EU Council Lets Oil Expansion Qualify For Sustainable Funds

Europe’s proposed SFDR rules let expanding oil companies qualify as “green” investments, ignoring Scope 3, the bulk of their emissions.

Washington Should Take OpenAI’s Equity Offer

OpenAI wants to give Washington 5% of the company. Critics cry socialism, but an Alaska-style fund built on contributed equity is a deal Congress would be foolish to refuse.

Washington Should Take OpenAI’s Equity Offer

OpenAI wants to give Washington 5% of the company. Critics cry socialism, but an Alaska-style fund built on contributed equity is a deal Congress would be foolish to refuse.

Millennials Are Buying Blue Collar Small Businesses To AI-Proof Their Future

Young entrepreneurs are snapping up baby boomer-owned plumbing, construction, manufacturing and HVAC companies. Plus: Tips for would-be buyers and sellers.

States Sue Over Medicaid’s “Sick Enough” Test

States sue over whether Medicaid work requirement exemptions could force medically frail enrollees to prove they are “sick enough” to keep coverage.

Chamath’s AI coding startup 8090 raises $135M, and he’s CEO
Chamath’s AI coding startup 8090 raises $135M, and he’s CEO

Salesforce led the Series A, which 8090 announced this week. The pitch behind it is blunt. AI can already write code. The hard part is stopping enterprise software from falling apart as dozens of agents and engineers change it every week. TechCrunch fi…

Volkswagen Crisis Revives CO2 Rules Attack And China Tariffs Call

VW’s crisis may force the EU to dilute its plan to impose an electric-vehicle monopoly on the new car market by 2035 or extend EV tariffs on China.

AI-Generated Fake Receipts Are Changing Expense Fraud

AI-generated fake receipts are making expense fraud cheaper, easier, and harder to detect, forcing companies to rethink how they verify employee claims.

Court Hands Graduate Nursing Students A Temporary Borrowing Reprieve

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Education Department’s narrow definition of “professional degree,” reopening a fight that could affect primary care’s future.

The Biggest Mistake High-Achieving Students Make On College Applications

A student bragged on TikTok that he climbed Kilimanjaro, wrote about it in his essay and got into Yale. Another student thought she could use the same ploy.