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Goldman Sachs earnings show 2025 was a great year for the rich
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- Goldman Sachs earnings show 2025 was a great year for the rich
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Goldman Sachs reported strong fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results, highlighting performance drivers and shareholder distributions. Goldman Sachs earnings for 2025 included net revenue of $58.3 billion and net earnings of $17.2 billion, with earnings per share of $51.32 as asset and wealth management expanded. Assets under supervision reached $3.61 trillion, and private banking and lending revenue hit records. The firm returned $12.4 billion in buybacks and $4.4 billion in dividends, and raised its quarterly dividend to $4.50 entering 2026. Since its 2019 investor day, total shareholder returns exceeded 340 percent versus the S&P 500. The update is framed against post-pandemic inequality and capital access dynamics cited in the video.
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- X says Grok won't edit images of real people into bikinis. It still does
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- X said its Grok chatbot will stop editing images of real people to add bikinis or other revealing clothing, citing new technical restrictions. The move addresses criticism of the AI chatbot’s image-editing features and applies across the platform, including for paid users. X noted geoblocking limits where generating such content is illegal, and described filter-based enforcement rather than removing the capability.
Testing showed Grok sometimes refuses direct requests but can produce sexualized edits when prompts use alternative wording or aesthetics. The company acknowledged the function remains present, restricted by policy and location. The update follows broader scrutiny of tools used to create non-consensual sexualized images.
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- JPMorgan warns against Trump push to cap credit card interest rates
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- JPMorgan Chase warned Tuesday that a proposed 10% cap on credit card rates would significantly change its card business and harm customers, underscoring potential impacts for consumers and banks. The warning followed Donald Trump’s weekend support for a credit card rate cap, despite lacking authority to impose one. JPMorgan Chase CFO Jeremy Barnum said the policy would be bad for consumers and the economy. Banks sold off Monday as card-focused firms declined, while retail card APRs stayed elevated despite late-year Fed cuts, with some store cards above 30%, according to Bankrate. Barnum cited policy uncertainty and said the bank would oppose the proposal.
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- Trump wants to cap credit card interest rates. 3 things could happen next
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Donald Trump proposed a one-year 10% cap on credit card interest rates, drawing scrutiny over consumer relief and credit access. A Vanderbilt University study estimates a 10% credit card interest cap could save Americans about $100 billion. Industry analysts, including Brian Riley, caution the Trump credit card cap could reduce lending to below-prime borrowers if credit card interest rates become unprofitable for issuers.
Brian Shearer said high rates strain consumers and argued bipartisan-backed caps could return billions without harming access or rewards. Vervent CEO David Johnson warned of tighter credit and shifts to less regulated lending. Rewards could fall by $27 billion for FICO 760 and below, with larger interest savings. Announced on social media with a Jan. 20 target.
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- Inflation is steady. Grocery prices are not
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- U.S. inflation cooled slightly in December, highlighting easing price growth alongside persistent grocery pressures. Headline CPI met expectations as used car prices fell, while core CPI rose 0.2%, keeping U.S. inflation near the Federal Reserve’s 2% goal. Food prices increased again, with five of six grocery categories up, including other food at home (1.6%), dairy (0.9%), cereals and bakery (0.6%), fruits and vegetables (0.5%), and nonalcoholic beverages (0.4%). Shelter costs continued to rise at a slower pace, with primary residence rents posting the smallest year‑over‑year gain since 2021; energy prices edged up. Analysts largely expect interest rates to remain unchanged as policymakers acknowledge cooling inflation but avoid declaring victory amid political pressure. The report underscores easing inflation alongside household strain from elevated grocery costs.
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- The job AI still can’t do
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- 1:54
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- U.S. middle management job postings were about 42% lower in late 2025 than at their April 2022 peak, according to Revelio Labs, highlighting evolving corporate structures.
Companies are flattening org charts to cut costs and use AI-driven automation, reshaping middle management roles. Despite fewer middle management job postings, experts note these managers remain the link between leadership and day-to-day teams.
Jenn Christison, Ben Hardy, Jermaine Moore, Sondra Leibner, and Sabra Sciolaro describe how managers translate priorities, coordinate across functions, reduce friction through communication, define decision rights, and safeguard culture and institutional knowledge. The segment reports that, while roles are consolidating, middle managers’ influence is growing through collaboration and human oversight.
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- Elon Musk says your retirement savings 'won't matter' thanks to AI
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Elon Musk recently suggested people shouldn’t worry about saving for retirement, arguing on the Moonshots with Peter Diamandis podcast that AI and robots will boost productivity so much that scarcity will disappear.
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- JPMorgan Chase earnings show a banner year. But now political risk looms larger
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- JPMorgan capped a banner year with a stronger-than-expected fourth quarter, highlighting how profitable 2025 was.
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- Circle K is cutting gas prices by 40 cents per gallon January 15
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- 1:56
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Gas prices are about to get lower at Circle K, but only for a limited time.
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- Eli Lilly and Nvidia plan new AI lab to speed drug discovery
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- 1:53
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Nvidia and Eli Lilly announced a five-year, up to $1B co-innovation AI lab to speed drug discovery, aiming to “industrialize” AI models and accelerate clinical development.
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- Trump threatens to shut Exxon out of Venezuela for 'playing too cute'
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- ExxonMobil, which has twice exited Venezuela over government seizures of its oil assets, may remain barred from returning after Donald Trump criticized the company’s stance.
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- Meta's AI data centers get a nuclear boost.
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- 2:04
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Meta has signed a series of multi-gigawatt nuclear energy contracts to power its sprawling network of artificial intelligence data centers, a move that could make it one of the largest corporate buyers of nuclear power in American history.
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- Trump says Venezuela will give 50 million barrels of oil to the United States
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- President Trump announced Venezuela will hand over 30–50 million barrels of oil to the U.S., worth about $2.8 billion, following Maduro’s capture.
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- Wage garnishing is back for federal student loan defaults: What to do
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- 2:14
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Federal student loan defaults are climbing, with an estimated 5.5 million borrowers currently in default.
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- A turbulent year for jobs ends with signs of an uneven slowdown
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The U.S. labor market ended 2025 with modest job gains, but new data raises doubts about economic strength.
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- AI hogged the spotlight at CES—but not always in a good way
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- 1:52
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, one remark summed it up: “I love AI, but it’s not there yet.”
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- 'Uninvestable': Trump and U.S. oil giants don't clinch a deal on Venezuela
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump met U.S. and European oil executives at the White House to seek private investment for reviving and exploiting Venezuela’s oil sector.
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- Elon Musk makes Grok's s********d AI images a 'premium service' for X subscribers
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Elon Musk's startup xAI has limited the image generation tool on its Grok chatbot to paying subscribers of social media platform X.
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- How long will Jensen Huang be Nvidia's CEO?
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Huang will turn 63 this year, and Nvidia hasn't announced any formal succession plan for whenever he does eventually call it quits.
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- Polymarket and traders clash over U.S. raid on Venezuela
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- 1:53
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Polymarket users wagered millions on whether the U.S. would invade Venezuela.
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- The white-collar jobs wipeout shows no sign of slowing
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- ADP’s latest report shows private employers added 41,000 jobs in December, a modest rebound from November, but underlying white-collar hiring—especially in tech and consulting—signals a fragile economy.
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- AI winners and losers for 2026, according to AI investors
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Investors predict that in 2026, AI funding will focus on infrastructure, video, and practical tools rather than copycat chatbots, as the market grows more selective.
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- Oil for Trump: The U.S. starts dictating Venezuela's future
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The Trump administration said it will control and market Venezuelan oil indefinitely, beginning with stored crude and continuing with future production.
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- U.S. oil companies hold off on entering Venezuela—for now
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- 1:59
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump said U.S. oil companies will play a role in the redevelopment of the Venezuelan economy after the U.S. captured its leader Nicolás Maduro in a weekend military raid.
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- AI toilets are here
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- 1:56
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Smart toilets are stepping into the spotlight at CES, with companies pushing home automation beyond thermostats and TVs.
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- Big Pharma poured billions into AI drug discovery. It could soon pay off
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- 2:47
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Despite billions spent, pharma hasn’t yet produced an FDA-ready AI drug—but that may soon change.
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- A bluefin tuna auction broke a record with a $3.2 million sale
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- 1:38
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market kicked off the new year with a record-breaking tuna sale in its first auction of 2026.
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- McDonald’s faces lawsuit claiming the McRib isn't actually ribs
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The McRib is back—this time in federal court. Just before Christmas, four consumers filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against McDonald’s in Chicago, claiming the company misled customers by selling a McRib that contains no rib meat.
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- Silicon Valley turned aging into a bug to fix. Billions followed
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- 3:10
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- A decade ago, the Quantified Self movement popularized tracking health data with devices like Fitbit to optimize daily habits.
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- More and more Americans are shifting the blame for high prices to Washington
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- A new poll shows Americans increasingly blame the federal government, not corporations, for rising prices and financial stress.
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- How AI will change work for managers in 2026
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- 2:11
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Artificial intelligence surged through workplaces in 2025, yet managers still struggle with adoption.
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- How Wall Street’s biggest banks see stocks in 2026
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Since 2020, the S&P 500 has delivered extraordinary returns, rebounding from pandemic shocks, sliding in 2022, then surging again through 2023–2025.
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- These big retailers went belly up in 2025
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- The American high street faced another reckoning in 2025 as major household brands declared bankruptcy.
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- Americans will take even less vacation time off in 2026
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- U.S. workers prioritize job security after 2025, limiting time off, boosting visibility, and staying put amid financial stress, inflation worries, and job-loss fears.
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- Low-cost ways to level up your career growth in 2026
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- 2:04
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Professional growth doesn’t need to be costly: low-cost up-skilling boosted U.S. incomes 8.6%, about $8,000 yearly.
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- Warren Buffett officially steps down as Berkshire's CEO
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- 2:32
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Berkshire Hathaway, long shaped by Warren Buffett’s singular authority, faces its first true test as he steps down as CEO on Dec. 31, 2025.
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- Here's how much the world's richest people made in 2025
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- 2:17
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- It was a record-breaking year for the world’s richest, underscoring how immensely it pays to be wealthy.
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- U.S. national debt interest payments to top $1 trillion in 2026
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Big numbers now define the U.S. economy, with rising costs making trillion-dollar annual interest payments on federal debt a normalized reality by 2026.
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- It's not just Trump: Bond investors can sway next Fed chair
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- So far, no bond-market knockout looms; but investors influence who replaces Powell, as Trump stages a reality-TV Fed chair search.
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- The Fed signals it will cut interest rates in 2026—and 3% is in sight
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- 2:04
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- The Federal Reserve is signaling more interest rate cuts are on the way, but it will first pause its back-to-back rate cuts to allow officials more time to gauge how the U.S. economy fares early next year.
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- Title
- Inside OpenAI's $1.5 million compensation packages
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- OpenAI is paying employees about $1.5 million each in stock-based compensation for 2025, according to investor projections first reported by the Wall Street Journal, setting unprecedented pay levels that far exceed pre-IPO compensation norms across major Silicon Valley companies.
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- New AI Billionaires.
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- 1:43
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- In 2025, $200B flooded AI startups, nearly half of global VC, creating 50-plus paper billionaires worldwide, from U.S. hubs to Chinese open-source leaders, emerging markets.
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- The top 5 megadeals from 2025
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- 2:23
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Global mergers and acquisitions rebounded sharply in 2025, nearing 2021’s record after a slowdown from high rates and weak markets.
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- How to reset your money mindset after holiday overspending
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- 1:32
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Post-holiday credit card shock is common; a Harris Poll for the American Institute of CPAs shows debt, making mindset crucial.
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- M&A popped off this year: Here were the top 5 megadeals
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Global M&A rebounded sharply in 2025, nearly matching the 2021 peak, with deal value hitting about $4.5 trillion — 50% higher than 2024 and the second-largest year on record.
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- Here's how many AI billionaires were minted this year
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- 1:59
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- In 2025, artificial intelligence became a billionaire-making engine.
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- The wine business is in crisis
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- 2:14
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- For the first time since Prohibition, global wine faces an existential threat. Consumption has fallen to levels not seen since 1961.
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- Title
- Nvidia got there first. What companies will hit $5 trillion market caps next?
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- After Nvidia smashed the biggest valuation milestone in market history, a host of familiar names are emerging as the likeliest to follow
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- Title
- The 'godfather of AI' says the AI jobs wipeout is just beginning
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- In a CNN State of the Union interview, renowned computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton warned that artificial intelligence is already replacing workers and could accelerate sharply in 2026, allowing machines to displace many more jobs across industries beyond call centers.
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- Title
- Nvidia’s $5 billion Intel bet just became official
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- 2:17
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Intel confirmed it completed Nvidia’s $5 billion share sale on Dec. 26 after regulatory clearance, formalizing Nvidia’s roughly 4% stake.
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