Posts by Amelia Frost
Democrats Block The U.S.’s Biggest Crypto Bill. They Are Demanding Concessions From Trump.
Democrats blocked a legislation aimed at creating a new regulatory framework for cryptocurrency on Tuesday, demanding it includes strong safeguards to prevent President Donald Trump and his family from enriching themselves through the asset before passing it. “Let’s make sure that we do not pass a crypto bill that will let Donald Trump continue to…
Read MoreSaudi Arabia’s Key Pipeline Has Been Shut Down. Energy Secretary Wright Says It Will Reopen Soon.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the Saudi East-West pipeline will take days, rather than weeks, to resume pumping after sustaining multiple attacks last week. Speaking to CNBC, Wright said “this will be a brief and temporary interruption” that will be “measured in days.” Riyahd’s ability to reopen the pipeline will be key for the already…
Read MoreBessent Defends Treasury Intervention Amid Bond Sell-Off. Democrats Question Trump’s Economic Comeback Claims.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the Trump administration’s economic record and his department’s actions in financial markets during a combative House hearing Tuesday as Democratic lawmakers challenged him over rising borrowing costs, energy prices and the state of the U.S. economy ahead of the midterm elections. The hearing before the House Financial Services Committee was…
Read MoreAI’s Biggest Companies Are Calling For A Slowdown. Musk Suggests Rivals Test Each Other’s Models.
Elon Musk wants the world’s biggest artificial intelligence companies to test each others’ models before they are released as part of measures designed to pace the development of frontier models and address the technology’s potential dangers. Musk said xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and “three or four” leading Chinese AI companies should allow competitors to…
Read MoreRewards Network on Restaurant Marketing That Drives Traffic and Loyalty
In a competitive dining environment, strong food and service alone are rarely enough to ensure a restaurant’s sustained profitability. Visibility, consistency, and customer engagement are all equally crucial elements for success. Industry insights from Rewards Network reveal that restaurant marketing functions as a structured system designed to attract new diners, retain existing guests, and convert…
Read MoreHow a Cat Fountain Startup Kept Its Factory Running in Wartime Ukraine – And Generated Over $20 Million in Sales
On a Friday in late 2016, Bogdan, co-owner of a family pottery in western Ukraine, got a call from an unknown foreign number. The caller, a Swiss entrepreneur named Floris Schmuki who was working his way down a list of Ukrainian ceramics workshops, asked one question: “do you speak english?” On Monday, Bogdan was standing…
Read MoreTrump Slams Supreme Court Over Mail Ballot Decision, Calls Ruling a ‘Disaster’ for America
President Donald Trump sharply criticized the U.S. Supreme Court after the justices rejected his administration’s effort to implement new restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, accusing the court of making a “horrible” decision and warning that the ruling would make election fraud easier. In a lengthy statement on his Truth Social…
Read MoreJeannine DuChateau’s Lessons in Leadership from Managing 50+ Sites Across Multiple States
Managing one location gives a leader a fairly clear view of what’s happening. Managing dozens of them across multiple states is different. A policy that works smoothly in one location may run into a different regulation somewhere else. Hiring conditions change from market to market. Employees in one region may need something their counterparts in…
Read MoreU.S. Poverty Fell To A Record Low In 2025. A Broader Measure Came In Higher, New Figures Show.
The U.S. poverty rate fell to 10.2% in 2025, the lowest in the Census Bureau’s historical series, while median household income rose to a record high as the number of Americans living below the official poverty line declined for a second straight year. About 34.5 million people were in poverty last year, down from 35.9…
Read MoreSam Menzin Breaks Down 7 Lessons From a Major League Front Office That Every Founder Can Use
Spend enough time in a Major League Baseball front office, and you get used to having to make decisions before you have access to everything you’d like to know. There may be a player you’re interested in, but you haven’t seen enough of him yet to feel certain about what he’ll become. The data may…
Read MoreSamsung Is Betting On An Alternative To Nvidia. Dutch AI Chip Startup Euclyd Just Raised $231 Million.
Samsung has backed Dutch semiconductor startup Euclyd in a funding round of more than €200 million, giving the two-year-old company fresh capital to develop AI chips and computing systems designed as an alternative to the graphics processors that currently dominate artificial intelligence infrastructure. The Series A round was co-led by Samsung, Somerset Capital Partners, the…
Read MoreOil and Treasury Yields Are Suddenly Moving Together. Why That Could Spell Trouble for Stocks.
Oil prices and Treasury yields are moving almost perfectly in tandem, creating an increasingly dangerous combination for stocks, bonds, businesses and consumers already contending with renewed inflation pressures. The one-month rolling correlation between front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil and the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield has climbed to 0.96, according to BMO Capital Markets data…
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