BUSINESS

New 529 plan rules let Gen Z invest in careers, not just college
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . July 28, 2025
529 accounts are tax-advantaged savings plans designed primarily for education expenses, and recent legislation has significantly broadened their uses. As

Trump defeats Australia’s mad cow disease restrictions in deal to ship American beef overseas
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . July 25, 2025
Australia announced it will reduce restrictions on U.S. beef imports in a move U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration claimed as a major

GM’s $1 billion tariff hit is evidence of American companies, consumers eating import tax costs
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . July 22, 2025
General Motors is the latest U.S. auto giant to say tariffs have taken a chunk from their earnings. The company

Quantum computing is so fire — No, seriously. BofA says it could be humanity’s biggest breakthrough since the discovery of fire
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . July 19, 2025
In a recent note on quantum computing, analysts at Bank of America had to reach way back—way, way back—for a

Trump’s $9 billion spending cuts could spare $400 million for HIV/AIDS relief
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . July 16, 2025
Senate Republicans voted to preserve funding for HIV/AIDS relief on Tuesday night, abandoning a controversial $400 million proposed cut to

US risks financial crisis ahead of midterm elections: former IMF official
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . July 13, 2025
The world is losing faith in the dollar, and the U.S. could suffer a financial crisis next year, according to

Jamie Dimon gets real with Europe about shrinking to just 65% of American GDP over 10-15 years: ‘That’s not good’
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . July 10, 2025
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon delivered a stark assessment of Europe’s economic prospects at an event in Dublin hosted by

Forget a ‘shadow’ Fed chair, here’s how the central bank could have two different leaders at once
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . July 7, 2025
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell actually wears two hats: He is chair of the Fed’s board of governors and chair

Trump plans to start notifying countries of U.S. tariffs up to 70%
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . July 4, 2025
US President Donald Trump said his administration will probably start notifying trading partners Friday of the new US tariff on

Home Depot’s $5 billion purchase of an unsexy building products distributor is a prime example of smart M&A
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . July 1, 2025
Earlier this week, Home Depot said one of its business units was buying building-products distributor GMS for some $4.3 billion,