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Japan’s Ishiba could resign in August, local media reports

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba addresses the media at the vote counting center in the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on July 20, 2025. Franck Robichon | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s embattled Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba could resign by August, according to local media. The reports came shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump … Read more

The Fed’s architects wanted glass in the HQ renovation, but Trump appointees to a local commission pushed for marble

President Donald Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tussled for years over interest rates. But the extensive use of marble in the building is, at least in part, the result of policies backed by Trump … Read more

Jeff Bezos launched his Amazon empire in a rented garage and held team meetings at a local Barnes & Noble. Now his ‘everything store’ is worth $2.4 trillion

Jeff Bezos’ trajectory from a rented Bellevue garage to the helm of a $2.4 trillion enterprise is now business legend. In the summer of 1994, Jeff Bezos left a fledgling Wall Street career and moved to Bellevue, Washington, with a vision: to build an online bookstore that could one day sell everything. The first headquarters … Read more

Central banks are buying gold from local mines amid record prices

Gold prices fell on Tuesday, retreating from near a four-week high, as a modest rise in the dollar weighed on the metal, although uncertainty over the U.S.-China trade agreement kept investors cautious and limited the bullion’s decline. Sven Hoppe | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Central banks are increasingly looking to bolster their gold reserves. … Read more

Nextdoor redesigns app with AI recommendations, local news, and real-time emergency alerts

Neighborhood social app Nextdoor is launching a redesigned version of its service that it’s calling the “new Nextdoor.” The app is adding local news, real-time alerts, and an AI-powered feature called “Faves” that’s designed for discovering local businesses and spots. Nextdoor has also updated its overall design to look more contemporary.  Launched 15 years ago, … Read more

Texas restaurant serves local favorites to first responders after devastating floods

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! KERRVILLE, TEXAS – Business owners in Texas are rolling up their sleeves to serve those who serve others.  As first responders work to comb through the debris and destruction, the owners and staff at Billy Gene’s are cooking up Hill Country favorites for the men and women … Read more

Microsoft is closing its local operations in Pakistan

Microsoft is closing its operations in Pakistan, marking the end of a 25-year presence in the South Asian nation. The Redmond-based company on Friday told TechCrunch that it is changing its operational model in Pakistan and will now serve its customers through resellers and “other closely located Microsoft offices.” “Our customer agreements and service will … Read more

State and local health departments that do invisible but critical work are being hollowed out by cuts

Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. Gone are specialists who were confronting a measles outbreak in Ohio, workers who drove a van to schools in North Carolina to offer vaccinations and a program that provided free tests to sick people in Tennessee. State and local health departments responsible … Read more

States offer big incentives for data centers, but huge land, power, water needs create local friction

The explosive growth of the data centers needed to power America’s fast-rising demand for artificial intelligence and cloud computing platforms has spurred states to dangle incentives in hopes of landing an economic bonanza, but it’s also eliciting pushback from lawmakers and communities. Activity in state legislatures — and competition for data centers — has been … Read more

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