Money, Wealth & Power—A Daily Look at the Financial World
Donald Trump’s tariff salvos at close allies are reshaping the global trade map, and nowhere is that clearer than in the sudden warmth between Ottawa and Beijing. Faced with new barriers on everything from cars to canola, Canada is moving to lock in a strategic partnership with China that would have been politically unthinkable a…
Social Security is rolling out a package of upgrades that will touch nearly every part of how Americans interact with the system, from the size of monthly checks to the way people log in, call, and get paid. The changes combine a fresh cost-of-living boost with a rapid shift toward digital tools that the agency…
President Donald Trump is recasting himself as a consumer crusader, targeting the fees, interest charges and investment strategies that have long powered Wall Street’s earnings. His affordability push now stretches from credit cards to single-family homes, promising relief for households squeezed by high prices while unsettling banks, private equity firms and institutional landlords. The political…
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati built Thinking Machines into a $12 billion symbol of the AI boom, but a sudden wave of departures has turned her showcase lab into a case study in how fragile that success can be. Co-founders, senior scientists, and rising stars are streaming out to rivals just as the company chases…
Donald Trump’s tariff salvos at close allies are reshaping the global trade map, and nowhere is that clearer than in the sudden warmth between Ottawa and Beijing. Faced with new barriers on everything from cars to canola, Canada is moving to lock in a strategic partnership with China that would have been politically unthinkable a…
Social Security is rolling out a package of upgrades that will touch nearly every part of how Americans interact with the system, from the size of monthly checks to the way people log in, call, and get paid. The changes combine a fresh cost-of-living boost with a rapid shift toward digital tools that the agency…
President Donald Trump is recasting himself as a consumer crusader, targeting the fees, interest charges and investment strategies that have long powered Wall Street’s earnings. His affordability push now stretches from credit cards to single-family homes, promising relief for households squeezed by high prices while unsettling banks, private equity firms and institutional landlords. The political…
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati built Thinking Machines into a $12 billion symbol of the AI boom, but a sudden wave of departures has turned her showcase lab into a case study in how fragile that success can be. Co-founders, senior scientists, and rising stars are streaming out to rivals just as the company chases…
Stock splits are back in fashion, and one name keeps surfacing whenever investors talk about the next big move: Meta Platforms. Since its market debut, the social media and advertising powerhouse has delivered roughly a 1,550% gain, turning early believers into long-term winners and putting it squarely in the conversation as a potential 2026 stock-split…
Bitcoin has quietly stitched together three consecutive weekly gains, its first such streak since July, even as the latest rally stalled just short of the six-figure milestone. The move caps a volatile stretch in which the largest cryptocurrency tested fresh highs, drew in billions of dollars through new investment vehicles, and reignited debates about how…
Amazon is closing in on a milestone that would have sounded outlandish a decade ago: becoming the first company in the United States to generate one trillion dollars in annual sales. The path to that figure runs through a decade of relentless expansion in retail, logistics and cloud computing, and a recent acceleration in both…
Crypto traders spent the week watching a legislative calendar instead of a price chart, and they did not like what they saw. A key United States market structure bill that was supposed to clarify how digital assets are regulated instead became a fresh source of uncertainty, and the result was a sharp slide in prices…
Dividend ETFs with unusually high yields have become a core tool for investors who want their portfolios to spin off serious passive income without handpicking dozens of individual stocks. Reporting that highlights how “insane dividend growth is possible” for owners of select stocks shows the same dynamic can apply when those stocks are bundled into…
US stocks slipped into the weekend with a modest pullback that still marked a rare losing streak for a market that has spent months hovering near records. Major indexes finished slightly lower as investors weighed higher bond yields, political noise around the Federal Reserve, and the first wave of corporate earnings against still-solid gains for…
