like an investment. But it isn’t

Your sportsbook and brokerage app may look more alike than ever, but they shouldn't be treated the same.

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Aneri Jambusaria

Move slow and make things: What Japanese craftsmanship can teach business about quality, patience, and expertise when AI makes speed cheap

AI makes it easier to produce more. The Japanese craft tradition of shokunin offers a guide to making something better.

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Matt Alt

Innovation Accounts should do for the potential AI job wipeout what Trump Accounts did for children

“Innovation Accounts” would give adults a stake in technology stocks—and a chance to share in AI-driven wealth.

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Sarah Cannon

The ‘golden visa’ isn’t just for the rich: UAE offers 10-year residency to $545,000 property buyers—or for nurses, teachers, and e-sports pros

The Gulf state’s golden visa blends tax appeal, investment incentives, and talent policy in a country where most residents are foreigners

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Mia Osmonbekov

Fuel prices dominate midterm election discussions, but spiking utility bills may be the difference maker

Utility bills have risen 40% on average in recent years and a promise of additional hikes are on the way.

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Jordan Blum

Alberta has the world’s fourth-largest oil reserves and sends 90% of its crude exports to the U.S. — It will vote on a first step to leaving Canada

The 2022 Freedom Convoy began over vaccine requirements for cross-border truckers but grew into a broader revolt against pandemic restrictions.

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Rob Gillies

‘How many canaries have we killed in the coal mine?’ — Wall Street debates if the latest AI bubble warnings are another head fake or the real thing

"I don't know whether this is the breaking point or another 25 or 50 basis points higher is the breaking point."

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Jason Ma

In midterm races, Democrats are using the Iran war to target Republicans—even some who never served in Congress and couldn’t have cast votes on it

It's the culmination of a strategy Democrats launched in the spring, when they began to repeatedly bring up war powers resolutions aimed at ending the...

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Kevin Freking

‘I can do stuff that is unbelievable.’ Trump boasts about his self-proclaimed power and tells voters DOD will revive a Kentucky drug plant if GOP wins

"This is a much more powerful term,” Trump said. “Google wouldn’t have taken my call in the first. Now, they kiss my ass."

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Michelle S. Price

‘France, truly, is on the brink’ and just days away from a make-or-break moment in its debt crisis, analyst warns, as protests turn into riots

"France could be forced to seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund and to pray for it from the European Central Bank — a humiliation...

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Jason Ma

Mark Carney makes closing argument to Alberta against path to independence from Canada: outsiders ‘are working to break us so they can own us. Never’

“Don’t let anyone tell you this is already decided. Turnout will determine the outcome,” Carney told a pro-Canada rally in Edmonton, where he grew up.

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Rob Gillies

U.S. debt interest payments hit $3 billion a day and jumped 8% in fiscal 2026 — faster than total federal spending, revenue and GDP growth

Net interest payments rose 8% to $1.05 trillion in fiscal year 2026, while revenue increased 3% to $5.4 trillion and spending grew 6% to $7.4...

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Jason Ma

The Iran war has cost the average U.S. household the equivalent of almost $2,000, and the energy portion goes up $50 a week, top economist says

The tally includes $1,100 in higher energy prices, $540 in higher interest rates and $360 in military costs.

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The Associated Press

States sue OpenAI, saying it gives life to ‘cyberhacking agents’ while ChatGPT hurts children and deceives adults

OpenAI said it has built safety protections into ChatGPT for children, and that it would continue to do so to improve the model.

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Marc Levy

Congress passed the Russia sanctions bill named for Lindsey Graham with bipartisan support. Trump just put it on hold a month after signing it

Trump's unexpected decision comes a week after he stunningly said the U.S. had agreed to purchase diesel from Russia.

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Will Weissert

Jeff Bezos says ‘millions of people’ will be living in space by 2045—and robots will commute on our behalf to the moon

No one enjoys the dreaded commute to work, and by 2045, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicts we’ll have robots to do that for us. After all, in his...

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Orianna Rosa Royle

Mark Cuban is worth $10 billion—but in college, he paid for junior year with a dorm-room chain letter he admits was ‘basically a scam’

Cuban, who grew up in a working-class family, says his early hustles laid the groundwork for a career that took him from a crowded Dallas apartment to...

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Sydney Lake

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei is steering a possible $2 trillion IPO—but he says up to 40% of his time goes to making sure company culture is good

Dario Amodei says constant communication and avoiding "corpo speak" keep Anthropic's 3,500 employees aligned as the AI race heats up.

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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

A 44-minute call and a memo: How Alexandr Wang won Mark Zuckerberg’s trust—and a $100 billion-plus AI bet

Meta’s CEO and his 29-year-old chief AI officer revealed on Stripe cofounder John Collison’s podcast how one phone call became Meta...

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Emma Witman

Alphabet’s chief investment officer responds to Jefferies warning that the most likely outcome of the AI boom is massive U.S. capital destruction

"It’s illogical to say we’re in a capacity-constrained position," Ruth Porat told Fortune's Editor-in-Chief Alyson Shontell.

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Alyson Shontell

The debt crisis won’t be solved by debt relief alone. Developing countries need a growth reset

Developing countries need coordinated financing to invest and grow—not just enough support to keep paying creditors.

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Masood Ahmed

Susan Dell is the one running the Dells’ $10 billion giving operation—and her biggest bets are on kids, health care, and UT Austin

Michael Dell may be one of the richest men in the world, but his wife Susan is helping decide where billions of their fortune go.

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Sydney Lake

Giorgos Tsetis: no one is personally accountable for AI. This must change

AI executives should face personal legal consequences when they knowingly put the public at risk—not just penalties for their companies.

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Giorgos Tsetis

There be monsters: what Odysseus can teach us about innovation when maps fail

Think of Odysseus as the archetype of the modern leader, driven off course by outrageous fortune and forced to adjust his plan as he went along.

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Jeff Degraff

The wealthy boomer problem is metastasizing—they got 38% richer over the last 3 years as Gen Z and millennials under 35 got wiped out

People 35 years old and younger actually suffered a 23% decline in net worth from 2022 through 2025, according to the Federal Reserve.

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Nick Lichtenberg

In nearly 2 decades of leading philanthropy at the Milken Institute, I’ve never seen a tidal wave like the one that’s coming

It could be the tide that lifts society’s most important boats, but it will take understanding the currents, careful navigation, courage, and...

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Melissa Stevens

Tesla is taking $250,000 deposits for a Roadster with SpaceX thrusters. The FAA says it isn’t an aircraft

The redesigned sports car flipped midair and leaped over a Cybertruck using SpaceX-developed thrusters. But it won’t enter production until 2028,...

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Bilin Lin

Despite a $500 million net worth, Shaq’s on his 5th college degree—and tells Gen Z that AI can’t replace sitting across people smarter than you

Shaquille O’Neal promised his mom he’d finish college when he left for the NBA in 1992. Now, the basketball legend has a bachelor’s, an MBA, an...

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Preston Fore