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Here's how gyms, salons and ice cream are changing America's Main Streets

The story coming out of downtown Ridgewood, New Jersey—a postcard commuter suburb whose Main Streets were once defined by boutique goods—is not a quaint anecdote about ice cream…

By Tom Beckwith · August 12, 2026

Tim Cook signed off on his final Apple earnings call with a warning about a ‘hundred year flood’ in memory chip pricing

I spent my morning reading the market comment in the Times of India, and I confess, I felt a familiar knot tighten in my stomach.

By Ruth Behrens · July 31, 2026

Apple revenue, profits beat expectations on iPhone sales but services miss targets

The kind of quarterly report that makes Wall Street gasp and then immediately start calculating the next round of speculative bets is Apple’s.

By Grant Colby · July 30, 2026