Here's how much you need to earn to be in the top 1% in each US state

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Connecticut had the highest 1% income floor, at $1,056,996 in annual income.

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All DOGE staff are working through the government shutdown — while a third of White House staff are being sent home

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The White House's shutdown plan calls for sending about one-third of its staff home during the shutdown. But all 45 DOGE staff are exempt from that.

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OpenAI enters a special new phase of extreme influence

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Sam Altman, CEO OpenAI, photographed in Berlin
Sam Altman, CEO OpenAI, photographed in Berlin

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Indonesia suspends TikTok’s operating licence for allegedly withholding data

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Indonesia has suspended TikTok’s operational registration status in the country, alleging that the social media platform did not fully co-operate with a request to share its data during nationwide protests in August.

How US policy uncertainty is quietly dragging down European growth

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A crosswalk signal of a traffic light flashes backdropped by the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2025.
US policy uncertainty is cutting into Europe's lending, investment, and growth.

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AMC is letting Taylor Swift and her fans break the rules

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Taylor Swift at the Eras Tour concert movie premiere in Los Angeles.
Taylor Swift at the Eras Tour concert movie premiere in Los Angeles.

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Why the CEO of Ford wanted his 17-year-old son to get a blue-collar summer job

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A worker carries out welding operations at the workshop of a machinery manufacturing enterprise on June 13, 2025 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province of China.
Ford has been ramping up initiatives to address the large and growing shortage of workers in the skilled trades.

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Box CEO Aaron Levie says this is the biggest misconception about AI

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Aaron Levie said the biggest misconception is that AI will replace roles.

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Russia's economic growth may be too weak to sustain defense and social spending, a top business leader warns

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin tours an exhibition of military equipment.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he was looking to hike taxes on the rich to bankroll the war in Ukraine.

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Spirit axed flying to these 15 cities as it navigates a 2nd bankruptcy in less than a year

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Over a dozen cities are losing Spirit Airlines service as it struggles through a financial crisis.

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