Extra, Extra
You Cannot Be Serious: “Days before Canada is due to retaliate against Trump’s sweeping tariffs with its own duties on US goods, the Canadian prime minister criticized US officials for insulting his country. ‘It is beneath their office,’ he said. ‘When the Americans stop doing memes, stop throwing shade, stop trying to be tough and start being serious about having those discussions, we can have those discussions [on trade].'” (Wait, no memes, no shade, no faux toughness? What does that leave us with other than lake names, orange concealer, and YMCA playing on repeat?)
+ Bonds Have More Fun? “The effects will extend to mortgages, business loans and other types of credit.” Bonds can be boring. But when they’re not, it’s time to worry. Bond Sell-Off Threatens to Squeeze Borrowers Around the World.
+ Murder, He Wrote: “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 fans and lingered in the public imagination for decades.” (Davis was basically convicted on the basis of his own words, including those in his 2019 memoir.)
+ If You Build It, They Will Come Around: “The legal challenge to the construction, brought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, argued that Trump did not have the authority to build the ballroom without congressional approval. The Supreme Court ruled on procedural grounds that the trust likely does not have legal standing to sue. The court did not rule on the legality of the construction.” Supreme Court Allows Trump’s $400 Million White House Ballroom to Proceed.
+ MacBook Heir: “CEO John Ternus will have a tall order to fill when he enters the same chief executive class as outgoing CEO Tim Cook.” Consider this: “Apple’s market cap has grown at a rate of roughly $32 million per hour, every hour, for nearly 15 years, for a total of $4.5 trillion under Cook.”
+ Home Out of Range: AI wealth is creating a ‘mansion shortage‘ and upending San Francisco’s housing market. (Maybe we can rent some space in a data center…)
