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PHOENIX — Nolan Arenado and Manny Machado have been inextricably tied by the hip since they broke into the Major Leagues, Machado with the Orioles in 2012 and Arenado with the Rockies in 2013.Together they’ve combined for 15 All-Star berths, eight for Arenado and seven for Machado, and are on…

ToplineStrategy on Monday disclosed a bitcoin purchase valued at more than $100 million, after billionaire Michael Saylor’s firm—the world’s largest institutional holder of bitcoin—announced a rare sale of the cryptocurrency amid a broad drop in the world’s most valuable digital asset.Key FactsStrategy, in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on…

Many of your recent shows may have just wrapped up (for me, Friends and Neighbors and Euphoria), but there’s always something new to find. And how about a series with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score and a 94% audience score?Things are a little confusing here with the show being…

ToplineTicket prices to get in to game 3 of the NBA Finals have dropped nearly 50% in the day leading up to the New York Knicks clash against the San Antonio Spurs, down to just under $5,000 from a sky-high cheapest entry price of nearly $10,000 on Friday night after…

This Friday (June 12), Olivia Rodrigo will return with her third album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love. Less than a month before the full-length’s street date, the singer-songwriter chose “The Cure” as the project’s second single, and it arrived a little more than a month…

The IRS provided Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with last-known address information for nearly 47,000 people under a controversial data-sharing agreement, according to a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). According to TIGTA, last year, ICE asked the IRS for address information tied to more…

Eileen Fisher has come full circle.The company’s Renew take-back program reached a milestone of three million items returned, Eileen Fisher said. Renew, Fisher’s circular label, is made up of donations of clothing and other products from earlier seasons. Customers get a $5 credit per piece, which by the company’s own…

The IRS provided Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with last-known address information for nearly 47,000 people under a controversial data-sharing agreement, according to a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). According to TIGTA, last year, ICE asked the IRS for address information tied to more…

I’m on the road again! It’s tax conference season, and my first stop in June was San Antonio, Texas, for The Tax Retreat. It’s been a terrific experience meeting up with my fellow tax professionals. I even ran into Charles Barkley (okay, I suspect he was here for the NBA…

Last week, Drake completely dominated Billboard’s R&B, hip-hop and rap charts. He had three albums’ worth of material for fans to consume, as he dropped a trio of full-lengths – Iceman, Habibti and Maid of Honour – at the same time. As is typically the case whenever a musician fills…

The IRS provided Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with last-known address information for nearly 47,000 people under a controversial data-sharing agreement, according to a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). According to TIGTA, last year, ICE asked the IRS for address information tied to more…

Netflix continues its bumpy pursuit of an original film lineup, with some stellar hits and other big misses. Plus, there’s the endless debate over what should or should not be allowed to hit theaters, however briefly. One that has been planted firmly on Netflix and Netflix alone is Office Romance,…

When Ariana Grande delivers the first single from a new album, her fans typically respond with such fervor that the tune debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Launching a song atop the most competitive ranking for individual tracks in America used to be a nearly unheard-of feat,…

Elon Musk loudly quit California after years of attacking its taxes, politics and business climate, moving SpaceX to Texas. Now the biggest fiscal event of his career could hand the state he trashed a giant tax windfall anyway.That is the awkward punchline hanging over SpaceX’s expected IPO next week. Because…

The IRS provided Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with last-known address information for nearly 47,000 people under a controversial data-sharing agreement, according to a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). According to TIGTA, last year, ICE asked the IRS for address information tied to more…

This Friday Kevin Warsh formally takes over the Federal Reserve. He has the opportunity to fundamentally reshape not only this institution but also the whole misbegotten concept of modern central banking. The bane of the Fed and similar institutions is their fundamental belief that prosperity is the primary cause of…

ToplineMore than 130 people have died in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s health minister announced Tuesday, as the head of the World Health Organization said he was “deeply concerned” about the rapidly growing outbreak.TimelineTUESDAY, MAY 19, 2026 DRC health officials announce that 131…