U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference at the Cash Room of the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 24, 2026. Mehmet Eser | Anadolu | Getty Images The Treasury Department on Friday moved to sanction the United Arab Emirates branch of an Egyptian bank over its financial ties to Iran….
Bill Gates speaks with Reuters during an interview in New York City, U.S., May 8, 2025. Mike Segar | Reuters There is “no plan” for the “social, political, and economic upheaval” AI is about to cause, Bill Gates has warned. The Microsoft co-founder said that AI could become either the “greatest equalizer ever invented, or…
Amazon logo on brick office building facade with windows, San Francisco, California, Aug. 29, 2025. Smith Collection | Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Amazon is soon pulling the plug on its 21-year-old crowdsourced work platform, called Mechanical Turk, the company said Tuesday. “We regularly evaluate our programs, tools and services and make adjustments…
Suze Orman speaks during AOL’s Build Speaker Series at AOL Studios In New York. Jenny Anderson | WireImage | Getty Images If you want to shore up your finances, experts generally agree on a best first step — building an emergency savings fund. Yet data consistently shows setting aside a meaningful amount of cash to…
Somewhere in Chicago, one 40-year-old project director spent her summer wondering if she’s been working with a human or a bot. She was recently put on a project with an artificial intelligence expert who started using AI agents to manage his inbox. But in the course of their partnership, the bots began filtering out important…
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service proposed rules on Wednesday to restrict access to refundable tax credits for certain immigrants. Tax experts say the move would potentially disqualify hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people — particularly lower earners — from the tax benefits and represents the latest move by the Trump administration…
While young workers are struggling in the broader job market, they’re thriving in a subset of AI jobs. In a study published Tuesday, LinkedIn identified the top 12 fast-growing AI jobs, based on an analysis of the platform’s data, including the gender, education and age of those who were hired. The study defines AI jobs…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., arrives to the U.S. Capitol for the last votes of the week on Friday, May 15, 2026. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently announced on social media that she was freezing her eggs, she called attention to the cost of the procedure. The…
US President Donald Trump speaks during the Trump Accounts Launch Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. Treasury Department and IRS proposed regulations this week on how employers and employees can fund Trump Accounts, the new tax-deferred investing option for children. The proposed regulations…
Job seekers wait in line to enter a job fair on June 30, 2026, in Carson, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Long-term unemployment fell in July — which, on its face, sounds like a good thing. But labor market data suggests otherwise, economists said. In fact, long-term unemployment appears to…
