Record beef prices are minting fortunes for ranchers—but straining the American farmers who fatten their cattle
Last week, Tyson Foods CEO Donnie King offered investors a sobering report on beef prices: “Beef hasn’t performed the way...
Arianna Huffington says even high-flying CEOs are unhappy and feel stuck in their multimillion-dollar jobs: ‘It’s a trap’
It’s every worker’s dream: You work hard and climb the ladder until eventually you’re rewarded with an executive title and...
Italy’s $4.7 billion cheese economy is feeling the heat as climate change threatens its cheese banks that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral
In the hills of Emilia-Romagna, a bank vault holds more than half a million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, worth well...
Americans are as unhappy as ever. Could ‘a happiness-segregated society by marriage’ be why?
For nearly 50 years, one number barely moved. Every year or two, the General Social Survey asks Americans how happy...
Trump’s $200 billion tariff hit swells budget deficit to $2.1 trillion for 2026, CBO confirms
The federal government’s tariff windfall is evaporating faster than expected, and the Congressional Budget Office says it’s blowing a $200...
‘A prisoner can oppose incarceration while remaining confined’: The paradox of Gen Z, capitalism, and consumption
A reader wrote in this week to challenge a recent column of mine about Gen Z and their spending habits....
Meta brandishes open-source AI models again, as Zuckerberg media blitz emphasizes battle against Chinese rivals
Meta launched its newest family of AI models—Muse Glimmer, a group of open-source models designed to run on a laptop—on...
Zuckerberg’s vision for an AI assistant is far more intimate than ChatGPT: It watches him sleep, train and bake with his 8-year-old daughter
As every frontier lab is rolling out AI agents meant to automate work tasks, Meta joined the fray with a...
With latest Wall Street downgrade, Apple now has the most ‘Sell ratings since shortly after Steve Jobs’ death
Apple is facing cascading challenges. Its growth is slowing, surging memory prices threaten to erode its margins, and more financial...
Jamie Dimon says Gen Z is wrong to give up on the American Dream—but admits it’s dying for the bottom 20% of households
Between house prices, the cost of living, and the threat AI poses to the labor market, Gen Z could be...
Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt was a Carnival Cruise ship officer before building his bookstore empire
James Daunt’s favorite book is Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, though the Barnes & Noble CEO has never finished it. He...
Strategy dumps yet more Bitcoin, latest $109 million sell-off comes amid a seven-week buying hiatus
Strategy just sold Bitcoin—again. The world’s foremost digital asset hoarder announced on Monday that it unloaded 1,690 Bitcoin, or nearly...
The stock market may be doing so well that it’s causing more Baby Boomers and Gen Xers to drop out of the labor force
The stock market has been hot but the job market has been cool, potentially leading some older workers to simply...
Global wildfire surge hits U.S., propelled by rising temperatures
The US is enduring one of its worst wildfire seasons in years, with blazes scorching millions of acres. It’s part...
Taylor Fresh Foods recalls jalapeños after supplier discloses potential salmonella contamination
Taylor Fresh Foods, parent company of Taylor Farms, is voluntarily recalling some products that include jalapenos because of worries about...
