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[ad_1] After 30 years, we’re not ready to leave our 1970s home, even though it has stairs and no walk-in shower.Among my friends my age — I’m 67 — downsizing is a major topic at social gatherings. The focus is always on finances and logistics, not the deep feelings that the decision reveals.Emotions play a big part in why, for now, we’re staying in this too-big, too-out-of-date, difficult-to-manage two-level 3,500-square-foot home despite many reasons to go and fewer to stay.We’ve put so much work into itMy husband of 40 years and I have upgraded and replaced many things. Our upper…

[ad_1] Sean — Josh has spoken about Ferguson Enterprises Inc (FERG) before. It’s the largest distributor of plumbing and HVAC products in North America. Ferguson operates through a network of over 1,500 locations and thousands of delivery vehicles across the U.S. and Canada. But Ferguson isn’t just an industrial. The company is also building a strong digital presence through its e-commerce platforms and value-added services, with a growing on-site consultation and logistics support program. Best Stock Spotlight: Ferguson Enterprises Inc (FERG) On the list since: 6/4/2025 Sean — FERG was on our list coming into its earnings report in December…

[ad_1] County regulators yesterday granted xAI permits to operate 15 natural gas turbines at its data center outside Memphis, despite the threat of a lawsuit. Elon Musk’s AI company has been operating as many as 35 generators without permits, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) said. Altogether, they’re capable of producing up to 421 megawatts of electricity. The legal organization has said that it will sue xAI for violations of the Clean Air Act on behalf of the NAACP. The company recently raised $10 billion, split evenly between debt and equity. The permit issued by the Shelby County Health Department…

[ad_1] OpenAI threw cold water on an announcement from Robinhood this week that said some users could soon buy “tokenized” equity in the AI titan on the popular brokerage app. Robinhood stock has surged this week on news that the company is offering tokenized shares of popular stocks, including shares of private companies OpenAI and SpaceX, to European users. However, the AI startup issued a statement this week that distanced itself from the plan. In a June 2 post on its X account, OpenAI stated that the tokens being offered by Robinhood are not actually equity in the company.”We did…

[ad_1] Two top chartists were weighing in on Apple this week. Carter Worth of Worth Charting and Katie Stockton of Fairlead Strategies believe Apple is in for a significant run. “We see a short-term trade with upside,” said Worth on CNBC’s “Fast Money” this week. He thinks the stock is likely to go up about 8% from where the stock is currently trading. Worth was right on the money back in the summer of 2022 when he said “sell it all” in a controversial call on Apple. The stock fell shortly after. AAPL .GSPT mountain 2022-08-01 Apple has been greatly outperformed…

[ad_1] Say goodbye to the prospect of a rate cut this summer.Investors have slashed the odds of an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve this month after data released Thursday indicated the job market was unexpectedly strong in June.The robust jobs report gives the central bank room to keep interest rates elevated, with employment strong and inflation remaining above its 2% target.The report indicated that employers added 147,000 jobs to the economy last month, handily beating expectations of 110,000. In another sign of strength, payrolls for May were revised upward to 144,000, and the overall unemployment rate unexpectedly ticked…

[ad_1] Johannes Thomas, CEO of the hotel-search company Trivago, tries to keep his mornings free so he has time to chew on big ideas.Thomas wakes early and tries not to take meetings before 11 a.m. so that he can structure the start of his workdays around blocks of time lasting 90 minutes to two hours.The idea, he said, is to create time for “undivided attention” that can lead to high levels of productivity. It’s what Thomas and others often refer to as “flow.””I just focus on a problem, think it through, and really go into deep thinking,” he told Business…

[ad_1] AI agents are reshaping how work gets done across industries, and at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, one of the leading voices in that transformation is stepping onto the AI Stage. May Habib, CEO and co-founder of Writer, will join us in San Francisco, October 27-29, for a fireside chat that dives deep into how enterprises are operationalizing AI — at scale and with speed. With more than 10,000 startup and VC leaders attending the event, this session is set to be one of the most timely and talked-about conversations on the agenda. Inside the enterprise AI revolution As the CEO…

[ad_1] JPMorgan added biotechnology firm Scholar Rock and construction supplies company Carlisle Companies to its list of top stock picks heading into July. The Wall Street investment bank updates its analyst focus list every month, encompassing JPMorgan’s top stock ideas for growth, income, value and short investment strategies. JPMorgan also trimmed Vera Therapeutics and Alarm.com from the previous month’s version of the list. JPMorgan’s updated list comes as U.S. stocks finished the first half of 2025 at record highs. The S & P 500 advanced nearly 11% in the second-quarter, a turnaround from its April lows, which saw the broad…

[ad_1] Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Sir Christopher Hohn’s activist hedge fund TCI has risen 21 per cent this year, according to two people who have seen the numbers, as bets on jet engine manufacturer GE Aerospace, Visa and Microsoft came good. The gains for The Children’s Investment Fund, which manages just over $70bn in assets, are more than triple the returns of the US S&P 500 index, and reinforce Hohn’s status as one of the world’s most successful equity hedge fund managers. TCI has held a…