“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
–Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
🤝 EquityZen and Forge Global, marketplaces for trading shares of privately held companies, are raising their investment minimums amid a partnership with Yahoo Finance.
🏛️⚖️ The Justice Department is currently fast-tracking many of its ongoing legal fights over the White House’s efforts to push the bounds of executive power, setting up Supreme Court showdowns over a wide range of Trump’s policies in the near future.
🧬 23andMe is preparing to become absorbed into the genealogical tree of some other company. The ancestry startup filed for bankruptcy and launched a sale process late Sunday night, and also announced the resignation of longtime CEO Anne Wojcicki.
Here are five stats from this past week that made our team go “whoa.” Hopefully you will, too.
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"The person who never made a mistake, never made a discovery."
–Samuel Smiles (1812-1904)
❓ Our question to you: In general, do you agree with the Trump admin’s recent moves to address what it sees as longstanding culture problems on US college campuses?
🏛️ President Trump indicated yesterday that he might soften upcoming reciprocal tariffs against US trading partners, and also announced new levies on countries that buy oil or gas from Venezuela, marking the latest recalibration of his administration’s tariff plans.
🥤 “Let’s start selling colorful, flavored drinks” = the “let’s start a podcast” of the fast-food world. Chains are increasingly adding high-margin drinks to their menus in a bid to appeal to younger consumers.
🏛️🎓 On Friday, Columbia University agreed to a series of reforms demanded by the Trump administration. It’s the first step in negotiations over $400 million in federal funding revoked due to allegations of antisemitism.
“A person is but the product of their thoughts. What they think, they become.”
–Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
🙏 George Foreman, Hall of Fame boxer, preacher, and grill pitchman-extraordinaire, passed away on Friday at the age of 76.
❓ Our question to you: In general, how do you feel about the movement to reduce or eliminate property taxes as a way of lowering costs associated with homeownership?
🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.
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"Our greatest glory is, not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
–Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)
😊🌍 Finland is the world’s happiest country, according to the 2025 World Happiness Report, which combines self-reported data with other factors such as GDP per capita and corruption to spit out an annual ranking of joy across the world.
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