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The secret history of Ray Dalio and the creation of Chicken McNuggets—how a 1980s hedge strategy unlocked a whole new menu
The Bridgewater founder began as a commodities expert and doesn’t claim credit: “the cost of a chicken has nothing to do with the price of the chick.”
Over 400% of GDP: top analyst finds corporate equity double the level from the dotcom bubble — and triple 1987’s Black Monday
How high can markets get?
Facing a decadeslong shortage, the FAA has now hired more than 2,000 air traffic controllers after its campaign recruiting Gen Z video gamers
With the U.S. still 3,500 controllers short of its staffing target, the federal government is turning to Fortnite fans and Roblox players to fill the gap.
Train derails near Essex town of Wickford
Greater Anglia crash happens day after two passengers seriously injured in East Sussex derailmentA train has derailed in Essex, less than 24 hours after two people were seriously …
The gilded cage: Why Gen Z’s favorite escape is the era that looks most like now
Tradwives, old money, homesteading, even bird watching. Why does Gen Z want to turn the clock back 100 years?
Flock Safety says it will totally be better about (not) giving your license plate to law enforcement
Flock CEO Garrett Langley says customers own the data the Flock surveillance cameras record, and they can also decide which offenses can be searched.
41-year-old Josh Kushner’s World Cup privatization scheme fell apart. Then he became the Lakers co-owner days later
Kushner's surname is among the most politically weighted in the world, but Kushner and wife Karlie Kloss both say they don't have conservative beliefs.
One ticket, one gas station, $1 billion: Powerball’s drought ends in Illinois
A single ticket sold at a Hy-Vee gas station in Quincy, Illinois won the $1.04 billion jackpot, ending Powerball's three-month drought.
‘It’s not lights out for the economy’: U.S. retail sales drop 0.6% in July
There was a notable bump in spending in both April and May as Americans dipped into their tax refunds. That affect may have faded last month.
Arizona State launches ‘content creation’ major for influencers — within its journalism school
It's not the first degree of its kind.
‘It will inherit your thoughts’: Musk tells SpaceX employees they’ll be Grok’s ‘parents’ as AI trains on company data
In an all-hands, the SpaceX CEO revealed he wants his employees to be the foundation for his AI agent’s knowledge. “It will be trained on you.”
Costliest U.S. bond sale since 2001 is investor warning to Bessent
Interest on the public debt continues to be a key driver of the budget deficit. For the fiscal year to date, the tally is $1.17 trillion — a 15% increase.
Andy Burnham moves to cut new EV sales targets
Possible cut from 80% down to as little as 50% could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions and comes amid UK heatwavesAndy Burnham’s government has said it will look at cutti…
Hunt for AI-proof trades turns convenience shops into hot stocks
Casey's is up more than 54% this year as investors pile into businesses built around everyday demand for fuel, food and staples.
‘Call Her Daddy’ host Alex Cooper’s Unwell beverage business is shutting down
On Wednesday, Unwell raised money from Hollywood super agent Patrick Whitesell that valued the entire business at $500 million. It will go somewhere else.
Phone data: Mother on trial for killing her kids searched about psychosis, hallucinations, suicide weeks before stranglings
The defense says she was in the grip of bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis, a rare condition that can alter a woman’s sense of reality.
Social Security is celebrating its 91st birthday. It won’t live to 100, watchdog warns
"Social Security won’t make it past age 97 as things currently stand," said the CRFB's Maya Macguineas. "At least not in its current form."
As online dating goes into ‘salvage mode’, can AI solve all its problems?
Dating apps such as Bumble forced to adapt as ‘swipe fatigue’ growsBumble was supposed to be different. When it launched in 2014, it offered women a simple proposition: if you mat…
Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ economy pitch fizzles with midterm voters
Just 39% approve of Trump's job performance and only 30% back his handling of inflation as Republicans grow anxious about affordability messaging
Selena Gomez accused of fraud by mental-health startup investors
Five investors accuse Gomez and Wondermind co-founders of concealing the startup's financial distress for three years before its 2025 collapse
Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ with Jared Kushner, Tony Blair heads to Middle East to salvage Gaza peace deal
Kushner and Blair arrive in Israel Sunday, then Cairo, after Netanyahu rejected Hamas disarmament terms Trump brokered
ServiceNow CFO: Trillions are being spent on AI initiatives. Are companies asking these 3 key questions?
Businesses are under pressure to move fast and stay agile as they decide where to focus investments. Urgent decisions have to be made under uncertainty.
No, AI is not your employee
A strange language has crept into how we talk about artificial intelligence at work.
US firms that kept DEI policies despite ‘go woke, go broke’ threats thrived
Exclusive: Companies that kept policies did just as well financially, even after Trump’s executive order, as those that didn’tConservative backlash was supposed to put an end to t…