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The health secretary touted AI as a solution to the “most daunting public health problems,” and said it is better equipped at providing second opinions than doctors.

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Perfect weather, blossoming flowers, hovering hummingbirds, and a peaceful sunset are just a few of the things you can easily appreciate from your own front porch or backyard in warm weather. While it barely takes any effort on your part to relish in these little joys of life, they can be less delightful if you’re in an uncomfortable seat.

Patio furniture doesn’t have a great reputation for being comfortable, however, one popular set that shoppers refer to as “sleek and modern” and “so cozy” is on sale at Walmart right now. The highly rated Lausaint Home 3-Piece Outdoor Patio Set, which normally retails for $330, has been discounted to just $190.

Lausaint Home 3-Piece Outdoor Patio Set, $190 (was $330) at Walmart

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The chic patio set has two rocking chairs and a matching side table featuring a modern design with a sleek black frame and trendy rattan. The rocking chairs are extra luxurious with two extremely plush beige cushions for the seats and backs. The cushions also have ties sewn on that can be attached to the chair so inclement weather won’t blow them away. For added appeal, the back cushions have a subtle tufting detail and the table has a functional rattan shelf.

It’s not just the attractive design that makes this rocking chair set so beloved by customers, they’re also extremely durable. Constructed with sturdy steel and all-weather rattan, the chairs can support up to 300 pounds each. The thick cushions have been crafted with waterproof and fade-resistant fabric, so they’re not just cozy, they’re also able to withstand the elements.

“Beautiful, comfortable chairs! Easy to assemble too. I love how sturdy they feel and the seats are very deep which makes them very comfortable,” said one shopper.

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Why do shoppers love it?

The vast majority of shoppers have given this patio set a perfect five-star rating. Most customers highlighted the comfort, style, and quality, like one reviewer who wrote, “The rocking chairs are sturdy and really cute. There are stoppers to ensure no one rocks too far forward or back.”

Another shopper wrote, “This set was exactly as described and is perfect! It’s sturdy and well-made. I weigh a little over 240 pounds and have wide hips. The seats are very comfortable and I have plenty of room to even sit cross-legged. The cushions are water resistant and do not stain either.”

One shopper raved, “This set is perfect for the front porch. A new favorite place to hang out. The chairs are so comfortable and [of] great quality!”

The Lausaint Home 3-Piece Outdoor Patio Set won’t be available at just $190 for long. Make the most out of your outdoor space by cashing in on the savings and adding this awesome deal to your cart now. 

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The Mexican restaurant sector has struggled with dining chains closing locations, filing for bankruptcy protection, and in some cases liquidating and going out of business.

Once popular Mexican chain On the Border ceased operations in 2026, after closing all of its locations before its operating company, OTB Hospitality, filed for Chapter 7 liquidation on June 19, 2026, the company shared in a press release.

Another Mexican chain, Chevy’s Fresh Mex, opened in 1986 in Alameda, Calif., welcoming huge crowds for years, including this writer, and grew to over 100 locations across the nation. The chain’s popularity dropped in the new millennium, and its owner Real Mex Restaurants filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018, selling its assets to Xperience Restaurant Group

Chevy’s has since downsized to 15 locations in seven states, with seven locations in California, according to its website.

The restaurant owner also owns the 21-unit El Torito chain, 4-unit Sol Mexican Cocina chain, and several individual Mexican restaurants.

Dos Coyotes Border Cafe closed its last remaining San Francisco Bay Area location and currently has 10 restaurants in its chain.jenifoto / Getty Images

Dos Coyotes closes another location

And now popular Mexican dining chain Dos Coyotes Border Cafe closed its last remaining location in the San Francisco Bay Area, as it shut down its restaurant on Crow Canyon Place in San Ramon, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2026.

The Davis, Calif.-based Mexican chain last closed a Bay Area location in 2019 when it shut down its Dos Coyotes restaurant in the Willows Shopping Center in Concord, Calif.

“We’re closed. Our last day of service was Thursday, September 24, 2026,” Dos Coyotes San Ramon asserted in a message on its Facebook page. “Thank you, San Ramon! It has been a privilege to serve this community. Thank you for every meal, every visit, and every friendly face over the years.”

Dos Coyotes continues operating 10 locations in the Sacramento area according to its website, including two in Sacramento; two in Davis; two in Folsom, Calif.; and one each in Citrus Heights, Calif.; Elk Grove, Calif.; and Roseville, Calif. It also has a restaurant located inside Thunder Valley Casino in Lincoln, Calif. The chain did not file for bankruptcy.

Previously closed restaurants

The 35-year-old dining chain previously closed several other locations, including three in Sacramento: downtown on 15th Street, in Market Square at Arden Fair, and at Sacramento International Airport. It also closed one in Turlock, Calif., the Modesto Bee reported in 2019.

Former Los Angeles restaurant manager Bobby Coyote launched the restaurant chain in Davis in 1991, was seeking to open an affordable dining experience for the average family or college student – a “people’s restaurant,” he said.

Owner worked for rock band War

Coyote had several interesting jobs by the mid 1980s, including laser light technician for the rock band War and manager of Cafe Figaro in Los Angeles, before launching his own restaurant.

The restaurant owner fell in love with the Southwestern style of Mexican food on a trip to Santa Fe, N.M., which inspired his desire to open such a restaurant.

Along with head chef Mark Casale, the restaurateur opened his first restaurant at The Marketplace in North Davis at the recommendation of his sister, who was attending University of California Davis at the time.

Dos Coyotes Locations

East Sacramento, 6450 Folsom Blvd. #110, Sacramento

Natomas, 2701 Del Paso Blvd. #160, Sacramento

Broadstone, 2776 East Bidwell St. #100, Folsom, Ca.

Red Bull Center, 13385 Folsom Blvd. #100, Folsom, Ca.

North Davis, 1411 W. Covell Blvd., Davis, Ca.

South Davis, 2191 Cowell Blvd., Davis, Ca.

Citrus Heights, 5450 Sunrise Blvd. Suite F, Citrus Heights, Ca.

Elk Grove, 8519 Bond Road #100, Elk Grove, Ca.

Roseville, 2030 Douglas Blvd. #4, Roseville, Ca.

Thunder Valley, 1200 Athens Ave., Lincoln, Ca.

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A fortune built on stock can grow by billions before lunch and give a chunk of it back before the closing bell. That’s the trade-off that comes with owning a company instead of drawing a paycheck.

You don’t need a billion dollars to feel it. If you own an S&P 500 index fund or a target-date fund in your 401(k), you already hold small slices of the tech giants now spending hundreds of billions of dollars on artificial intelligence.

For most of September, those slices looked like a gift. Meta Platforms (META) rallied roughly 36% in the month after launching Muse, its personal AI assistant, and came within one percent of a $2 trillion market value on Sept. 24.

Then one Wall Street note asked the question every AI investor eventually has to face. When does all this spending pay for itself?

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg found out what that question costs on Sept. 25. His estimated net worth fell $8.9 billion in a single session, the biggest one-day loss of any billionaire that day, according to Forbes.

Mark Zuckerberg’s estimated net worth fell $8.9 billion on Sept. 25 to $257.5 billion, according to Forbes.COM & O / Getty Images

Meta’s capital spending bill keeps climbing

Meta is one of the biggest spenders in the AI race. The company expects 2026 capital expenditures, including finance lease payments, of $130 billion to $145 billion, according to Meta’s second-quarter earnings release.

Related: Zuckerberg’s stock rebound made him world’s 5th richest at $222B

The quarter itself showed the strain. Meta booked $60.8 billion in revenue, up 28% year over year, while spending $31.08 billion on capital projects in those three months alone.

Free cash flow, the cash left after those investments, shrank to $784 million from $8.55 billion a year earlier, CNBC reported.

In my analysis, that is the number that matters most if you hold Meta in a retirement account. Revenue shows demand, while free cash flow shows whether a business can fund its bets without leaning on its balance sheet.

Muse gave investors a reason to look past that squeeze. The app logged 2.8 million downloads within two weeks of launch and overtook ChatGPT as the top free app in the U.S. and Canada, according to Sensor Tower data cited by Reuters.

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“Meta has really found lightning in a bottle here,” Michael O’Rourke, chief market strategist at JonesTrading, told Reuters.

That enthusiasm peaked on Sept. 24, when Meta closed at $777.59, its highest close of the year, and Zuckerberg’s fortune reached $266.4 billion, according to Forbes. Three days earlier, a single session had added about $25 billion to his net worth.

Goldman Sachs puts a $300 billion hurdle on AI payback

The reversal traced back to a Goldman Sachs (GS) strategy note. Strategist Ryan Hammond estimated that the largest U.S. AI spenders need about $300 billion a year in AI revenue just to break even on their investments, Investing.com reported.

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To earn solid returns, annual spending on AI applications would need to reach roughly $1 trillion, the firm estimated, Benzinga reported.

The scale of the bet explains the nerves. Hammond put 2026 capital spending by the biggest cloud and AI companies at roughly $800 billion, with Wall Street consensus expecting about $1.1 trillion in 2027, Investing.com reported.

Goldman did flag real progress. Cloud revenue at those companies ran at an annualized pace roughly $70 billion above its pre-AI trend in the second quarter, and their announced backlogs top $1.5 trillion, Yahoo Finance reported.

Still, $70 billion is less than a quarter of the $300 billion bar. That gap is what traders sold on Sept. 25.

Goldman told clients to watch the companies buying AI services for proof. “The impact of AI on corporate earnings should become increasingly visible in coming quarters,” Goldman wrote, according to The Motley Fool.

Meta had a second headwind that afternoon. A New Mexico jury found that the company misled state residents in a case tied to the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, Reuters reported, and a Meta spokesperson said the company disagreed with the verdict.

Zuckerberg’s losing day by the numbers

Here’s how the day broke down, according to Forbes real-time data.

Net worth: $257.5 billion as of 2:30 p.m. ET on Sept. 25, down $8.9 billion.

Day before: $266.4 billion at the Sept. 24 close.

Meta stock: down about four percent to $749.26.

Ranking: No. 6, down from No. 4 at the Sept. 24 close.

Stake: Zuckerberg owns about 13% of Meta.

Next-largest loss that day: Larry Ellison, down $1.6 billion.

Index fund investors felt the reversal too

Zuckerberg’s loss is paper wealth, since most of his fortune sits in Meta stock. Your exposure works the same way, just on a smaller scale.

Meta sits inside most broad U.S. stock index funds, alongside Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN) and Oracle (ORCL), the peers Forbes said Goldman named in its note.

Related: Michael Dell jumped past Zuckerberg and Brin to No. 4 richest: his fortune rose more than $11 billion in a day to $276.4 billion as Dell Technologies stock climbed 6% to $570.72 on a $95 billion AI server backlog

That concentration cuts both ways. When the AI trade runs, your balance rises with it, and when a major bank questions the payoff, those holdings can fall together.

I’d use Sept. 25 as a stress test for your own account. Check how much of your 401(k) now sits in large-cap growth or tech funds after this year’s run.

If a handful of AI spenders now make up more of your account than you planned, rebalancing back to your target mix locks in some gains while keeping you in the trade.

Third-quarter earnings become the next test for Muse

Meta’s next checkpoint is its third-quarter report, when investors will see whether Muse is showing up in revenue. The company has guided third-quarter revenue to $61 billion to $64 billion.

Related: Mark Zuckerberg says Meta found a way to make more money

Truist Securities estimates Muse could add at least $28.5 billion in annual revenue by fiscal 2030, Reuters reported.

Even that bullish estimate is less than a tenth of Goldman’s break-even bar for the group. The AI boom may still pay off, but Sept. 25 showed that investors now want receipts to go with the downloads.

For your money, the lesson is practical. Own the AI story if you believe in it, and size it so a billionaire’s $9 billion day never becomes a hole in your retirement plan.

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