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British government’s answer to cost-of-living crisis: discounts on theme park tickets, chocolate bars

Chancellor Rachel Reeves did not commit to broader support for household heating bills.

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Jill Lawless

Meta laid off 10% of its workforce as Mark Zuckerberg warns that in the AI race ‘success isn’t a given’

Meta in the first quarter reported $56.31 billion in revenue, its biggest year-over-year increase in five years.

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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Malaysia slams ‘grossly offensive, false, menacing and insulting’ TikTok memes about its king

The commission warned it would continue to take “firm and proportionate action” to ensure digital platforms comply with their responsibilities.

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The Associated Press

‘In 60 days there’s been a huge change in the attitudes of this country’: Former Detroit mayor says bipartisan approach in governor race is doomed

Mike Duggan, formerly a Democrat, was running as an independent to succeed the term-limited Gretchen Whitmer.

yesterday 0

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Corey Williams

Mamdani’s campaign for cheap World Cup tickets delivers 1,000 for city of 8 million

“To put that into perspective," the mayor said about the $50 cost, "that is five lattes in New York City."

yesterday 4

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The Associated Press

Ro Khanna blames ‘clueless’ boomers for Gen Z booing AI: They handed over a ‘broken economy’

"Young people are anxious, that they're economically frustrated, and they view AI with deep anxiety and suspicion, not as some kind of great thing."

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Jake Angelo

Trump says he’s calling off widely anticipated order to rein in AI

"We’re leading China, we’re leading everybody, and I don’t want to do anything that’s going to get in the way of that lead,” Trump told reporters.

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Collin Binkley

Democrats screwed up so badly in 2024 election that even the autopsy was substandard, DNC chair says

"I am not proud of this product; it does not meet my standards, and it won’t meet your standards,” Ken Martin wrote in an essay on Substack on...

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Steve Peoples

Minnesota fraudster at center of $250 million scam, controversial ICE crackdown sentenced to 42 years

“I understand I failed. I failed the public, my family, everyone,” Aimee Bock said in federal court.

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Tim Sullivan

Trump reverses grocery, air conditioning pollution regulations because they’re too woke

The Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute said the change would “inject uncertainty across the market” and could even raise prices.

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Matthew Daly

After Venezuela and Iran, Cuba? Trump says ‘it looks like I’ll be the one that does it’

He’d suggested the opposite a day earlier, saying further escalation isn’t necessary after prosecutors announced criminal charges against Raúl Castro.

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The Associated Press

Indian Gen Zers turn online parody account into political movement: the Cockroach Janta Party

Memes mocking corruption, joblessness and political dysfunction have flooded social media, where millions of users are adopting the cockroach.

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Sheikh Saaliq

Anthropic lands in London as AI-powered coding—and the anxieties around it—go mainstream

Anthropic’s top brass decamped to the U.K. this week, pitching Claude as a safer way to automate coding while engineers mull what it means for their...

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Beatrice Nolan

The Midwest is leading America’s spring housing rebound because of ‘buyers who are actually showing up,’ Realtor.com says

Kansas City, Louisville, and Indianapolis are powering the strongest spring housing market since 2022 as buyers chase affordability in the Midwest...

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Sydney Lake

Stephen Colbert signs off after 11 years tonight. CBS cites finances, but the Late Show host blames Trump

CBS is ending the top-rated late night program despite its popularity.

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Dave Lozo

A Nobel economist figured out 60 years ago that people learn best on the job. The Atlanta Fed says AI is making that almost impossible

Kenneth Arrow argued that experience-based knowledge ripples through the entire economy. Automating entry-level jobs doesn't just hurt young workers,...

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Tristan Bove

Intuit CFO on why the company is simplifying its structure

CFO Sandeep Aujla says Intuit is flattening management layers and reorganizing around AI, speed and long-term growth.

yesterday 1

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Sheryl Estrada

Jeff Bezos wants the bottom half of earners to pay zero income tax—he says nurses making just $75K should save $12K a year

Billionaire Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, says the bottom 50% of Americans should pay no federal income tax—and he plans to pitch the idea to...

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Preston Fore

McKinsey partner says up to 50% of work hours could be transformed within the next 5 years

Anu Madgavkar, a partner at the McKinsey Global Institute, predicts that up to half of professionals’ working lives could be transformed by the turn...

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Emma Burleigh

MacKenzie Scott gave away more than $7 billion last year—but her secretive style got her snubbed from a top donors list

“MacKenzie Scott is among the notable absences on the Philanthropy 50 list,” the Chronicle of Philanthropy said.

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Sydney Lake

Current price of oil as of May 21, 2026

When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.

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Joseph Hostetler

Allbirds’ 600% stock surge says a lot about how ‘AI washing’ became the new ‘greenwashing’

In the early 2000s, corporate sustainability faced a similar credibility crisis — every company measured sustainability differently.

yesterday 2

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Suvrat Dhanorkar

James Murdoch vows ‘ambitious journalism and agenda-setting conversations’ as he takes over New York, Vox brands

The deal with Vox, widely seen as liberal-leaning, represents a major move toward his own media empire for the 53-year-old younger son of Rupert...

yesterday 3

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Jocelyn Noveck

‘We do not want humans to have the same fate as dinosaurs’: SpaceX IPO reads like Hollywood fantasy version of the future

Musk’s compensation will be granted only if he maintains “a permanent human colony on Mars with at least one million inhabitants.”

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Bernard Condon

Trump Accounts have a bigger problem than billionaire stock donations

The debate over billionaire stock donations to children's investment accounts has obscured the real problem: 67 million eligible kids still don't have...

yesterday 3

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Jin huang

Wall Street thinks there’s a chance the S&P 500 could push 20% higher by 2027

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

yesterday 10

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Eleanor Pringle

The U.S. freight network is broken by design. One merger could start fixing it

The Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger deserves scrutiny but also serious consideration, because the alternative is a system never built to work.

yesterday 3

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Brigham A. Mccown

SpaceX’s IPO filing is full of surprises

SpaceX’s long-awaited IPO prospectus was revealing. Here are some key takeaways.

yesterday 10

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Allie Garfinkle

America’s new AI map shows something surprising: ‘A lot of normal people are adopting AI’

Microsoft's U.S. AI diffusion report finds the technology spreading into college towns, Sun Belt suburbs, and small businesses that didn't exist years...

yesterday 10

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Nick Lichtenberg

The SpaceX IPO is a referendum on Elon Musk and his plan to colonize Mars

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yesterday 10

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Diane Brady

Europe is considering price caps to control inflation. CEOs are shaking their heads in despair

With inflation fears stalking the globe, politicians are once again reaching for the wrong lever.

yesterday 10

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Kamal Ahmed

Your ‘flexible hot girl summer’ is going to cost you

Your hot girl summer plans to Europe are still on, but just plan a few months ahead to save as much as possible.

yesterday 10

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Catherina gioino

Vice President JD Vance rebuffs question about President Trump’s stock investments, says Trump is so wealthy he doesn’t trade stocks himself

Trump recently bought shares of Palantir, Dell, and Micron—all companies he has publicly praised.

yesterday 10

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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Microsoft lost its way in the AI race. Can Copilot get it back on course?

An early alliance with OpenAI hasn't been enough to keep the software giant in first place. Here's how Satya Nadella and his team are refueling for...

yesterday 10

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Jeremy Kahn, Bloomberg

Sheryl Sandberg tells Gen Z the 10-year career plan is dead as AI wipes out entry-level jobs: ‘Don’t script your career when the future is uncertain’

The former Meta says rigid career plans will backfire: "If I had one, I would have missed the internet," Sheryl Sandberg warned Gen Z.

yesterday 10

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Orianna Rosa Royle

With bond yields surging to 4.7%, T-notes are looking like a better deal than the pricey S&P, says the Research Affiliates’ formula

Record stock prices, surging bond yields — Research Affiliates has surprising advice on where to invest for the next 10 years.

yesterday 10

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Shawn Tully

Elon Musk’s proposed pay package in SpaceX’s IPO filing reveals what the company actually is: a $1 trillion monster built to colonize Mars

‘We do not want humans to have the same fate as dinosaurs,’ the prospectus reads.

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Eva Roytburg

Barney Frank, legendary liberal who ripped into left-wing dysfunction on his death bed, dies at 86

He remained a fierce critic of Trump. Asked for his prediction on who might succeed the president, Frank said “unfortunately I won't get to vote for...

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Steven Sloan

Harvard admits it was too easy to get A grades, vows crackdown

“The Harvard faculty voted to make their grades mean what they say they mean,” members of the faculty subcommittee said.

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Leah Willingham

80% of companies have an immigrant in a top leadership role—Trump’s visa crackdown is forcing them to make a ‘plan C,’ warns immigration expert

Last year, Apple and Google told employees on visas to not leave the U.S. to avoid the risk of getting stranded in another country.

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Sasha Rogelberg

Pay transparency is exposing a bigger problem: Most companies can’t explain why they pay what they pay

Syndio’s CEO and the founder of Salary Transparent Street told Fortune workers aren't just demanding to know what their colleagues earn—they want...

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Sydney Lake

A ‘proudly autistic’ workplace expert says putting neurodivergent employees in a typical office is like dropping a polar bear in Austin, Texas

Daniel Wendler says most companies are unknowingly suppressing their neurodivergent workers — and leaving a serious competitive advantage behind.

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Tristan Bove

Antler CEO Magnus Grimeland says Silicon Valley doesn’t have a monopoly on tech: ‘People can innovate from almost anywhere’

Antler positions itself as a “day zero” investor, meaning it backs founders from the very start, before they’ve even started building their...

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Angelica Ang

SpaceX will be worth trillions, but the space station that made it possible is worth even more — if we don’t squander it

SpaceX's IPO and NASA preparing to deorbit the ISS could mean missing out on trillions in untapped value — unless we build a bridge to the space...

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Tejpaul bhatia

Nvidia gets tepid reaction to forecast, boosts investor rewards

The outlook let down investors who expect moonshot results from the chipmaker. But Nvidia announced a big boost to its dividend and $80 billion in...

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Ian King

SpaceX IPO targets $28.5 trillion total addressable market, mission to ‘make life multiplanetary’ and understand ‘true nature of the universe’

The long-awaited S-1 finally landed—and it shows Elon Musk's empire is far bigger, and more complex, than almost anyone knew.

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Nick Lichtenberg

SpaceX finally files IPO prospectus, reveals revenue is up–but losses are too

In a S-1 filing replete with glossy photos of rockets and space, SpaceX gave investors the first peek at its business financials and plans for a...

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Allie Garfinkle

The one number that will actually move Nvidia’s stock Wednesday night

A beat is almost a given—Nvidia has beaten expectations 21 of the last 23 quarters. Whether the stock rallies or falls depends on a number below the...

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Eva Roytburg

A dating expert says ghosting and quiet quitting are the same problem at their core, and corporate life has more to learn from romance than it admits

Lakshmi Rengarajan, founder of How to Date Humans, says dating may be the best guide to fixing what's broken at work.

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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Jeff Bezos on Zohran Mamdani’s big mistake: ‘When you don’t know how to solve a problem, create a villain, blame them’

The Amazon founder defended fellow billionaire Ken Griffin while endorsing New York's pied-à-terre tax in the same breath. "Ken Griffin isn't a...

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Nick Lichtenberg