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Rinat Akhmetov, Ukrainian businessman and founder of SCM, at a lectern with a steel works behind him

Who Is Rinat Akhmetov? A Look at His Business Career and Public Impact

Rinat Akhmetov is a Ukrainian businessman, founder and shareholder of SCM, an international investment company…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 12

Clear plastic deli tubs of pico de gallo and guacamole stacked in a lit supermarket refrigerated case, with whole fresh jalapeno peppers and cilantro on the shelf edge

Taylor Farms Recalled 20 Products in 26 States, Three Weeks After the Last Jalapeño Illness

Taylor Fresh Foods pulled 20 products from seven national chains over salmonella-linked jalapeños, and…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 10

An empty school hallway lined with closed lockers, a stack of unclaimed staff ID lanyards on the front-desk counter and a paper sign on the glass reading HIRING PAUSED

The Unemployment Rate Fell to 4.1% Because People Stopped Looking

The economy shed 23,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate went down anyway,…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 7

A belt conveyor carrying cardboard boxes runs alongside a steel chain conveyor carrying machined metal parts

Belt Conveyors Vs Chain Conveyors: Understanding Key Differences

Belt and chain conveyors move material in very different ways. A look at load…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 6

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New York Clawed Back $104 Million in Delivery Tips by Regulating the Checkout Screen

New York City delivery workers have collected an estimated $104 million in extra tips…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 1

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A $500 Tax Dispute Just Cost Minocqua Brewing Its Permits, and That Is the Real Story

Wisconsin’s Department of Revenue has moved to revoke the brewer’s permits at both Minocqua…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 30

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A $5 Million Startup Takes Aim at China’s Rare Earth Monopoly

A Bengaluru-based deep-tech company has secured its fifth Indian patent for a rare-earth-free electric…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 29

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Cracker Barrel Replaces Julie Masino With David Deno a Year After the Logo Revolt

Cracker Barrel announced Monday that chief executive Julie Felss Masino is stepping down effective…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 28

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How Workplace Culture Shapes Employee Experience and Business Success

Every successful company relies on a solid foundation built upon shared values and daily…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 27

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Amazon Prime’s $2.5 Billion FTC Settlement Deadline Is Today: How to Claim Your Refund Before It Expires

If you have ever been an Amazon Prime member, today is the last day…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 27

LeBron James standing at center court in a blue Philadelphia 76ers jersey holding a basketball, with a packed arena crowd blurred behind him

LeBron James Took the Minimum to Join the 76ers. That Tells You Who the New CBA Actually Serves

LeBron James signed with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8 million veteran minimum…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 24

Paramount’s $110 Billion Warner Deal Now Runs Through an FCC With a Conflict Problem

Paramount Skydance’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery cleared Europe’s antitrust regulators and now needs…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 23

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New 50% Tariffs on Canadian Hockey Sticks, Cheese, and Cars, and the USMCA May Be Dead

Artificial Intelligence

DeepSeek’s $74 Billion IPO Is China’s Bet That Cheap AI Beats Frontier AI

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Artificial Intelligence

Inside OpenAI’s Terrible Week: A Safety Chief Gone, Apple in Court, and Washington Offered 5%

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Twelve States Sue to Block the $110 Billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

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Stripe and Advent International Make a $53 Billion Play for PayPal

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Artificial Intelligence

Apple Sues OpenAI for Stealing Trade Secrets, Alleging a Systematic Campaign at Every Level

President Donald Trump stands in an Oval Office setting beside a desk piled with gold coins, a wall screen behind him showing a crypto price chart spiking green then crashing red

Crypto Windfall Tops $2 Billion for Trump While His Own Regulators Write the Rules

A dark empty game development studio office with powered-off monitors, an abandoned Xbox controller on a desk, and moving boxes stacked along the wall

Xbox Is About to Gut Five Studios and Cancel Marvel’s Blade in Its Biggest Layoff Ever

AI Boom Reshapes the Electronics Market, Benefiting Lenovo

A control room screen shows a Meta-branded prediction-market dashboard with live odds for a basketball game, a U.S. election map, the S&P 500, and a Federal Reserve rate decision

Mark Zuckerberg Pushes Meta Into Prediction Markets With New App ‘Arena’

Elon Musk standing in a command center with a steeply falling red stock chart and a SpaceX rocket on screens behind him

Elon Musk Loses Trillionaire Status as SpaceX Stock Sinks 30%

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Amazon Prime Day 2026 Kicks Off Today With Four Days of Deals and a Few Things Worth Knowing First

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Artificial Intelligence

Alphabet Loses $250 Billion in Market Value as Google’s Top AI Researchers Defect to Rivals

Substack Just Launched Brand Sponsorships, and the Creator Economy Noticed

You Can Now Own a Piece of Elon Musk’s Rockets. Here Is What That Actually Buys You

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SpaceX’s Tiny Free Float Has Wall Street Bracing for a Wild IPO Ride

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A 20-Year-Old YouTuber Just Broke A24’s Box Office Record With ‘Backrooms,’ and Hollywood Should Be Nervous

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Spectrum Is Bleeding TV and Internet Customers: Inside Cord Cutting 2.0