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Forbes Daily: Airlines Are Feeling The Crunch From Higher Fuel Prices

Forbes Daily: Airlines Are Feeling The Crunch From Higher Fuel Prices

A federal judge handed the tech industry a victory Monday, blocking President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications. The judge...

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Danielle Chemtob

The $100,000 H-1B Trump Fee Case Is Really A Tax Case

The $100,000 H-1B Trump Fee Case Is Really A Tax Case

A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the Trump administration’s $100,000 H-1B fee. While the case is important for employers, universities,...

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Kelly Phillips Erb

America Doesn’t Work Without Immigrants—Here’s Why

America Doesn’t Work Without Immigrants—Here’s Why

By Giacomo Tognini and Luisa Kroll, Forbes Staff With reporting by Monica Hunter-Hart, Alex Knapp, Simone Melvin and Richard Nieva On April 24, space...

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Giacomo Tognini

Forbes Travel Guide’s Best Hotel Bars For 2026

Forbes Travel Guide’s Best Hotel Bars For 2026

Hotel bars are havens. Whether it’s a business traveler unwinding after a long day or group of locals celebrating a milestone, everyone is...

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Jennifer Kester

The Inside Story Of The World’s First Cannabis-Based Painkiller

The Inside Story Of The World’s First Cannabis-Based Painkiller

A new botanical drug derived from marijuana has been approved in Germany to treat chronic pain, ushering in a new future for the medical applications...

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Will Yakowicz

Fed Signals Shift At June Meeting With Markets Pricing In 2026 Hike

Fed Signals Shift At June Meeting With Markets Pricing In 2026 Hike

Kevin Warsh’s first Federal Open Market Committee meeting on June 16–17 is likely to mark a formal shift away from the Fed’s easing bias,...

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Simon Moore

The Buffett Rule Investors Should Apply To The Next Wave Of Mega‑IPOs

The Buffett Rule Investors Should Apply To The Next Wave Of Mega‑IPOs

Retail investors are bracing for a wave of blockbuster IPOs — from SpaceX to OpenAI to Anthropic — with private‑market valuations stretching...

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Sasirekha Subramanian

Cursor Hits $4 Billion Annualized Revenue Ahead Of SpaceX IPO

Cursor Hits $4 Billion Annualized Revenue Ahead Of SpaceX IPO

As Cursor, the popular AI coding company, prepares for an expected acquisition by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the startup has hit another financial...

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Richard Nieva

Japan’s 50 Richest 2026: SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Reclaims Top Spot As Country’s Richest Person Amid AI Boom

Japan’s 50 Richest 2026: SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Reclaims Top Spot As Country’s Richest Person Amid AI Boom

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Japan’s Richest 2026. See the full list here. A stock market bull run, driven by the global AI frenzy,...

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Phisanu Phromchanya

Behind SoftBank’s Multi-Billion Dollar Bet On OpenAI

Behind SoftBank’s Multi-Billion Dollar Bet On OpenAI

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Japan’s Richest 2026. See the full list here. After a four year gap, billionaire Masayoshi Son reclaims...

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Anu Raghunathan

Founder Of Tokyo-Based Developer Open House Targets Smooth Succession

Founder Of Tokyo-Based Developer Open House Targets Smooth Succession

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Japan’s Richest 2026. See the full list here. Nearly three decades after founding property firm Open...

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James Simms

Leveraging AI Pays Off For Japan’s Discount Retailing Billionaire

Leveraging AI Pays Off For Japan’s Discount Retailing Billionaire

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Japan’s Richest 2026. See the full list here. Discount supermarket chain Trial Holdings, founded by...

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James Simms

Oil Refiner’s Founding Family Joins List Of Japan’s Richest As Surging Prices Pump Up Wealth

Oil Refiner’s Founding Family Joins List Of Japan’s Richest As Surging Prices Pump Up Wealth

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Japan’s Richest 2026. See the full list here. Amid surging crude prices, the family behind oil refining...

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James Simms

Physical AI: What Companies Need To Know

Physical AI: What Companies Need To Know

Yes, AI can improve your writing, analyze your data, help you determine strategy, or mock up designs for a new customer website. But it can also help...

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Megan Poinski

Data Center Silver Lining: They’re Powering Clean Energy Growth

Data Center Silver Lining: They’re Powering Clean Energy Growth

Current Climate brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability every Monday. Sign up to get it in your inbox. Welcome back to Current...

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Alan Ohnsman

Forbes Daily: There Are ‘Reasons For Optimism’ In The Labor Market

Forbes Daily: There Are ‘Reasons For Optimism’ In The Labor Market

The labor market is finally heating up after a yearslong freeze. U.S. employers added 172,000 jobs in May, according to the Bureau of Labor...

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Danielle Chemtob

SpaceX Left California. Its IPO Payday Did Not.

SpaceX Left California. Its IPO Payday Did Not.

Elon Musk loudly quit California after years of attacking its taxes, politics and business climate, moving SpaceX to Texas. Now the biggest fiscal...

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Alan Ohnsman

How Much Graham Platner, Maine’s Oyster-Farming Senate Candidate, Is Worth

How Much Graham Platner, Maine’s Oyster-Farming Senate Candidate, Is Worth

In June 2024, Graham Platner made a modest purchase with outsize significance. The owner of a half-acre plot of land next to his Sullivan, Maine home...

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Kyle Khan-Mullins

The Nerdy Escorts Cashing In On Silicon Valley’s AI Boom

The Nerdy Escorts Cashing In On Silicon Valley’s AI Boom

In 2024, Meida Marek (her online pseudonym), was a recent college graduate working an entry-level finance job when she started doing the mental math...

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Anna Tong

Inside This SpaceX Billionaire’s Mission To Build A Fleet Of Outer Space Taxis

Inside This SpaceX Billionaire’s Mission To Build A Fleet Of Outer Space Taxis

Tom Mueller is driving his candy green Porsche Taycan Turbo S the way he builds rocket engines: with a terrifying amount of instantaneous thrust and...

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John Hyatt

This Small-Cap Manager Is Up 94%, Betting On Hidden Drivers In The New Economy

This Small-Cap Manager Is Up 94%, Betting On Hidden Drivers In The New Economy

Lasers that can shoot down drones. Data center infrastructure powering artificial intelligence. Trade schools training the next generation of...

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Sergei Klebnikov

Inside An Elite $20 Million London Residence With A Novel History

Inside An Elite $20 Million London Residence With A Novel History

“The elegant, the prosperous, the polite Tyburnia, the most respectable district of the habitable globe,” marveled the 19th-century English...

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Zoë Dare Hall

Tax Breaks: The Taxpayer Advocate Walks Into A Conference Edition

Tax Breaks: The Taxpayer Advocate Walks Into A Conference Edition

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...

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Kelly Phillips Erb

Erin Collins On The Taxpayer Advocate Service, Taxpayer Rights, And A Strained IRS

Erin Collins On The Taxpayer Advocate Service, Taxpayer Rights, And A Strained IRS

When Erin Collins sat down with Terry Lemons, former IRS Chief of Communications and Liaison, at The Tax Retreat in San Antonio on Thursday, June 4,...

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Kelly Phillips Erb

Fear Inflation? Now Is A Great Time To Buy TIPS

Fear Inflation? Now Is A Great Time To Buy TIPS

On sale this week: Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. It wasn’t so long ago that the real rate on these bonds was negative. People lent money...

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William Baldwin

America’s Top Architects: A Parallel Architecture Defies Gravity On A Hillside Outside Austin

America’s Top Architects: A Parallel Architecture Defies Gravity On A Hillside Outside Austin

Firm Name: A Parallel Architecture Principals: Eric Barth, Ryan Burke Headquarters: Austin, Texas Accolades: Forbes Architecture's...

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Fred albert

Here’s How To Buy TIPS Bonds And ETFs

Here’s How To Buy TIPS Bonds And ETFs

You’re sold on the idea of adding cost-of-living protection to some or all of your bond portfolio. You’re going to invest in Treasury...

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William Baldwin

The Economy Is Still Adding Jobs—So Why Does Finding One Feel So Hard?

The Economy Is Still Adding Jobs—So Why Does Finding One Feel So Hard?

On paper, the May jobs report delivered another encouraging headline: The U.S. economy added 172,000 jobs, marking the third consecutive month of job...

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Courtney connley-hampton

Meet America’s 43 Self-Made Billionaire Queens Of Capitalism. Plus: Questions To Ask Before Turning Your Hobby Into A Business

Meet America’s 43 Self-Made Billionaire Queens Of Capitalism. Plus: Questions To Ask Before Turning Your Hobby Into A Business

This is this week’s ForbesWomen newsletter, which every Thursday brings news about the world’s top female entrepreneurs, leaders and investors...

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Maggie Mcgrath

Microsoft Says It Will Have A Useful Quantum Computer In Three Years

Microsoft Says It Will Have A Useful Quantum Computer In Three Years

Microsoft releases its second-generation quantum chip. Ultrasound could replace pacemakers. And why you shouldn’t skip breakfast. All that and more...

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Alex Knapp

Billionaire Robin Khuda’s AirTrunk To Invest Over $30 Billion In India Data Center Projects By 2030

Billionaire Robin Khuda’s AirTrunk To Invest Over $30 Billion In India Data Center Projects By 2030

AirTrunk—the data center company founded by Australian billionaire Robin Khuda and backed by U.S. private equity firm Blackstone—will invest more...

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Yessar Rosendar

Members-Only Event: Death, Taxes & What Comes Next

Members-Only Event: Death, Taxes & What Comes Next

After a death, families are often hit with an exhausting mix of grief, paperwork, tax deadlines, financial decisions, clutter and in some cases,...

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Forbes Membership

Supreme Court To Rule On How Much Equity Homeowners Can Lose In A Tax Sale

Supreme Court To Rule On How Much Equity Homeowners Can Lose In A Tax Sale

When the government takes your home to collect a tax debt and sells it, how much does it actually owe you? That’s a question now before the U.S....

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Kelly Phillips Erb

How Anthropic, OpenAI And Nvidia Are Defining The AI Economy

How Anthropic, OpenAI And Nvidia Are Defining The AI Economy

The next phase of AI adoption hinges less on model breakthroughs and more on who controls the infrastructure behind them. Anthropic and OpenAI build...

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Emma Waldman

Forbes Daily: Pet Adoptions Are Slowing As Consumers Cut Back On Costs

Forbes Daily: Pet Adoptions Are Slowing As Consumers Cut Back On Costs

As World Cup host cities prepare for millions of attendees, two companies are working to protect the crowds from a quickly evolving threat: drones....

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Danielle Chemtob

America’s Top 10 Beaches, New Maldives Resorts And Other Travel News

America’s Top 10 Beaches, New Maldives Resorts And Other Travel News

Editor’s Note: Passport will be on vacation next week. The newsletter will return tan, rested and ready on June 19. A Wave Of Luxury Hotel Brands Is...

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Passport By Forbeslife

Inside Dana White’s $60 Million Plan To Stage UFC Freedom 250 At The White House

Inside Dana White’s $60 Million Plan To Stage UFC Freedom 250 At The White House

The UFC’s CEO says there’s “nothing transactional” about his longstanding friendship with Donald Trump, but it’s the only reason an MMA...

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Matt Craig

The $365 Million Race To Drone-Proof The World Cup

The $365 Million Race To Drone-Proof The World Cup

At this year’s World Cup, while fans are watching the players, companies like Ondas Holdings and Fortem Technologies will be watching the skies....

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Sofia Chierchio

Philippine Tycoon Federico Lopez-Led First Gen To Invest $407 Million In Geothermal Project

Philippine Tycoon Federico Lopez-Led First Gen To Invest $407 Million In Geothermal Project

Energy Development Corp. (EDC)—the renewable energy unit of tycoon Federico Lopez and his family’s First Gen Corp.—is deepening its investments...

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Ian Sayson

How Cristiano Ronaldo Became A Billionaire

How Cristiano Ronaldo Became A Billionaire

Heading into the 2022 World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo’s storied career suddenly seemed uncertain. Benched by Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag and...

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Hank Tucker

How Lionel Messi Became A Billionaire

How Lionel Messi Became A Billionaire

Hounded for years by skepticism that he could lead Argentina back to World Cup glory for the first time since 1986, Lionel Messi finally raised the...

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Hank Tucker

2026 World Cup Will Test Fox’s Streaming Bets—Why Tubi Has The Edge

2026 World Cup Will Test Fox’s Streaming Bets—Why Tubi Has The Edge

When the 2026 FIFA World Cup opens on June 11, Fox will not be treating streaming as a single strategy. It will use the tournament to serve two very...

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Maureen kerr

The VPN Risk Too Many Companies Ignore

The VPN Risk Too Many Companies Ignore

We’ve all heard the horror stories of companies hiring full-time remote workers—only to find out later they’re actually based in North Korea and...

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Megan Poinski

Supreme Court To Rule On How Much Equity Homeowners Can Lose In A Tax Sale

Supreme Court To Rule On How Much Equity Homeowners Can Lose In A Tax Sale

When the government takes your home to collect a tax debt and sells it, how much does it actually owe you? That’s a question now before the U.S....

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Kelly Phillips Erb

SpaceX IPO Targets Record $75 Billion Raise At $135 Shares, Per Report

SpaceX IPO Targets Record $75 Billion Raise At $135 Shares, Per Report

Less than three months after reports and speculation swirled on the possibility of SpaceX filing for a June IPO, the company has accelerated its plans...

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Dan Irvine

Forbes Daily: Small Business Profits Are Being Squeezed

Forbes Daily: Small Business Profits Are Being Squeezed

Corporate profits are soaring on Wall Street. But those gains aren’t translating to businesses on Main Street. Small business profitability fell...

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Danielle Chemtob

Why Pfizer And Eli Lilly Are Betting On This $1.3 Billion AI Drug Discovery Startup

Why Pfizer And Eli Lilly Are Betting On This $1.3 Billion AI Drug Discovery Startup

ast June, when AI drug discovery startup Chai Discovery was just 15 months old, it released a new model that could design antibodies. Nearly 20 pharma...

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Amy Feldman

Billionaire Robin Khuda’s AirTrunk To Invest $21 Billion In Data Center Project Near Mumbai

Billionaire Robin Khuda’s AirTrunk To Invest $21 Billion In Data Center Project Near Mumbai

AirTrunk—the data center company founded by Australian billionaire Robin Khudaand backed by U.S. private equity firm Blackstone—will develop a...

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Yessar Rosendar

OpenAI, Anthropic And The $1 Trillion Question: Who Really Wins From AI?

OpenAI, Anthropic And The $1 Trillion Question: Who Really Wins From AI?

Anthropic closed a $65 billion Series H in late May at a $965 billion valuation, leapfrogging OpenAI's $852 billion mark set just two months...

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Josipa majic predin

SpaceX’s Reported IPO Price Would Make Elon Musk The World’s First Trillionaire

SpaceX’s Reported IPO Price Would Make Elon Musk The World’s First Trillionaire

SpaceX plans to price its highly anticipated IPO later this month at a valuation of $1.75 trillion, or $135 per share, multiple outlets reported...

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Matt Durot