Let’s start with a number that doesn’t get nearly enough attention: 8,090. That was the total number of publicly traded companies listed on U.S. exchanges at the market’s peak in 1996. Today, that number has been cut nearly in half — sitting just under 4,000. Meanwhile, the firms responsible for connecting investors to those companies — broker-dealers — have followed...
March 7, 2026
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When AI Job Destruction Meets the Baby Bust — Is College a Trap? In Part I of this series, we documented the demographic freight train bearing down on America’s college campuses — a declining birth rate, shuttering institutions, and a generation of students that simply never arrived. But while administrators have been laser-focused on the enrollment cliff ahead, a second...
The Human Cost of the Machine: AI, Public Companies, and the Soul of Capitalism
Let’s start with a number: 4,000. That’s how many people Jack Dorsey just told to clean out their desks at Block — the company behind Square, Cash App, and Afterpay. Forty percent of the entire workforce, gone in a memo. And here’s the kicker: the company’s business is doing just fine. Gross profit up 24% year-over-year. Stock jumped 24% on...
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- Robinhood’s startup fund stumbles in NYSE debutby Marina Temkin on March 7, 2026 at 2:04 am
The fund currently offers […]
- X is testing a new ad format that connects posts with productsby Sarah Perez on March 6, 2026 at 10:41 pm
An ad test on X promotes […]
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Fewer Players, Fewer Choices: How the Collapse of Broker-Dealers and Public Companies Is Quietly Locking Ordinary Americans Out of the Market
Let’s start with a number that doesn’t get nearly enough attention: 8,090. That was the total number of publicly traded...
The Perfect Storm:
When AI Job Destruction Meets the Baby Bust — Is College a Trap? In Part I of this series, we...
The Human Cost of the Machine: AI, Public Companies, and the Soul of Capitalism
Let’s start with a number: 4,000. That’s how many people Jack Dorsey just told to clean out their desks at...
Iran: The New Proxy Battleground — And the War Has Already Started
The chess match for Iran’s future didn’t start Saturday. It started the moment Washington, Moscow, and Beijing each decided —...
Easy Part: What Comes After Khamenei?
Operation Epic Fury They got him. Early Saturday morning, February 28, 2026, in a joint U.S.-Israeli military operation dubbed “Operation...
The Club Nobody Asked to Join: How the Epstein Files Are Unmasking the Institutions That Rule the World
Let’s start with a simple question. Have you ever wondered who decides who gets the Nobel Peace Prize? Five people....
Mexico on Fire: El Mencho’s Death, the Asylum Question, and the Money Nobody Wants to Follow
Let’s be honest about something from the start. The story of Mexico’s cartel crisis and the United States border debate...
Is Mexico’s Economy on the Edge? The El Mencho Killing Just Made a Fragile Situation Much Worse
The images coming out of Puerto Vallarta this weekend look like something from a war film — burned-out vehicles blocking...
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- Robinhood’s startup fund stumbles in NYSE debutby Marina Temkin on March 7, 2026 at 2:04 am
The fund currently offers retail investors exposure to eight startups, including Mercor, Ramp, and Stripe, with plans to expand its portfolio.
- X is testing a new ad format that connects posts with productsby Sarah Perez on March 6, 2026 at 10:41 pm
An ad test on X promotes Musk's Starlink beneath original content.
- Nintendo sues the US government for a refund on tariffsby Amanda Silberling on March 6, 2026 at 10:35 pm
This lawsuit comes after a Supreme Court decision struck down some of the president's sweeping tariffs, which had impacted Nintendo and thousands of […]
- Life EV officially owns Rad Power Bikes nowby Kirsten Korosec on March 6, 2026 at 9:56 pm
The Rad Power brand is expected to live on.
- OSHA probing fatality at Rivian warehouseby Sean O'Kane on March 6, 2026 at 8:23 pm
A 61-year-old worker died on Thursday after reportedly getting stuck between a tractor trailer and a loading dock.
- Microsoft, Google, Amazon say Anthropic Claude remains available to non-defense customersby Julie Bort, Rebecca Bellan on March 6, 2026 at 7:50 pm
Trump's Department of War feud with Anthropic won't impact other companies that are using Claude via Microsoft and Google products.
- Bill Gates’ TerraPower gets approval to build new nuclear reactorby Tim De Chant on March 6, 2026 at 7:47 pm
It's the first permit to be issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in nearly a decade.
- Anthropic’s Claude found 22 vulnerabilities in Firefox over two weeksby Russell Brandom on March 6, 2026 at 7:00 pm
In a recent security partnership with Mozilla, Anthropic found 22 separate vulnerabilities in Firefox — 14 of them classified as "high-severity."
- Anthropic’s Pentagon deal is a cautionary tale for startups chasing federal contractsby Theresa Loconsolo on March 6, 2026 at 6:09 pm
The Pentagon has officially designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk after the two failed to agree on how much control the military should have […]
- Claude’s consumer growth surge continues after Pentagon deal debacleby Sarah Perez on March 6, 2026 at 5:56 pm
Claude's app is now seeing more new installs than ChatGPT and is growing its daily active users.
- India PC shipments surpass pandemic peak as first-time users upgradeby Jagmeet Singh on March 6, 2026 at 5:51 pm
Pandemic-driven lockdowns exposed many people in India to PCs for the first time, expanding the country's PC userbase and creating demand for […]
- These are the countries moving to ban social media for childrenby Aisha Malik on March 6, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, […]