President Trump is increasing pressure on Cuba's government, elevating concerns that his continued threats to invade the Caribbean island could become reality.
Why it matters: A U.S. invasion of Cuba would mark the most dramatic confrontation between Washington and Havana since the 1962 missile crisis — and the boldest test yet of Trump's campaign to expand America's influence in the Western Hemisphere under his version of the Monroe Doctrine.
Stop us if you've heard this one before, but fears about the global spread of a frightening virus are catching Wall Street's attention.
Why it matters: The hantavirus cruise ship outbreak has reignited concerns about a global health crisis — sparking a brief jump for vaccine stocks, even as experts say it's nothing like the COVID pandemic.
Five years ago, inflation was taking off, and Federal Reserve leaders wrongly believed that it would be transitory. Now, leaders of the central bank are focused on how to avoid repeating that mistake.
The big picture: The U.S. is facing an eerily familiar backdrop of price shocks, and the Fed is trying to avoid a repeat of its biggest forecasting error of recent years.
Returning to work after having a baby has never been easy — and a lot of pressure on American moms can come from fear of other people's opinions, or "FOPO."
Why it matters: Executive coach and bestselling authorRandi Braun says new moms can be "so scared of being viewed as imperfect" that they lose their ability to be seen as a leader.
San Francisco-based private equity firm Architect Capital has agreed to invest $535 million into OnlyFans for around a 16% stake, which implies a $3.15 billion valuation.
Why it matters: OnlyFans had been trying to raise outside capital — or sell itself entirely — for at least five years. But investors kept blushing at the porn.
Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg last week hosted his fifth annual WNDR conference, a gathering of around 150 top creators and CEOs in Montecito, California.
The big picture: The event has historically been under the public's radar, in part because there are no invitations for journalists, PR handlers or plus-ones.
Lower-earning Americans are increasingly strapped for cash: On recent corporate earnings calls, some CEOs warned that their customers are struggling to deal with rising gas prices and higher inflation.
Why it matters: That's painful on an individual level, and more broadly it could be a sign of a slowing economy — a warning to investors and a hit to the various companies that sell stuff to people.
More older Americans are falling into poverty in suburbs built for middle-class stability.
Why it matters:Suburbs lack the transit, housing and services that help cushion poverty in cities, leaving millions of seniors at risk of isolation in the neighborhoods they helped build.
Young Americans have a gloomier outlook on their job prospects than their older colleagues, creating a wider optimism gap than any other country surveyed by Gallup.
The big picture: The very existence of that chasm between pessimistic younger Americans and more positive older people is itself an outlier, with double-digit gaps present only in five otherplaces of the 141 polled.
