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Not a gig, not a hustle — 25 side income ideas that build over time

Most side income advice tops out at a few hundred dollars a month. These 25 ideas have genuine upside — income that can grow, compound, or...

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20 things nobody tells you before you start working remotely from another country

The freedom to work from anywhere is real — and so are the tax implications, the visa complications, and the things that go wrong when your internet...

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20 comfort food recipes from around the world that will actually make you feel better

Comfort food is not a Western invention — it's a human one. These 20 global dishes are what people make when they need something warm, filling, and...

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Red Lobster creditors sue former owner Thai Union over endless shrimp promotion

The lawsuit, filed in Florida on behalf of creditors owed about $295 million, alleges Thai Union used the promotion to extract value from the chain

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Kroger is letting shoppers redeem loyalty points for grocery discounts

Members can now apply points toward dollars off their grocery bill, not just fuel savings at the pump

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Applebee's is bringing back its $1 Dollarita margarita for all of July

The chain is reviving the $1 drink for dine-in guests 21 and older from July 1 through July 31, citing overwhelming demand

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Minneapolis Fed's Neel Kashkari is now penciling in a rate hike this year

The policymaker cited broad inflationary pressures, including oil price disruptions tied to the Middle East conflict and AI data center buildout

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Unilever is exploring a bid for supplements maker Thorne in a potential $4 billion deal

L Catterton, the LVMH-backed private equity firm that took Thorne private for $680 million in 2023, is seeking a valuation of up to $4 billion

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Jeremy Grantham warned the AI boom has pushed U.S. stocks to a historic valuation peak

The GMO co-founder pointed to a market-cap-to-GDP ratio of 235% and called SpaceX's IPO a potential sign of a market top

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20 cities you haven't really seen until you've seen them at night

Night markets, after-dark food scenes, neighborhoods that don't open until midnight — these are the cities whose best experiences are invisible to...

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Chan Zuckerberg Biohub is opening a 4th round of rare disease grants

The nonprofit has committed more than $150 million across four funding cycles and is expanding its AI drug repurposing work with Every Cure

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Chicago Fed president warned inflation is still moving in the wrong direction

Austan Goolsbee said core inflation remains well too high, while endorsing new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's move to strip forward guidance from Fed...

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Sustainable womenswear brand Reformation is filing for a U.S. IPO as sales pass $500 million

The private equity-backed retailer reported $507 million in revenue last year and plans to list under the ticker symbol REF

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SpaceX is planning a Starlink mobile service to compete with U.S. carriers

President Gwynne Shotwell told investors during a recent IPO roadshow that SpaceX could build its own terrestrial mobile network

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JPMorgan Chase is doubling its Community Center branches in low-income neighborhoods

The bank plans to hire more than 150 additional community managers and aims to reach 5 million people with financial education programming

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IBM unveils chip technology with nearly 100 billion transistors

The new 0.7 nanometer design vertically stacks transistors in two layers, doubling density compared with IBM's 2021 technology

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Americans lost a record $3.5 billion to imposter scams in 2025, FTC data show

Imposter scams were the most reported fraud category for a fifth straight year, with losses nearly tripling since 2020

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Former Meta executive Sarah Wynn-Williams is suing the company to lift its gag order on her memoir

The former Facebook global public policy director says Meta obtained a sweeping arbitration order that bars her from speaking publicly and has...

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Germany's Merck KGaA is buying lab-tools supplier Bio-Techne for $11.3 billion

The deal, Merck's largest since its Sigma-Aldrich buyout, expands its presence in proteins, spatial biology, and cell and gene therapy

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The U.S. bars Polestar from selling new EVs over Chinese ownership

The Commerce Department denied Polestar authorization under the Connected Vehicle Rule, forcing the Geely-owned brand to wind down U.S. sales

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Xbox is raising console prices by up to $150 as memory costs keep soaring

Microsoft cited a more than 2.5x rise in storage and memory prices, with another doubling expected by fall 2027

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20 ways the global economy is more interconnected than most people realize

A drought in Brazil, a ship stuck in the Suez Canal, a factory fire in Taiwan — the events that move markets and disrupt supply chains are rarely...

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Not a sad salad in sight: 25 vegetarian dinners that actually deliver

The best vegetarian cooking isn't about substitution — it's about dishes that are complete and satisfying on their own terms. These 25 are the ones...

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25 things the microscopic world is doing that you had no idea about

Most of the most extraordinary things happening in the world right now are too small to see — and understanding them changes how you think about...

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Supreme Court rules federal law shields Monsanto from Roundup cancer lawsuits

The 7-2 ruling found that EPA's approval of Roundup's label without a cancer warning preempts state failure-to-warn claims

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BlackBerry thinks AI could finally complete its comeback

The Canadian software company posted a 26% revenue jump and its first cash-positive fiscal first quarter in nine years

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Qualcomm is pushing into AI data centers with new chips and Meta as a key customer

The chipmaker unveiled its Dragonfly portfolio at an investor day, targeting more than $15 billion in data center revenue by fiscal 2029

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Anthropic accused Alibaba of using 25,000 fake accounts to steal its AI capabilities

The AI company told U.S. senators that Alibaba ran nearly 29 million exchanges with its Claude models through fraudulent accounts

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A second worker has died at BYD's Hungary EV factory as labor scrutiny mounts

The construction contractor linked to the fatality has been fined 34.5 million forints over occupational security violations

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The era of the megadonor has arrived

MacKenzie Scott alone drove a third of U.S. mega-giving as total donations hit a record

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20 things you do every day that your heart is paying attention to

Cardiovascular disease is the world's leading cause of death — and most of its risk factors are behavioral, not genetic. These are the daily habits...

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20 airports so good they're worth showing up early for

The world's best airports have art installations, rooftop pools, butterfly gardens, and transit hotels worth booking even on a short layover

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Dairy Queen is launching World Cup Blizzard flavors and a $2.50 patriotic float

The chain's "Blizzard Cup Lineup" features 3 new globally inspired flavors, while a red-white-and-blue slush float marks America's 250th birthday

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USPS warns Congress it's running out of cash and needs a rescue

Postmaster General David Steiner told a Senate committee the agency has amassed nearly $31 billion in cumulative defaults and could run out of cash by...

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CFTC sues Kentucky over prediction markets in first case against a Republican AG

The federal agency has now sued nine states to defend its exclusive jurisdiction over federally registered prediction market platforms

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U.S. new home sales sank in May, falling short of economist forecasts

Sales of new single-family homes dropped 7.3% from April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 580,000 units

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ByteDance is seeking a record $20 billion offshore loan to fund AI buildout

The TikTok developer approached banks for a loan that could carry a three-year tenor, with an option to extend to five years

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Agility Robotics is going public in a $2.5 billion SPAC deal

The humanoid robotics company will list under the ticker AGLT after merging with Michael Klein's Churchill Capital Corp XI

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AI memory startup Engram raised $98 million to help companies spend less running enterprise AI

The 13-person company says its models can match frontier AI performance while using up to 100 times fewer tokens

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Alibaba sues the Pentagon to fight its way off the Chinese military blacklist

The e-commerce and cloud giant called its designation "arbitrary and capricious" and says the label has already cost it business partners

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Every language sees the world differently. These 15 show you how

From Mandarin's approach to time to Pirahã's radical rejection of numbers and color terms, these are the languages that reveal what language can do

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M&M's is dropping blue and brown as Mars launches naturally dyed candies

The candy maker will release naturally colored M&M's in August, but spirulina's high cost and manufacturing challenges are keeping two colors off...

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Wendy's names former Potbelly CFO Steve Cirulis as its new finance chief

Cirulis worked alongside Wendy's new CEO Bob Wright at Potbelly, where the two led a brand turnaround that produced a 500% increase in share price

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Carnival stock sinks after summer profit forecast disappoints

The cruise operator posted record second-quarter revenue and adjusted net income but guided third-quarter earnings below analyst expectations

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Oil futures bounce on technical rebound after Iran sanction waivers

Brent and WTI clawed back some losses after chart indicators pointed to an oversold market, even as Hormuz traffic remained uncertain

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Tesla and NatPower strike deal for 25 GWh of battery storage in Europe

The first phase of the multiyear agreement covers five projects in Italy and the UK, with total construction costs estimated at $4 billion to $5...

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Pfizer's experimental lung cancer drug fails to extend survival in late-stage trial

The drug, acquired in Pfizer's $43 billion purchase of Seagen, did not outlast standard chemotherapy in a 703-patient study

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California drivers sue BP, Marathon, and Walmart over AI gas price-fixing

A proposed class action claims the companies used an AI tool from Kalibrate to coordinate prices at more than 1,700 California stations

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Meta is launching its own smart glasses brand starting at $299

The new Meta Glasses undercut Ray-Ban Meta models by $80, with three frame styles including a $399 Kylie Jenner collaboration

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Bath & Body Works is bringing its products to 600 Ulta Beauty stores

Starting July 12, Ulta will carry Bath & Body Works candles, body care, and home fragrance products in the U.S. and online

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