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Birth rates are falling - and the real reason may be bigger than money

Falling birth rates are often framed as a simple economic problem, but the deeper story is much messier. Yes, raising children is expensive, but so are delayed adulthood, fragile relationships, career ...
The Hollywood Reporter

The One Big ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ Change That OnlyFans Creators Requested

Author Rufi Thorpe talks about drafting her hit novel, what it was like casting for the Apple TV series, and why they decided to drop the central love story from the adaptation. By Seija Rankin Senior ...
U.S. News & World Report

Traders Place Large $950 Million Bet on Oil Price Falling Hours Ahead of Ceasefire

LONDON, April ⁠8 (Reuters) - ⁠Investors placed an approximately $950 million bet ⁠on oil prices falling just hours before the U.S. and Iran announced a ceasefire, the latest large wager on the ...
NPR

Dark times for Cuba’s economic experiment

For more than 60 years, Cuba has survived on two seemingly contradictory economic strategies: leaning on friendly communist and socialist countries, and flirting with capitalism. And right now it ...
MarketWatch

Nike’s stock dives, as sales warning shows turnaround plan still isn’t working

Shares of Nike sank toward an 11-year low in early Wednesday trading, as executives at the sneaker giant forecast more falling sales in the months ahead and conceded that the company’s turnaround ...
U.S. News & World Report

From Falling U.S. Wealth to Indian Factory Closures, Oil Shock Raises Global Recession Risk

SAN FRANCISCO/AHMEDABAD, India, April 7 (Reuters) - Kevin Kelly is in a tough spot. What he says are unprecedented price increases in the ⁠weeks since ⁠the United States waged war on Iran mean the ...
Morningstar

Ongoing Tariff Downtrend Pressures Datang Renewable’s Earnings

Datang Renewable is one of China’s earliest renewable fuel source independent power producers. With wind power accounting for more than 70% of total installed capacity as of the end of 2025, DR is ...
CoinDesk

DeFi yields are crashing so hard that they can't compete with a traditional savings account

Crypto investors who once turned to decentralized finance for easy passive income through juicy yields are running into a new reality: the numbers no longer add up. DeFi, or onchain finance, is ...
CNBC

OpenAI closes record-breaking $122 billion funding round as anticipation builds for IPO

OpenAI announced it closed its record-breaking funding round at a post-money valuation of $852 billion. The round totaled $122 billion of committed capital, up from the $110 billion figure that the ...
Reuters

Equities turn around on renewed Middle East hopes, oil pares gains

NEW YORK/LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) - MSCI's global equities gauge gained modestly on Thursday while the dollar lost ground and oil's rally narrowed, after Israel sought peace talks with Lebanon and ...
CNBC

U.S.-Iran ceasefire relief rally lifts global assets as oil plunges below $100

U.S.-Iran ceasefire sparks global relief rally; stocks surge while oil plunges below $100. Safe havens hold firm as gold rises and Treasury yields fall, signaling persistent investor caution. In this ...