Why Holiday Candy's Chocolate Could Be Fake This Year
📋 Key Facts ✓ Unpredictable cocoa markets are affecting chocolate sourcing. ✓ Candy makers are rethinking their approaches to procureme...
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📋 Key Facts ✓ Unpredictable cocoa markets are affecting chocolate sourcing. ✓ Candy makers are rethinking their approaches to procureme...
📋 Key Facts ✓ High earners across the US are actively spending during the holiday season. ✓ Middle-income households are facing financi...
ShopMy founders Harry Rein, Tiffany Lopinsky, and Chris Tinsley. Courtesy of ShopMy AI and social commerce are fueling millions of dollars in investments in the creator economy. Startups from generati...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Triton Partners transferred assets into a continuation fund. ✓ The firm sold these assets for more than the projected wor...
Crumpled up losing lottery tickets sit in a wastebasket at a liquor store in California. The Powerball jackpot has surpassed $1 billion. The next drawing is on Monday. Juliana Yamada/Los Angeles Times...
C.J. Mahoney, Meta's new chief legal officer and a former Trump administration official. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Meta hired C.J. Mahoney, a former Trump administration official...
OpenAI lost at least 11 scientists and executives in 2025, including more than half a dozen researchers to Meta in the summer. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber/Pool OpenAI lost more than half a dozen researchers...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was often seen by the side of President Donald Trump. Leah Millis/Reuters The future of the AI race was laid down in 2025. Big Tech may hold up the entire economy with its cape...
Thailand is one of the countries with an expected tourist tax increase in 2026. Planet One Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Several destinations plan to raise or introduce tourism taxes ...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he is "perfectly fine" with California's proposed billionaire wealth tax. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he is "perfectl...
Thiel Capital, founded by the billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel, opens a new Miami office amid California's proposed wealth tax debate. Marco Bello/Getty Images Thiel Capital opened a new Miami of...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk appears to be feeling the joy this holiday season. The Tesla CEO posted to X that he's making an edit to the company's "mission word...
Justin Howells, Target's group vice president for Pacific Northwest stores. Matt Hage/AP Content Services for Target Target is getting a new CEO in the New Year — one who started with the compan...
Netflix began hosting NFL games on Christmas in 2024. Brooke Sutton/Getty Images NFL Christmas games have moved to Netflix and Amazon as sports start to shift to streaming. Amazon and YouTube TV lead ...
Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images; Mateusz Slodkowski; Alyssa Powell/BI It certainly looks like an insider may have cashed in big by betting on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's American-orchestra...
A girl reaches up to burst a large bubble on the Palace Plaza in Stuttgart, Germany, 19 October 2017. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa (Photo by Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images) Marijan Murat/...
If you’ve been itching to switch your wireless service provider but don’t want to deal with the hassle, T-Mobile makes changing your carrier super simple. You won’t have to jump through hoops, wasting...
New York Mets owner Steve Cohen has diversified his asset manager. Rich Storry/Getty Images James Malick, Point72's chief strategy officer, recently departed the hedge fund. Malick joined in 2023 afte...
Barnes & Noble is among the retailers reportedly opening more stores in 2026. Al Drago/Getty Images Retailers such as Dollar General and Nordstrom Rack plan major store expansions in the US in 2026. S...
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang is the face of the company supplying chips to many of the companies in the AI arms race. Woohae Cho/Getty Images If you've heard about AI, you're probably familiar ...