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Waiting for mortgage rates to fall before buying a home? Here's why you shouldn't

For homebuyers waiting for their time to pounce, higher rates make it harder to get off the sidelines

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Deborah Kearns

The top 10 Saturday Night Live sketches of all time

Journey back in time with this list of the top SNL sketches, featuring the biggest laughs and best characters

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Leigh Morgan

Elon Musk pushes back on Trump's subsidies claim

Elon Musk fires back at Trump’s “subsidies” comment, saying his NASA contracts save taxpayers money.

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Emily Price

Tesla could be fast-tracking its robotaxi service to San Francisco

From Marin to San Jose, Tesla reportedly is gearing up to launch its self-driving, ride-hailing service — just don’t expect an empty driver’s...

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Emily Price

The paradox eating AI's profits

AI startups promise sky-high margins. But a 160-year-old concept known as the Jevons Paradox may be dragging them back to Earth

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Catherine Baab

Sam Altman has a warning about using ChatGPT as your therapist

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said personal conversations with ChatGPT aren’t necessarily private due to a lack of legal protections

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Hannah Parker

Trump's FCC has cleared Paramount’s merger with Skydance

The regulator approved a merger between Skydance and Paramount, citing Skydance's commitment to end DEI policies

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Hannah Parker

Why billionaires aren’t bidding: Art sales fall to decade low

Big-ticket art is stalling, but demand for luxury items and lower-priced collectibles is on the rise.

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Emily Price

Tesla's big bet on humanoid robots may be hitting a wall

Optimus humanoid robots reportedly are behind schedule, and Tesla’s once-unshakable narrative is starting to crack.

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Emily Price

Republicans defended Jerome Powell during Trump's first term. That firewall is weakening

A small but growing contingent of Republican lawmakers are comfortable in demanding Powell’s ouster as Federal Reserve chair

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Joseph Zeballos-Roig

The 8 best lakes in the U.S. for a summer vacation

From mountain retreats to classic Midwestern getaways, these lakes are perfect for swimming, paddling, and unwinding this summer

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Ben Kesslen

5 AI threats that companies might not see coming

There's a gap between the knowledge of AI risks at the management level and specific actions taken by companies to curb such threats

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Brian Oconnell

Google is betting billions more on its cloud business

Google Cloud beat Wall Street’s expectations in the second quarter. Next, Alphabet is investing billions more in the service to meet demand

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Hannah Parker

U.S. car companies could face higher tariffs than Japan. Howard Lutnick says they're 'cool' with it

A trade deal put a 15% tariff on cars Japan exports to the U.S. But American firms must pay 25% tariffs for cars they manufacture in Canada and Mexico

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Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins

American Airlines says it might lose money this quarter despite record revenue

The forecast suggests cracks could be forming in the consumer travel boom that has buoyed other airlines in recent months

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Catherine Baab

Turkey took control of its central bank like Trump wants to. It was a disaster

Turkey's experience in degrading and eventually taking over its central bank is one that holds lessons for Trump as he assails Fed Chair Jerome Powell

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Joseph Zeballos-Roig

The 6 most expensive home repairs

Prepare your home and wallet by identifying these pricey repairs before they become urgent emergencies

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Jack Shaw

UnitedHealth says it's under a DOJ investigation for Medicare fraud

UnitedHealth Group said its complying with a Department of Justice investigation into its Medicare practices

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Hannah Parker

The toys might suck this Christmas — and batteries won’t be included

Toymakers are stripping out batteries, accessories, and features as Trump’s trade war drives up costs ahead of the holiday season

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Catherine Baab

Even Elon Musk sounds unconvinced by Elon Musk

The Tesla CEO once sold the future with nothing but confidence. But after a downbeat earnings call and a rocky quarter, even he sounds like he’s...

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Shannon Carroll

Trump is visiting the Fed himself today as he turns up the pressure on Jerome Powell

Trump will be the third president to visit the Fed in an official capacity, a rare occurrence that illustrates the institution’s usual insulation...

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Joseph Zeballos-Roig

Microsoft says SharePoint hackers have escalated attack with ransomware

Hackers have escalated their attack on SharePoint software with the use of ransomware, Microsoft said

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Hannah Parker

Restricted Nvidia AI chips worth $1 billion reportedly smuggled into China

A Financial Times report discovered Nvidia's B200 chip is the most “sought-after” and “widely available” chip on China’s black market

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Hannah Parker

Elon Musk's Neuralink predicts 20,000 brain-chip implants a year by 2031

Musk expects Neuralink's brain chips to generate an estimated $1 billion in annual revenue by 2031, but he has a long history of overpromising.

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Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins

Sydney Sweeney just sent American Eagle stock soaring

Sydney Sweeney is the star of a new ad campaign for the clothing retailer, lighting a fire under its struggling stock

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Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins

McDonald’s is testing new drinks, despite its CosMc’s flop

The fast food chain will test new cold drinks at 500 U.S. restaurants to appeal to younger customers.

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Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins

American Airlines CEO calls out Delta's 'bait and switch' AI tactics

While Delta experiments with AI fare models, American Airlines CEO Robert Isom says the move risks customer trust

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Shannon Carroll

Trump's AI agenda includes the doable — and the impossible

The ambitious agenda reveals a telling divide between what the government can deliver quickly and what may prove impossible to implement

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Jackie Snow

The 7 states that generate the most renewable energy in America

These states lead the way in renewable energy generation, using wind turbines, solar arrays, and more

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Ben Kesslen

Leaner, faster and powered by AI: A new breed of unicorn has arrived

Startups are ditching workers for AI, raising the possibility of the world's first one-person unicorn

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Niamh Rowe

The hidden tax on women that's costing companies millions

Invisible labor at work isn't just a fairness or culture issue. It directly affects profitability, productivity, and employee retention

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Matthew Fray

The 6 most recession-proof careers worth considering

Explore the most resilient jobs that are built to thrive in tough times and weather economic storms

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Jack Shaw

Google earnings beat Wall Street expectations again thanks to AI and cloud computing

Analysts were mostly focused on getting updates on Alphabet’s AI and cloud computing investments, which proved to be major revenue drivers

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Hannah Parker

Looking for a job in AI? Amazon has more openings than Meta, Google, and Microsoft combined

Amazon has the most AI-related open roles, more than triple the amount at Meta.

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Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins

Mortgage demand holds steady despite four-week high in rates

Despite rising Treasury yields pushing up mortgage rates, buyer demand is staying resilient

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Niamh Rowe

Krispy Kreme and GoPro trading explodes as meme stock craze continues

Shares in GoPro, Krispy Kreme and Beyond Meat surged in early hours trading Wednesday after experiencing massive trade volume the day before

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Niamh Rowe

A Microsoft software flaw gave hackers access to the U.S. nuclear weapons agency

The Department of Energy says the impact was small — but the target couldn’t have been more high-stakes

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Emily Price

Teens on Instagram will now see more warnings — and fewer predators

New direct messaging tools and default privacy settings aim to keep young users safer on Instagram and Facebook.

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Emily Price

The McDonald's Snack Wrap comeback is already a hit

McDonald’s traffic jumped by double digits on each of the first three days of the Snack Wrap relaunch, according to new data

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Emily Price

Tesla’s California sales tumbled 21% — and it’s bad news for the EV boom

Tesla’s sales in California fell for the seventh-straight quarter, dragging down the state’s EV market — and raising questions ahead of earnings

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Shannon Carroll

The trade war is real now

New earnings by Hasbro and GM show that tariffs aren't just political abstractions anymore. They're reshaping the businesses of legacy consumer brands

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Catherine Baab

What's left for Nvidia to conquer?

Nvidia, with its $4 billion market cap, makes AI chips that are critical to companies from Tesla to Amazon to OpenAI. That might be just the beginning

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Shannon Carroll

Trump's trade deal with Japan includes a $550 billion fund that he will oversee

Trump officials filled in the blanks on the Japanese investment pot, resembling sovereign wealth funds like the ones Norway and Saudi Arabia have

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Joseph Zeballos-Roig

Goldman Sachs and BNY team up to put money market funds on the blockchain

Goldman Sachs and BNY announced a new partnership that lets clients invest in money market funds through Goldman Sachs' blockchain

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Hannah Parker

Sam Altman is terrified about a coming AI fraud crisis

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned of an "impending fraud crisis" in banking, given the huge threat that AI poses to current methods of authentication

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Hannah Parker

Uber is testing a new feature to let women riders request only women drivers

Called Women Preferences, the tool gives riders more control over who picks them up — and gives women drivers the option to accept ride requests...

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Emily Price

Tesla's profits shrink as Elon Musk's distractions grow

Tesla’s core EV business continues to weaken — but the company (and investors) are all in on AI and robotaxis as its future

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Shannon Carroll

The 8 most anticipated video games coming next year

Next year should see some long-awaited franchise installments alongside exciting revivals and new titles

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Jack Shaw

Google earnings are about to put its AI bets to the test

Wall Street is gearing up for what it hopes could be another surprisingly lucrative quarter

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Hannah Parker

The 10 best grocery rewards programs

These grocery rewards programs can help you save more on your favorite foods, beverages, and essentials

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Leigh Morgan