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Offering cash for votes is quite common – but here’s why it doesn’t work
Politics is about the distribution of power and money. So it comes as little surprise that many politicians campaign on the material benefits that citizens can expect if those candidates win.President Donald Trump has...
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Current price of oil as of Oct. 21, 2026 | Fortune
At 8 a.m. Eastern Time today, the price of oil sits at $110.74 per barrel, using Brent as the benchmark (we’ll explain what that means shortly). That’s a decrease of $2.11 since yesterday morning and roughly $49 more than...
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Billionaire Mark Cuban’s 5-step plan to make healthcare affordable targets drug middlemen’s ‘contractual terrorism’ | Fortune
Mark Cuban says many of the customers flooding his low-cost pharmacy have something in common: They already have insurance. And they’re still better off paying cash.“They come to us because our cash price is often lower than what their...
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Bureau Veritas: Double Digit Total Revenue Growth in the Third Quarter of 2026
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Leica’s U.S. boss says F1 ‘goes at incredible speed’ and photography helps ‘stop the moment.’ Now they’ve made $10,000 camera together | Fortune
Some of Formula 1’s most populat drivers are already serious about photography. Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris have both been seen with Leica cameras, and Norris runs a separate Instagram account for his photos.That overlap goes well past the...
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Elon Musk says Tesla and SpaceX are weighing a $3.5 trillion merger—without him in the room | Fortune
It’s official: Tesla and SpaceX are in talks. Independent board members at the two Elon Musk-led companies have formed special committees to hash over a possible merger, Musk told investors during SpaceX’s third-quarter earnings call Tuesday.“These special committees consist...
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SpaceX posts first operating profit as public company as AI revenue nearly triples to $7.6 billion—cruising past Starlink | Fortune
Elon Musk’s SpaceX said Tuesday that third quarter revenue rose 161% to $14.6 billion year-over-year, cruising past the $12.86 billion analysts expected, according to Visible Alpha consensus from S&P Global Market Intelligence.The company reported net income of $4.4 million,...
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Millennials are ‘kidulting’ through their parenthood stage, spending their free time on blind boxes and claw machines | Fortune
Most arcades in the 1980s and ’90s had one. A glass box in the corner, stuffed with plush bears and off-brand cartoon characters, where you would throw away your money for the chance to claw at something you didn’t...
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US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect
The buzzword of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections may be affordability, but growing anger over inequality is behind the sentiment.A Pew Research survey released in October 2026 found that roughly 6 in 10 Americans –...
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A scuff on your bag, a dent in your mug – and suddenly it feels like time for a new one
Imagine you have a bag you really like. It felt like “the one” when you bought it.Over time, it starts to look worn. There are some scuffs on it. Nothing is actually wrong with...
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Poland: How the deadly shooting in Krakow unfolded
Six people were killed and several others injured when a gunman opened fire in central Krakow, Poland's second largest...