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Robinhood Will Now Let AI Trade Your Stocks and Swipe Your Credit Card — Here’s How It Works

The platform is letting users connect Claude and Cursor to dedicated accounts. AI agents can trade, shop and book on your behalf.

By Jonathan Small

Business News

Ferrari Just Launched a $640,000 EV and It’s Already Backfired: ‘The Destruction of a Legend’

The Italian sports car maker is betting big on its new EV. But enthusiasts, analysts and an ex-chairman think the Luce is a lemon.

By Jonathan Small

Business News

CEOs Are Blaming AI for Layoffs. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Says That’s a ‘Lazy’ Excuse.

Huang said that leaders should be more cautious when talking about AI.

By Sherin Shibu

Buying a Franchise

Family Dining Chains That Don’t Serve This Meal Saw Sales Grow 11.6%

Restaurants serving only breakfast and lunch are beating traditional family diners. Here's the reason why.

By Jonathan Small

Business News

This $7.2 Billion Startup CEO Gets Applications From Thousands of Job-Seekers a Day. Here’s What He’s Looking For.

The CEO is a former Google engineer who now leads a $7.2 billion AI company.

By Sherin Shibu

Business News

This Real Estate Developer Is Buying Up Empty Offfice Buildings in Denver for Pennies on the Dollar — His Plan Could Be a Template for America’s Dying Downtowns

Asher Luzzatto bought 7% of downtown Denver for pennies on the dollar. He's betting people will want to live in abandoned offices.

By Jonathan Small

Business News

Sam Altman Warned AI Could Lead to a ‘Jobs Apocalypse’ — Now He Says He Is ‘Delighted to Be Wrong’

The OpenAI chief expected AI to wipe out entry-level positions, but admits he underestimated the 'human part' of employment.

By Jonathan Small

Business News

BP Just Ousted Its Chairman for ‘Unacceptable’ Conduct — He’d Been on the Job Less Than Eight Months

Albert Manifold was brought in to revamp the oil giant. Then a whistleblower report surfaced and the board took decisive action.

By Jonathan Small

Business News

This $4 Billion Startup Just Laid Off 22% of Employees — So It Can Offer Remaining Staff $1 Million Salaries

ClickUp CEO Zeb Evans said the company’s layoffs were part of an AI-focused restructuring.

By Sherin Shibu

Business News

Here’s the Surprising Reason Steve Wozniak Co-Founded Apple — And It Wasn’t to ‘Make Money’

Steve Wozniak did not start Apple to get rich; he was motivated by something else entirely.

By Sherin Shibu

Business News

This $173,000 Chinese Luxury Car Is Loaded With 40 Speakers and a 40-Inch Screen — It’s Half the Price of a Maybach

The Chinese have dominated EVs and now they want to do the same with luxury cars. Meet the Maextro S800 — all the gadgetry at half the price.

By Jonathan Small

Business News

He Loaned Elon Musk $1 Million When Tesla Was Nearly Bankrupt — Now He’s About to Make More Than $100 Billion

Elon Musk's best friend Antonio Gracias bet early on Musk. His 7.3% SpaceX stake could soon make him one of the 50 wealthiest people alive.

By Jonathan Small

Business News

Apple’s Top Executive Uses a Whoop — What That Says About the Company’s $100 Billion Apple Watch Problem

Apple Watch has dominated fitness trackers, but its leaders are retiring, talent is fleeing and innovation has stalled, Bloomberg reports.

By Jonathan Small

Buying a Franchise

The Man Who Built 7-Eleven Into a Global Empire Had One Three-Word Motto —Here’s What It Was

Toshifumi Suzuki, known as "The God of Retail," started with one Tokyo store and built up an empire with tens of thousands of locations.

By Jonathan Small

Building a Business

4 AI Prompts to Build a One-Person Business in 2026 (No Team, No Funding, No Guessing)

Find the bottleneck that could become your next multimillion-dollar idea.

By Ben Angel

Business News

Sheryl Sandberg Says Your 10‑Year Career Plan Is Outdated — Here Are the 2 Things You Need Instead

Sandberg spoke to Gen Z college graduates at a recent commencement ceremony.

By Sherin Shibu

Business News

Elon Musk Is Now Reading All SpaceX Job Applications Himself — Here’s What He’s Looking For

Musk is hiring candidates for “exceptional ability” even if they have no prior AI experience.

By Sherin Shibu

Business News

Americans Can’t Spell ‘Business’ — These Are the 9 Other Words They Struggle With, According to Google

New research analyzed Google searches for "how to spell" — and the results reveal which common words Americans struggle with most.

By Jonathan Small

Business News

This CEO Says Screen Addiction Is ‘the New Tobacco.’ Here’s What His Company Is Doing to Fight Back

Robin Thurston, CEO of Outside Inc., is building products, partnerships and experiences that get people off their devices and back outdoors.

By Jon Bier

Business News

Worried About AI Taking Your Job? Jeff Bezos Says You’re Thinking About It All Wrong And Should ‘Be So Happy’

Bezos recently compared equipping workers with AI to handing a bulldozer to someone who has been digging out a basement by hand with a shovel.

By Sherin Shibu

Buying a Franchise

The CEO Who Rescued Potbelly Is Now Taking Over Wendy’s — Here’s What to Expect

Bob Wright led Potbelly's turnaround and sold it for $566 million. Now he's trying to save a burger chain that's closed 300 locations.

By Jonathan Small