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'This is not good': Elon Musk on edge as silver hits record highs

Prices are soaring just as China moves to restrict exports, prompting fresh worries about supply of the metal for industrial use

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AI investors don't use most AI tools. Here are the ones they do use

Even the people funding AI startups still stick to just a handful of AI tools. These are the ones that make the cut

23.12.2025 4

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OpenAI and Amazon are closing in on a $10 billion funding deal

OpenAI has made more than $1.4 trillion of infrastructure commitments in recent months, including with chipmakers Nvidia, AMD, and and Broadcom

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Ben & Jerry's cofounder says Magnum is 'destroying' the ice cream brand

Magnum has effectively kicked three members off the Ben & Jerry’s independent board. Ben Cohen called it “Orwellian” and “another desperate...

17.12.2025 4

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Ford takes a massive hit as it pulls back on electric vehicles

Ford is cutting back on electric vehicles as Trump policies weaken demand and remove federal support for EV buyers

16.12.2025 3

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Elon Musk said he’d spend less on politics. Now he's donating again

The world’s richest man has reportedly donated to Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms, as his relationship with President Donald Trump improves

16.12.2025 3

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Roomba maker iRobot has filed for bankruptcy as Trump's tariffs drive up costs

Once a pioneer of robot vacuums, the Roomba maker said higher tariffs helped tip the company into bankruptcy

15.12.2025 5

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Kevin Hassett says Trump wouldn't sway the Fed on interest rates if he's chair

Trump has tried to influence the Fed for months, lambasting outgoing chair Jerome Powell as a “numbskull” for not cutting rates faster

15.12.2025 5

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Elon Musk says he wouldn't do DOGE again

The Tesla CEO said DOGE was only "somewhat successful" and that he wants to focus only on his companies now

10.12.2025 3

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Some American teens are already using AI chatbots 'almost constantly'

Companies such as OpenAI, Google, and Meta are coming under increased scrutiny over safeguard measures for children

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China's purchases of American soybeans are moving slowly as Trump bails out farmers

China’s purchases of U.S. soybeans are well behind schedule to hit the agreed amount by the end of 2025, and U.S. officials are pushing that deadline

10.12.2025 5

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McDonald's pulled a widely mocked 'AI slop' Christmas ad

McDonald's called the ad an "important learning as we explore the effective use of AI." Viewers were not lovin' it

10.12.2025 4

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The public isn't buying the AI hype – even if CEOs are going all-in

Big spending on AI hasn’t won over the public, who worry about safety, jobs, and who really benefits from the tech boom

09.12.2025 4

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Jamie Dimon is enlisting Jeff Bezos and Condoleezza Rice in a $1.5 trillion spending spree

The JPMorgan Chase boss is pulling in tech titans, ex-generals, and political heavyweights to steer a huge national-security spending drive

09.12.2025 4

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More home sellers are giving up instead of cutting prices

For-sale signs are coming down much faster than usual this fall, as sluggish demand leaves many homes sitting without offers

08.12.2025 2

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Trump on Netflix buying Warner Bros. Discovery: 'I'll be involved in that decision'

Trump’s comments could amplify existing antitrust concerns. The deal will face a lengthy Justice Department review

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OpenAI says ChatGPT is saving workers an hour a day

OpenAI is hoping to corner the business AI market amid growing challenges on the consumer front, which is where most of its revenue comes from

08.12.2025 2

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How to try Amazon's new 'ultra-fast' delivery mode

Customers will be able to get items including milk, eggs, fresh produce and over-the-counter medicines delivered to their door in 30 minutes or less

04.12.2025 5

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Anthropic’s potential IPO talks hint at future Wall Street showdown with OpenAI

Anthropic’s reported IPO plans land at a moment when industry and market leaders are questioning whether the the AI boom is overheating

03.12.2025 3

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Macy’s lifts its sales outlook as shoppers keep spending despite strain

Chief executive Tony Spring said sharper pricing and new merchandise are drawing shoppers, even as surveys warn of holiday pullbacks

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Costco is suing Trump to avoid getting stuck with the tab on tariffs

The company says looming customs deadlines could wipe out its chance to get refunds if the Supreme Court rules Trump’s tariffs unlawful

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Sam Altman sounds a ‘code red’ warning as ChatGPT’s lead narrows

Altman told OpenAI employees to ramp up work on improving its chatbot, amid forward leaps by Google's Gemini in recent weeks

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Michael Dell is giving $250 to 25 million kids so they can start investment accounts

The gifts will go to children up to 10 years old that live in certain zip codes

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Shoppers defied the gloom on a record Black Friday

Aggressive price cuts won out, nudging wary consumers to spend big online despite warnings of soft demand and shaky sentiment

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Trump says he has picked the next Federal Reserve chair

Whoever gets the president’s nomination will be expected to push for interest more rate cuts, and more quickly, than current Fed Chair Jerome Powell

01.12.2025 4

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Bitcoin plunges toward $85,000 as traders brace for a big week

Important economic figures due in the next few days could help determine whether Bitcoin will stabilize — or if it could fall even further

01.12.2025 10

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Masayoshi Son says he cried selling Nvidia to bankroll SoftBank’s AI bets

Softbank's founder also brushed off talk of an AI bubble, telling skeptics they’re “not smart enough” to see the technology’s long-term payoff

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Sam Altman got served with a subpoena onstage at a live event

The OpenAI chief was unexpectedly called to testify in a criminal case linked to protests over the company’s AI work

10.11.2025 5

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Markets breathe a sigh of relief with an end to the government shutdown in sight

At 40 days, the current shutdown is the longest ever in the U.S., and until this weekend Republicans and Democrats had been at an impasse

10.11.2025 5

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Americans hoping for $2,000 checks from Trump's tariffs could be disappointed

After the president talked up a tariff-related windfall, his Treasury chief was a lot less certain about how that money reaches Americans

10.11.2025 4

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Even AI hype has its limit. Pinterest just found it

The company said a new AI shopping tool was "paying off." With tariffs hitting ad spending, investors didn't see it that way

05.11.2025 2

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The stock market selloff goes global as AI bubble concerns grow

Tech stocks led falls around the world as worries spread that recent lofty valuations are in line for a correction

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Government shutdown delays Magnum ice cream's listing by nearly a month

The ice cream brand's IPO that was scheduled for Nov. 10 has been pushed back to Dec. 8

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‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry is betting big against Nvidia and Palantir

Burry, who rose to fame for his bet against the U.S. housing market before the 2008 crash, appears to have made another major prediction

04.11.2025 2

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Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley bosses see a big stock market correction coming

The S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the Nasdaq have all hit record highs this year. Bank bosses think they are due for a reality check

04.11.2025 3

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Sam Altman is tired of people questioning OpenAI's business model

Altman said OpenAI’s revenue is “growing steeply” and that the company expects strong demand across its consumer and enterprise businesses

04.11.2025 3

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Tesla's future hangs in the balance as Elon Musk's trillion-dollar payday goes to a vote

Investors will vote on a proposal to grant the world’s richest person a pay package that would be the largest ever awarded to a chief executive

04.11.2025 10

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Trump says he'll skip Supreme Court hearing on tariffs

Trump’s tariff blitz faces perhaps its most serious test yet this week when arguments against it will be heard by the high court

03.11.2025 3

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Kimberly-Clark is buying Tylenol maker Kenvue for more than $48 billion

The deal will create a new consumer health giant, bringing Kenvue under the wing of the maker of Kleenex tissues and Huggies diapers

03.11.2025 3

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OpenAI has restructured as a for-profit company

The shift resolves a year of uncertainty about how the company behind ChatGPT would raise the enormous sums needed to develop AI technology

28.10.2025 4

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PayPal to launch digital wallet feature inside ChatGPT, sending shares soaring 14%

Chief executive Alex Chriss said: “It’s hard to imagine that agentic commerce isn’t going to be a big part of the future” 

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Jamie Dimon renews JPMorgan's return-to-office push as staff calls for hybrid work

Dimon doubled-down about a week after an internal petition calling for more flexibility reached 2,000 signatures

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Amazon is cutting 14,000 corporate jobs in a big AI push

Bosses at the e-commerce and tech giant said they are "convicted that we need to be organized more leanly" to move quickly on AI

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Stocks rise on hopes that the U.S. and China will strike a trade deal this week

U.S. and Chinese officials said they reached agreements on contentious points including export controls, fentanyl, rare earths, and shipping fees

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Striking Boeing workers rejected another offer as earnings loom

The strike by about 3,200 workers complicates matters for Boeing, which is trying to rebuild after a slew of scandals in recent years

27.10.2025 9

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Bernie Madoff is still costing banks billions, as HSBC sets aside cash to cover legal costs

Madoff ran the world’s biggest Ponzi scheme, paying old investors with money from new ones rather than real profits

27.10.2025 8

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Sam Altman wants to make ChatGPT an 'everything app.' He's made big promises before

The OpenAI boss has a pattern of walking back artificial general intelligence timelines, safety promises, and regulation

23.10.2025 6

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Missed car payments, GoFundMe for groceries, booming pawn shops, and more recession clues

The government shutdown has halted official data releases. These alternative signals could hint at the next downturn

22.10.2025 10

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Coca-Cola's growth is coming from prices. But demand is still flat

The world's largest soda maker saw flat sales volumes in North and Latin America and a decline in Asia Pacific in the third quarter

21.10.2025 2

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Walmart joins the Thanksgiving price wars with cheaper turkeys

Walmart is also launching a Thanksgiving meal bundle for less than $4 per person, as retailers target price-conscious shoppers

21.10.2025 2

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