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Why Singapore is the only Southeast Asian country in Pax Silica, the U.S.’s new AI ‘inner circle’

Singapore is “precisely the kind of ‘trusted node’ the U.S. is seeking to anchor AI-era supply chains,” says Ruben Durante, a professor at...

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Angelica Ang

OpenAI is hiring a ‘head of preparedness’ with a $550,000 salary to mitigate AI dangers that CEO Sam Altman warns will be ‘stressful’

The tech company’s search for a new safety executive comes amid growing concern over the risk of AI.

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Sasha Rogelberg

$25,000 per month: the cost of Trump tariffs on small business importers, revealed

The Center for American Progress said the tariffs haven't been a Christmas gift for American business, more like a lump of coal.

yesterday 10

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Nick Lichtenberg

No one’s happier about calls for a ‘backseat Fed’ than Fed insiders who were targeted by the White House this year

"How much can truly change under a single administration?" I asked one source. "Three years is a long time yet," came the response.

yesterday 10

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Eleanor Pringle

Homeland Security investigates Minnesota for apparent fraud costing taxpayers as much as $9 billion

A federal prosecutor alleged earlier in December that half or more of the roughly $18 billion in federal funds that supported 14 programs in...

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The Associated Press

How to win your money resolutions in 2026: From emergency funds to savings goals

“New Year’s is a really good time to review and realign your financial goals overall,” said Erica Grundza, certified financial planner at...

yesterday 10

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Adriana Morga

Gen Z could wave goodbye to résumés because most companies have turned to skills-based recruitment—and find it more effective, research shows

It might not be long until résumé are a thing of the past because most bosses are favoring skills-based hiring and reporting big results. 

yesterday 10

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Orianna Rosa Royle

YouTube’s cofounder and former tech boss doesn’t want his kids to watch short videos, warning short-form content ‘equates to shorter attention spans’

Steve Chen said companies that distribute short-form video should add safeguards for kids.

yesterday 9

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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Every year, a billionaire CEO doles out $1,000 checks to local college grads—with a catch: They have to give half the money to charity

“The turmoil in our country has increased the need for caring, sharing and compassion,” Rob Hale said.

yesterday 10

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Sydney Lake

‘We’ve gotten out of whack’ by fixating so much on Fed rates, but the loss of its independence will be punished, BofA CEO Brian Moynihan says

"There's too much fascination with the Fed," Moynihan said.

yesterday 10

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Jason Ma

The world’s wealthiest families attribute these 7 key habits for success, according to JPMorgan

The secret to building serious wealth comes down starting with how often you pick up a book—a habit top minds like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett...

yesterday 10

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Preston Fore

The Netflix-Paramount saga caps a 2025 turning point, S&P says: Cable TV is in the ‘decline stage,’ with a long, slow bleedout ahead

"These decisions signify a shift in the media industry as companies abandon cable networks in favor of streaming services."

yesterday 10

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Nick Lichtenberg

The weakest labor market since 2011 has BofA asking, ‘Dude, where’s my job?’

"A lack of recovery in the jobs market and a slower U.S. economy are key risks to watch for 2026."

yesterday 10

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Nick Lichtenberg

African millennials and Gen Z are quitting their big-city dreams to go make more money back on the farm

“A lot of my friends who graduated at the same time as me now work as motorcycle taxi drivers and barely make a living,” says 33-year-old Filly...

yesterday 10

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Mark Banchereau

Here are the top 15 highest-paying jobs that don’t require a college degree: from detectives to flight attendants

Gen Zers wanting to skip out on costly degrees don’t have to sacrifice their career success; six-figure blue collar jobs and cushy office gigs are...

yesterday 10

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Emma Burleigh

Former Russian banking billionaire says an Instagram post cost him $9 billion: His company was sold for 3% of its value in ‘hostage’ situation

"I couldn’t negotiate the price. I was like a hostage," Oleg Tinkov told The New York Times in 2022. More details are now emerging.

yesterday 10

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Nick Lichtenberg

New York City finally joins London, Singapore and other world-class cities with a tap-only subway system

The Metrocard replaced the subway token in 1994, but now it's being phased out for tap-and-go, first introduced in 2019.

yesterday 10

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Philip Marcelo

‘Adapt, shrink or die’: Trump begins slashing UN aid with $2 billion pledge a fraction of previous contributions

The money reflects what the administration believes is generous and will maintain the United States’ status as the world’s largest humanitarian...

yesterday 10

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Jamey Keaten

Robinhood’s CFO transition played out over 7 years and included a powerful mentorship story 

The CFO handoff from Jason Warnick to Shiv Verma shows how Robinhood has evolved from meme-stock disruptor to a serious S&P 500 corporation.

yesterday 10

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Sheryl Estrada

Silicon Valley summit offers rare insight into humanoid robots—and China is the clear winner

China is leading in part due to government incentives for component production and robot adoption and a mandate last year “to have a humanoid...

yesterday 4

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Matt Obrien

Florida congresswoman accused of stealing $5 million in COVID funds insists she’s innocent

Prosecutors said that within two months of receiving the funds in 2021, more than $100,000 had been spent on a 3-carat yellow diamond ring for the...

yesterday 5

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David Fischer

Trump warns U.S. will ‘knock the hell out of’ Iran’s nuclear capabilities if it’s rebuilding them amid Israeli concerns about long-range missiles

"We'll knock them down. We'll knock the hell out of them. But hopefully that’s not happening.”

yesterday 4

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Will Weissert

Trump claims victory in drug-smuggling crackdown, but key details remain a mystery

“There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs," Trump said.

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Michelle L. Price

Zohran Mamdani’s moment of truth: These factors will make or break the NYC mayor-elect’s ambitious agenda

Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, already faces intense scrutiny, even before taking office in one of the country's most scrutinized...

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Anthony Izaguirre

Trump says he still might fire Powell as Fed chair pick looms

Trump added the Powell should resign and that he’d “love to fire him.”

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Josh Wingrove

‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton predicts 2026 will see the technology get even better and gain the ability to ‘replace many other jobs’

"It's already extremely good. We're going to see it having the capabilities to replace many, many jobs."

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Jason Ma

Bank of America’s Moynihan sees Trump’s tariffs starting to de-escalate

“To go from a 10% across-the-board to 15% for the broad base of countries — not a huge impact,” Moynihan said.

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Sarah Maddox

Midair helicopter crash in New Jersey leaves one dead and another critically injured

The FAA described the crash as a midair collision between an Enstrom F-28A helicopter and Enstrom 280C helicopter over Hammonton Municipal Airport.

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The Associated Press

Interoceanic Train derails in southern Mexico, injuring at least 15 and halting traffic on line

The Interoceanic Train linking the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz derailed as it passed a curve near the town of Nizanda.

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The Associated Press

Trump says Ukraine and Russia are ‘closer than ever’ to peace after talking to Zelenskyy and Putin

“Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed,” Trump said during a late afternoon news conference following a meeting with Zelenskyy, whom he repeatedly...

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Will Weissert

Louis Gerstner, CEO credited with turning around IBM, dies at 83

Gerstner’s nine-year tenure as chairman and CEO of the company known as “Big Blue” is often used as a case study in corporate leadership.

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Patrick Oster

North Korea’s Kim tests long-range cruise missiles over West Sea

The missiles flew along preset trajectories over waters off the country’s west coast around 2 hours and 50 minutes each before striking their...

previous day 6

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Heesu Lee

Silver pulls back after topping $80 in historic year-end rally

Silver rose for a sixth session, building on a 10% gain on Friday that was its biggest one-day jump since 2008.

previous day 6

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Robin Paxton

This Warren Buffett-backed wildlife rehab center estimates not having old newspapers to use would create more than $10,000 a year in new costs

The physical paper is joining the pay phone, the cassette tape, the answering machine, and the bank check as objects whose disappearance marks the...

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Michael Weissenstein

MacKenzie Scott’s close relationship with Toni Morrison long before Amazon put her on the path give more than $1 billion to HBCUs

Morrison, who was Scott’s mentor at Princeton University, once called the philanthropist “one of the best students I’ve ever had in my creative-...

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Sasha Rogelberg

GE HealthCare CEO Peter Arduini is forging a new chapter for the $20 billion-a-year business while drawing on Jack Welch’s legacy

Arduini is trying to channel the ‘GE of old’ as he pursues a world where ‘health care has no limits’

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Diane Brady

Snowflake CEO: Big Tech’s grip on AI will loosen in 2026 — plus 6 more predictions that will define the year

The real AI race is starting now, and the organizations that lead in 2026 won't be those with the most AI pilots or the biggest technology budgets.

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Sridhar Ramaswamy

Gen Zers and millennials flock to so-called analogs islands ‘because because so little of their life feels tangible’

"They are starting to recognize how the internet has changed their lives, and they are trying to revive these in-person, low-tech environments that...

previous day 10

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Michael Liedtke

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he is ‘envious’ of Gen Z college dropouts who have the ‘mental space’ and time to build new startups

The tech billionaire said there would be “a lot of cool stuff” for 20-year-olds to build now.

previous day 10

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Nino Paoli

Feel Free customers say the kratom drink is making them sick. Toothless FDA rules on dietary supplements are helping it remain a bestseller

Botanic Tonics’ supplement drinks have taken convenience stores by storm—even as the company has battled allegations of misleading labeling.

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Sasha Rogelberg

Getting hired in 2026 is all about your ‘microcredentials’ says CEO of $1.3 billion learning platform—this is what he tells Gen Z to focus on

"We do see a big spike in enrollments, typically, in January," Coursera CEO, Greg Hart, tells Fortune in an exclusive interview. "It's sort of like...

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Eleanor Pringle

The job market in 2026 will suffer from ‘uncomfortably slow growth’ in the first half but reverse higher later in the year, JPMorgan says

"We believe supports are coming together that will arrest this labor market slowdown and revive activity growth later next year."

previous day 10

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Jason Ma

Brigitte Bardot, sex symbol then animal activist, dies at 91

Her death was announced Sunday in a statement by her foundation, saying Bardot had chosen to abandon “her prestigious movie career to dedicate her...

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Angelina Rascouet

Paris Hilton took out a mortgage on the $63 million mansion she bought from Mark Wahlberg. Here’s why that’s actually a smart financial decision

The reality star made a savvy move in financing her megamansion.

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Sydney Lake

California tech founders unload on a proposed state wealth tax that already has some billionaires preparing an escape. ‘I am screwed for life’

"One market correction, nationalization event, or prohibition of divestiture (not at all uncommon during wartime) and I am screwed for life."

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Jason Ma

Survey overload: Companies are inundating customers with endless surveys—and getting worse insights

This avalanche of survey requests doesn't even help improve products or services, experts say.

previous day 7

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Phil Wahba

Ahead of meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy says ‘Ukraine is willing to do whatever it takes to stop this war’

Zelenskyy said the two planned to discuss security and economic agreements and he will raise “territorial issues.”

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Will Weissert

NASA’s upcoming moonshot may let astronauts be the first to lay eyes on parts of the lunar far side that were missed by the Apollo program

Launching early in the year, the three Americans and one Canadian will zip past the moon, do a U-turn behind it, then hustle straight back to Earth.

previous day 6

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Marcia Dunn

The retirement of this notoriously finicky card marks the end of an era for one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems

The last day to buy or refill a MetroCard is Dec. 31, 2025, as the transit system fully transitions to OMNY, a contactless payment system.

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Philip Marcelo

At the edges of the AI data center boom, rural America is up against Silicon Valley billions

When a multibillion-dollar AI data center proposal pit developers against a handful of rural Arizona residents, the locals were outgunned and...

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Sharon Goldman