The number of developments led by professional sports teams has accelerated in recent years, as the price of teams has skyrocketed.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/sports/football/pro-sports-teams-real-estate-development.html
Local officials spent years trying to force Marvin Peavy to remove the giant pro-Trump banners from his home in the Florida Panhandle. This summer, Mr. Peavy is basking in victory.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/us/trump-signs-florida.html
Anyone new to Ukraine may quickly notice the disconnect between the front line and much of daily life farther away, including the patient behavior of pedestrians waiting to cross the street.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/world/europe/ukraine-pedestrians-traffic-lights.html
Despite a detente on China’s restrictions on the critical manufacturing inputs, shipments remain far below last year’s levels.https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/chinese-rare-earth-magnet-exports-surge-after-u-s-trade-truce-f9f6e059
Those calling to allow access to Nvidia’s H20 chips are ignoring decades of experience.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/giving-china-chips-derails-trump-decoupling-4a4aa6cd
The $142 million wasn’t for my organization’s ‘overhead,’ but core funds.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-senate-rescinded-vital-unicef-funding-765ad5d0
Would he apply the same double standard he does to the Middle East to the treatment of Jewish New Yorkers?https://www.wsj.com/opinion/zohran-mamdani-and-the-jews-14af43f4
Black hole and Big Bang singularities break our best theory of gravity. A trilogy of theorems hints that physicists must go to the ends of space and time to find a fix.https://www.wired.com/story/the-hunt-for-a-fundamental-theory-of-quantum-gravity/
The AI race is splintering big tech names, with investors pointing to a divergence in business approach and stock performance.https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/mag7-stocks-sp500-ai-7d40d5a1?mod=rss_markets_main
Scams that trick people into transferring funds fall outside most current fraud protections. Some victims want banks to take responsibility.https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/banks-pig-butchering-fight-fraud-92c06642?mod=rss_markets_main
With a market value now exceeding $500 billion, the streaming giant faces pressure to keep growing.https://www.wsj.com/business/media/netflix-is-running-out-of-worlds-to-conquer-8bc98326?mod=rss_markets_main
You don’t have to accept the AI that Samsung offers you.https://www.wired.com/story/limit-galaxy-ai-to-on-device-processing-or-turn-it-off/
“Welcome South, Brother” is turning into goodbye as many residents look to smaller, more affordable metro areas.https://www.wsj.com/economy/atlanta-population-growth-ending-32aa642c
Without independence, the Fed couldn’t be trusted to give priority to low inflation over the president’s other priorities.https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/jerome-powell-firing-inflation-defenses-8f33baf8
Of those, more than 200 appear to have had outages of services related to patient care following CrowdStrike’s disastrous crash, researchers have revealed.https://www.wired.com/story/at-least-750-us-hospitals-faced-disruptions-during-last-years-crowdstrike-outage-study-finds/
Plus: Secret IRS data-sharing with ICE, a 20-year-old hackable vulnerability in train brakes, and more.https://www.wired.com/story/chinas-salt-typhoon-hackers-breached-the-us-national-guard-for-nearly-a-year/
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the president that ousting Jerome Powell entailed risks, including possible effects on the economy and potential legal and political obstacles.https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/trump-jerome-powell-fed-chair-defense-4165e69b
A bill unveiled Friday aims to provide government backing for second mortgages to finance construction of increasingly popular accessory dwelling units.https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/the-push-to-make-tiny-homes-in-backyards-easier-to-finance-82806ff3
Purchasing managers’ surveys in the U.S. and a number of other countries will be watched closely. A decision by the European Central Bank will be the other highlight of the week.https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/week-ahead-for-fx-bonds-focus-on-u-s-pmi-ecb-decision-japan-elections-339d458c
Home-building recovered a little in the U.S. last month but tariffs continued to cause uncertainty in the sector.https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/housing-starts-gain-but-still-lag-on-year-9372fc83