Current price of oil as of August 5, 2026
At 5:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Aug. 5, the price of oil sits at $83.72 per barrel, using Brent as the benchmark (we’ll explain what that means shortly). That’s a…
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Current price of Ethereum for August 5, 2026
At 5:45 a.m. Eastern Time on Aug. 5, Ethereum (1 ETH) is trading at $1,872.21. That’s a $17.62 increase from yesterday and about a $1,740 loss over the past year.…
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$25 billion in data centers shows St. Louis is serious about competing in the AI economy
America is entering a new infrastructure race. In the 19th century, railroads determined which cities prospered. In the 20th century, airports and interstate highways reshaped the economic map of the…
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Scott Bessent just declared the K-shaped economy is over, saying he’s ‘sick of hearing about’ it—but the data would beg to disagree
Scott Bessent has some good news for consumers this morning: The K-shaped economy is officially over! Consumers on the lower end of the income spectrum are no longer being left…
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Disney boosted by $1 billion at the box office, strong parks performance as international visits slump
Disney’s solid third quarter was driven by a $1 billion box office haul from “Toy Story 5” and the strong draw of U.S. theme parks that helped to offset continued weakness from…
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Global shares rally, oil rebounds as Iran war de-escalation, yen intervention worries ease
Global shares were mostly higher Tuesday following a rally on Wall Street that was helped by easing oil prices. Recommended Video Regional investors were still weighing the impact from last…
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Apollo CEO has a $11.1 billion net worth today—but he started out with a series of hospitality jobs, from valet parking to working in a party store
Long before they were running multibillion-dollar companies and joining the ranks of the ultrawealthy, some of the business world’s top players were flipping burgers and working the front desk. Marc…
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Locked out of housing, Gen Z and Millennials are building wealth in the stock market instead as they reach record high $3.1 trillion in holdings
For much of the postwar era, Americans bought a starter home and watched it become an investment. Decades later, fulfilling the typical American Dream of a home with white picket…
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‘Socialism is a disaster’: Bill Ackman says Zohran Mamdani’s bad left-wing housing policy is worsening New York’s affordability crisis
Bill Ackman has a diagnosis for why it’s so expensive to live in New York City, and it isn’t capitalism — it’s City Hall. Recommended Video In a wide-ranging interview…
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Feds accuse crypto founder of stealing $10 million from NFT investors, spending it on Miami condo and DJ hobby
Four years after the collapse in the market for NFTs, the crypto world is still reckoning with the fallout. The latest example came on Wednesday when the Department of Justice…
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