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Where’s the Beef? Not on American Picnic Tables This Summer.

Beef has always been a summer staple. Now, for the first time in years, Americans are actually buying less of it

18.08.2026 6

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Health Insurance Costs Hit a 15-Year High. Companies Are Changing How They Cover Employees.

More than 20,000 companies switched to HRAs this year alone, giving employees cash instead of a company-selected plan.

17.08.2026 6

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Gen Z Turned This Food Craze Into a TikTok Obsession. Franchisors Are Cashing In.

Charcuterie boards are all over Instagram and TikTok, and franchise chains like Graze Craze are moving to seize the meat-and-cheese wave.

13.08.2026 9

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A Man Asked His AI Assistant to Book a Gym Class. It Hacked the System Instead.

In the first known Australian autonomous cyber attack, an AI assistant hacked into a gym's booking system while trying to help a user.

13.08.2026 5

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Batteries Powered By Rust? This Startup Raised $750 Million to Build Them.

Form Energy's iron-air batteries can keep running for 100 hours straight, far longer than standard lithium-ion batteries.

13.08.2026 7

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This Popular Herb Is Part of a Billion-Dollar Industry Sold at Convenience Stores. Now Regulators Want to Ban It.

Kratom is legal, but largely unregulated. A surge in overdoses has led regulators in several states to move toward outright bans.

12.08.2026 8

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El Pollo Loco’s Turnaround Plan Was Supposed to Take 3 Years. It’s Already Ahead of Schedule.

The chicken chain is beating Wall Street's expectations and expanding its menu to include items that appeal to younger consumers.

12.08.2026 3

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A Top OpenAI Exec Just Jumped Ship to ‘Start Something New.’ He’s Not the First This Year.

Brad Lightcap's exit comes as the company tries to justify its $852 billion valuation ahead of an expected IPO.

12.08.2026 3

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Uber Eats Owed This Restaurant Owner $40,000. It Took 8 Months and a News Story to Get Her Paid.

Joy Kim, owner of Seattle's Kyoto Teriyaki, says she followed every step Uber Eats asked of her. The company says it was a security issue.

12.08.2026 5

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Wendy’s Fell to No. 3 in Burger Chains. Its New CEO Blames ‘Quality Degradation.’

Bob Wright, who turned around Potbelly, is facing declining sales at Wendy's. He says the fix starts with the food.

11.08.2026 9

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Nvidia Is Close to a $500 Billion Deal to Build AI Infrastructure. Why Aren’t Some Investors Happy About It?

Nvidia, Blackstone, Goldman Sachs and other major firms are nearing a deal to fund AI infrastructure. Nvidia's stock dropped anyway.

11.08.2026 10

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Waymo Has Nearly 4,000 Cars on the Road. One Just Drove Over an Exploding Firework.

Waymo calls these unscripted moments "edge cases." And they they keep happening.

11.08.2026 10

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Mark Zuckerberg Just Published a 6,500-Word Essay on AI — Here Are the Crib Notes

The Meta CEO laid out his vision for open AI, government oversight and a new $1 billion fund for communities near data centers.

11.08.2026 9

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The Apple Watch Hasn’t Changed Much Since 2018. Its Time Might Be Up.

As cheaper, screen-free competitors like Whoop and Oura gain more wrist share, Apple is considering redesigning its watch.

10.08.2026 10

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Finding It Harder and Harder to Get a Restaurant Reservation? Some Diners Are Paying for Priority Access.

A boom in dealmaking among reservation apps, credit card companies and membership clubs is reshaping who gets a table and who doesn't.

10.08.2026 10

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A Man Lived Inside a Billboard Above Sunset Boulevard for 24 Hours. Netflix Paid Him to Do It.

The stunt is a rare marketing play for a company that usually lets its algorithm do the work. But Netflix could use the buzz.

10.08.2026 10

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He Watched His Dad Struggle to Find Care for His Grandmother. Now He and His Wife Run a Franchise Solving the Same Problem for Families.

Anthony and Angela Coleman turned a hard family experience into a CarePatrol franchise helping other families navigate senior care.

10.08.2026 10

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Burger King Says There’s One Big Reason It’s Winning Back Customers — And It’s a Whopper

Same-store sales jumped 8.5% last quarter, just as arch rival McDonald's admits its own sales growth has stalled.

07.08.2026 10

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Don’t Want to Pay a Lot of Taxes? Move Your Company to This Tiny Mediterranean Archipelago.

Malta is the smallest country in the EU, but it's become a big tax haven for U.S. companies.

07.08.2026 10

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Four Top Google Scientists Are Leaving to Start Their Own AI Company. It Might Discover Things No Human Ever Could.

Discovery Loop wants to build AI that runs the experiments from idea to result, without a human in the loop

07.08.2026 10

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A Judge Just Ordered Meta to Pay $567 Million and Change How It Treats Teen Accounts

Meta must pay $567 million that will go into a fund devoted to remedying a youth mental health crisis.

07.08.2026 10

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Getting Eye Appointments Can Be a Hassle. This Founder Built a 90-Second Vision Test You Can Take at Major Stores

Eyebot co-founder and CEO Matthias Hofmann says growing demand for vision care and a shortage of optometrists create an opportunity to rethink routine...

06.08.2026 10

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These College Kids Are Running a $12 Million Real Estate Fund. They Haven’t Made a Dollar From It.

At Indiana University, a group of undergraduates is managing real institutional money and pulling in returns most pros would envy.

06.08.2026 10

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Baskin-Robbins and MUG Are Launching a Root Beer Float 114,100 Feet Into the Sky. Will the Stunt Settle a Years-Old Internet Debate?

Timed for National Root Beer Float Day, the stunt aims to break a world record while pushing new flavors and discounts at Baskin-Robbins.

06.08.2026 10

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Shopify President Says We’re Entering a ‘Golden Age of Entrepreneurship.’ Here’s the Reason Why.

Platforms like ChatGPT and Gemini enable solopreneurs to thrive as AI reshapes how small businesses find customers.

06.08.2026 10

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McDonald’s Profit Beat Expectations. But Its CEO Is Still Unhappy With How Sales Grew: ‘We Simply Didn’t Execute’

CEO Chris Kempczinski blamed inconsistent execution and a pullback in digital deals. The chain also named a new head of its US business.

05.08.2026 10

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A SpaceX Rocket Just Crashed Into the Moon. Nobody’s Actually Seen It Happen Yet.

This wasn't the moonshot Elon Musk was hoping for.

05.08.2026 8

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Apple Is So Overwhelmed With AI-Generated Bug Reports That It’s Turning Away Security Threats. One Big One Almost Slipped Through the Cracks.

Apple is so flooded with AI-generated bug reports that it capped how many researchers can submit. Some cybersecurity companies are concerned.

05.08.2026 8

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Jeff Bezos Just Sold $4.1 Billion in Amazon Stock. Now Shares Are Down.

The sale came one day after Amazon shares hit an all-time high and pushed the company's market value above $3 trillion.

05.08.2026 10

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SpaceX Stock Is Down Nearly 50% From Its High — Here’s Why It Could Get Worse Later This Week

Hundreds of millions of SpaceX shares that have been off-limits since the IPO become tradable for the first time. That's not great news.

04.08.2026 10

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Myspace’s Owners Say They’re Bringing It Back From the Dead. They’ve Already Lost $150 Million Trying.

Brothers Chris and Tim Vanderhook, whose company bought Myspace in 2011, confirmed in a documentary that they plan to bring it back.

04.08.2026 10

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Flo Rida Won $82 Million in a Contract Dispute. Now He’s Bringing His Name to a Juice Chain’s South Florida Expansion.

The recording artist is becoming an equity partner in Beyond Juicery Eatery, known for its juices, smoothies and health-conscious menu.

04.08.2026 10

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This Netflix VP Confessed to Ketamine Therapy at a Company ‘Trust’ Retreat. He Was Fired a Few Months Later.

Kevin Baillie is suing Netflix for wrongful termination, disability discrimination and lost severance.

04.08.2026 10

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Nearly 720,000 People Stopped Working or Looking for Work in a Single Month. Here’s What’s Behind It.

It's the biggest one-month drop in prime-age labor force participation since 1976, excluding the pandemic.

03.08.2026 10

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This Former Coinbase CTO Spent Millions Building a Utopia for Tech Founders. Then Malaysia Shut It Down.

Balaji Srinivasan left Silicon Valley to create an alternative tech community. Residents complained of moldy rooms and not enough women.

03.08.2026 10

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This 24-Year-Old Hedge Fund Prodigy Was Called the ‘Nostradamus of AI’— He Didn’t See a 73% Drop Coming.

Leopold Aschenbrennerm raised $100 million to launch the fund in 2024. This week he sold $20 billion in stock to survive.

03.08.2026 10

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This Franchisee Owns 112 Restaurants and Gives Ownership Stakes to His Staff: ‘It Helps Them Know It’s a Team’

Wade Oney, President of Bam-Bamy Pizza, gives his managers, supervisors and executives a piece of the business.

31.07.2026 10

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Jersey Mike’s Went Public at a $7.3 Billion Valuation. It All Started With a 17-Year-Old and One Sub Shop.

The sandwich chain's IPO was more than 10 times oversubscribed.

31.07.2026 10

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Meta’s Stock Just Took an Unexpexted Hit. Here’s Why Investors Are Spooked.

The tech giant's free cash flow crashed from $8.55 billion to $784 million, and next year's AI bill could be even bigger.

31.07.2026 10

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The Billionaire Behind Louis Vuitton and Dior Spent Millions Trying to Fix His ‘Ruthless’ Image. A Snarky Tweet Worked Better.

Bernard Arnault, LVMH's chairman, has been called "the wolf in cashmere" for over a decade. Then he went viral for being funny.

31.07.2026 10

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Personal Bankruptcies Are Up Nearly 50% Over the Past Three Years, But Is That a Bad Thing? ‘People Don’t Understand How Good a Deal It Is’

More than half a million Americans filed for personal bankruptcy last year, and researchers say the stigma is fading.

30.07.2026 10

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A Couple Was Sent Cockroaches and a Bloody Pig Mask by eBay Employees. They Just Won a $48 Million Settlement.

Former eBay employees sent live cockroaches, a funeral wreath and a bloody pig mask to silence a couple's reporting.

30.07.2026 10

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All 55 European Football Federations Voted to Boycott FIFA Over Its $20 Billion Investment Plan: ‘Football Belongs to the ⁠Fans, Not Billionaire Investors’

All 55 UEFA nations voted unanimously to boycott FIFA events if the $20 billion World Cup stake sale isn't scrapped entirely.

30.07.2026 10

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This Startup Wants to Build the Weirdest-Looking Passenger Jet Since the Concorde. The U.S. Government Just Invested $3 Billion In It.

With four aisles and no windows, the airliner would be the first real challenger to Boeing's U.S. monopoly in decades.

30.07.2026 10

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How Cereal Milk Matcha and Pink Mermaid 7 Fizz Are Fueling 7 Brew’s Biggest Growth Yet: ‘The Industry Hasn’t Been Disrupted in a Long Time’

7 Brew didn't exist in 2017. It's now closing in on 1,000 locations with customer volume one franchisee calls 'insane.'

30.07.2026 8

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Mark Zuckerberg Says Concentrating AI Power in a Few Companies Is ‘Dangerous’

In a new Wall Street Journal op-ed, the Meta CEO argues that concentrating AI power in a few hands is dangerous.

29.07.2026 9

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Visa Is Cutting 2,600 Jobs — AI Is Only Part of the Reason: ‘We Must Continue Evolving How We Work’

The cuts hit tech and product teams hardest, and Visa isn't alone. PayPal and Block have made similar moves recently.

29.07.2026 10

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Wendy’s Sold Out of Free Tote Bags in 90 Seconds — Here’s the Lesson for Your Business

The fast-food chain’s merch drop shows that its fans want more than meal deals.

28.07.2026 10

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The Founder of Chipotle Says Customers Have ‘Slop Bowl’ Fatigue — Here’s What He Says Is the Next Big Thing

Steve Ells invented the Chipotle bowl by accident in 2003. Now he thinks the future is in slow-roasted sandwiches.

28.07.2026 10

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Warner Bros. Discovery Is Suing Amazon Over a ‘Lawless Employee Shopping Spree’

Amazon says they were just hiring some talented execs. Warner Bros. Discovery hired lawyers.

27.07.2026 20

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