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Exploring The Multiplicity Economy
The creator economy is worth an estimated $250 billion. More than half the people working inside it earn under $15,000 a year. Those two facts belong in the same sentence. The platform layer gets most of the coverage and most of the money: YouTube…
What Is A K-Shaped Economy And How It Can Affect Your Financial Future
Man with laptop checks bills and calculates expenses while sitting at table. In a K-shaped economy, people in the lower economic portion who depend on wages, not on investments, are more vulnerable to conditions. No matter where you stand in the…
The Economics of Agentic AI: Engineering for Imperfection
You played entirely by the book. You procured the most capable enterprise models, mandated adoption across your teams, and put the right metrics in place. The promise was a predictable boost in efficiency. And at first, it delivered. The demos were…
Investors Laying Groundwork to Profit Massively When Economy Collapses
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Another glowing red indicator just lit up on the control panel steering the US economy: short sellers have placed a nearly unprecedented magnitude of bets against the domestic stock…
Materials Shares Gain as Economically Sensitive Sectors Draw Interest -- Materials Roundup
Shares of companies in the materials sector climbed as U.S. business activity in the private sector continued to expand to an eight-month high in July, according to the S&P Global Flash U.S. Composite PMI. Gold-miner Newmont reported a profit of…
UK economy boosted by Andy Burnham, heatwaves and the World Cup
Consumer confidence has seen a significant six-point 'Burnham bounce', the largest increase since November 2023. GfK suggests heatwaves, football success, and a new Prime Minister have 'lifted the mood', though the headline figure remains firmly…
Markets, Economies Count Fallout From War and Tariffs Again
It's a sobering Friday for markets, with little relief from either trade disputes or military conflict. A global selloff in technology stocks gained momentum in Asia as doubts over returns from billions of dollars spent on artificial intelligence…
What Trump's new tariffs mean for you and the UK economy
Donald Trump has imposed new tariffs on 60 countries including the UK to replace the 10 per cent global levy that was set to expire on Friday. The Supreme Court defeated previous attempts by the administration to impose aggressive trade policies in…
Senators pad $575 million economic development bill
BOSTON — Senators stamped their approval on a $575.4 million economic development borrowing package just after midnight Friday, hitching to it a controversial change to a voter-approved tax rebate law and artificial intelligence regulations…
How Franchise Restaurants Opened the Door to the Gig Economy
When the fast food industry began booming in the 1950s, it did so via a new business model known as the franchise. This model allowed independent operators to license trademarks from a business like McDonald's or Dunkin Donuts, and it soon spread…
How the American Public Really Feels About the Booming Space Economy in 2026
In democracies, opinion polls are one of the most common ways to measure public and therefore political support for an issue. Because space exploration is still closely tied to the government policy and funding, public opinion can play an important…
US PMIs Mixed But Still Signal Accelerating Economic Growth In Q3
With 'hard data' trending weaker, today's preliminary July PMIs offer the first glimpse at whether the reignition of the Iran War is weighing on 'soft' survey sentiment in the US economy. The data was mixed (as always) with Manufacturing…
Oil Prices Roar Back, Threatening Economy
That was the national average retail price for diesel on Thursday, up 39% from a year earlier, according to AAA. Diesel prices have been rising even faster than those for gasoline or crude oil. Diesel, which fuels trucks, construction equipment and…
Magic Valley wage gains boost economy in key industries, report finds
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Dreyer and Reinbold Buys Into IndyCar's New Charter Economy, Returns Full-Time for 2027
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing spent 13 years watching the NTT INDYCAR SERIES from the sidelines every month except one. That changes in 2027, and the way the team got there says as much about where IndyCar's business is headed as it does about a family…
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