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As the U.S. commercial real estate market settles into cautious equilibrium in 2026, Missoula landlords face property tax increases of up to 50%, exposing the fragile balance between stabilization and affordability across office, retail, and industrial sectors.
Nominal Inc., a startup building software to modernize manufacturing for defense and space companies, hit a $1 billion valuation after Peter Thiel's Founders Fund led an $80 million investment. The deal signals Silicon Valley's pivot toward industrial automation as AI meets hardware.
After years of pandemic-induced chaos, commercial real estate is stabilizing—but unevenly. Office vacancies barely budged while industrial spaces saw vacancies surge to 14.4%, and retail sale prices plummeted 17.5%. The market's biggest threat? National debt driving financing costs through the roof.
One month after the NBA's most active trade deadline in years, James Harden is shooting 45.6% from three and orchestrating an offense scoring 122.5 points per 100 possessions in Cleveland — proof that the 11-time All-Star still has gas in the tank when the fit is right.
A viral TikTok and Snapchat trend urging UK schoolchildren to fight in color-coded teams led to two arrests in East London and police patrols outside 26 schools—despite evidence that much of the content, including AI-generated images, was fabricated.
A month after the NBA's busiest trade deadline in years, James Harden is revitalizing Cleveland's offense while playing through a fractured thumb. Meanwhile, the Bears extracted a second-round pick from Buffalo to escape DJ Moore's $49 million guaranteed deal—a stunning return for a receiver who'd become their third or fourth option.
The CLARITY Act has stalled after major banks rejected a White House compromise on stablecoin yields, with President Trump accusing financial institutions of undermining his crypto agenda. The standoff centers on whether crypto exchanges can offer rewards that analysts warn could divert $500 billion in deposits from traditional banks by 2028.
Marvell's data center chips rode the AI wave to $2.4 billion in quarterly revenue, beating Wall Street by $130 million and sending shares up 14%. Meanwhile, Costco's CEO told investors the retailer plans to pass tariff refunds directly to customers — if the government ever pays up on the $175 billion at stake.
SPACs are staging a quiet comeback: Sweden's Einride secured $113 million to go public at a $1.35 billion valuation via SPAC merger, while TRG Latin America priced a $200 million blank-check IPO targeting Latin American deals. After the 2020-2022 EV SPAC crash, investors are cautiously testing whether the model can work for companies with real revenue and proven tech.
Legal data giant LexisNexis confirmed hackers exploited AWS cloud vulnerabilities to steal 2GB of files including 400,000 user profiles and government employee data. The breach follows Transport for London's admission that 10 million people were affected by a 2024 hack — five times larger than previously disclosed — as UK companies face no legal requirement to reveal breach scale.
Congress voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to kill a resolution requiring public disclosure of sexual harassment investigations and taxpayer-funded settlements, while Senate Democrats blocked DHS funding for a third time over immigration enforcement reforms following fatal agent shootings in Minneapolis.
A ballistic missile heading toward Turkish airspace was intercepted by NATO defenses Wednesday, but alliance chief Mark Rutte ruled out invoking collective defense — even as the Iran war spreads to Azerbaijan, Cyprus, and the Indian Ocean. Kremlin official Dmitry Medvedev seized the moment to mock Trump's peace prize ambitions.