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The cost of the Nintendo Switch 2 is going up by $50 on September 1st, 2026, resulting in a $499.99 price tag for just the console. We’re just weeks away, but Costco is offering a fantastic $499.99 bundle for its members that includes a Nintendo Switch 2, a 256GB microSD Express card (usually $59), and
Baby boomers are sitting on immense wealth after benefiting from a historic era of economic growth and financial gains, but heirs shouldn’t get their hopes up too much. Estimates of the so-called Great Wealth Transfer vary, reaching as high as $124 trillion. A report last month from Visa Business and Economic Insights put the number at
Bill Ackman has spent roughly two decades and close to $1 billion on philanthropy. His verdict: Capitalism can often have a stronger societal impact. “I’ve spent a fair amount of time on philanthropy, and it’s vastly less efficient at solving problems than capitalism,” the Pershing Square Capital Management founder and CEO told Fortune editor-in-chief Alyson
Weight-loss drugs are becoming a popular employee perk, with almost a third of workers saying they’d switch jobs to get GLP-1 coverage. Now, Bank of America is spending $250 million or more yearly on the drugs for its staffers—and CEO Brian Moynihan says the upsides are well-worth the eye-watering cost. “What we see is a
President Donald Trump promoted yet another product this week: “great grass” from the company he said replaced the White House lawn free of charge. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, Trump praised Scotts Miracle-Gro, a public company based in Ohio that sells lawn and garden products. Trump said the company would soon