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Duane Davis, right, and his attorney Michael Sanft sit in a courtroom after a jury found Davis guilty of first-degree murder in his trial related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Las Vegas. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Pool Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP hide caption toggle caption Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Pool Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP LAS VEGAS — A jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, finally bringing a measure of resolution to a case that had gripped hip-hop…

Good Good has seen major fallout from an ad with Callaway that critics say promoted violence against women — but creator economy insiders say there’s a road to recovery.Last week, Callaway cut ties with Good Good, Dick’s Sporting Goods pulled its products from shelves, and the YouTube golf group stepped back from its title sponsorship of a fall PGA Tour event. A person close to Good Good said two people from marketing were fired.So, just how bad is the situation?”We’re going to remember this for years,” said Joe Perello, CEO of Props, a creator marketing company. “They have a long…

Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh reiterated his hawkish tone in his Jackson Hole speech last Friday, and investors took it to heart.Markets are now pricing in a 66% chance that the Fed will hike interest rates at its September meeting, up from 41% a week ago.However, Wall Street seems to be split on whether a hike is really on the way in a couple of weeks.Here’s how forecasters at some top firms are thinking about interest rates following Warsh’s speech.Morgan Stanley Natalie Behring/Getty Images Despite Warsh’s hawkish tone, Morgan Stanley ultimately doesn’t think the Fed will go through with a…

Retirement is full of decisions, and the state you choose to retire in could be the most important one.A recent WalletHub study pitted the 50 states against one another across three main categories — affordability, quality of life, and healthcare — to determine the best places for retirement.The three factors were assessed using 46 different metrics. To determine a state’s affordability, metrics such as adjusted cost of living and retired taxpayer-friendliness were considered. Quality of life included metrics such as the risk of social isolation, the mildness of the weather, and even the number of bingo halls per capita, while the…

A jump in oil prices after renewed hostilities in the Iran war is pushing bond yields higher, and mortgage rates are following suit. The average rate on the 30-year fixed loan jumped 6 basis points on Monday to 6.87%, according to Mortgage News Daily. That is the highest level since June 2025. It’s now up 12 basis points since Thursday and has risen more than 30 basis points in the last two months. “While rates are technically at their highest level in more than a year, they haven’t exactly exploded with surprising, new momentum,” said Matthew Graham, chief operating officer…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Carylyne Chan, cofounder of Good Instincts. It has been edited for length and clarity.When I joined the crypto company CoinMarketCap in 2018, I was part of a very small executive team. Although we all worked remotely, I immediately built a great rapport with Emily Hurd, who was the head of business development at the time, and the only other woman on the executive team.During a rare in-person retreat in New York City, Emily and I were sitting in Bryant Park, talking about sun protection.I’ve been really passionate about sun protection since…

Rachel Pohl and Charles Post had a phrase they kept in mind when they decided to move to the Arctic.”If dreams were easy, they wouldn’t be dreams,” Post, a 38-year-old marketing strategist and conservationist, told Business Insider.Post and his wife, Rachel Pohl, a 34-year-old artist, leaned into that phrase as they moved out of Bozeman, Montana, and purchased a home in Flakstad, a village on Norway’s Lofoten Islands, in a sparsely populated area with fewer than 20 residents. They returned to the idea as they launched businesses in a foreign country, learned a new language, built friendships, and adapted to…

If you want to hire someone new, you’ve got to show them the money.Workers say they want more money than ever for a new job. The latest data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that the reservation wage — the average lowest wage a respondent would be willing to accept for a new job — hit a series high in July 2026. Workers say their asking price is now $88,387, up over $10,000 from March 2025. It’s a stark figure in a labor market that’s shown signs of weakness. Why are workers demanding more in a market…

U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement about lowering the cost of drug prices, at the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Dec. 19, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersNearly a dozen drugmakers are slated to ink deals with President Donald Trump on Monday to voluntarily sell their medications for less, MS NOW reported, building on his push to link the nation’s drug prices to cheaper ones abroad.It is unclear which companies will be included, according to the MS NOW report. Trump is scheduled to make an announcement on healthcare affordability at 3:00 p.m. ET on Monday.Over…

Ken Griffin’s Citadel is asking the courts to force a pair of Marshall Wace big shots to turn over any messages they have about the recruitment of a credit portfolio manager.Citadel’s attorneys state in a new filing that Marshall Wace has produced limited communications on the recruitment of former Citadel portfolio manager Dan Shatz, who joined Marshall Wace in late 2024 as its global head of credit. Citadel said in its filings that only a single text message chain between Shatz and Marshall Wace quant trading head Nick Nielsen has been shared since June 8, when the court ordered Marshall…