Overdrive Logistics’ brokerage saw tightening freight conditions begin in November, with rate pressure persisting through January and into February—signaling a sustained cycle change rather than a seasonal blip.
Aug 20, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Ray’s approximately $42,000 hole-in-one car prize in 2024 increased his 2024 MAGI enough that, two years later, Medicare added a $1,148 annual IRMAA surcharge for 2026.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Marley Spoon and Blue Apron reported delivery and ingredient-fulfillment failures tied to fulfillment-partner and operations transitions after FreshRealm, which acquired Marley Spoon’s US fulfillment operations in 2024, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year.
Aug 20, 2026 ·
CNET
Walmart said global e-commerce sales rose 23% year over year as it credited continued momentum in e-commerce and fast delivery with helping drive 5.9% revenue growth in Q2.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
PitchBook counts 35 dental-sector rollup businesses held by PE for seven years or more, 29 in both mental health and musculoskeletal services, and only 16 in veterinary—suggesting many PE healthcare rollups are stuck in a “seven-year itch” cycle without a clean exit.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Castelion raised a $1 billion Series C at a $13 billion valuation to scale mass production of hypersonic missiles, including Blackbeard, in New Mexico.
Aug 20, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
The VIX index was just below 18.50 on July 30, 2026, and moved lower in August 2026, suggesting volatility (and put-call price insurance for the S&P 500) remains relatively inexpensive going into a historically volatile 2026 fall.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Duquesne Family Office increased its AMZN stake by 1,083% to 541,600 shares worth $129 million, while ARK Investment Management increased its AMZN position by 18% to about 1.59 million shares worth $379 million, and both firms also added to Alphabet (Duquesne opened 336,300 shares worth $120 million; ARK raised to about 1.04 million shares worth $369 million).
Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan bought Strancally Castle, a 16,000-square-foot castle on a 440-acre estate in Ireland, several weeks ago.
Aug 20, 2026 ·
The Verge
Gamescom 2026 Opening Night Live runs for two hours starting at 2PM ET on August 25, with a 30-minute pre-show immediately beforehand.
Aug 20, 2026 ·
Engadget
XRP jumped 20% over the past 24 hours and volumes surged 430% to $5.3 billion (over 6% of its circulating market cap), while the SEC’s proposed crypto-market rules coincided with the liquidation of more than $3 billion in XRP-related short futures positions.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Bilibili relaunched its international Android app (with an iOS version reportedly coming) and is removing identity verification, letting users sign up without passport/ID documents while mixing global and Chinese content in the same app.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Engadget
Costco is partnering with SCAN Health Plan to sell Costco-branded Medicare plans, launching Medicare Advantage in two states and a Medicare supplement in a third pending regulatory approval, in a market worth over $500 billion a year.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Fundstrat’s Tom Lee recommended investors avoid Robinhood (HOOD) in 2026, a stance multiple CNBC Investment Committee panelists called “counterintuitive.”
Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Linkdaze’s smart calendar is a touchscreen family tablet that syncs schedules from Google, iCloud, Outlook, Yahoo, and Cozi and color-codes each family member’s events
Aug 20, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Scott Bessent said the Treasury’s buyback program “could be more than $4 billion per issue” after announcing that it would at least double 10-year, 20-year, and 30-year buybacks from $2 billion to $4 billion.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Gemini added 60 shares of NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) to its AI-run portfolio on Rallies, bringing the position to 514 shares bought between $84 and $86.35 a share.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s car-carrier fleet departing Asia is fully booked because Chinese vehicle exports are sustaining a specialized shipping capacity shortage, forcing the company to prioritize customers.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
568 investors asked 1,257 ETF questions on ETF.com between July 7 and August 2, with weekly volume peaking at 360 questions in the week ending August 2 (about 2.4× growth in four weeks).
Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Walmart’s U.S. same-store sales rose 2.6% year over year versus a 3.5% consensus forecast, marking a major miss that helped drive the stock down even after earnings beat expectations.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
