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Key deals this week: Stripe, KKR, Virtu and more automated-news
Key deals this week: Stripe, KKR, Virtu and more

Key deals this week: Stripe, KKR, Virtu and more

22 Aug 2026
Juicy Yields Draw Junk Bond Buyers to Investment-Grade AI Debt automated-news
Juicy Yields Draw Junk Bond Buyers to Investment-Grade AI Debt

Companies looking to finance data center projects are increasingly turning to junk bond investors to help them raise billions of dollars, even for debt that is investment-grade.

22 Aug 2026
Meet the Florida architect who lost his roof at 12 — and now builds for the next Andrew automated-news
Meet the Florida architect who lost his roof at 12 — and now builds for the next Andrew

Jeffrey Huber spent a year in a trailer after Hurricane Andrew. Now his elevated Miami Beach housing is built to survive a 20-foot storm surge.

22 Aug 2026
Trump says oil companies are ‘making too much money.’ Their own balance sheets agree automated-news
Trump says oil companies are ‘making too much money.’ Their own balance sheets agree

Wood Mackenzie finds the industry is sitting on $272 billion in war-driven windfall cash without boosting investment, buybacks or dividends.

22 Aug 2026
Rising yields rattled the market, but we’re sticking with our favorite AI and retail stocks automated-news
Rising yields rattled the market, but we’re sticking with our favorite AI and retail stocks

Stocks took their cue from the bond market this week.

22 Aug 2026
90% of executives say AI hasn’t boosted productivity. Some are still cutting jobs automated-news
90% of executives say AI hasn’t boosted productivity. Some are still cutting jobs

Management's optimism about AI has no measurable link to productivity — but layoffs tied to AI announcements do.

22 Aug 2026
Drake Earns His First No. 1 On A Billboard Chart He’s Never Reached Before automated-news
Drake Earns His First No. 1 On A Billboard Chart He’s Never Reached Before

Drake reaches Billboard's Hot Latin Rhythm Songs chart for the first time alongside Karol G on "Ahi," which earns the rapper his initial leader.

22 Aug 2026
Taylor Swift Shatters An All-Time Chart Record automated-news
Taylor Swift Shatters An All-Time Chart Record

Taylor Swift pulls ahead of Maroon 5 and claims the most No. 1s of all time on Billboard's Adult Pop Airplay chart as "I Knew It, I Knew You" rises to the top space.

22 Aug 2026
General Motors inks tentative labor deals with Canada’s Unifor union automated-news
General Motors inks tentative labor deals with Canada’s Unifor union

General Motors inks tentative labor deals with Canada’s Unifor union

22 Aug 2026
8 Experts Weigh In On The FCC Foreign Robot Ban: Good Or Bad? automated-news
8 Experts Weigh In On The FCC Foreign Robot Ban: Good Or Bad?

Will the FCC foreign robot ban help the American robotic industry or hurt it? And, will it explode domestic robot prices up 3X? 8 experts weigh in ...

22 Aug 2026
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