BARRON’S MAGAZINE – AUGUST 25, 2025 PREVIEW

BARRON’S MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Private Equity Is Headed for Your 401(k). The Industry Is Celebrating. Should You?’

Private Equity Is Headed for Your 401(k). The Industry Is Celebrating. Should You?

The Trump administration is taking the handcuffs off the private-market industry. The outcome for retirement savers will be complicated.

Walmart and Other Retailers Have Eaten the Cost of Tariffs. Now It Is the Consumer’s Turn.

While last quarter’s sales were strong, price increases could be felt starting now.

Want to Work Fewer Hours? How to Ask Without Sabotaging Your Career.

Be ready to hear “no,” and more tips from financial advisors and an HR manager.

Tariffs Won’t Break the Economy. Corporate Shakedowns Might.

An economy as large and as diversified as the U.S. can handle tariffs. The president’s other actions pose a bigger risk.

THE NEW YORK TIMES – SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2025

Corporate America’s Newest Activist Investor: Donald Trump

The president is demanding government stakes in U.S. companies. Experts see some similarities to state-managed capitalism in other parts of the world.

Intel Agrees to Sell U.S. a 10% Stake in Its Business

The deal is among the largest government interventions in a U.S. company since the rescue of the auto industry after the 2008 financial crisis.

In Trump’s Second Term, Far-Right Agenda Enters the Mainstream

President Trump has embraced an array of far-right views and talking points in ways that have delighted many activists who have long supported those ideas.

After Gaza Famine Report, U.S. Is Mostly Silent and Israel Defiant

The White House has not commented on a report that found famine in Gaza. Analysts say that without U.S. pressure, Israel’s war is not likely to change course.