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This Fintech’s Visa Card Keeps Grandpa From Blowing His Nest Egg

This Fintech’s Visa Card Keeps Grandpa From Blowing His Nest Egg

I n November 2020, Alana Peralez received the sort of emergency call she’d been dreading. Her then 84-year-old dad, a retired aerospace engineer...

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Lindsey Choo

Billionaire Wee Family’s UOL Sells 87% Of Condo Project Amid Singapore Housing Frenzy

An artist impression of Parktown Residence. UOL Group—controlled by the family of late baking and real estate billionaire Wee Cho Yaw—said about...

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Jonathan Burgos

Inside A $5.2 Million Xanadu With A Private Golf Course Modeled On Augusta

Inside A $5.2 Million Xanadu With A Private Golf Course Modeled On Augusta

A golf course in the backyard is every enthusiast’s dream—especially one that emulates Augusta ... [ ] National. “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A...

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Natalie Hoberman

Victor Wembanyama’s Deep Vein Thrombosis Shocks Fans, But Spurs Made The Right Call

Victor Wembanyama’s Deep Vein Thrombosis Shocks Fans, But Spurs Made The Right Call

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 10: Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs celebrates after a ... [ ] 131-121 victory against the Washington...

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Arthur L. Kellermann

Tax Breaks: The Tax View From The Top Of The World Edition

Tax Breaks: The Tax View From The Top Of The World Edition

The view from Anchorage, Alaska. Greetings from balmy Anchorage, Alaska! We’re in the middle of a warm spell–so much so that the world-famous...

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Kelly Phillips Erb

Forbes Daily: Walmart Stock Plummets As Retailer Issues Tariff Warning

Forbes Daily: Walmart Stock Plummets As Retailer Issues Tariff Warning

Walmart shares had their worst day in over a year Thursday, despite robust fourth-quarter results. And the retail giant’s heirs lost billions. The...

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Danielle Chemtob

It Took Two Tries For The DOJ To Convince Apple And Google To Restore TikTok

It Took Two Tries For The DOJ To Convince Apple And Google To Restore TikTok

Apple and Google restored TikTok to their app stores last week. Late last week, TikTok returned to Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store, after...

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Richard Nieva

Elon Musk Is A Billionaire Federal Welfare Vampire

Elon Musk Is A Billionaire Federal Welfare Vampire

E lon Musk, the South African-born billionaire overseeing President Trump’s massive and haphazard effort to hack down government overspending, is...

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Alan Ohnsman

The Most Valuable MLS Teams 2025

The Most Valuable MLS Teams 2025

Moments after the Super Bowl ended this month, Lionel Messi appeared on television screens across America alongside a message. “When football ends,...

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Justin Birnbaum

The Prototype: Microsoft Unveils A New Class Of Quantum Chip

The Prototype: Microsoft Unveils A New Class Of Quantum Chip

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we explore Microsoft’s new hardware paradigm for quantum computing, how we could prevent an asteroid from...

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Alex Knapp

Lavish Tuscan Villas, Four Seasons’ New Yacht And More Travel News

Lavish Tuscan Villas, Four Seasons’ New Yacht And More Travel News

. Dreaming of a summer escape in the Italian countryside? The venerable travel outfitter Abercrombie & Kent recently announced the launch of A&K...

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Passport By Forbeslife

Fresh Take: For This Successful Food Entrepreneur, It’s All About The Spice

Fresh Take: For This Successful Food Entrepreneur, It’s All About The Spice

Meet Mexico’s first chili-ionaire. My new feature on the founder and CEO of Tajín, Horacio Fernández, is a classic Forbes success story....

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Chloe Sorvino

Dubai Crypto Exchange Bybit Is Hacked For $1.44 Billion ETH, But CEO Says Losses Will Be Covered

Dubai Crypto Exchange Bybit Is Hacked For $1.44 Billion ETH, But CEO Says Losses Will Be Covered

Visitors stand in front of works by Bybit on display during the 15th edition of Art Dubai at Madinat Jumeirah in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, on...

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Stephen Pastis

Small Language Models Could Redefine The AI Race

Small Language Models Could Redefine The AI Race

For the last two years, large language models have dominated the AI scene. But that might be ... [ ] changing soon. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV /...

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Kolawole Samuel Adebayo

From Chainsaw Al To Chainsaw Elon

From Chainsaw Al To Chainsaw Elon

T he nation’s universal anger toward government bloat and waste has been one of the driving forces behind President Trump’s MAGA revolution....

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Matt Schifrin

These Scientists Are Using AI To Spot Financial Scams Before They Begin. Plus: Overcome Chronic Overwhelm

These Scientists Are Using AI To Spot Financial Scams Before They Begin. Plus: Overcome Chronic Overwhelm

This is this week’s ForbesWomen newsletter, which every Thursday brings news about the world’s top female entrepreneurs, leaders and investors...

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Maggie Mcgrath

California Bullet Train At Risk As Trump Administration Opens Funding Review

California Bullet Train At Risk As Trump Administration Opens Funding Review

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy at a press conference at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles on Feb. 20. California’s efforts to build...

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Alan Ohnsman

Why The Bahamas Is A Billionaire Playground

Why The Bahamas Is A Billionaire Playground

The Bahamian Islands’ secluded charm might lead some to assume they’re light on modern amenities, ... [ ] yet this island nation has quickly...

20.02.2025 10

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Natalie Hoberman

Meet The Billionaire CEO Trying To Resurrect The Woolly Mammoth

Meet The Billionaire CEO Trying To Resurrect The Woolly Mammoth

S erial entrepreneur Ben Lamm and Harvard geneticist George Church started Colossal Biosciences in 2021 to bring back the woolly mammoth. It’s an...

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Amy Feldman

Trump Wants The Next Generation Of Military Satellites. Pentagon Turmoil Is Endangering That

Trump Wants The Next Generation Of Military Satellites. Pentagon Turmoil Is Endangering That

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 2024 carrying four satellites for the Space Development Agency. If President...

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Jeremy Bogaisky

Forbes Daily: With Tax Season In Full Gear, Layoffs Come To The IRS

Forbes Daily: With Tax Season In Full Gear, Layoffs Come To The IRS

Colossal Biosciences CEO Ben Lamm is a billionaire thanks to his company’s controversial idea: bringing back the woolly mammoth. The company...

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Danielle Chemtob

Top Philippine Noodle Maker Flags $126 Million Writedown For Alternative Meats Unit Quorn

Top Philippine Noodle Maker Flags $126 Million Writedown For Alternative Meats Unit Quorn

Packaging for Quorn meat free Cottage Pies, manufactured by Quorn Foods Ltd., sit on display at the ... [ ] company's reception at the factory in...

20.02.2025 4

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Ian Sayson

DCI Indonesia Surges To Record High Amid AI Boom, Adds $2 Billion To Founders’ Wealth

DCI Indonesia Surges To Record High Amid AI Boom, Adds $2 Billion To Founders’ Wealth

Server racks in a data center. The fortunes of the billionaire cofounders of DCI Indonesia—Otto Toto Sugiri, Marina Budiman and Han Arming Hanafia—...

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Ardian Wibisono

How DOGE’s Access To IRS Data Puts Taxpayer Information At Risk

How DOGE’s Access To IRS Data Puts Taxpayer Information At Risk

WASHINGTON, D.C. - JANUARY 03: The U.S. Flag flys above the International Revenue Service ... [ ] headquarters building on January 3, 2024, in...

20.02.2025 10

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Howard Gleckman

Walmart Stock Down On Weak View As Tariffs May Hit Spending

Walmart Stock Down On Weak View As Tariffs May Hit Spending

BOWLING GREEN, OH - MAY 17: A Wal-Mart greeter waits to welcome new customers to the new 2,000 ... [ ] square foot Wal-Mart Supercenter store May...

20.02.2025 8

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Peter Cohan

IRS Taxpayer Data Is Tightly Restricted By Law. Will This Stop Trump, Musk And DOGE From Gaining Access?

IRS Taxpayer Data Is Tightly Restricted By Law. Will This Stop Trump, Musk And DOGE From Gaining Access?

A view of the Internal Revenue Service's headquarters March 24, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN...

20.02.2025 1

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Kelly Phillips Erb

Trump And Republicans Confront Democrats Over March Government Shutdown

Trump And Republicans Confront Democrats Over March Government Shutdown

Donald Trump's first term had the longest government shutdown in history, new shutdown is now ... [ ] looming We are about to face a new crisis in...

20.02.2025 1

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Richard Mcgahey

How Big Would A Trump DOGE Dividend Check Be?

How Big Would A Trump DOGE Dividend Check Be?

Would you get $5,000, $8,000 or a different amount from a DOGE Dividend The latest proposal making the rounds in Washington is the Trump DOGE...

20.02.2025 1

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Shahar Ziv

What We Know So Far About Trump’s Approach To AI

What We Know So Far About Trump’s Approach To AI

Bringing new technology and infrastructure to an enterprise is difficult. While the enthusiasm and the desire is there and spans a variety of...

20.02.2025 3

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Megan Poinski

NASA Upgrades, Then Lowers Odds Of Asteroid Hitting Earth — Here’s Why

NASA Upgrades, Then Lowers Odds Of Asteroid Hitting Earth — Here’s Why

2024 YR4 is one of about 20,000 Apollo-type asteroids that orbit the sun from about the same ... [ ] distance as Earth, so are a potential threat....

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Jamie Carter

Malaysian Tycoon Leong Kok Wah’s Eco World Shares Jump After Microsoft Data Center Deal

Malaysian Tycoon Leong Kok Wah’s Eco World Shares Jump After Microsoft Data Center Deal

REDMOND, WASHINGTON - JULY 3: A sign is seen at the Microsoft headquarters on July 3, 2024 in ... [ ] Redmond, Washington. (Photo by David...

19.02.2025 8

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Jonathan Burgos

Meet Mexico’s First Chili-onaire

Meet Mexico’s First Chili-onaire

Surrounded by the mountains of Jalisco, Mexico, the entrance to the 20-acre manufacturing headquarters of chili spice maker Industrias Tajín...

19.02.2025 4

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Chloe Sorvino

Forbes Daily: Why Big-Money Fund Managers Are Optimistic Right Now

Forbes Daily: Why Big-Money Fund Managers Are Optimistic Right Now

Big-money fund managers are more optimistic than they’ve been in years. But the threat of tariffs is looming. Investment portfolio managers who...

19.02.2025 4

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Danielle Chemtob

Russia Is Targeting Ukrainian Soldiers’ Signal Accounts, Google Warns

Russia Is Targeting Ukrainian Soldiers’ Signal Accounts, Google Warns

Signal is hugely popular in Ukraine, with the military a big user of the encrypted messaging app. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/...

19.02.2025 2

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Thomas Brewster

IRS To Fire Thousands Of Workers This Week—In The Heart Of Tax Season

IRS To Fire Thousands Of Workers This Week—In The Heart Of Tax Season

Thousands of IRS employees could lose their jobs. The IRS will cut thousands of workers on probationary status as part of ongoing efforts by the...

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Kelly Phillips Erb

Clearview AI’s CEO Resigns As Facial Recognition Company Focuses On Trump 'Opportunities'

Clearview AI’s CEO Resigns As Facial Recognition Company Focuses On Trump 'Opportunities'

Former Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That The CEO of Clearview AI, the facial recognition company that sparked a 2020 controversy over its harvesting...

19.02.2025 10

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David Jeans

InnovationRx: Recursion Launches Fund For Biotech Startups Hit By NIH Funding Cuts

InnovationRx: Recursion Launches Fund For Biotech Startups Hit By NIH Funding Cuts

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at a new biotech fund spearheaded by Recursion, a shift in bird flu strategy from the Trump...

19.02.2025 4

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Alex Knapp

How Boards Should Think About Director Diversity Standards

How Boards Should Think About Director Diversity Standards

The climate for diversity standards in director nominations is changing. The last several weeks have seen powerful pushback on diversity, equity...

19.02.2025 3

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Michael Peregrine

The Scientists Behind DataVisor Are Using AI To Spot Financial Scams Before They Begin

The Scientists Behind DataVisor Are Using AI To Spot Financial Scams Before They Begin

B ack in 2006, after earning her Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon, Yinglian Xie wasn’t thinking about whether she wanted to make her career in the U.S....

19.02.2025 5

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Hank Tucker

How To Make Sure AI Search Finds Your Brand

How To Make Sure AI Search Finds Your Brand

AI is continuing to shape search, and in turn, how marketers are working with it. Jim Yu, founder and CEO of enterprise SEO platform BrightEdge,...

19.02.2025 1

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Megan Poinski

How PepsiCo Blends Growth And Marketing

How PepsiCo Blends Growth And Marketing

Mustafa Shamseldin is a 17-year veteran of PepsiCo, working with its beverages and snacks divisions across the world since 2008. In his current...

19.02.2025 1

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Megan Poinski

Talking Money—And Taxes—At Work

Talking Money—And Taxes—At Work

This is a published version of Forbes’ Careers Newsletter. Click here to subscribe and get it in your inbox every Tuesday. Tax season is in full...

19.02.2025 10

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Maria Gracia Santillana Linares

How Swiss Luxury Resorts Are Turning Wealthy Travelers Into Property Investors

How Swiss Luxury Resorts Are Turning Wealthy Travelers Into Property Investors

Luxury travel in 2025 is all about creating meaningful connections that extend far beyond the concept of a vacation. Case in point: Switzerland,...

19.02.2025 1

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Lysanne Currie

The Prompt: Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Reveals Her New AI Startup

The Prompt: Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Reveals Her New AI Startup

Welcome back to The Prompt, Mira Murati, former chief technology officer of OpenAI, announced her new venture called Thinking Machine Labs, where...

18.02.2025 2

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Rashi Shrivastava