Business & Markets — September 30, 2026

Ken Griffin pledges record $3 billion university gift. Citadel CEO Ken Griffin committed $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon -- the largest university gift on record -- including $2 billion to establish a new Miami campus.

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Consumer confidence declines in September. Americans grew more pessimistic about the economy this month. Gas and other prices stayed elevated, wages stagnated, and the Iran war continued.

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Treasury to auto-enroll children in Trump accounts. New Treasury rules will automatically enroll eligible children in Trump Account investment programs, potentially adding 60 million accounts without requiring parental sign-up.

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Boeing wins Navy fighter contract. The Navy on Tuesday awarded Boeing a contract worth more than $20 billion to build the F/A-XX, its first sixth-generation carrier-based fighter, replacing F/A-18 Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers.

The award concludes a competition that Defense News described as clandestine, conducted largely out of public view over a period of years. Tuesday's announcement makes the selection official, ending that contest and moving the program from source selection into execution as the service pursues its next-generation carrier aviation plans.

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