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Moderna’s and Merck’s personalized mRNA vaccine shows real promise against deadly skin cancer melanoma in late stage trial and sends stocks soaring

The shot, paired with Merck's Keytruda, cut the risk of melanoma recurrence in a trial of more than 1,100 patients.

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Tesla asked Las Vegas for 5,000 robotaxi permits. Sin City gave it 10, capped the speed at 45mph, and banned airport trips

Nevada capped Tesla's fleet at a fraction of its request and kept it away from Harry Reid airport.

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New Mexico’s attorney general reportedly pushes new social media safety laws a day before 29 AGs testify against Meta in federal trial

Raul Torrez, New Mexico’s attorney general, is drafting two bills as a separate 29-state trial over child safety opens in Oakland tomorrow.

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Some gamblers are buying losing lottery tickets on eBay as a way offset taxes on their gambling wins

If you're looking to offset taxes on your gambling earnings, purchasing thousands of dollars worth of losing lottery tickets on eBay may be lucrative.

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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in killing of UnitedHeathcare CEO. ‘I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died’

The 28-year-old entered the plea at a hastily scheduled hearing, setting off a legal fight over whether he can still be tried on murder charges.

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Randall Lane probably didn’t break the law by accepting $6 million while working at Forbes, but he may still pay a price under a 140-year-old doctrine

A New York legal doctrine requiring employee loyalty could pose more risk to the fired Forbes editor than any criminal exposure.

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Jerry Buss made the Lakers Hollywood. Bob Iger and Josh Kushner reportedly bought the show for record-breaking $12.5 billion, up 21% in just 14 months

The pair are buying the team from Mark Walter, who paid $10 billion for it just over a year ago, and someone who Magic Johnson once said would own the...

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Americans are as unhappy as ever. Could ‘a happiness-segregated society by marriage’ be why?

Americans went through a “happiness crash” right after the pandemic. The ones who are married are the only ones who really recovered.

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Italy’s $4.7 billion cheese economy is feeling the heat as climate change threatens its cheese banks that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral

Extreme heat is straining the vaults that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral, and economists say the damage runs wider than the vault

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We’re not dancing like no one is watching anymore. Actually, we’re just not dancing—or talking, walking, or interacting anymore

Neighborhood socializing has cratered since 2012 as people stop asking their neighbors for help, or stop talking to them altogether.

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Meet the 82-year-old Kentucky grandma who turned down $26 million to turn her farm into a data center: ‘I don’t need your money’

Ida Huddleston says no amount of money was worth losing land that’s been in her family for more than 200 years.

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We’re ‘me-maxxing’ so much, we’re saying 30% fewer words a day than we did 20 years ago

From Tom Wolfe's "Me" decade of the 1970s, to the convenience economy of the 2020s, we're "me-maxxing" our time, and we're talking less as a result.

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Are you committing tax fraud? New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s about to find out, all thanks to the pied-à-terre tax rollout

The governor's office says it will pursue New Yorkers who dodge income taxes by claiming to live outside the city—or register their cars out of state.

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In its first deal since going public, Italian unicorn Bending Spoons buys Airtable at a $9 billion discount

Airtable was valued at $11 billion during its 2021 boom.

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Trump meets AI giants, Senate Dems decry ‘unpredictable’ governance—and cheap Chinese AI looms as giant security risk

While Democrats say the lack of clear rules will lead American firms to choose Chinese AI companies over domestic ones, experts say it’s the cost.

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From Pochettino to MLS, the giants of American finance keep making big promises about the future of U.S. soccer

Ken Griffin helps fund Pochettino through 2030, KKR backs MLS's development league, and the new MLS commissioner is an Apollo veteran.

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How Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax exposed an epidemic of ‘ghost cars’ instead

Those out-of-town plates you see might belong to residents of the city you're in, but they may be drivers slick enough to pull insurance fraud.

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Go ahead, make fun of Tommy Bahama. The CEO is happy to join you, and he’s probably not a fan of your preppy shorts

Doug Wood's a lovable character. His thoughts on what you should wear, and how to have fun while wearing it, are up for debate.

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For the third time in history, women outnumber men in the workforce as the stay-at-home boyfriend becomes an economic trend

Women now hold more jobs than men in America, for the third time ever. A Federal Reserve economist says this time, it's not reversing.

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Bars, bowling alleys and movie theaters cost too much to run and visit. Americans have run out of places to hang out and we’re paying with our health

Chronic isolation has the same health impact as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

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European nations have won more than half of all World Cups. Now they’re threatening to boycott the next one

UEFA nations have won 13 of 23 World Cups, but they're threatening a walkout after the sport's most profitable tournament yet.

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Amazon may owe you money: It just got $600 million in tariff refunds after a lawsuit accused it of favoring Trump

Andy Jassy conceded in January tariffs were hitting prices, months before Amazon’s $600 million refund came to light.

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Mamdani’s and New York’s pied-à-terre tax isn’t a socialist scandal: It’s unsexy tax policy with 200-year-old public records

The supposed socialist takeover of New York City is similar in scope to Andrew Cuomo's tax policy — and not unlike a law on the books in Singapore.

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Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax was designed to hit the wealthy, but it’s sending most New Yorkers to their estate lawyers

Trusts and LLCs offer not only anonymity from public records, but also a way to protect your assets from liabilities.

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Elon Musk said money doesn’t matter. Then he rolled out X Money and admitted he’s a ‘former trillionaire’

Musk lost $750 million, nearly the entire net worths combined of the three next richest men: Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Jeff Bezos.

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The Erling Haaland boom: Norway’s ‘pop-up economy’ during the World Cup revealed in Visa data

Wherever and whenever Norway was playing, taxidermy raccoon aside, a "pop-up economy" followed.

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LeBron James took a pay cut to maybe live in New York and commute to Philly by chopper, risking double taxation as NYC also tries to ban helicopters

LeBron James might commute to Philadelphia via helicopter from New York, and if he does call the Big Apple home, he'll face some big taxes too.

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No, Miami isn’t more expensive than New York. But it may be less ‘affordable’

"Now they're having affordability issues, and I think that's really making people think twice about leaving New York," broker Michelle Griffith said.

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Gambling becomes America’s favorite pastime as Americans spend more on sports bets than movies, arts, museums, and music combined

Americans wagered $166 billion on sports last year, more than Hollywood, the music industry, books, and museums combined.

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Kids don’t ‘Google it’ anymore. AI chatbots taught them to ‘search it up’ instead

A generational shift in slang is tracking a bigger one in how people actually find information online.

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LeBron James, the only billionaire currently active in the NBA, signs a minimum contract with the Philadelphia 76ers

"I’ve never been able to have no clue what to do and take real time to just think," the chosen one said about his latest decision.

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The Miami Heat, LeBron James, and prediction markets: How a ‘mistake’ social media post turbocharged a $245 million wager

“There’s a market for everything, and I think people have recognized that there’s a market for everything,” Georgetown’s Marty Conway told Fortune.

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Panera founder and Cava chairman Ron Shaich bets $100 million on Level99, bringing his restaurant industry playbook to entertainment

Act III Holdings doubles its stake in Level99 after the Disney Springs opening, betting restaurant-industry category discipline can build a dominant...

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LaLiga president says tech is already making the fan experience better, and it could solve football’s money problem too

This year's World Cup has been technified, but it's time for other soccer leagues to catch up and bring it to their domestic clubs.

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Looking back at the World Cup: Fans drank Boston dry, got permanent tattoos, sold out famous BBQ joints, and drove up small business revenue

From permanent tattoos and drinking Boston dry, to a bar doing nearly 300% of weekly business in one night, the World Cup is helping small businesses.

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So you want to buy a sports franchise? Why entering sports ownership gives the rich a ‘very elite and exclusive club’ with great tax benefits

Increasingly, the founders and heads of companies like Home Depot, Walmart and LVMH are entering the sports world. There's a good reason for that.

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Scott Bessent says $1 coin with Trump’s face on it will ‘honor the enduring legacy of liberty’ with a ‘lasting symbol of patriotism’

Federal law bars a living person's portrait from appearing on U.S. currency. Treasury cites the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020.

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It’s now cheaper to buy a new home than a used one, thanks to builder incentives and baby boomers who don’t want to sell on the low

There are deals to be had in the housing market right now as home builders offer incentives to move more inventory.

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A new FCC proposal could spell the end of the burner phone

Burner phones may be a thing of the past as a new FCC proposal will require carriers to collect a customer's name, address, ID number, and alternate...

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Topgolf’s CEO thinks the sport’s next star could get their start at one of its driving ranges

The former Chuck E. Cheese CEO who clawed the chain out of a $1 billion in debt is bringing family-friendly entertainment to a Topgolf near you.

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The ‘Soccer Capital of America’ is now gunning for the Soccer Capital of the World (Cup)

Kansas City has invested $700 million over the course of more than a decade to create the soccer and sport infrastructure that is now in public view.

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More noncollege-educated men are living at home and falling out of the labor market, forcing a decline in marriages, all thanks to rising rents

“Very real economic forces” are “limiting the options for non-college-educated men,” said Gabrielle Penrose of the American Institute for Boys...

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This summer’s hottest IPOs are minting a new class of ultra-high-net-worth ‘IPO Bros’—and family offices are changing how they approach them

A hot IPO summer means family offices are learning how to navigate newly minuted UHNW "IPO Bros" who have that entrepreneurial spirit.

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The Raising Cane’s co-CEO has seen those World Cup fans praising the chicken and sauce. He’s ‘pretty grateful’ to have ‘chicken fanatics’ worldwide

Raising Cane's co-CEO AJ Kumaran has seen those World Cup visitors' videos lauding the chain's sauce and chicken. Now he's getting requests worldwide.

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49% of young adults live at home, up 12 points since 2019. An economist says the fallout will reshape marriage, kids, and home-buying

Nearly half of adults under 30 now live with a parent—and the Fed's data shows the squeeze is creeping into their 30s and 40s

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Kevin Warsh buried an unusual, unhedged promise in his first Fed minutes—and one economist says it’s the strongest signal in the document

A former Fed economist says one unhedged sentence in Warsh's shortest-ever statement reveals more than the "family fight" minutes themselves.

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Labor force participation falls to 61.5%, the lowest in 50 years outside COVID, and economists say it’s not just people giving up

Although AI and tech innovation is blamed for that drop, it has more to do with the lack of supply relative to the number of jobs that are available.

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‘Failures happen during construction’: Office-to-residential conversions are all over NYC, but failures usually get fixed before they get worse

An engineer says the failed columns at the former Pfizer HQ have nothing to do with steel material quality.

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‘Even shaving one minute off an EMT trip for severe cases can generate huge economic benefits.’ Well, New York’s congestion pricing did just that

Ambulances were 6% faster when traveling through the congestion pricing zone, bringing people to care all the faster in an arena when every second...

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Billionaire soccer fan Ken Griffin helped engineer Team USA’s best World Cup run in 24 years. Now, he looks ‘forward to building on that momentum’

Griffin contributed the largest financial gift to the U.S. men's national team nearly two years ago to secure Mauricio Pochettino as their head coach.

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