After a week of the bond market yanking stocks around, Friday brought something rare: a relatively quiet day. Yields are still elevated, but they stopped lurching. The torrential flow of earnings reports slowed to a trickle.
The recently introduced Online Sellers’ Bill of Rights Act of 2026 (H.R. 9799) sounds like legislation small businesses should welcome. Its stated goal is to protect independent sellers from unfair treatment by large online marketplaces. But good intentions do not necessarily produce good policy. In the case of H.R. 9799, the legislation would interfere with…
US companies may soon gain a new way to raise large amounts of capital by issuing their own cryptocurrencies. The proposal could help make so-called token financing a new fundraising option for startups in the US.
