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Joe Strada skipped college and went from working in a bowling alley to building one of Florida’s biggest HVAC, electric and plumbing companies. Now the centimillionaire Republican wants to take “Strada speed” to Congress. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonkochkodin/2026/09/28/meet-joe-strada-florida-hvac-mogul-set-to-become-the-richest-member-of-congress/ Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?sub_confirmation=1 Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including [See More…]

They came to America seeking a fortune from the California Gold Rush. Instead, they found sweet success in apples and built a business that’s heading toward a fifth generation. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2026/09/18/how-martinellis-turned-the-champagne-of-apple-cider-into-a-500-million-family-business/ Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?sub_confirmation=1 Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more: https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript [See More…]

Families earning up to $250,000 can qualify for free tuition as wealthy private schools up their grant-only aid and use it as a marketing tool to lure students scared off by a $100,000 annual tab. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/asia-alexander/2026/09/05/21-elite-colleges-where-middle-class-students-go-for-free/ Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?sub_confirmation=1 Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products [See More…]

The Trump administration is poised to institute a sweeping round of changes to how the Small Business Administration approves guaranteed loans of all sizes. The 416 pages of revised rules, which take effect on Oct. 1, are likely to roil small business investors, while also shrinking default rates and lessening the overall risk of SBA loans. For some borrowers, and in particular those buying businesses worth $350,000 or less, the changes will also mean more paperwork and longer waits for loan approvals, experts say. The new standard operating procedure, or SOP, issued on Aug. 14, contains dozens of regulatory updates [See More…]

Talk of a “K-shaped economy” took off during the pandemic recovery. Economist Peter Atwater popularized the term in the spring of 2020 to describe an economy in which higher-income households and asset owners bounced back while lower-paid workers and struggling businesses fell further behind. Six years later, Ed Yardeni, president and chief investment strategist at Yardeni Research, sees another split, this one by age. Older people are richer than younger people. Of course they are. They’ve had more time to earn, save and buy things. What’s unusual now is how much the economy rewards having already done those things. Stocks [See More…]