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The Buss family wants an ‘exit gracefully.’ Jeanie Buss says no
A planned sale of the family’s 17.8% stake to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner would take Jeanie Buss below the NBA’s 15% governor threshold.
The finance skills that are becoming more and more critical in the AI age
Finance leads Heidrick & Struggles’ list of the 15 most in-demand skills amid the rapid rise of AI.
210 interns. 115,000 applicants. Here’s what Citadel Securities’ 0.18% actually have in common
One of Wall Street's most selective employers says technical skill is no longer what separates the interns who get hired from the ones who don't.
The most important AI habit I have is making one phone call a day
As AI gets better at recording, summarizing, and analyzing every conversation, I've started protecting the one skill I never want to outsource: listening.
Financial adulthood has moved to the 30s: ‘the decade when people come to terms with where they are in life’
Older millennials bear the scars of 2008. Younger ones face an equally unforgiving—but differently broken—economy.
‘The ultimate gamers’ mascot’: Sonic the Hedgehog at 35 – from 2D to 3D to a billion-dollar film franchise
Sonic’s creators explain how the speedy scamp has kept on running through generations as an enduring avatar of ‘attitude in the face of adversity’One day in the early 1990s, I cam…
Current price of oil as of August 18, 2026
When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.
Anthropic’s annual revenue run rate reportedly hits $65 billion
Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
‘Picky bits’ on the menu as British shoppers snap up picnic food in heatwave
Consumers also turn to supermarket deals to save money, helping slow grocery price inflationBusiness live – latest updatesShopping baskets took on a decidedly summery complexion d…
AI gets its own “boiler room” scandal
The SEC accuses a Long Island firm of running a $74 million boiler room that sold retirees marked-up shares in Anduril, Anthropic, Perplexity, and SpaceX.
Meta braces for federal child privacy trial in California
In today's edition: Meta goes to court; Big Tech's AI debt woes; OpenAI heads to Ohio, robot delivery, Reddit, YouTube views, Alibaba, and Groq.
Dickovers, baggravation and botiquette: 18 new words to describe our tech hellscape
There are many tech irritants that are a scourge of modern life, yet we have lacked the vocabulary to describe them ... until nowThe “dickover” is the scourge of the modern age. C…
Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley tightens hold on Hugo Boss
Frasers Group increases stake in German fashion house to 48%, after buying Harvey Nichols chain last weekBusiness live – latest updatesThe retail billionaire Mike Ashley has given…
The CEO of KB Home has a plan to tempt first-time buyers into the market at last
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The global ‘freedom of the seas’ is dying in the Strait of Hormuz—and everyone, everywhere, could pay the tolls
Iran forcing a fee structure in the Strait of Hormuz may trigger a global domino effect.
Wetherspoons pubs ban playing music or taking calls on phone speakers
Chain tells customers to ‘pipe down’ and use earphones instead, calling its venues ‘an oasis of tranquillity’The pub chain Wetherspoons has banned customers from playing music or …
Oil prices jump after US-Iran ceasefire expires and Trump threatens Oman
Brent crude rises above $90 a barrel for the first time since 30 July after US president tells Tehran to surrenderBusiness live – latest updatesOil prices have risen again after t…
Married 69 years, this philanthropic couple died 8 days apart—after giving away more than $20 million from a hotel-and-property fortune
Roy and Nola Thompson quietly gave away tens of millions to their Australian community, guided by a simple rule: "You can't take it with you."
A dropout living in a trailer, he got $1 million from Peter Thiel at 19—now he’s a billionaire who says the American Dream isn’t dead
Billionaire Palmer Luckey sold Oculus to Facebook for $2 billion by 21 years old—and says that kind of break "isn't happening in China."
AWS’s Asia chief is relocating to Japan as the country scrambles to modernize its legacy IT systems
Last year, Japan began a push to reboot its innovation engine with a plan to channel $2.3 trillion in investments to 17 strategic sectors by 2040.
Alibaba’s $2 billion gaming exit signals where Beijing wants its money
The e-commerce giant sells its gaming studio and pours $53 billion into AI as the US-China tech rivalry heats up
California’s billionaires just poured $40 million into blocking a wealth tax that threatens to force them to pay 5% of their net worth
Billionaires have amassed a nine-figure war chest to defeat Proposition 40 as polls show California voters are nearly split on the one-time tax.
Student bank accounts: don’t be swayed by the freebies, freshers told
Sign-up perks may capture the attention but should the focus be on the interest-free overdraft?The best student deals and discountsAn insider’s tips on student moneyIn the scrambl…
Burnham is choosing jobs over climate security. That’s a big risk | Gaby Hinsliff
The PM’s net zero pragmatism may please some voters, but as parts of the country go up in flames, it’s an increasingly hard sellWhen the siren sounded on Friday night, my first th…