Forbes now values Paul McCartney at $1.4 billion, making the former Beatle the world's third richest musician, The Guardian reported.

The Bank of Japan says underlying inflation is now generally consistent with its 2 percent target, a goal it set in 2013. It held its rate at 1.25 percent.

Insurance software maker Guidewire has agreed to acquire London based hyperexponential, an AI pricing and underwriting platform, for $1.7 billion in cash plus up to $400 million in contingent payments.

Eric Lugo spent $375 on eight secondhand sewing machines in 2025 to start Stitch Lab ATX in Austin. After a layoff, he went all in, and the studio now runs about two dozen classes a month, CNBC Make It reports.

Sotheby's International Realty has named Mark McLaughlin president and CEO from November 1, while Philip White, who joined the company in 1980, becomes executive chairman in the brand's 50th anniversary year.

Four years ago, a typical Chili's restaurant brought in about $3 million a year. Today it is about $5 million. Here is how the chain did it, and what the turnaround teaches anyone chasing a big goal.

Sam Altman said going public this year would be the wrong move and pointed to 2027, adding another jolt to AI-linked shares.

London Metal Exchange copper climbed to a fresh high and is up about 16% year to date, lifting miners such as Freeport-McMoRan.

The deal includes a 75% stake in the Pony Express pipeline to Cushing. Enbridge plans to fund the purchase with a share issue.

Nasdaq 100 futures fell as much as 1.6% after Anthropic and OpenAI urged caution. Brent crude traded above $107 after pipeline and shipping shocks.

When the index slumps and hardware still rises, the cycle is not only a software story.

Do not freeze the company for six months of campaign rhetoric.

The operating environment is noisy. The companies that pre-clear responses will move first.

Automation that pays back inside a year is no longer optional in a restrictive-rate world.

A 17 percent single-day drop is a reminder that premium pricing needs a growth story underneath.

Capital is still available for infrastructure that helps institutions and individuals reach private deals.

This is not a narrow mega-cap earnings cycle, and planning should reflect that.

Rules of origin, labor, and agriculture revisions can move a factory’s math overnight.

A budget that assumes stable diesel and jet fuel is no longer a serious budget.

First-mover headlines now come bundled with first-mover regulatory risk.