Future FinTech Group raises $30 million through private share sale

Hundreds evacuated from Croatian and Greek resorts as wildfires stretch across Europe

TechnipFMC stock hits all-time high at 77.94 USD

Reddit surges on S&P 500 inclusion, set to replace AvalonBay

Earnings call transcript: Physicswallah Q1 2027 revenue rises 24% as online gains

Hunt for AI-proof trades turns convenience shops into hot stocks

Casey's is up more than 54% this year as investors pile into businesses built around everyday demand for fuel, food and staples.

‘Call Her Daddy’ host Alex Cooper’s Unwell beverage business is shutting down

On Wednesday, Unwell raised money from Hollywood super agent Patrick Whitesell that valued the entire business at $500 million. It will go somewhere else.

Phone data: Mother on trial for killing her kids searched about psychosis, hallucinations, suicide weeks before stranglings

The defense says she was in the grip of bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis, a rare condition that can alter a woman’s sense of reality.

Social Security is celebrating its 91st birthday. It won’t live to 100, watchdog warns

"Social Security won’t make it past age 97 as things currently stand," said the CRFB's Maya Macguineas. "At least not in its current form."

Taemin Reveals U.S. Leg Of LiMiNaL World Tour In Partnership With AEG

TAEMIN has revealed the North American leg of his 2026–27 LiMiNaL world tour, a six-arena October run with AEG that stops in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago and Newark.

Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ economy pitch fizzles with midterm voters

Just 39% approve of Trump's job performance and only 30% back his handling of inflation as Republicans grow anxious about affordability messaging

Luigi Mangione Expected To Plead Guilty In Federal Court Today

The guilty plea won’t necessarily get him out of his separate state trial next month.

Selena Gomez accused of fraud by mental-health startup investors

Five investors accuse Gomez and Wondermind co-founders of concealing the startup's financial distress for three years before its 2025 collapse

Morgan Wallen And Ella Langley Keep Trading Places At No. 1

Morgan Wallen and Ella Langley have now traded places at No. 1 on Billboard's Streaming Songs chart for three weeks now, with "Choosin' Texas" returning to the summit.

Ariana Grande’s Early-Career Album Celebrates As Her Latest Debuts At No. 1

Ariana Grande's 'My Everything' reaches 100 weeks on the Billboard 200, joining several past projects like 'Dangerous Woman,' 'Eternal Sunshine' and 'Positions' in the feat.

Zack Gelof Among Top Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Targets For Week 22

Zack Gelof and Cole Carrigg are among the best options to consider on the fantasy baseball waiver wire for Week 22.

White House Slaps Tariffs On Imported Drones—Shares Of Trump Jr.-Linked Drone Maker Soar

The White House’s sweeping tariffs on imported drones appear to primarily target popular drones made by Chinese dronemakers such as DJI.

LEAP India shares dropped from their listing price, slipping below the IPO issue price after a modest debut. While analysts highlight the company's leadership in pallet pooling and long-term growth potential, demanding v…

Zee Entertainment's shares experienced a surge following the Securities Appellate Tribunal's grant of interim relief. The tribunal has put a hold on SEBI's order, permitting promoters to issue preferential warrants. Addi…

Manorama Industries shares surged after Q1FY27 net profit jumped 67.6% YoY to ₹78.7 crore, aided by a better product mix, higher capacity and strong demand from chocolate, confectionery and cosmetics sectors.

Sugar stocks rallied for a second session on Friday as domestic sugar prices climbed 8-10% over the past month to a seven-year high. Rising global prices, supply concerns in Brazil and Thailand, higher ethanol demand and…

Praj Industries shares surged 6.5% after Q1FY27 net profit more than doubled year-on-year to Rs 12 crore, while revenue rose 12% to Rs 716 crore. The company reported Rs 1,000 crore in order intake and ended the quarter …

Vedanta Aluminium, Hindalco and NALCO fell as aluminium prices retreated after Norsk Hydro resumed Alunorte refinery production, easing supply shortage concerns.

Advice Line with Bobbi Brown of Jones Road Beauty (September 2025)

Today's callers: Bob in Chicago looks to promote his cabbage-based muscle and joint rub beyond the walls of his orthopedic practice. Then Abby in Dallas wonders whether her popular social media livestreams are a sustaina…

Currency Chaos in Argentina (Summer School)

Just about everyone in Argentina is an expert in inflation and whether they like it or not, economic flexibility. Can we learn from them?  Over the years, we at Planet Money have checked in on Argentina as it tried to re…

The Innovation Strategy Most Companies Miss

Companies often build products for wealthy markets first and then try to adapt them for the rest of the world. But according to Dartmouth Tuck professor Vijay Govindarajan and MIT professor Amos Winter, designing for the…

Six months into a stage-four pancreatic cancer diagnosis that gave him 90 days to live, Ben Sasse sits down with EconTalk's Russ Roberts for a conversation that refuses easy comfort. The former U.S. senator and Universit…

MadeGood: Salma and Nima Fotovat Lost Their First Business. They Grew Their Next One Into a Snack Giant.

What do you do when the family business you've spent decades building... gets bought out from under you?  That’s what happened to Nima and Salma Fotovat. Devastated, the family rebuilt a new company from the ground up. T…

Older workers aren’t retiring. Should they be forced to?

When workers past retirement age can’t afford to retire — that’s one thing. When they can, and just don’t want to — that’s trickier. It used to be legal to force people to retire when they hit a certain age. The trend us…

Advice Line: "Strategy Sessions"

Today’s callers: Tony in Michigan is considering bringing on partners to run different parts of his brew pub and theater business. Then Monica in London is exploring the best way to reach style-conscious parents with her…

Sand heists and property rights in the Caribbean (Summer School)

Imagine a nation where, for the residents, land is for the claiming. You walk down the street, pick out a nice looking plot of land, and just plop down a marker. No rent, no taxes, no deed – just free land. That’s the co…

Why Great Turnarounds Start with Culture, Not Strategy

In an era of constant disruption, successful turnarounds require more than a new strategy—they demand a new culture. Dan Schulman, former CEO of PayPal, came out of retirement to tackle the challenge of taking over the h…

Most discourses about Israel or Palestine are morality plays of good guys vs bad guys. Egyptian-born Hussein Aboubakr Mansour takes a different approach, seeing the conflict as a self-reproducing system of political and …

Serena & Lily: Serena Dugan and Lily Kanter. They Built a $20M Brand—Then One Investor Almost Destroyed It

Many founders think the hardest thing about business is finding customers. It's not. It's surviving success. When Lily Kanter and Serena Dugan launched a luxury baby linen business, they had no manufacturing experience, …

What makes a toy go viral

Squishy, slimy, fidgety toys are having a moment. But it’s more than just an anxiety-soothing, social-media fueled trend – these toys are reshaping how toys get made. Today on the show, we have the story of the once-humb…

Introducing The Founder Mindset: Tim Ferriss on Experiments, Risk, and Freedom

What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur in today's uncertain world? How do you balance risk, decision-making, and curiosity? We’re sharing an episode from The Founder Mindset with Reza Satchu, the new podcast f…

Advice Line with Chris Riccobono of UNTUCKit

Today’s callers: Adrian from California wants to grow his apparel company to complete with big-name athletic brands. Then, Preet from the Rockies looks for strategies to reach seniors and their children with his daily ch…

How to beat the resource curse in Norway (Summer School)

Let’s call it the luxury of restraint. This is what enabled Norway to avoid the fate of so many other countries when they discovered oil and it changed the mix of their economy overnight. Norway! It’s expensive, wealthy,…

What Makes Chinese Companies So Competitive?

To compete in business anywhere today, leaders at all levels need to learn about the culture and mindset that sets Chinese businesses apart. Stanford research fellow Dan Wang argues that they've built an edge that goes w…

What is wilderness when seven billion people share the planet and nowhere remains truly untouched? Author and journalist Cal Flyn discusses her book The Savage Landscape with EconTalk host Russ Roberts, weaving together …

Sweetwater: Chuck Surack. How a Customer Service Strategy Built a Billion Dollar Online Pro Audio and Music Company.

Chuck Surack never planned to build one of America's largest online retailers. He just wanted to be a musician. So right after high school, he took his sax and drove off in his old VW van to play gigs around the country.…