2+ week, 6+ day ago   (287+ words) In a housing crisis that has now stretched across two decades, Americans have spent years arguing about the local regulations governing what and where people can build. Should suburbs allow homeowners to add garage apartments? Should cities continue setting aside…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago   (191+ words) Some of Nvidia Corp.’s biggest customers have been told that the prices of servers containing its artificial intelligence chips are going up more than 15% in many cases with memory chip costs soaring. Companies who build the servers under contract…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (242+ words) This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. Do the words “data center” make you want to drop everything and call your congressional representative?...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (582+ words) Elon Musk‘s maker of satellites and rockets disclosed its shareholders with at least a 5% stake ahead of its blockbuster IPO in June. But stockholders below that threshold weren’t identified. However, second-quarter portfolio filings have shed light on several previously…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (438+ words) Even from Google’s inception, cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin considered the company’s potential for astronomical growth. Named after “googol,” the term for the numeral 1 with 100 zeros behind it, Google, then just a search engine founded in 1998, would become as…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (860+ words) Warren Buffett has left the stage at Berkshire Hathaway, but he may still be pulling strings from behind the curtain. The legendary investor, who ended his six-decade run as Berkshire’s CEO at the turn of the year, is likely responsible…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (540+ words) Long-blighted Baltimore has a blooming new future in store. Thousands of vacant homes within the city, which for years stood as eyesores and scared investors away, are now seeing a stunning moment in the spotlight thanks to big buyer demand…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (347+ words) Stripe’s multi-billion-dollar pursuit of AI model marketplace startup OpenRouter isn’t just creating one of the biggest AI acquisitions of the year; it’s minting venture capital firms’ speedy wins. Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures are poised to turn investments made less…...

4+ week, 18+ hour ago   (1119+ words) This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lawrence Guerguis, a 24-year-old based in Orange County, California, who started investing in real estate in the Midwest while still in college. The following has been edited for length and clarity....