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Alena Botros

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The Fed sent stocks spiraling after its last meeting, and now the central bank is expected to leave interest rates untouched

Wall Street is banking on two interest rate cuts in 2025.

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The Fed sent stocks spiraling after its last meeting, and now the central bank is expected to leave interest rates untouched on Wednesday

Wall Street is banking on two interest rate cuts in 2025.

28.01.2025 2

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Wealthy Trump appointees are flocking to Washington, D.C., and looking for luxury homes

President Donald Trump’s rich Cabinet picks are either buying or looking for lavish houses in the capital, the Wall Street Journal reported.

24.01.2025 10

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Top real estate CEO says California is now battling a ‘triple threat’ no one has seen before 

However, President Donald Trump could become the “real estate developer in chief” that the state needs.

24.01.2025 20

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Top real estate CEO says fire-ravaged LA residents are desperate for a place ‘to live for the week’ amid waves of price gouging 

“Forget about buying their forever home,” Redfin’s Glenn Kelman said. “They’re looking for shelter.”

24.01.2025 7

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Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration: The executives expected to attend

Eight years ago, it was mostly family and elected officials behind Trump as he took the oath of office. This time fellow billionaires will surround...

19.01.2025 10

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TikTok’s CEO is planning to attend Trump’s inauguration. He’ll see Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos 

Donald Trump’s inauguration is a day after a ban on the app could take effect.

16.01.2025 3

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Trump once called Jeff Bezos ‘Jeff Bozo’ and threatened to imprison Mark Zuckerberg for life. Both billionaires will stand just feet away from him on Inauguration Day

Mark Zuckerberg, who the President-elect once threatened to jail, and Jeff Bezos, who Trump once called “Jeff Bozo” will have a prime view when...

16.01.2025 10

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Bill Ackman says his bid for Howard Hughes Holdings would make it ‘a modern-day Berkshire Hathaway’

Ackman proposed a takeover of real estate developer Howard Hughes for $85 a share and said he is displeased with its recent stock performance.

13.01.2025 6

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Two families lost their homes to the LA wildfires: One isn’t sure if it can or should rebuild, while another is already planning to

A family in Altadena doesn’t know how much insurance will cover. Another one in Pacific Palisades has contacted a builder.

10.01.2025 4

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The housing market is heading for the affordability of 2 years ago, Morgan Stanley says. Here’s why its home price forecast is unchanged

“Home prices have once again broken through to a new record high,” James Egan says, but the bank still sees them dropping in 2024.

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Trump is reportedly considering declaring a national economic emergency to make his tariffs happen

President-elect Donald Trump could use the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, a threat he has made before.

08.01.2025 3

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Mark Zuckerberg takes a cue from Elon Musk: Facebook and Instagram will ditch fact checking and instead rely on community notes

The Meta CEO announced changes to content moderation just in time for a familiar, incoming presidential administration.

07.01.2025 5

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Donald Trump has raised $200 million since the election as CEOs and corporations line up to smash inauguration record

At least $150 million has been raised for the president-elect’s inauguration celebrations, people familiar with the matter told the New York Times....

06.01.2025 3

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Carvana father-son duo lose hundreds of millions of dollars in net worth after short seller report

A prominent short seller accused the used car dealer of wrongdoing, sending its shares down.

03.01.2025 2

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Where RFK Jr. got all his money and how he gained power in Trump’s circle

Forbes last year estimated that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s net worth was about $15 million.

29.12.2024 7

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Government shutdown odds swing wildly on betting markets as Trump would rather see it start under Biden

Elon Musk and Donald Trump killed plan A, Republicans defied Trump and voted against plan B, and now we’re on plan C.

20.12.2024 4

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Elon Musk spent the day bashing a spending package before Donald Trump tagged in and threatened any Republican who voted for it. The bill is dead.

Musk and Trump effectively quashed a spending bill that could have avoided a government shutdown via their social media platforms.

19.12.2024 10

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Tech giants, Wall Street, and corporate elite are pouring millions into to Donald Trump’s inauguration

The president-elect’s inaugural fund donors range from CEOs like Sam Altman and Ken Griffin, to Meta, Amazon, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs.

18.12.2024 2

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Inside the Fed, analysts reportedly avoid casual talk of tariffs in emails and meetings in case the comments are leaked and the central bank is perceived as anti-Trump

It appears Fed staff are erring on the side of caution, according to the New York Times, which cited people familiar with the matter.

16.12.2024 5

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The lawyer who is helping RFK Jr. pick officials for the Trump administration wants the FDA to revoke approval for the polio vaccine

Aaron Siri is interviewing and helping choose candidates for high-level health roles, according to the New York Times.

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Executives are working to acclimate educators and healthcare providers to AI

Executives in education and healthcare discuss the adoption of generative AI in their respective fields during a panel at Fortune’s Brainstorm AI...

12.12.2024 2

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Someone just bought Mark Zuckerberg’s gold-plated necklace at auction for roughly 100 times its market value

The auction house listed it as “one of the gold chains he wore during the early days of experimenting with his new style.”

12.12.2024 4

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Three chip leaders on what drives them to compete against $3 trillion Nvidia — and where the opportunity is

AMD, Cerebras Systems, and Altera executives explain the importance of competition in the chips world at Fortune’s Brainstorm AI in San Francisco...

11.12.2024 3

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Here’s what AI CEOs are thinking about when it comes to building AI businesses

At Brainstorm AI, Daniela Braga, founder of Defined.ai, broke it down to three pillars: data, biases, and working conditions.

11.12.2024 2

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Healthcare executives are banking on AI to unburden doctors, make processes smoother, and save time

At Fortune’s Brainstorm AI conference, CVS’s Tilak Mandadi said, “anything we’re doing with AI that makes our care and clinical professionals’ jobs...

10.12.2024 20

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A band of billionaires assembles for Trump 2.0. Here’s who is onboard so far

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a number of billionaires for his cabinet and administration, such as Howard Lutnick, Jared Isaacman, and...

06.12.2024 3

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Marc Andreessen is recruiting and interviewing staff for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency 

The billionaire Trump supporter can add recruiter for the world’s richest man to his resume.

05.12.2024 1

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Utah residents are exasperated after HOA plans to more than double monthly fees to $800: ‘There’s no way we’re ever going to be able to ever move out of here’

The homeowners association reportedly blamed rising costs of labor, supplies, and insurance.

04.12.2024 10

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Talks of Donald Trump Jr. joining the board of a little-known company minutes away from Mar-a-Lago just doubled its stock price

Trump Jr. could reportedly join the board as early as Tuesday.

03.12.2024 2

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Amid Gen Z’s love of cheaper, lab-grown diamonds, a natural diamond giant slashes prices 

After holding out, De Beers cut prices by more than 10%, according to Bloomberg.

02.12.2024 3

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Trump picked Scott Bessent for Treasury despite ties to Democratic megadonor George Soros

Bessent worked for Soros and played a key role in the short bet that “broke the Bank of England.”

27.11.2024 3

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Trump is already pushing global markets around and he hasn’t even been sworn in

“On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL...

26.11.2024 4

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Billionaires Bill Ackman, Marc Andreessen, and Travis Kalanick are reportedly getting involved in DOGE

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are looking to Silicon Valley leaders for an unofficial government entity, according to the Washington Post.

25.11.2024 2

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Trump is thinking about former Fed governor Kevin Warsh to be his Treasury secretary—and to replace Jerome Powell 

The two discussed the matter this week at Mar-a-Lago, according to the Wall Street Journal.

22.11.2024 4

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The stock market is hot. So why is Warren Buffett sitting on the sidelines?

The storied investor tends to “zig when everybody else zags,” a top analyst said.

22.11.2024 10

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The real estate industry is gearing up for Trump 2.0 — ‘opening the financial spigot will help the industry as a whole,’ top CEO says

Executives are painting a rosier picture either way.

20.11.2024 1

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A mystery buyer is secretly snapping up condos in a 22-story tower flanked by billionaire Ken Griffin’s empire

Is it him?

19.11.2024 1

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Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency and use the military for mass deportation

Trump's deportation plan is expected directly to impact around 20 million families.

18.11.2024 4

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The ‘Oracle of Wall Street’ says home prices need to fall 20% to end the ‘generational schism’

“For homes to be affordable, that’s going to have to happen,” Meredith Whitney recently said.

18.11.2024 7

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Despite the return-to-office push, loan delinquencies surpassed 10% for the first time in more than a decade

“The office market has been benefiting from job growth, but in most markets, it has not been enough to overcome the decreased need for office space...

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Top real-estate CEO suggests some young people might have voted for Trump because they’re sick of living in their parents’ basements

Now they’re expecting him to build the housing they need, Redfin’s Glenn Kelman said.

14.11.2024 2

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Polymarket users are betting on Scott Bessent to be Trump’s treasury secretary

The prediction market puts Bessent’s odds of getting the nod at 67%.

13.11.2024 20

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The CEO of a $17 billion real estate giant will step down after 50 years—and just weeks after a short seller accused him of concealing millions in self dealings

“Mr. Shiffman’s retirement is not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its operations, policies or practices,”...

12.11.2024 2

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Vinod Khosla pleads with Elon Musk after Trump’s win—avoid ‘RFK kooky science’

“Hopefully you can get Trump to do some of the things he said he’d do and not do some of the things he promised to do,” Khosla posted.

11.11.2024 1

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Here is how much RFK Jr. is reportedly worth

Forbes last year estimated that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s net worth was about $15 million.

08.11.2024 10

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RFK Jr. is expected to join Trump’s government after warning the ‘FDA’s war on public health is about to end,’ telling all employees to ‘pack your bags’

Kennedy wants to “make America healthy again.”

07.11.2024 3

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Everything we know about Trump’s policies on tariffs, trade, and taxes 

The former president is now the president.

06.11.2024 6

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Mark Cuban admits defeat to Donald Trump and Elon Musk

Cuban congratulated Donald Trump and Elon Musk, but the race hasn’t even been called.

06.11.2024 3

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Billionaire Bill Ackman hopes a Trump win leads to ‘the implosion of the Democratic Party’

Even as battleground states are still too close to call, Ackman predicted Trump would win. Now he’s going even further.

06.11.2024 2

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