FCC may kill $2B program that connects schools and libraries to Internet

The Federal Communications Commission was roundly criticized today for proposing to scale back or eliminate E-Rate, a $2 ...
Barron's

Inflation Report: Core Index Decelerates for the First Since April

The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its personal consumption expenditures price index data for September earlier today. Here is the report, at a glance: Core YoY: 2.8% increase, in line with ...

A.I.’s First Big Math Breakthrough Is Not What It Seems

Last month, OpenAI announced that its latest version of ChatGPT had solved a major math problem, one that had stumped experts ...
Axios

Fed leaves rates steady in Warsh's first meeting

Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh on Wednesday during his first news conference since taking the helm at the central bank. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images ...
Forbes

Startup Raises $27 Million To Solve Two Massive Data Center Problems

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Data centers are one of the most controversial new builds today. They're also constrained by ...
24/7 Wall St

The $1.5 Million 401(k) Tax Trap: How Bracket Smoothing Saves Retirees From 40% Effective Rates

Retirees with large traditional 401(k)s can face effective marginal rates near 40% when RMDs, Social Security taxation, and Medicare IRMAA surcharges stack simultaneously at age 73. Married couples ...
PolitiFact

How much have data centers increased electricity prices?

Data center demand, both current and anticipated, has driven up operating costs for utility companies. That cost has been passed on to consumers, especially in areas with high data center activity. ...
Washington Examiner

Data centers: Part of the problem or part of the solution?

The specter of data centers is looming ominously over America, posing a triple threat to its electric power-generating capacity, limited water resources, and environment. Or so a chorus of self-styled ...
Reuters

ECB raises rates to nip war-driven inflation in the bud

ECB raises interest rates for the first time since 2023 Inflation projections mostly revised up Two more hikes expected in the next year Economists are split on tightening as growth is weak FRANKFURT, ...
Forbes

The Fed's Independence Problem: What It Means For Rates, Inflation, And Market Confidence

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Mayor of Boston, Kevin White, points to a chart showing inflation costs, Boston, ...
CNBC

Consumer prices rose 4.2% annually in May, highest in three years

The consumer price index rose at a seasonally adjusted 0.5% for the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 4.2%, both in line with expectations. The core CPI accelerated 0.2% for the month and ...
Associated Press

US home sales surge to the fastest pace this year despite rising mortgage rates and prices

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Mortgage rates play a big role in what you’ll ...