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You’ve worked hard for your stock compensation and expect it to provide you with wealth for a long and happy life. Nevertheless, it’s important to find out what would happen to your restricted stock units (RSUs) or stock options should you die. How would the outstanding equity awards that you…
Highly successful private equity leaders think and act differently. Over the past several decades, we have worked with many, and we’ve learned what makes them unique: it’s the way they combine disciplined investing with disciplined management. This combination provides some useful insights that can be applied to any business. While…
Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson of the American rock band Heart performed at the 2026 Annual Grammy Hall of Fame Gala at Los Angeles’ Beverly Hilton more than two months ago. They were one of several esteemed musical acts — among them 2PAC, Janet Jackson and Radiohead — whose recordings…
The Education Department is offering borrowers a new interest rate reduction incentive for their federal student loans, and time is running out to sign up. But borrowers who want to take advantage of the new benefit should be mindful of the potential risks of the new program.The new incentive program…
New York’s proposed Self-Checkout Bill A11501 is a piece of legislation that takes aim at the economics of automation. If passed, it would require “food retail establishments” to provide a 10% discount for all goods purchased through a self-checkout kiosk.The proposal adds yet another hurdle to an already long list…
Throughout much of spring 2026, Michael Jackson’s compilation The Essential has ranked as one of the biggest albums in the world. That is certainly true in the United Kingdom, where the late superstar remains a serious hitmaker more than a decade and a half after his death.The collection was already…
Major League Pickleball (MLP), presented by DoorDash, visited the Windy City this past weekend for the 8th of its nine week whirlwind regular 2026 season. It comes on the back of a crazy trade deadline day that saw two of the league favorites make massive moves to try to win…
Some states recognize a form of marital property known as tenancy by the entireties. In these states, assets held in tenancy by the entireties are not available to the creditors of only one spouse ― but they are available to creditors if both spouses are debtors. Among other assets, interests…
Earlier this month, Bonnie Tyler died at age 75, only about a month after celebrating that milestone birthday. The Welsh singer began releasing albums in the late 1970s and remained active for decades, most recently issuing The Best Is Yet to Come roughly half a decade ago, but she is…
Major League Pickleball (MLP), presented by DoorDash, visited the Windy City this past weekend for the 8th of its nine week whirlwind regular 2026 season. It comes on the back of a crazy trade deadline day that saw two of the league favorites make massive moves to try to win…
It has been 20 years since Bring Me the Horizon released Count Your Blessings, the band’s debut album. Since then, the group has become one of the biggest rock acts in the world, and its edgy sound has continued to evolve, becoming slightly more appealing to a wider audience while…
Bruno Mars has released a surprisingly small number of albums for an artist who has enjoyed so much success and helped define an entire generation of pop music. The singer-songwriter has issued only four solo collections, as well as one project as half of Silk Sonic, his super duo with…
The Education Department has begun notifying some student loan borrowers who had applied for income-driven repayment plans that, due to a calculation error, they must now reapply again for the same repayment plan. The request potentially jeopardizes their access to affordable monthly payments and may temporarily pause their ability to…
Major League Pickleball (MLP), presented by DoorDash, visited the Windy City this past weekend for the 8th of its nine week whirlwind regular 2026 season. It comes on the back of a crazy trade deadline day that saw two of the league favorites make massive moves to try to win…
ToplineA further decline in SpaceX shares on Monday cut Elon Musk’s net worth by more than $20 billion, lowering his fortune below the $700 billion threshold for the first time since December, as Musk falls further from his trillionaire status.Key FactsShares of SpaceX dropped 4.8% to around $109.50 as of…
The latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the Consumer Price Index declined by 0.4% in June 2026, signaling that inflation is slowing. But this doesn’t necessarily make it a good time to buy a car, house, appliance, furniture set or vacation. Lower inflation means prices are…
The merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery suffered a setback—a federal judge put a temporary pause on the $110 billion acquisition just one week after twelve states sued Paramount over the deal, arguing it was unlawful and would “create a media behemoth” that would damage both audiences and…
Major League Pickleball (MLP), presented by DoorDash, visited the Windy City this past weekend for the 8th of its nine week whirlwind regular 2026 season. It comes on the back of a crazy trade deadline day that saw two of the league favorites make massive moves to try to win…
Coming into Wimbledon, Britain’s Arthur Fery had earned about $329,000 this year on the ATP Tour.The world’s No. 114-ranked player has now essentially doubled his yearly income with a dramatic run to the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Fery, the first British wildcard to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam, defeated fellow…
ToplineA week-long hearing over Charlie Kirk’s killing began Monday in Utah, with Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk and Donald Trump, Jr., sitting in court as prosecutors lay out their evidence against suspect Tyler Robinson and try to convince the court that Robinson should be tried for shooting Kirk.Key FactsThe preliminary hearing,…
Fifteen years after Basel III was designed in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the framework is no longer converging toward global uniformity. Instead, it is fragmenting into three distinct regulatory models across the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States. While all three jurisdictions continue to…





















