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These schools deliver the strongest financial return on investment thanks to graduates’ earnings and either relatively low costs or generous financial aid.

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Amid geopolitical uncertainty, Singapore remains a beacon of stability. The city-state’s economy expanded 6.1% in the first half of 2026, reflecting robust manufacturing growth in electronics and precision engineering, driven by surging AI-related demand. While a total of 35 listees are wealthier than a year ago, the collective net worth of the country’s 50 richest was flat at $239 billion, impacted by a decline in tech-related fortunes.

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With the Dallas Cowboys valued at a record-breaking $17 billion, the league’s 32 franchises are now worth more than $300 billion combined—and recent stake sales signal there may be no limit on prices.

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At his private golf courses, the president barrels through foursomes, knocks away putts and generally has the time of his life—with the government picking up the Secret Service’s hot-dog tab.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2026/09/07/hot-dog-heaven-inside-trumps-golf-getaways/

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The inside story of the crazy, creative financing behind one of America’s best-selling wellness brands.

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A little-known company called Fluidstack has become a test bed for Google’s plans to sell its own AI chip. That’s helped it hit a $18 billion valuation and minted its founders as new billionaires.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/09/03/a-tiny-startup-helping-google-take-on-nvidia-is-now-worth-18-billion/

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Silicon Valley brought sushi, Starlink and luxury camps to Burning Man. Now it’s importing something potentially even more divisive: AI slop.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2026/08/30/prompts-on-the-playa-ai-invades-burning-man/

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TikTok—the Chinese-owned social network—has been flooded with advertisements pushing street drugs and prescription pills like codeine, benzos and Adderall.

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With $200-million-plus villas and apartments selling for a record $12,900 per square feet, this man-made luxury development overlooking the Mediterranean is home to several billionaires, professional race car drivers and other ultra-wealthy investors who enjoy living tax-free.

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Three Stanford friends-turned-OpenAI-colleagues left the AI behemoth to start an enterprise company that relies on open source models. Fifteen months later, the twenty-something founders are raising $350 million at a $3.25 billion valuation.

Read the full story on Forbes:https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2026/09/01/applied-compute-openai-the-ex-openai-guys-building-cheaper-open-source-alternative/

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