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Prior -0.2% (revised to -0.1%) The Conference Board Leading Economic Index increased by 0.2% in July, after an upwardly revised decline of 0.1% in June. As a result, the LEI’s six-month growth rate turned positive, to an increase of 0.2% between January and July 2026, a sharp reversal from its 1.3% contraction over the previous…

Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Battles over aging parents and their fortunes are becoming increasingly common in wealthy families, with some requiring…

CloudPay has joined a $10 million funding round for Intermezzo, a Menlo Park startup building AI-powered payroll infrastructure that other software companies can embed rather than build themselves. The round also includes Crosslink Capital, UKG Ventures, Character Capital, Behind Genius Ventures, and angel investors. Intermezzo was started by former Intuit technical leaders Siddharth Ram, now…

Former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and current Director of National Intelligence, Jay Clayton, will now lead the newly minted Super Intelligence Force (SIF). Clayton, a relative neophyte to the Byzantine machinations of Washington, D.C., when he took over the SEC during the first Trump Administration, was fairly successful in managing the nation’s…

Key insights: Delays in Western Union and International Money Express’ proposed merger have forced the companies to refile with antitrust regulators, which could trigger a new 30-day waiting period that could further delay the deal.  What’s at stake: The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 requires companies to file premerger notifications with the Federal Trade…