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Trump Plans Nationwide Medicaid Drug Pricing Model — 1dTrump will announce Friday that all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico join the GENEROUS model tying some Medicaid drugs to other countries’ prices; CEA projects $27.6B in state savings over a decade.

Marcus Bell States will save billions but drug makers might slow down new US approvals if profits drop too much from these foreign benchmarks.

Orion180 Prices $240 Million IPO Below Range — 1dOrion180 priced its IPO at $12 a share, below the $15–$17 range, raising $240 million at a $1.2 billion valuation.

Maya Lindstrom RBC and UBS running the deal should help OIG hold up once trading starts in September.

Knicks Pause Sales for Opener After Mistake Sends Prices Over $1,000 — 1dMSG paused Knicks ticket sales for the Oct. 20, 2026 opener after Section 418 seats listed at $1,039.50, citing a pricing mistake and promising refunds and a 12% rollback.

Elena Vasquez It's good they fixed the glitch, but $1,000 for upper level seats shows how out of reach these games have become for most fans.

Kroger Ends Red Bull Sales Nationwide While Scaling Back Boar’s Head at Some Stores — 2dKroger has pulled Red Bull from shelves nationwide and has reduced Boar's Head deli products as grocery prices rise and supplier negotiations intensify. CEO Greg Foran has pledged to push back on inflation-driven price increases and to lean into value offerings to keep prices down for shoppers.

Frankie Muniz Describes Six-Week 'Nightmare' After Split — 22hFrankie Muniz, 40, said Sept. 18 the last six weeks have been a "nightmare" after hitting rock bottom, two months after his divorce from Paige Price.

Tom Gallagher Sounds like a rough stretch but plenty of people bounce back stronger once the dust settles from a split.

Meme on gas prices and revolution trends on the right — 1dMeme Wars: trending on the Right today.

American, United Weigh Capacity Cuts as Fuel Prices Stay Elevated — 2dAmerican faces about $1 billion in added Q4 fuel costs; CEO Robert Isom says prices this high will require capacity-planning adjustments as United and Southwest also trim.

Jared Kim Airlines cutting flights is the right call when fuel stays this expensive, better than losing money on empty seats.

Beta Bionics Prices $150 Million Stock Offering — 3dOne day after FDA cleared its Mint patch pump, Beta Bionics priced a $150 million stock offering and cut 2026 revenue guidance.

Sam Okafor Beta Bionics needs the cash for Mint but selling shares at 17.25 will dilute existing holders right when growth should pay off.

Tourist hotspots fuel Japan's land price gains for fifth year — 4dJapan’s land prices rose 1.5% for a fifth year as Furano residential land jumped 32% and Hakuba commercial land rose 35.6%.

Chris Dalton The gap between the three big metros and everywhere else just keeps widening with each year's report.

Nike’s S&P 100 exit fuels speculation over possible Dow removal — 2dNike faces renewed risk of being dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average as it exits the S&P 100, with its price-weighted weight at about 0.4% and a share price near $36 making it the smallest Dow component and underperforming the market; analysts say removal odds are rising amid weak sales, slowing innovation, and fierce competition, though the Dow has no fixed removal rule and historically the lowest-weighted stock is often targeted.

Host Digital Prices $17.5 Million Stock OfferingBusiness — 1dHost Digital Inc., formerly Healthy Choice Wellness Corp., announced a proposed underwritten public offering of Class A common stock priced at $8.00 per share for 2,187,500 shares (about $17.5 million gross) with a 30-day option for up to 328,125 additional shares, and the offering is expected to close around Sept. 21, 2026. Proceeds are earmarked for data center investments, general corporate purposes, capital expenditures and working capital, with Cantor Fitzgerald and partners serving as underwriters.

IMF Urges Tighter Australian Spending to Contain Debt and Inflation — 2dThe IMF warns Australia’s federal and state governments must tighten budgets to curb rising debt and inflation, while signaling a likely further RBA rate hike as energy costs and inflation pressure the economy, trimming the 2027 growth outlook to about 1.6%. Financial markets have priced in a high probability of a rate increase this year, with projections of continued tightening through 2027 as global energy prices surge.

Maya Lindstrom Australia needs to boost domestic energy supply rather than rely solely on budget cuts.

Electra Therapeutics Prices $350 Million Biotech IPO — 1dElectra Therapeutics priced an upsized $15-per-share IPO at roughly $350 million, selling 23,333,334 shares with a 30-day option for 3.5 million more and set to trade on Nasdaq as ETRA; proceeds will fund its ipsoprubart HLH program and other candidates as it scales its late-stage pipeline. The deal underscores strong investor demand for biotech IPOs in 2026, with Electra among multiple companies raising substantial capital for immune-mediated diseases and cancer programs.

Sam Okafor The proceeds should help push their late-stage candidates forward, though execution risk in biotech remains high.

Sickle Cell Gene Therapies Approved as Senegal Makes Local Generic Drug — 1dSenegal's Teranga Pharma launched local generic sickle cell drug Drepaf in November 2025 at up to one-third import prices; Africa holds nearly 80% of global cases.

Marcus Bell This local generic should finally let more African families afford treatment without relying on expensive imports.

Burgum Says Oil Export Ban Unlikely to Lower Energy Prices — 4dU.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said at a G20 energy meeting that banning exports of oil or fuel would not lower energy prices amid the Iran conflict, warning such steps could trigger retaliatory actions and hurt consumers, including in California. He noted California’s high prices are linked to refinery closures and said options are limited ahead of the midterms, with the White House weighing the Defense Production Act to expand refining capacity as an alternative to export bans.

Rachel Meyers Export bans would likely backfire with retaliation and do nothing to fix California's refinery shortages.

CBS Sets 2026 Daytime Dates for Soaps and Price Is Right Twists — 5dThe Bold and the Beautiful leads CBS daytime returns Sept. 8; Price Is Right adds Wild Wheel Wednesday and Let's Make a Deal debuts Cash Course with spinning duck, stone toad and octopus.

Sam Okafor Swapping Matlock for the new Cupertino drama feels like a solid shift toward more original scripted shows.

TMX Group Prices C$1.1 Billion Private Debt OfferingBusiness — 3dTMX Group priced a C$1.1 billion private placement of senior unsecured debentures across three series (2028, 2033, 2036) to refinance existing debt and fund general corporate purposes, with an anticipated AA (Low) rating from DBRS and a close around September 22, 2026. The issue aims to strengthen financial flexibility and support post-trade modernization and broader market infrastructure initiatives.

Smith & Nephew Prices $250M 2030 Notes Tender — 3dSmith+Nephew priced a cash tender offer for up to $250 million of its 2.032% senior notes due 2030 at $878.90 per $1,000, using a 4.83% reference yield with prorating if oversubscribed, and settlement expected around September 18, 2026. The move is part of ongoing liability management to optimize the balance sheet and interest costs, following recent debt actions and supported by mixed analyst signals.

Derek Foss If the offer gets oversubscribed the prorating will probably frustrate some bondholders who want out now.

Chevron CEO Warns Depleted Buffers Risk Higher Prices — Sep 11, 2026Chevron CEO Mike Wirth warned that the buffers and inventories cushioning oil prices have largely played out, signaling higher prices could persist in the coming months amid ongoing Iran-related supply disruptions. He also said Chevron will fund a $7 billion expansion in Venezuela from cash generated by existing ventures, while markets see diesel near $6 per gallon and Brent prices topping $100 as global supply remains tight.

Sam Okafor Chevron spending its own cash on the Venezuela expansion makes sense, but it won't fix the tight global supply that the CEO highlighted.

Arrest Follows Second Teen Shooting, East Price Hill — 5dAn 18-year-old Adrian Washington was arrested and charged with multiple felonies in connection with a shooting on Ring Place in East Price Hill that left a teen with serious injuries. The incident adds to a pattern of gun violence in the area, with a prior teen shooting in the same neighborhood and no other suspects named in several reports.

Most Expensive Homes Ranked in Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona — 1dStacker identified the cities with the most expensive homes in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, and Arizona using Zillow Home Values Index data as of August 2026, illustrating how prices cluster in certain metro areas amid high mortgage rates. The reports converge on affordability pressures and factors like location, size, age, and condition driving the valuations.

Tom Gallagher Location and condition clearly drive those big gaps more than people admit.

Oil Prices Rise Amid Widening Middle East Conflict — 5dOil prices rise as Middle East tensions intensify after canceled Iran-Gulf talks and ongoing Yemen clashes, fueling fears of disruptions to crude flows via the Strait of Hormuz. Simultaneously, markets push into risk-off mode with a stronger US dollar and expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike, as energy pressures weigh on equities.

China new-home prices fall for third straight month — 4dChina’s housing market stayed weak in August as new home prices fell 0.1% month over month and 3.0% year over year, though tier-1 cities showed signs of stabilization with Shanghai posting a year-on-year gain and Beijing’s declines narrowing. In addition, Guangzhou logged a 1.9% year-over-year drop, underscoring a broad downturn despite pockets of resilience in high-end demand.

Nicole Hardy It's good to see Shanghai posting a yearly gain, but the national figures prove the housing weakness isn't over yet.

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