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The odds of a recession may be falling, but states appear to be betting that corporate leaders are still nervous. An analysis of all 50 states’ economic development marketing efforts — part of CNBC’s annual America’s Top States for Business study — finds that a strong economy is the most frequently mentioned selling point to attract corporate site selectors these …

Stephen Miller and his wife are putting forward a united front amid the couple’s Elon Musk drama. A photo posted to Katie Miller’s X—the social media site Musk owns—features the Millers and their three children enjoying a day at the beach. It shows Miller frolicking in the water and sun while her husband, who is tagged in the photo, can …

Memecoin Platform Pump.fun Raises $600 Million Within 12 Minutes  Bloomberg.com Pump.fun ICO raises $500M, sells out within minutes  Cointelegraph Pump.fun raises $600 million in 12 minutes as PUMP tokens fully sell out  The Block Pump.fun Swiftly Raises $500M in Public Sale at $4B Fully Diluted Valuation  CoinDesk Kraken Airdrops PUMP Tokens to Compensate Users for Order Failures  AInvest Source link

Car rental giant Hertz is facing some blowback as customers report that its “AI-powered” vehicle scanner charges them hundreds of dollars for tiny cosmetic dings. Earlier this summer, a Hertz customer in Atlanta was charged a jaw-dropping $440 for an inch-long bit of curb rash — a cosmetic scuff — on the wheel of his rental, as our sister site …

Market Resilience Challenged by Trump’s Weekend Tariff Salvo  Bloomberg.com Only the markets can stop Trump’s tariff regime now  Axios The TACO trade is backfiring on Wall Street as Trump seizes on stock market highs to charge ahead with tariffs  Fortune Donald Trump could trigger another market shock, investors warn  Financial Times The Stock Market’s TACO Trade May Be About to Backfire  Business Insider Source link

BBC In an unassuming building in Stratford, east London, British start-up Better Dairy is making cheese that has never seen an udder, which it argues tastes like the real thing. It is one of a handful of companies around the world hoping to bring lab-grown cheese to our dinner tables in the next few years. But there has been a …

Manufacturers plead for US tariff clarity before copper stockpiles dwindle  Financial Times Opinion | Trump’s Tariffs Blow Up the Copper Market  The Wall Street Journal Once-in-a-Generation Copper Trade Upends a $250 Billion Market  Bloomberg.com Trump’s copper tariffs pile more metal misery on US auto industry  Reuters Triangle businesses brace for possible 50% copper tariff  ABC11 Source link

In my years as an Italian travel writer and frequent flier, I’ve come to learn the hard way that your international flight experience can be seriously impacted by what you pack. And with airlines increasing baggage fees to near astronomical levels, I’ve started traveling with only a carry-on suitcase and a personal item bag to cut down on unnecessary costs.  …

A crypto analyst suggests altcoins may have plenty more upside, as many are already surging without pulling much market share from Bitcoin. “BTC dominance hasn’t even sneezed and Alts are ripping,” crypto analyst Matthew Hyland said in an X post on Friday.  Bitcoin reaches new highs on three consecutive days TradingView shows Bitcoin (BTC) Dominance is 64.46% at the time …

Our Investigation of UnitedHealth Started With a Tip  The New York Times UnitedHealth’s Campaign to Quiet Critics  The New York Times Source link