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S&P turns negative on Meta’s outlook while keeping its AA- ratings

The agency questions the timing of AI returns as investment absorbs cash. Meta disputes its assessment; an outlook change is different from a rating downgrade.

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Fortune12 hr

China sees yuan vs. dollar like Pepsi vs. Coke—'never the market leader, but serviceable in a pinch'

The Wall Street Journal13 hr

Judge Dismisses Trump’s Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal Publisher Again

MarketWatch14 hr

My abusive ex-husband promised $20,000 for our kids’ education. Now he refuses to pay. Is he legally obligated?

CNBC14 hr

Trump defamation suit against Murdoch, WSJ over Epstein letter dismissed with prejudice

Fortune14 hr

If California matched Texas on taxing property, it would raise more revenue than the billionaire tax

MarketWatch14 hr

‘Showy jewelry and fancy cars hold no appeal’: We have a 99% chance of outliving our life savings. Why not spend it all?

MarketWatch15 hr

This is where most people go wrong in their 30s and 40s

The Wall Street Journal15 hr

Los Angeles Voters Weigh Whether a DSA Mayor Can Fix the City’s Problems

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We’re in our 70s. Should we pay off our 2.5% mortgage — or put the money in a high-yield savings account?

CNBC15 hr

SpaceX loses bid to toss NAACP lawsuit over Memphis data center air pollution

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‘He was heartbroken’: My husband’s kids abandoned him when he was dying. Was he right to leave everything to me?

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Is it curtains for COLA? Saving Social Security could mean changing the cost-of-living adjustment.

MarketWatch16 hr

Caregivers are now spending more than $11,000 a year out of pocket—up 60% in five years

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ARCHIVE PHOTO: A bicycle courier carrying a DoorDash bag on Granville Street in Vancouver, Canada, March 23, 2020. Representative delivery context; it does not depict the 2026 Instacart agreement or a completed merger. Photo: GoToVan / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0.

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DoorDash’s $17 billion Instacart agreement faces a long road to closing

Archive photo · U.S. Department of Agriculture; individual photographer not named in source · U.S. Department of Agriculture / USDAgov · Public domain — U.S. federal government work

ARCHIVE PHOTO — A grocery checkout at Papaya Supermarket in Dearborn, Michigan, on June 22, 2023. U.S. Department of Agriculture / public domain. Representative consumer-spending context; the transaction predates the September 2026 figures.

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