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Top economists urge Burnham to sign UK up to UN initiative on global inequality
Open letter signed by 40 academics including Nobel winner Joseph Stiglitz and Kate Pickett, co-author of The Spirit Level Forty prominent progressive academics are urging Andy Bur…
Ousted L3Harris CEO Chris Kubasik forfeits $45 million—but he’ll still walk away with $80 million in stock and options
The ex-CEO was previously forced to resign from Lockheed Martin after a 2012 ethics investigation confirmed he had a personal relationship with a subordinate.
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.
57 Trump officials are worth $100 million or more—quadruple the combined total of the last three presidents
The tally comes as only 32% of Americans approve of Trump's handling of the economy, down from 40%
Check your fridge: Nearly 19 million eggs are under the FDA’s most serious recall classification
Nearly 19 million eggs linked to a 98-person salmonella outbreak now carry the FDA's highest-risk classification. Some may still be in fridges.
‘Only idiot startup founders stay in Cali’: Mark Cuban rips billionaire tax—and opens a rift inside the Democratic Party
The business mogul fired shots at the Democratic economic patriot over concerns of taxing young startup companies out of California.
Burger King is closing the gap in the burger wars with a simple formula: Better food and a star executive who takes customers’ calls himself
Burger King surpassed Wendy’s as America’s second-largest burger retailer last quarter after a bump in U.S. same-store sales.
U.S. strategic reserves are getting so low it threatens damaging the 60 underground salt caverns storing American oil
“We should be highly concerned about the integrity of the caverns anytime crude inventories drop below 300 million barrels,” one petroleum engineering professor warned.
Andreessen Horowitz focus of DOJ probe over board directors
Andreessen Horowitz has closely aligned itself with the second Trump administration.
Ministers drop plan to relax affordable housing rules after negative response
Government concedes ‘significant opposition’ requires new approach on quotas for medium-sized development sitesMinisters have dropped plans to relax affordable housing rules for d…
The ‘Jamie premium’ nears $1 trillion as JP Morgan flirts with historic market valuation
CEO Jamie Dimon has spent two decades building JP Morgan into the lion of Wall Street. Its market cap was $138 billion when he took over
Trump pivoted from bombs to an economic war against Iran. But Tehran is now ‘fully offensive’ and doesn’t think the real fighting hasn’t started yet
Unless the U.S. implements the June ceasefire deal in a few weeks, Iran will launch a "timely and precise" attack to break the blockade, an Iranian official told Reuters.
Councils won’t be able to block betting shops | Letters
Roger Cornwell says under government plans, councils will lose some planning powers, and Alan Knight says reducing high-street betting fuels illegal online gambling. Plus a letter…
Billionaire Gen Zer dropped out of high school to launch his start-up at 17—now he’s the richest self-made 25-year-old in the U.K and all of Europe
James Dacombe, the 25-year-old behind AI chip-making firm Olix and brain monitoring startup CoMind, says being young and “naive” was a career advantage.
Leading economies’ borrowing costs hit highest since 2008 crisis
Concern over impact of Iran war pushes up government bond yields in US, UK, France, Germany and JapanGovernment borrowing costs in several advanced economies hit their highest lev…
Siemens CEO keeps his inbox below 100 with 2-letter replies—and has no recurring meetings with direct reports: ‘I don’t need to entertain people’
CEO of $256 billion Siemens, Roland Busch, replies to emails with just ‘OK’ or ‘No.’ Anything longer, and the boomer will voice note his team on the move.
China, the EU, and Singapore are pushing back against the White House’s new ‘Great Transshipment Scam’ report
The White House claimed last week that the rerouting of Chinese goods cost the U.S. as much as $303 billion.
Unitree vs. Shein: How August’s big China IPOs show how AI hype is leaving e-commerce giants behind
Unitree may be smaller and younger compared to Shein. But in the eyes of investors, the robot maker is the more exciting bet.
Walmart, Target and Home Depot set to give Wall Street a peek at the American consumer, one week after stocks’ all-time high
Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowe's report earnings this week after the steepest drop in U.S. retail spending in more than a year.
Canadian auto billionaire’s fortune doubles even with US tariffs
Shares of Linda Hasenfratz's Linamar climbed 27% in 2026 after Trump's tariffs spared auto parts, which make up more than 60% of its earnings.
‘Humiliated’: Sainsbury’s store pauses AI scanning after false shoplifting accusation
Supermarket chain says ‘human error’, not its Facewatch technology, to blame for ejecting a customerSainsbury’s has paused the use of AI face scanning in one of its stores after a…
Cava CFO on growth, AI and why price hikes aren’t on the agenda
Tricia Tolivar explains how Cava is scaling to new markets.
The great modern train robbery: Thieves steal $200 million a year
More than 75,000 thefts on US freight networks last year pushed freight railroad companies to pour millions into fencing and AI cameras
Trump’s Venezuela fixer is promoting ‘America First’ oil deals
Seven months after Maduro's capture, Alejandro Betancourt, dogged by probes, is now brokering access for wildcatters as major US oil companies balk