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More young adults are leaning on their parents for financial support, but that comes with risks that families should consider, a top advisor says.

A handful of states have moved to soften the blow of lapsed federal subsidies for health insurance premiums.

AI Governance and Risks | Jan 23, 2026 What Claude’s 2026 Update to Embedded Judgment Changes On January 21, 2026, Anthropic announced a new 2026 constitution for Claude, an internal framework that guides how its AI models reasons and responds, moving it's intelligence beyond guardrails and towards explicit value-based judgment, see: Claude's new constitution. This

Stripe is a financial services and software-as-a-service company that provides application programming interfaces (APIs) for payment processing and other commerce-related operations. Founded in 2010, it has evolved from a developer-focused startup into a comprehensive global financial infrastructure platform that has … Continue reading →

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Fundraising | Jan 22, 2026 RBCx VC Report Shows Lower Capital, Higher Concentration, and Less Money for New Deals In January 2026, RBCx released the Capital Under Pressure report on Canadian VC fundraising in 2025 (42 page PDF), with data analysis that examines how capital flows from investors into Canadian venture funds, and how those

Global R&D Funding Program | January 22, 2026 Eurostars Call 10 Now Open. Registration and Key Dates The Eurostars Call 10 is a live international R&D funding program open to small-and-medium-sized enterprises in participating countries, with applications due March 19, 2026. Described by the National Research Council of Canada as the world’s largest international R&D

President Donald Trump, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzlerland, floated the idea of allowing depreciation for personal residences.  

In remarks on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum, President Donald Trump touted his signature "big beautiful bill." Here's how the tax breaks work.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. "defeated" inflation and reined in consumer prices over the past year. Federal data suggests otherwise.

January 21, 2026 In 2026, Systems Run Continuously Instead of at Human Pace In January 2026, ARK Invest released its annual research report Big Ideas 2026, building on trends first measured in Big Ideas 2025. The 111 page report spans artificial intelligence, tokenized assets, decentralized finance, Bitcoin, consumer AI platforms, and what ARK describes as

Canada | January 20, 2026 Mark Carney’s Davos Address Confronts the Risks Canada Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Some speeches try to calm markets. Others try to project confidence. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s special address at the 2026 World Economic Form in Davos does neither. Instead, it speaks plainly about where the world actually is,

January 20, 2026 Want to Accept Credit Cards Without Getting Rejected? Needless to say, every business needs payment processing to function. But there's a problem… Not every business gets approved for a merchant account. Some businesses are immediately deemed "high-risk". These companies face large obstacles when applying for merchant accounts. The good news? Learning how

AkademikerPension's move comes amid increasing tensions between Denmark and the U.S. over Greenland.

RPAA | January 20, 2026 Finance Canada Fix Removes Unintended Tax Burden From RPAA Trust Rules On September 8 2025, the Bank of Canada published a letter to PSPs on a trust tax issue, that said safeguarding end-user funds in “trust” accounts, a requirement under the Retail Payment Activities Act (RPAA), could create unintended tax

AI | January 20, 2026 Scale, Pricing Power, and Control Over AI Costs Are Tightening for Fintech Firms On January 19, 2026 via Reuters, OpenAI's Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar confirmed that its annualized revenue exceeded US $20B in 2025. Reported figures show revenue was $6B in 2024 and about $2B in 2023, meaning revenue