A divided Fed is expected to settle on a 25-basis-point rate cut this week. The key question is, what comes next?

Will future cuts come at every meeting this year, or at a more cautious pace?
My parents promised to split their estate 50/50, but my mother gave my brother real estate. Is that fair?

“The trust dictates my brother should receive an equal amount.”
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol Starbucks turnaround plan one year

After two decades going to Starbucks every day at 4:30 a.m., longtime customer Tony Dennis abandoned the company last year. “I was frustrated,” he told CNBC. The customer experience he used to love had disappeared. Baristas didn’t engage with him, despite his daily visits. At the same time, the cost of his double-shot tall nonfat […]
espn everpass media streaming bars restaurants

EverPass Media has inked a deal with Disney‘s ESPN to distribute live games and other content from its ESPN+ streaming service to bars, restaurants and other commercial establishments in the U.S. The deal bulks up EverPass’ offering of live sports streaming to businesses. EverPass already provides the NFL’s “Sunday Ticket” package, as well as all […]
Fed governor Cook declared second residence as ‘vacation home,’ countering Trump’s claims

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook reportedly declared a condo she purchased in 2021 as a “vacation” and “second” home in loan filings and other documents — potentially undermining the Trump administration’s claims that she engaged in mortgage fraud, which the president used as grounds to fire Cook from the Fed’s board.
Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf sees downside to U.S. economy

Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf said Wednesday that while corporations and higher-income consumers are thriving, lower income Americans are struggling to stay afloat. The bank’s data shows that “companies are in really great shape” and spending and debt repayment rates among all income levels has been steady, but there are signs of stress among lower […]
‘It’s keeping me up at night’: My brother sold his share of the family farm and lost the rest in a divorce. He says I owe him.

“He told me that he will legally pursue me and my farm through the court.”
Family offices double down on stocks and dial back on private equity

07 July 2025, USA, New York: A street sign reading “Wall Street” hangs on a post in front of the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan’s financial district. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa (Photo by Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images) Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in […]