Bitcoin’s Identity Crisis: Can It Truly Become a Digital Store of Value?
As we move deeper into 2025, many people are wondering: “Why does it feel like everything’s getting more expensive — even though wages are supposed to be recovering?” The truth is, while the economy is showing pockets of strength, rising costs and shifting monetary...
How Students Can Earn a Degree With Minimal or No Debt
As tuition continues climbing faster than inflation, many students are rethinking the traditional path to a four-year degree. Rising costs are forcing families to look for creative, strategic ways to limit borrowing — and fortunately, there are more options than ever...
What to Do With Your Retirement Plan After Losing a Job
Job loss brings uncertainty, but one financial decision often gets pushed aside: what to do with the retirement money left behind in your former employer’s plan. That account may be one of your largest assets, and handling it wisely can protect your long-term...
Why More Borrowers Could Soon See Smaller Student Loan Payments
With living costs rising faster than many households can adjust, policymakers are searching for ways to lighten financial strain — and student borrowers may soon see relief. A series of updates to repayment rules could broaden who qualifies for lower monthly payments,...
Understanding the Proposed Child Savings Incentive: What Parents Should Know
As we move deeper into 2025, many people are wondering: “Why does it feel like everything’s getting more expensive — even though wages are supposed to be recovering?” The truth is, while the economy is showing pockets of strength, rising costs and shifting monetary...
Why Americans Are Feeling the Pinch — And What You Can Do About It
2025 isn’t a return to “pre-pandemic normal.” Instead, we’re in a transition: a time where rising costs, economic uncertainty, and shifting global conditions demand both vigilance and adaptability.
- Macau wants to be a ‘business city,’ not just a gaming hub—and it’s spending $16 billion to help it get thereby Nicholas Gordon on September 9, 2026 at 2:49 am
IPIM board president Alex Che Weng Keong says the casino hub can use its regulatory autonomy and Portuguese heritage to become a "tech city."
- ‘Failure is a data point’: Executives say flexibility, not certainty, is what’s needed in a turbulent worldby Danny Vincent on September 9, 2026 at 2:36 am
Leaders should focus less on forecasting and more on building organizations that can change course quickly.
- Peru’s monetary system would not work in Venezuelaby Steve H. Hanke, Emilio Ocampo on September 8, 2026 at 9:27 pm
As Venezuela's National Assembly debates how to kill the world's highest inflation rate, two economists argue that copying Peru would be a mistake.
- The pumpkin spice era is changing—if not over, as McDonald’s replaces the flavor for the first time in a decadeby Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez on September 8, 2026 at 8:57 pm
Pumpkin spice is losing its monopoly on fall as McDonald’s pivots to caramel apple. This is not another Gen Z versus millennial war.
- How Canada decided to hurt its own economy, raise its inflation—and most Canadians approved because they’re so angry at Trumpby Sasha Rogelberg on September 8, 2026 at 8:36 pm
Oxford economists predict Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s retaliatory tariffs will slow economic growth and raise consumer prices.
- OpenAI says it cracked one of math’s grand challenges. But there are troubling questions about how they did it—and what it means for us allby Jeremy Kahn on September 8, 2026 at 7:52 pm
OpenAI denies it stole a mathematician's data. But his fear echoes concerns many CEOs have about AI companies.
- Hunter Biden launches $LAPTOP memecoin, trolls Trump by promising that 20% will be reserved for traders who lost money on president’s tokenby Camila Grigera Naón on September 8, 2026 at 5:13 pm
The announcement drew swift criticism on Crypto Twitter, where users expressed fatigue with memecoin-linked “rug pulls.”
- Pony.ai’s CEO thinks robotaxis will be widespread within five years: ‘The technology problem is pretty much already solved’by Anjali Tsui on September 8, 2026 at 4:16 pm
While Waymo dominates the robotaxi conversation in the U.S., Chinese robotaxi firms like Pony.ai are gaining ground almost everywhere else.
- When things go bad, you want to be in China, says Gavekal’s Louis-Vincent Gaveby Angelica Ang on September 8, 2026 at 2:28 pm
“When things go well, you want to be [invested] in the U.S. But the 10% of times where it goes badly, you want to be in China.”
- Samsung is the foldable phone king, with sales growing 30% and reviews praising its newest devices. Can it keep the crown as Apple enters the picture?by Alexei Oreskovic on September 8, 2026 at 1:00 pm
In an exclusive interview with Fortune, Samsung America EVP Dave Das says demand for foldable phones, and the upgrade cycle, are similar to the early days of smartphones.





