AT&T is again raising the cost of staying online, even as its core business delivers hundreds of millions of dollars in fresh revenue and steady profit growth. The company’s latest round of price increases has landed badly with customers, who are venting across social media and warning they are ready to walk. I see a…

Swiss voters have decisively rejected a sweeping attempt to impose a 50% inheritance tax on the country’s wealthiest residents, shutting down one of Europe’s most ambitious experiments in taxing extreme fortunes. The result keeps the country’s long standing low tax model intact and sends a pointed message about how far even a rich democracy is…

The Treasury Department is moving to sharply narrow which noncitizens can claim key federal tax benefits, reshaping how immigrant workers and families interact with the tax code. The changes target refundable credits and retirement incentives that have quietly functioned as a backstop for low wage households, and they are poised to cut off support for…

California is preparing for a 2026 ballot fight that could redefine how the state treats extreme wealth, pitting a one-time 5% levy on billionaires against fears of capital flight and economic fallout. The proposal, framed as a way to stabilize public services without touching middle-class taxpayers, has already drawn sharp lines between unions, ultra-high-net-worth residents,…

Algoma Steel’s decision to eliminate roughly 1,000 jobs is more than a corporate restructuring, it is a stark example of how trade policy can ripple through a local economy and upend working lives. The company is tying the cuts directly to U.S. tariffs, arguing that the new costs have shattered its ability to compete in…

Goldman Sachs is paying $2 billion for a specialist in so-called “boomer candy,” a corner of the exchange traded fund market built around manufactured yield and partial downside protection. The deal is more than a splashy headline about retirees and sweeteners, it is a bet that buffered and defined-outcome strategies are moving from niche curiosity…

President Donald Trump’s latest tax overhaul is poised to shrink the pool of money flowing from the wealthiest Americans to charities by billions of dollars, just as nonprofits are still adjusting to earlier changes in the code. The plan leans on a new incentive for smaller donors, but the math is stark: a multibillion dollar…

US banking giants are deepening their footprint in Britain just as the government signals a friendlier stance on finance, turning a post‑Budget sigh of relief into bricks, desks and new jobs. Their expansion plans in London and Birmingham are more than routine office moves, they amount to a public vote of confidence in the United…

Netflix has not publicly announced any plan to acquire Warner Bros., and there is no verified reporting that a mostly cash bid is on the table. Instead, the idea of Netflix circling Warner Bros. lives in the realm of hypothetical dealmaking, a way to test how far consolidation in streaming and Hollywood might go. I…

The only McDonald’s in downtown Oakland has shut its doors, and the fallout is landing hardest on the workers and customers who depended on it. What might look like a single franchise decision is instead turning into a flashpoint over worker treatment, public health failures, and the fragile state of the city’s core business district….