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Trump is back and dividing us again with crash-related attacks on DEI

President Donald Trump's comments on the midair collision of an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C. were racist and sexist and have been met with widespread ...

The Hill - 56m

Trump’s tariffs model McKinley; his divided coalition models Grover Cleveland

Like Cleveland, Donald Trump has forged a tenuous alliance between the working class and the plutocrats.

The Hill - 1h

Bill Gates on wealth, influence and technology

The Microsoft founder gives his verdict on the alliance between Trump and Musk.

BBC News - 12h

Wealth divide will steepen as climate change spikes insurance costs, report finds

Climbing temperatures are sharpening economic divides in American communities, a new report has found. Rising insurance rates are increasingly making broad swaths of the country's biggest cities ...

The Hill - 13h

Vibrant or dangerous? Colourful roundabout redesign divides village

California Cross roundabout has been the subject of controversy since its redesign in 2024.

BBC News - 1d

What’s shielding Big Tech stocks like Nvidia in this market, according to the world’s biggest wealth fund

Managers of Norway’s Government Pension Global Fund are resigned to living with tech’s high concentration risk but say stocks like Nvidia have some bubble protection due to this one factor.

MarketWatch - 5d

World’s largest sovereign wealth fund reports record $222 billion annual profit on tech rally

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund reported its full-year earnings on Wednesday.

CNBC - 5d

MAGA’s Big Tech Divide

The journalist James Pogue explicates the strange tensions between big tech and the new right.

The New York Times - 6d

Net worth of millennials has quadrupled: Why some call it 'phantom wealth'

Millennials have come a long way since their days of being called lazy or entitled.

NBC News - 6d

Net worth of millennials has quadrupled: Why some call it 'phantom wealth'

Even as millennials became wealthier, inflation and instability have left many feeling financially insecure.

CNBC - Jan. 27

Inside the race for Greenland's mineral wealth

The territory's untapped mineral wealth has caught the eye of both mining firms and Donald Trump.

BBC News - Jan. 27

Trump’s Crypto Venture Divides the Industry He Aims to Support

The president’s promotion of a speculative digital coin left some crypto investors feeling blindsided, while others saw it as a gimmick that undermined the industry’s credibility.

The New York Times - Jan. 25

There’s little to keep the stock market down as retiring boomers share their wealth

Market strategist Ed Yardeni: Expect the S&P 500 to hit 7,000 this year and 8,000 in 2026

MarketWatch - Jan. 25

Does Putin know why Ukraine fights on? Because we prize freedom above stability and wealth | Andrey Kurkov

This long and awful war has taught Ukrainians to love and value their country – and its beauty – even more. Last November, my wife Elizabeth planted a great many tulip and daffodil bulbs in the ...

The Guardian - Jan. 24

Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons divide House Republicans

President Trump’s decision to pardon hundreds of protesters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — including many accused of assaulting police officers — is dividing House Republicans, with some ...

The Hill - Jan. 23

'We're in the era of the billionaire,' human rights expert says. Here's why wealth accumulation is accelerating

The rich are getting richer.

NBC News - Jan. 22

‘We’re in the era of the billionaire,’ human rights expert says. Here's why wealth accumulation is accelerating

In 2024, an average of nearly four new billionaires were coined every week, according to Oxfam. Much of their wealth will be passed down to heirs.

CNBC - Jan. 22

World's biggest sovereign wealth fund warns markets at risk from tariff-fueled inflation

"If you look at the risk to financial markets, I think inflation is for sure one, all driven by tariffs."

CNBC - Jan. 21

Saudi wealth fund ramps up efforts to tap ETF investors

Public Investment Fund stumps up $200mn as seed investor in SSGA’s Europe-listed bond fund in support of Vision 2030

Financial Times - Jan. 21

Leaders in ethnically divided Cyprus fail to reach deal on new crossing points

A meeting between the two leaders in ethnically divided Cyprus has ended without an agreement

ABC News - Jan. 20

Billionaires' wealth skyrocketing, anti-poverty group says ahead of Davos

Billionaires' wealth soared in 2024, a top anti-poverty group said ahead of an annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland of some of the world's political and financial elite.

CBS News - Jan. 20

Wealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, report finds

Rate of wealth growth last year was three times faster than 2023, Oxfam inequality research reveals. The wealth of the world’s billionaires grew by $2tn (£1.64tn) in 2024, three times faster than ...

The Guardian - Jan. 20

World could soon see its first trillionaires, Oxfam says, as billionaire wealth surges

Billionaire wealth surged in 2024, as the world’s richest people increasingly benefited from inheritance and powerful connections, Oxfam said in its annual inequality report.

NBC News - Jan. 20

Anti-poverty group says billionaires' wealth soared in 2024 as the elites prepare for another Davos

Billionaire's wealth has grown faster last year, and now the world can expect at least 5 trillionaires within a decade, even as the number of people in poverty has barely budged since 1990

ABC News - Jan. 19

A journey through the US reveals a divided nation with much in common

With so much talk about what divides us, people have forgotten what unites this unique assortment of states.

The Hill - Jan. 19

Republicans set to give Trump big immigration win — while dividing Democrats

Republicans are on the verge of giving President-elect Trump a big win on immigration to kick off his second term — and doing it with the help of Democrats while dividing the minority party on the ...

The Hill - Jan. 19

Shein backlash divides shoppers: 'Everywhere else is too expensive'

Some young shoppers will continue to buy from the fast fashion giant despite concerns over how workers are treated.

BBC News - Jan. 19

Wealth of US ‘oil-garchs’ went up 15% in nine months as industry figures plan Trump inauguration party

Oil and gas firms have given more than $75m to Trump’s campaign and stand to benefit from his ‘drill, baby drill’ plan. As Joe Biden warns in his farewell address as president that “an oligarchy is ...

The Guardian - Jan. 18

Chinese activist Teacher Li’s memecoin launch divides dissident community

‘Teacher Li’ is among the most prolific sources of unfiltered information from behind China’s Great Firewall. But an attempt to monetise it has proven controversial. On Monday, two parallel visions ...

The Guardian - Jan. 17

The Guardian view on Biden’s warning of oligarchy: Trump and the malefactors of wealth | Editorial

The outgoing president was right, in his farewell address, to warn of the dangers posed by the billionaires around the table. . Aristocrats are “the most difficult Animals to manage, of anything in ...

The Guardian - Jan. 16

Republicans are exploiting the diploma divide they helped to create

The widening gap between Americans with and without college education is a result of the Republican-led attack on the American working class.

The Hill - Jan. 16

Women held keys to land and wealth in Celtic Britain

DNA analysis suggests Iron Age societies in Britain were built around women rather than men.

BBC News - Jan. 15

‘Fight until the end’: Yoon’s defiance deepens South Korea divide

Impeached president has barricaded himself behind personal security unit to avoid arrest as police plot next move

Financial Times - Jan. 10

Mountaintop details Spectre Divide Season 1 and console launch for February

Mountaintop had a tough launch with Spectre Divide. Now it is saying how it will launch Season 1 with fixes in mid-February.

VentureBeat - Jan. 9

Dining across the divide: ‘I’m angry about elderly, supposedly celibate priests giving women advice on reproductive health’

They may not have seen eye to eye on abortion and assisted dying, but could American politics unite them?. Allison, 63, Edinburgh . Occupation Former policy manager. Currently “economically ...

The Guardian - Jan. 9

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