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August 31, 2026
The end of the driver’s license: Uber exec calls car ownership ‘the most inefficient asset’ and says no one will need one in 15 to 20 years
Uber's top executive envisions a transportation revolution where private car ownership becomes obsolete within 15-20 years. This shift stems...
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August 31, 2026
China’s AI-fueled IPO boom hits $54 billion this year, with chipmakers and Shein’s $1.7 billion IPO
Hong Kong and Shanghai captured 21% of global new-share proceeds as China’s AI companies abandoned Wall Street for home
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August 31, 2026
Nearly 1,000 people are missing in Nepal’s floods, and hundreds more are trapped in hydropower tunnels as flood knocks 10% of power capacity offline
Nepal depends heavily on hydropower, but a warming Himalayas is making the rivers and valleys housing that infrastructure increasingly risky...
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August 31, 2026
The tropical nation of Palau has no traffic lights and just 18,000 people—and it’s now ground zero for a U.S.-China standoff
Small island states command strategic waters, ports and potential seabed minerals, giving them leverage in the contest for Pacific influence
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August 31, 2026
Cash-strapped colleges are draining their endowments to survive
Nearly 200 private colleges borrowed from restricted endowments last year as the enrollment crisis emptied their classrooms and coffers
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August 31, 2026
Current price of silver as of Monday, August 31, 2026
If you’re worried about increased inflation, adding precious metals like silver to your portfolio can be a smart choice.
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August 31, 2026
Current price of oil as of August 31, 2026
When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.
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August 31, 2026
Current price of Bitcoin for August 31, 2026
Bitcoin runs on a P2P network instead of being controlled by the government, a bank, etc. It lets you send value directly to someone else wi...
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August 31, 2026
Current price of Ethereum for August 31, 2026
Ethereum isn’t just digital money; it's a decentralized computing platform, meaning users can build and run apps on it without oversight of...
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August 31, 2026
Workers are flooding this ex-McKinsey consultant with bad-boss horror stories. He says they reveal a growing trust problem for HR
Bad boss stories are going viral while HR stays out of the loop. One creator says the fix starts long before a complaint lands.
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August 31, 2026
The Fed is watching AI token prices. Here’s why CFOs should, too
Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh flagged token prices as a window into AI's economics.
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August 31, 2026
Target’s missteps have alienated consumers and shaken investors. Executive Chair Brian Cornell should step down
Target’s annual meeting results should send a clear message to the Board that investors are hungry for fresh leadership to help the company...
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August 31, 2026
How long should a CEO get to turn around a struggling company?
Nike’s Elliott Hill offers a test.
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August 31, 2026
ADP CEO: the real conversation on jobs and AI is how do we prepare for what comes next?
The organizations that have a clear understanding of what the data tells us – that the workforce is shifting, not shrinking – will be the on...
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August 31, 2026
Business has lost the trust of a generation. I hear about it at my dinner table
A colleague told me, half-terrified, that her son's becoming a full-blown socialist. Our kids have been taking notes on the new (broken) soc...
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August 31, 2026
I’m working with Venezuela to kill its inflation. Trump’s secret oil deal with Delcy Rodriguez is illegitimate
If you have to wait 558 years to produce and sell a barrel of oil, that barrel is virtually worthless in today's dollars.
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August 31, 2026
Stablecoins are crypto’s killer app—but no one can agree on who will use them
Airwallex is the latest giant company to plow into stablecoins—even as the business case for them is still emerging.
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August 31, 2026
Trump threatens to blow Kharg Island ‘to smithereens’ as U.S. and Iran trade fresh strikes in the Gulf, driving up the price of oil
Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
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August 31, 2026
Why a 1963 bank case should not decide the Paramount/Warner deal
In United States v. Philadelphia National Bank, the Supreme Court blocked two banks from merging at a time when the market was simple to mea...
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August 31, 2026
Airwallex president Lucy Liu on the company’s plans to be ‘IPO-ready’
The company, which claims to have over $1 billion in annualized run rate revenue, once talked about having a U.S. IPO in 2026.
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August 31, 2026
The relationship between AI and customer service call centers might surprise you
Plus: Anthropic, Apple, Google, Grindr, Linux, SoftBank, Sony, Unimicron, Warner.
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August 31, 2026
GXO CEO: Better robot hands, not Olympic-level humanoids, are what businesses really need
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August 31, 2026
I’m the ‘dean of innovation’ and I know that nobody can agree what ‘innovation’ actually means
Your company doesn’t have an innovation problem, says Michigan Ross professor Jeff DeGraff. It Has a Language Problem.
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August 31, 2026
Temu spent up to $962 million on ads that helped finance an army of fake creators on Meta platforms, research claims
DEK: Among the top 100 influencers collaborating with Temu, about 73 are fake, ORL researcher Vendula Prokůpková says.
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August 31, 2026
‘Singles have become their own private investigators’: Daters are using LinkedIn to screen matches
LinkedIn isn’t a dating app, but a survey of U.S. workers found that about one in four consider using the platform for romance “fair game.”
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August 31, 2026
‘We’re facing a double whammy’: America’s hottest tinned fish snack is shrinking by nearly half thanks to climate change and war in Iran
Sardine landings in Morocco, the world's top supplier, have fallen nearly 46% as warming waters and war-driven fuel costs squeeze the fleet.
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August 31, 2026
31-year-old millionaire has zero sympathy for unemployed Gen Z’s ‘excuses’—he says ‘it is scarily easy’ to build a business and get rich right now
As AI kills entry-level jobs, multimillionaire Timothy Armoo has a blunt message for unemployed Gen Zers: stop making excuses and start buil...
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August 31, 2026
Today’s home equity loan and HELOC rates, August 31, 2026
By staying on top of home equity loan and HELOC interest rates, you’ll recognize when it’s a good time to apply for these comparatively chea...
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August 31, 2026
Mortgage rates today, Aug. 31, 2026: Rates show no signs of easing
See Monday’s report on average mortgage rates on different types of home loans so you can pick the best mortgage for your needs as you house...
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August 31, 2026
Current refi mortgage rates report for Aug. 31, 2026
See Monday’s report on average refi rates on different types of home loans.
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August 31, 2026
Current ARM mortgage rates report for Aug. 31, 2026
See Monday’s report on average mortgage rates adjustable-rate mortgages so you can pick the best home loan for your needs as you house shop.
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August 31, 2026
Why the head of Taiwan’s stock exchange wants you to look past TSMC—and embrace the ‘technology island’
Taiwan overtook India to become the world’s fifth-largest stock market in May, and yet two-fifths of that value comes from TSMC.
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August 31, 2026
Women only accounted for 26% of hires in jobs with AI skills—and they could be missing out on a $100K salary difference
Women are up against a “triple penalty” when it comes to landing high-level lucrative AI roles, new LinkedIn data shows.
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August 31, 2026
Apple’s John Ternus era: Can a low-key engineer win the AI race?
John Ternus, Apple's engineering executive, transitions from product development to leading the company's artificial intelligence strategy....
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August 31, 2026
This Gen Xer spent 28 years in a cubicle and never made more than $70,000. At 59, she made $500,000 in the creator economy
Eileen Munoz worried she was too old to start over. Now she says her age is an advantage as brands look to reach older consumers.
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August 30, 2026
Shein CEO’s wealth slumps $15 billion after whittled-down IPO
Shein is set to go public in Hong Kong on Tuesday at just over a quarter of the $100 billion it was worth in 2022.
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August 30, 2026
Warner Bros. axed ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ three years ago to take a tax write off. But it’s finally in theaters after a public outcry—and a box office hit
The Looney Tunes feature film that was given a new lease on life by Ketchup Entertainment and debuted with an estimated $15.5 million in tic...
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August 30, 2026
Iran’s president admits ‘we have many problems’ and missiles ‘are of no use’ as the U.S. chokes its economy while weakening Tehran’s grip on Hormuz
"People are on the edge now; if I put more pressure on them, they might fall off the edge. We have to be careful that no one falls off."
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August 30, 2026
It’s not just math and reading. Classroom devices deprive kids of skills needed in the AI future and how to be ‘fully human,’ education experts say
"Children don’t need school to become more like the digital world. They are already immersed in that world for much of the time outside scho...
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August 30, 2026
‘I think they’re doing it to cling to power’ — Venezuelans bash their government’s deal handing over vast oil reserves to the U.S.
Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, described the deal as a step toward economic recovery that will modernize the country’s oil i...
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August 30, 2026
The official jobless rate is so low the Fed thinks the economy is at full employment. But a gauge of the ‘functionally unemployed’ keeps climbing
"If this continues, it would suggest the labor market is losing strength despite what we may see in the headline unemployment numbers."
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August 30, 2026
Six months into the Iran war, the global economy has pulled off a ‘Mission Impossible’ scene, and the Trump family is among the winners
The direst predictions haven’t come true even if no corner of the world's economy has been untouched.
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August 30, 2026
American taxpayers have spent $33 billion on sports stadiums. They got fewer seats—and higher prices
"No one has ever built a new stadium and made tickets cheaper. No one’s trying to.”
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August 30, 2026
Gen Zer washed his college basketball team’s dirty clothes and mopped floors to prove his passion—now he’s one of the youngest interns ever at the NBA
Mocked as ‘mop boy,’ Daniel Sung turned a year of college basketball grunt work into a dream NBA internship, LinkedIn fame, and multiple sta...
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August 30, 2026
The heiress of $10 billion Perdue Farms and the $12 billion Sheraton Hotels empire wore hand-me-downs, still rides the subway, and flies economy
“If you're always going on private jets, what inkling do you have about the real world?”
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August 30, 2026
South Korea may be getting too old to take advantage of its AI boom
Korea could keep getting richer from AI while elderly households become reluctant or unable to spend those gains
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August 30, 2026
Women’s professional soccer has a champagne problem: A packed calendar around the World Cup that will test the sustainability of its mega growth
“That schedule was intentionally designed to position the NWSL at the center of one of the biggest years in the history of women's soccer,”...
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August 30, 2026
Why the AI economy is like a bad dating app — drowning in decks, pilot purgatory — and it’s playing out like the dotcom bubble, except worse
Amy Webb is a futurist who called the rise of AI — and a U.S./China tech Cold War — years ago. She wishes she were happier with what she's s...
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August 30, 2026
Why Gen X should stop planning around an inheritance that may never arrive
Gen X has been handed a hard set of facts. Less saved than the generation before it, no pension underneath, and obligations pointing in both...
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August 30, 2026