Meta recently announced it would expand Project Hyperion, its data center under construction in Richland Parish, Louisiana, into a 5-gigawatt, $50 billion facility that will be one of the largest AI campuses in the world. The announcement landed amid an increasingly organized, bipartisan movement to block future data center construction. By one estimate, opponents blocked…
Opendoor Technologies (OPEN +6.94%) stock dropped 21% in the first half of the year, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. After it skyrocketed with the help of social media and retail investors last year, it’s been slowly coming back to earth as the housing market remains under pressure. A new CEO and…
A visitor watches an AI sign on an animated screen at the Mobile World Congress, the telecom industry’s biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona. Josep Lago | Afp | Getty Images OpenAI and Anthropic increased their federal lobbying spending to record levels in the second quarter of 2026 as the artificial intelligence industry poured millions into…
Governments often tax small business income at lower rates than employment income. The rationale is often that entrepreneurship generates positive spillovers in terms of innovation, investment, and employment. At the same time small business income may be harder to tax effectively than employment income, as small business owners may reduce effort or report less income…
It’s absolutely possible to worry too much about how your retirement savings compare to those of your peers. On the other hand, it’s not necessarily an unfruitful exercise… particularly if you’re behind, but still have time to catch up. If nothing else, seeing how your number stacks up to others might be just the motivation…
If you file your taxes as Married Filing Jointly or a Qualifying Widower in 2026 then your income (specifically, your MAGI) needs to be below $242,000 for you to be able to fully contribute to a Roth IRA. Contributing to an IRA is a smart move. There are two major varieties for the typical taxpayer…