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Reed Hastings says he learned why companies aren’t families after laying off one-third of Netflix: ‘You would never lay off two of your kids’Dropbox co-CEO has just shared the simple rule he follows for when to turn down a meeting2 Penn State frats were main suppliers in ‘upper level trafficking’ cocaine ring, authorities sayHome Depot rides America’s housing affordability problem to sales increase on home DIY projectsData center gas plants to boost U.S. power emissions by 20%Biden’s favor to Trump on cheaper drug prices includes a largely forgotten law to make Medicare more powerfulOne guinea pig helped her son heal. Now she has to feed 400 every day, running America’s biggest Guinea Pig SanctuaryThe gift of a garden: How Facebook’s Buy Nothing helped a teacher reinvent herself as an urban flower farmer for free‘The negotiations are very intense and delicate’: Carney, Trump hold crunch talks to avoid midnight 50% tariff deadlineMeet OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Teens, which doesn’t talk about sex or suicide and gives you homework help insteadThe Buss family wants an ‘exit gracefully.’ Jeanie Buss says noCurrent price of gold as of August 18, 2026The finance skills that are becoming more and more critical in the AI age210 interns. 115,000 applicants. Here’s what Citadel Securities’ 0.18% actually have in commonThe most important AI habit I have is making one phone call a dayFinancial adulthood has moved to the 30s: ‘the decade when people come to terms with where they are in life’Top CD rates from major banks on August 18, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and moreCurrent price of silver as of Tuesday, August 18, 2026Current price of oil as of August 18, 2026Current price of Bitcoin for August 18, 2026Current price of Ethereum for August 18, 2026Anthropic’s annual revenue run rate reportedly hits $65 billionToday’s top high-yield savings rates: Up to 4.50% on Aug. 18, 2026Top CD rates today, Aug. 18, 2026: Lock in up to up to 4.50%AI gets its own “boiler room” scandalMeta braces for federal child privacy trial in CaliforniaThe CEO of KB Home has a plan to tempt first-time buyers into the market at lastThe global ‘freedom of the seas’ is dying in the Strait of Hormuz—and everyone, everywhere, could pay the tollsMarried 69 years, this philanthropic couple died 8 days apart—after giving away more than $20 million from a hotel-and-property fortuneA 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 deadToday’s home equity loan and HELOC rates, August 18, 2026Current ARM mortgage rates report for Aug. 18, 2026Current refi mortgage rates report for Aug. 18, 2026Mortgage rates today, Aug. 18, 2026AWS’s Asia chief is relocating to Japan as the country scrambles to modernize its legacy IT systemsAlibaba’s $2 billion gaming exit signals where Beijing wants its moneyCalifornia’s billionaires just poured $40 million into blocking a wealth tax that threatens to force them to pay 5% of their net worthOusted L3Harris CEO Chris Kubasik forfeits $45 million—but he’ll still walk away with $80 million in stock and optionsNew Mexico’s attorney general reportedly pushes new social media safety laws a day before 29 AGs testify against Meta in federal trial57 Trump officials are worth $100 million or more—quadruple the combined total of the last three presidentsCheck your fridge: Nearly 19 million eggs are under the FDA’s most serious recall classification‘Only idiot startup founders stay in Cali’: Mark Cuban rips billionaire tax—and opens a rift inside the Democratic PartyBurger King is closing the gap in the burger wars with a simple formula: Better food and a star executive who takes customers’ calls himselfU.S. strategic reserves are getting so low the drawdown threatens to damage the 60 underground salt caverns storing American oilAndreessen Horowitz focus of DOJ probe over board directorsThe ‘Jamie premium’ nears $1 trillion as JP Morgan flirts with historic market valuationThe manosphere isn’t just an ideology–it’s an economyTrump pivoted from bombs to an economic war against Iran. But Tehran is now ‘fully offensive’ and doesn’t think the real fighting has even started yetBillionaire Gen Zer dropped out of high school to launch his startup at 17—now he’s the richest self-made 25-year-old in the U.K and all of EuropeLike Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Siemens’ CEO has no recurring meetings with direct reports to save time—he also replies to emails with just ‘OK’ or ‘No’China, the EU, and Singapore are pushing back against the White House’s new ‘Great Transshipment Scam’ reportUnitree vs. Shein: How August’s big China IPOs show how AI hype is leaving e-commerce giants behindWalmart, Target and Home Depot set to give Wall Street a peek at the American consumer, one week after stocks’ all-time highCanadian auto billionaire’s fortune doubles even with US tariffsCurrent price of gold as of August 17, 2026Cava CFO on growth, AI and why price hikes aren’t on the agendaThe great modern train robbery: Thieves steal $200 million a yearTrump’s Venezuela fixer is promoting ‘America First’ oil dealsThe inspiring survival of Jimothy, the hunchbacked raccoon who conquered SeattleThe real reason why company cultures are doomed to failWalmart and McDonald’s aren’t the SNAP kings anymore — Uber, Lyft and DoorDash lead in workers on food stamps Hayden Panettiere, child actor turned adult star of ‘Heroes’ and ‘Nashville,’ dies at 36Meta heads to child safety trial facing financial damages as large as $1.4 trillionJapan’s economy notches 1.1% growth rate as spending dips 1.2% and PM sinks in pollingYou spend 20 years climbing the corporate ladder. Then a retiree takes the top jobLula opens a U.S. tariff fight with big tech in the crosshairsMiami’s wreck of a gorgeous floating stadium where Elvis and Jimmy Buffett has a chance to come back from the deadLake Powell, America’s second-largest reservoir, is 30 feet from a hydropower shutdownThe pandemic loan was for a tire shop. Prosecutors say it helped elect a mayorIs it better to pay off your mortgage early or invest?Florida gerrymandering puts Debbie Wasserman Schultz in awkward position of running to represent 42% Black districtTether has the gold. Now, CEO Paolo Ardoino is making a bold push into AIWispr talks its way to a $2 billion valuation. The company says dictation’s only the beginningTrump shrinks South Korea war games, citing ‘very good relationship’ with Kim Jong UnTop CD rates from major banks on August 17, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and moreCurrent price of Ethereum for August 17, 2026Current price of Bitcoin for August 17, 2026The top high-yield savings rates: Up to 4.50% on Aug. 17, 2026Top CD rates on Aug. 17, 2026: Lock in up to up to 4.50%Current price of silver as of Monday, August 17, 2026Current price of oil as of August 17, 2026Inside Japan’s climate-adaptation playbookThe U.S. government wants allies to pick a side in the AI raceToday’s home equity loan and HELOC rates, August 17, 2026Billionaire founder agrees with Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Jeff Bezos: We will live and work in space—and could be commuting to the moon by 2030Current ARM mortgage rates report for Aug. 17, 2026Current refi mortgage rates report for Aug. 17, 2026Mortgage rates, Aug. 17, 2026
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