CALWIRE Market Update (Sunday, August 23, 2026)

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Today's top story: The U.S. picked the Mexican state without screwworm to reopen the border. Then it got screwworm. This roundup covers 12 stories from Fortune, CNBC Top, and MarketWatch.

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The U.S. picked the Mexican state without screwworm to reopen the border. Then it got screwworm — Fortune

Traders bet bitcoin was stuck below $67,000. The Treasury blew that trade up in one afternoon
A surprise bond buyback triggered a squeeze that liquidated over $4 billion in bearish crypto bets and sent bitcoin past $77,000. — Fortune

Your boss’s monitoring app didn’t just watch you — it shared your data to Facebook and a Russian search engine
Researchers logged 121 instances of nine bossware platforms sending worker data to outside companies, including Meta. — Fortune

Buc-ee’s Buckeye backlash as beaver infringement lawsuit infuriates Mini Mart maniacs in Ohio
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who attended and praised the grand opening of the Dayton-area Buc-ee’s store in April, described the lawsui... — Fortune

Taxing all 938 billionaires at 100% wouldn’t stop the $40 trillion national debt, says Elon Musk. Bernie Sanders says tax them 5% and send you a check
Elon Musk argues America’s $40 trillion debt is too big for billionaire taxes to fix, but Bernie Sanders says a 5% tax could at le... — Fortune

Despite his $2.6 billion net worth, MrBeast said he’s had to borrow cash and didn’t even have enough money in his bank account to buy McDonald’s
Jimmy Donaldson, the world’s most popular YouTuber and founder of $5 billion business Beast Industries, claimed he didn’t “technic... — Fortune

The tax escape map: Billionaires are bolting for Florida from the West Coast and taking some $29 billion in tax revenue with them
Driven partly by proposed wealth taxes, some of America’s richest people have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into waterfro... — Fortune

Equal-weight S&P 500 is leading the 2026 market and its flagship trade just hit $100 billion
Money is flooding into equal-weight stock market ETFs this year. Investing experts say it's not a fad. — CNBC Top

Nvidia is the beating heart of the AI boom and the stock market — which sets up a big test
Nvidia is due to report earnings on Wednesday, and “a very broad universe of companies” is tied to the themes that t... — MarketWatch

Small UK power generator shut down after cyberattack linked to Iran: Telegraph
The U.K. government says the incident did not pose a risk to the country's energy system, adding that it briefed CEOs of companies... — CNBC Top

After 10 years at United, CEO Scott Kirby is thinking big about the future of his airline from JFK to AI
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby talked to CNBC in a wide-ranging interview about his proposed airline megadeals, AI and the future... — CNBC Top

Wells Fargo and Citigroup have room to buy a big bank. These 5 regionals fit the bill
Citigroup and Wells Fargo have room to buy a big regional bank as regulators have opened the door to megadeals. Five regional bank...

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