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College can cost $100,000 a year. Some parents are spending thousands more on the dorm room

Families are projected to spend a record $14 billion furnishing college dorms and apartments this year.

Fortune · Aug 24

Trump Wants Communities To Welcome Data Centers. But Even Close Allies Are Saying No.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is among the leaders changing course on the data center boom as voter anger over massive AI infrastructure projects begins spilling into election politics.

International Business Times · Aug 24

U.S. Treasurys Are Losing Reliable Buyers. Foreign Governments Retreat From American Debt.

Official foreign institutions now hold about 12% of outstanding U.S. Treasury securities, down from roughly 40%.

International Business Times · Aug 24

Walmart makes major change to how you can pay in stores

Technology rollout will affect all stores by the end of the year

The Independent UK · Aug 21

Google Lost About $186 Billion After 4 of Its Top AI Researchers Left, but Sundar Pichai Says Google Will Be ‘A Founding Investor’ Anyway

A shakeup of Google's AI team decimated Alphabet's stock, but the negative aspects may have just been blown out of proportion by the market.

Barchart · Aug 21

Elon Musk Pledges Staggering $200M Financial Lifeline To Safeguard Republicans Ahead of Election

Elon Musk plans to invest up to £149 million to support Republican voter turnout in key battleground states, focusing heavily on Texas and embattled Senate nominee Ken Paxton.

International Business Times UK · Aug 21

Vance Fundraiser Brings In $5 Million as Speculation About A 2028 Presidential Run Grows

Donald Trump Jr. was among the attendees.

International Business Times · Aug 20

US Reportedly Runs a Covert Shipping Corridor in Hormuz, Moves 10 Million Oil Barrels Daily—Analyst Says 'Major Development if...'

The U.S. military has reportedly established a “stealth” shipping corridor in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil transport route.

Benzinga · Aug 20

US's secret Hormuz corridor: How America kept ships and oil moving despite Iran's closure

The US military secretly helped commercial tankers navigate the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks despite Iran's closure of the strategic waterway. The operation allowed millions of barrels of oil to reach global markets each day despite the ongoing war with Iran, according to an Axios report citing two US…

The Times of India · Aug 20

AI's Next Big Problem Is Not Chips Or Power. It's Growing Opposition To Data Centers.

Public opposition to data centers is becoming a political issue across the U.S., raising concerns about whether technology companies can build the infrastructure needed for their AI expansion plans.

International Business Times · Aug 20