The Weekly Edition
The week of August 24–30, 2026
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Business & Corporate
Business & Corporate
Meta Locks In $12.7B — But the Full $17.1B Depends on TikTok and YouTube
A 29-state child-safety settlement forces sweeping teen-use restrictions on Facebook and Instagram, yet nearly $5 billion of the headline figure is contingent on rivals matching the deal — a clause with no real precedent in American litigation.
By Nathan Brooks
August 26, 2026
Opinion
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Attorney Skips Six Weeks of Waiting, Turns a Dolly of Binders Into a Career at Global Firms
By The Editorial Board
August 29, 2026
AI Triggers Ancient Fear: Workers Quietly Lose Wages While Hiding Their Chatbot Use
By The Editorial Board
August 27, 2026
AI Labs Bill You for Reasoning Tokens — Then Keep the Notebook
By The Editorial Board
August 26, 2026
Shareholders Reject Anti-DEI Proposals at 1% Support — But Corporate Retreat Has Already Reshaped the Language
By The Editorial Board
August 26, 2026
Amodei's 'Safety' Brand May Be Fueling the AI Distrust He Wants to Fix
By The Editorial Board
August 25, 2026
Stuck in Traffic With Branson for 2.5 Hours, a Lawyer Landed a Job That Made Him Virgin's Chief
By The Editorial Board
August 29, 2026
Business Spotlight
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SEC Subpoenas Wall Street Banks Over AI Hedge Fund Situational Awareness
By Margaret Coyle
August 25, 2026
Economist Puts 10% Odds on an 'Epic' Market Disaster This August-October 'Panic Season'
By Margaret Coyle
August 30, 2026
Nursing Care at $129,575 a Year Is Wiping Out the Inheritance Gen X Was Counting On
By Margaret Coyle
August 30, 2026
Warsh Holds the Line on 2% Inflation, and Markets Move Fast to Price In a Hike
By Margaret Coyle
August 29, 2026
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