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The money that does the most damage to a budget is rarely the money you notice leaving. Big purchases get scrutiny. You research the car, you sleep on the vacation, you read the fine print before you sign the mortgage. Those decisions feel heavy, so you treat them with care. The small stuff gets a […]

OpenAI’s path to public markets has tightened around a single benchmark its CEO refuses to negotiate below. The maker of ChatGPT has raised approximately $190 billion in private funding to date and positioned itself at the center of a generational technology shift.  Investors have been watching closely since the company filed a confidential draft S-1

While big chains like Denny’s, Hooters, Red Lobster, and TGI Friday’s commanded the headlines, 33 chains closed 10% or more of their locations in 2025, according to Technomic data shared with Nation’s Restaurant News (NRN). That’s less than the 75 that closed more than 10% during 2020, but if you factor out that pandemic-impacted year,

For most of the last 40 years, the American success story has been told in a single number that scrolls across the bottom of a television screen. The market climbs, the anchors smile, and the people who already own shares watch their net worth tick higher. Everyone else is told to wait their turn. It’s

This is nothing new to Xbox lovers. It isn’t a cheap system. But it’s the cheapest way to enter Microsoft’s gaming universe. You buy the box and plug it into your TV. Later, you can spend money on games, controllers, subscriptions, and downloadable content. The deal no longer works like that. Microsoft (MSFT) indicated that

SoftBank Group (SFTBY) chief executive Masayoshi Son told shareholders this week that Elon Musk’s plan to build data centers in orbit is a losing bet, Fortune reported. Son, who has committed billions to on-the-ground AI infrastructure, framed the dispute as a question of timing and cost, not of engineering capability. The 68-year-old investor, whose company

Gold finally mounted a comeback on Friday, June 26, but the rebound didn’t erase the bigger warning in the market. Spot gold rose 1.2% to $4,073.78 an ounce, while August U.S. gold futures climbed 1.2% to $4,096.30, according to CNBC.  The move came just as the dollar eased off from recent highs following Thursday’s Personal

The bearish case for SpaceX is no longer coming from just one corner of Wall Street. I’ve now heard concerns from traders, investors, and market veterans. Previously, I have covered the former Nasdaq CEO’s lockup warning, Jim Cramer’s verdict that it “couldn’t sustain the walk-up,” and Doug Kass’s short thesis. Michael Burry also studied the

TheStreet aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. It’s safe to say that most people love a good vacation. Whether that entails a weekend roadtrip to see the sights of a local town or a two week excursion to

For most of the past century, buying a new car was less a purchase than a milestone. It was the thing you did when the job came through, when the family grew, when the budget finally felt like it had room to breathe. That new-car smell was shorthand for arrival. Detroit built an entire economy