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Corporate America often rewards executives while shielding them from the risks of their decisions, according to GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) CEO Ryan Cohen. "Risking your own bottom line is the only thing that keeps a business honest," he wrote on X in February. Cohen criticized what he called a...

Before Mark Cuban built billion-dollar companies, a splurge did not involve a steakhouse reservation or a tasting menu. It meant a hot dog. The Cost Plus Drugs co-founder and billionaire entrepreneur pushed back at critics on X in 2024 after musician John Rich suggested Cuban had become...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk might be the richest man in the world, but if someone opens the fridge at his place in Boca Chica, Texas, they should not expect much more than cold air and good intentions. On Tuesday, 77-year-old model, dietitian, and proud mother Maye Musk shared a glimpse of that...

Economist and market commentator Peter Schiff is questioning President Donald Trump's willingness to ask Americans to tolerate higher costs tied to the war while avoiding similar short-term sacrifices to reduce government spending and the federal deficit. Schiff Questions Economic Trade-Offs...

X owner Elon Musk posed a straightforward question to the social media platform's users on Monday: “Have you ever bought anything because of an ad on the platform?” More than 1.55 million users voted and the post had about 43 million views. But the results weren't exactly encouraging...

A viral artificial intelligenceI-generated movie clip prompted a blunt reaction from actor Zachary Levi. TikTok parent company ByteDance introduced its new video-generation model, Seedance 2.0, last month. AI creators The Dor Brothers shared the video in a Feb. 16 X post and wrote, "We just made a...

Even the ultra-wealthy are starting to worry about something many middle-class families have been feeling for years: whether their children will be able to build stable careers. Aligned by NewEdge Wealth Managing Director Patrick Dwyer says many of his clients, individuals with net worths ranging...

After 37 seasons, the voice behind one of television's most famous troublemakers is drawing a clear line about the future.  "I think I would choose a successor [instead of AI], and I’ll tell you why — because AI has no heart and I think that’s a missing ingredient," said Nancy...

A growing number of public figures are raising questions about the cost of the U.S. military campaign against Iran, arguing that billions spent on war could instead go toward domestic priorities like wages, healthcare and housing. Criticism has come from across politics, academia and the business...

Elon Musk in 2020 posted a message that sounded like a radical shift in how one of the world's richest people planned to live. “I am selling almost all physical possessions,” he wrote on Twitter, now X. “Will own no house.” However, a recent The New York Times report...

A short morning shift helping kids cross the street doesn’t sound like a path to a five‑figure monthly income. But for one Vermont crossing guard, a creative idea turned a quiet corner intersection into the foundation of a small publishing business. Christine Tyler Hill, 36, works weekday...

After four years of working from home, one remote worker says a visit from their father helped them understand why older generations often think remote employees are doing nothing. “I understand why boomers think we do nothing all day,” the worker wrote on Reddit’s r/remoteworks...

A strange thing happens when someone hears hundreds of startup pitches. Eventually, an idea comes along that sounds ridiculous at first… right before it turns into a hit. Entrepreneur and "Shark Tank" investor Mark Cuban shared one of those moments on the "Let Me Save You 25 Years" podcast with...

For years, politicians have floated a simple fix for America's swelling debt: tax billionaires harder and the problem starts to disappear. Elon Musk has argued the math does not work that way. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO pushed back on the idea that confiscating billionaire wealth could meaningfully...

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos once had what he considered a "brilliant" idea to save the company's early productivity. It turns out an employee had a much better one. Speaking at the Academy of Achievement Summit in 2001, Bezos looked back at 1995, when Amazon was operating out of a 2,000-square-foot...