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Becky Robertson

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Sep 21, 2026
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Jul 8, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Becky Robertson

    Palantir's Alex Karp says AI's biggest names may never IPO — the play is telling Washington 'nationalize us, please' (opens the original)

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    The current and former tech staffers who blew the whistle on AI's ability to "kill us all" have had the internet abuzz since they made their revelations earlier this month, eventually spurring Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic head Dario Amodei to issue a joint call for the sector to ease up on the gas pedal. But, there have been questions about the mixed motivations of tightening regulation surrounding emerging innovations, which could put greater control — and with it, more profit

  2. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Becky Robertson

    Cemetery plot prices jumped 65% from 2018 to 2024, and now people are trying to flip them for profit (opens the original)

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    In the early 2000s, house-flipping was the get-rich-quick trend that seemingly everyone with enough liquidity wanted to try their hand at. It was popularized by TV shows like Flip This House that showcased fixer-upper success stories and took viewers along for the ride. Though the heyday ended with the 2008 housing crash, the practice was revived in the COVID-era housing lull and remains popular even now, despite not being as profitable as it once was given rising real estate, material, and labo

  3. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Becky Robertson

    GM's Mary Barra says electricians are in 'huge demand' as the company pours $250 million into trades training (opens the original)

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    The favor of college degrees and standard 9-to-5 gigs is waning after decades of being seen as the most respectable, perhaps even only, ladder to most people's dreams of success. As we face the very real existential threats of AI takeover, of fierce competition for roles and of escalating costs of living — including for an education itself — white-collar careers are falling short of what they once promised. Jeff Bezos backs a platform that lets anyone invest in rental homes for as little as $100

  4. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Becky Robertson

    Elon Musk dismisses Bernie Sanders's 5% wealth tax, says 99% of his trillion-dollar fortune is in stock — not cash (opens the original)

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    Elon Musk's elevation to trillionaire status this summer has been a PR nightmare for the already divisive figure, who has come to represent the elite, who many resent for accruing riches and wielding influence as the Americans face increasing socioeconomic insecurity. To ease the worsening burden of the cost of living — and the large national debt — multiple levels of government have contemplated more taxation of the nation's highest earners in recent months. Jeff Bezos backs a platform that let

  5. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Becky Robertson

    'I am the house now': Scott Bessent warns traders not to bet against his plan to bolster the Japanese yen (opens the original)

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    U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pulling out all of the stops in a scramble to pacify the bond market and subdue its surging yields, including trying to keep the currency of America's biggest debtholder afloat. The Japanese yen has been on a downward spiral, reaching a four-decade low in July after years of post-covid decline. Later that month, Bessent moved to buy up estimated billions of the tender — the first time the U.S. has done so for this purpose in 30 years — one of many recent

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