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Eva Roytburg

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Nvidia CEO says the company is in a no-win situation amid AI-bubble chatter, leaked meeting reveals

“The market did not appreciate our incredible quarter,” Huang said.

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Nvidia turns negative after Ray Dalio warns the latest market boom is a ‘big bubble with big wealth gaps’ poised for a politically explosive bust

The market is already 80% of the way to a full bubble, he said.

21.11.2025 6

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Mark Zuckerberg’s hate-speech gamble fuels Gen Z radicalization on Instagram as millions watch Hitler speeches and Holocaust denial

The hottest far right influencer right now isn't Nick Fuentes — it's Hitler. And his videos are appearing next to JPMorgan and US Army ads

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The same day as his Epstein humiliation in the House, Trump rages at media’s questions while sitting next to Saudi crown prince

Trump called the murdered Jamal Khashoggi "somebody that was extremely controversial" and said the reporter was a "terrible person" embarrassing his...

19.11.2025 7

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How America fell behind in the rare-earth race—and how it hopes to come back

After decades of inaction, the U.S. is racing to reclaim its rare-earths supply chain from China’s grip before the next trade war begins.

18.11.2025 9

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‘May I meet you’: Bill Ackman’s dating tip captivates the internet

Your next relationship might start with: “May I meet you?”

18.11.2025 3

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Trump promises to send $2,000 tariff dividend checks ‘probably the middle of next year, a little bit later than that’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has seemed unsure about the idea: "we will see.”

18.11.2025 20

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Trump responds to appearance in new Epstein emails by pushing DOJ probe of Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman

Across messages with lawyers, acquaintances, reporters, academics, and political figures, Epstein invoked Trump constantly.

15.11.2025 4

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Anthropic says its latest model scores a 94% political ‘even-handedness’ rating

Anthropic notes in a blog post that it has been training Claude to have character traits of “even-handedness” since early 2024.

15.11.2025 1

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Palantir CEO slams ‘parasitic’ critics calling the tech a surveillance tool: ‘Not only is patriotism right, patriotism will make you rich’

“Our project is to make America so strong we never fight,” he said. “That’s very different than being almost strong enough, so you always fight.”

14.11.2025 10

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Your political polarization is the reason for our $38 trillion national debt, top economist says: ‘it’s deeply debilitating’ for ‘consensus and stability and productive policy results’

“Every day that passes makes me feel the situation is more urgent,” Barry Eichengreen told Fortune.

13.11.2025 2

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The ‘Big Short’ investor betting $1 billion against the AI bubble says Meta and Oracle’s accounting is hiding the brutal truth

Michael Burry shut down his hedge fund shortly after disclosing his massive short position. Is he already bracing for a crash?

13.11.2025 4

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Legendary DC diplomat feels ‘like Paul Revere’ about the $38 trillion national debt: ‘The crisis is coming!’

Richard Haass has spent a lifetime monitoring global crises. Now he says America’s most dangerous one is coming from inside the house.

13.11.2025 2

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You don’t hate AI because of genuine dislike. No, there’s a $1 billion plot by the ‘Doomer Industrial Complex’ to brainwash you, Trump’s AI czar says

Remember “Effective Altruism?” The movement led by disgraced crypto kingpin Sam Bankman-Fried is back, lobbying against AI.

11.11.2025 2

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For Gen Z, quiet luxury is dead—they’re packing lunch at home while shelling out on conspicuous consumption

“The Gen Z consumer is highly fashion-engaged, spending slightly more of their budget on fashion.”

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Jamie Dimon says he still reads customer complaints himself because his staff filters too much: ‘The bureaucracy does want to control you’

“If you’re in a position like mine, you’ve got to break down those barriers all the time,” Dimon said.

07.11.2025 2

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Jamie Dimon predicts AI will shorten the workweek: ‘My guess is the developed world be working three-and-a-half days a week’

He thinks it’ll eliminate jobs, but we can steer our way out of disaster.

07.11.2025 20

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Zohran Mamdani’s signature housing policy is widely loathed by economists. Here’s why

Economists argue rent freezes benefit insiders at the expense of outsiders.

05.11.2025 4

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KPMG’s new CEO joined as an intern 33 years ago. Now he wants to lure Gen Z back with a new office outfitted with moody lounges and a barista bar

KPMG is shrinking its New York footprint by 40% and betting on design—not mandates—to bring employees back to the office.

05.11.2025 2

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Trump’s former trade architect says the president can’t backtrack on tariffs because he’s ‘too committed’ now: ‘That would be a pretty horrific decision’

The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments Wednesday over whether President Donald Trump overstepped by using emergency powers to impose tariffs...

05.11.2025 4

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Ray Dalio is backing a $1 billion blueberry unicorn that sells berries nearly the size of golf balls

Fruitist is the rare instance of a successful startup in 2025 that has nothing to do with AI.

04.11.2025 3

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Three billionaires dropped by a fried-chicken joint—and Jensen Huang bought everyone dinner

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang sparked a Korean-fried-chicken stock surge after a viral dinner in Seoul.

31.10.2025 2

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Jerome Powell says the AI hiring apocalypse is real: ‘Job creation is pretty close to zero’

Powell said the Fed is walking a tightrope as AI-fueled investment props up growth but erodes hiring.

30.10.2025 5

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Powell says that, unlike the dotcom boom, AI spending isn’t a bubble: ‘I won’t go into particular names, but they actually have earnings’

However, the Fed chair noted that the growth is unevenly distributed and concentrated among only a few companies.

30.10.2025 7

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Powell warns not to count on a December rate cut just yet—the Fed is extremely divided and a further cut is ‘not a foregone conclusion. Far from it’

The Fed will stop shrinking its $7 trillion balance sheet in December, but Powell stressed it’s a pause in quantitative tightening, rather than a...

29.10.2025 2

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Powell cuts rates in the dark in historic move, with no jobs data and Trump heckling from abroad

For the first time in modern history, the Fed cut rates without jobs data, acting amid a government shutdown, rising unemployment, and open pressure...

29.10.2025 2

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Everyone thinks AI is replacing factory workers, but Amazon’s layoffs show it’s coming for middle management first

As Amazon slashes 14,000 white-collar roles and the U.S. approaches a million job cuts this year, AI’s first major labor casualty might be emerging.

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The U.S. just bet $1 billion that AI supercomputers can turn most cancers from ‘death sentences’ to ‘manageable conditions’ within 8 years

Chris Wright says the supercomputers will also allow the U.S. to “re-create the center of the sun on Earth” given how they benefit fusion energy...

28.10.2025 2

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The U.S. is joining Europe’s debt club—Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ could fuel $38 trillion tab bigger than Italy or Greece by GDP share

All roads lead to Rome.

28.10.2025 20

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‘The Bermuda Triangle of Talent’: 27-year-old Oxford grad turned down McKinsey and Morgan Stanley to find out why Gen Z’s smartest keep selling out

Simon van Teutem talked to Fortune about “the illusion of infinite choice, and the social status … You’re always looking for the next level, the...

26.10.2025 20

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Top economist on the economy’s dirty truth: The only people who feel good are ‘making over $200,000’ and ‘have large stock portfolios’

Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG, sees a "creep instead of a surge" in inflation. Things are uneasy below the surface.

24.10.2025 2

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Former U.S. data chief warns the Fed is “flying blind” after losing its secret view of the job market right when Powell needs it most

A once-obscure data-sharing deal between ADP and the Fed helped shape monetary policy for years—until it abruptly vanished.

23.10.2025 2

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Did an OpenAI cofounder just pop the AI bubble? ‘The models are not there’

Andrej Karpathy’s timeline for AGI is much slower than the consensus among Silicon Valley types.

21.10.2025 2

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$50 billion fintech CEO says stop selling AI. Customers don’t care and ‘just want their problem solved’

The CEO of the largest digital bank says stop peddling new technology as your selling point.

21.10.2025 10

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Even the author of ‘Trumponomics’ admits ‘tariffs are taxes—and taxes are bad’

Trump’s former economic advisor Stephen Moore tells Fortune tariffs have dragged down growth and raised prices, and says he’s concerned about...

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Former Sears boss says CEOs won’t challenge Trump’s tariffs out of ‘cowardice’—but the holidays are fast approaching, and ‘the party is over’

Mark Cohen expects many shelves at retailers will be empty this holiday season.

20.10.2025 3

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The protein craze is heavy metal, literally: bombshell investigation finds unsafe lead amounts in two-thirds of top powders for sale

Paris Martineau said Consumer Reports found “concerning levels” of heavy metals in a 2010 investigation, but the risks have been growing ever since.

17.10.2025 10

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Mark Cuban warns that OpenAI’s new plan to allow adults-only erotica in ChatGPT could ‘backfire. Hard’

“No parent is going to trust that their kids can’t get through your age gating,” Cuban wrote on X.

16.10.2025 6

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AI trading is flooding Wall Street—and fueling a 1.2 trillion-message trading surge, NYSE president says

There are three times more trades on Wall Street than just four years ago, the head of the stock exchange, Lynn Martin, told Fortune.

15.10.2025 9

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UN sees the world entering ‘extremely dangerous’ climate era as CO2 spikes by the most in the history of human civilization

“The heat trapped by CO2 and other greenhouse gases is turbo-charging our climate and leading to more extreme weather," said WMO Deputy...

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Powell just gave his strongest hint yet that rate cuts are coming, and investors are jubilant: ‘Stage is set for parabolic Q4’

Powell gave two strong signals that liquidity will soon be injected into the market.

15.10.2025 10

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‘Rare earths are a very useful weapon for China’: Former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on the big economic danger

The past week could just be a preview to China weaponizing its entire supply chain, the investor told Fortune.

14.10.2025 2

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‘Scandalous’: Top economist Jeremy Siegel says U.S. sleepwalked into rare earths crisis as China tightens its grip

The Wharton professor says Washington ignored the mineral threat for decades, leaving U.S. supply chains exposed and Beijing in control of 90% of...

14.10.2025 10

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Meet the millennial father of six who went from homelessness to building a thriving trades business—and a blueprint for America’s reskilling revolution

"'We as a country have done a poor job equipping our children for life," Arkeem Sturgis tells Fortune. Some people "want to work with their hands."

12.10.2025 10

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Perplexity’s 31-year-old CEO horrified after getting tagged by a student using his free AI browser to cheat: ‘Absolutely don’t do this’

The Comet browser was just lowered from $200 to free for students. Its “agentic” AI can navigate the web, click through tasks, and yes, finish...

10.10.2025 3

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Some Ford employees say they’ve been warned they could be fired for not going back to the office, report says

The automaker has tightened its return-to-office policy, requiring most salaried staff to work on-site four days a week as part of CEO Jim Farley’s...

09.10.2025 3

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Jamie Dimon warns leaders not to ‘put their head in the sand’ about AI. ‘It is going to affect jobs’

Managers and leaders have to “get their mind working on how they’re gonna use this thing,” the JPMorgan Chase CEO said. “It’s kind of the...

08.10.2025 2

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 Top Wall Street economist sees 2 ways tariffs could play out — and neither is good for the average worker

Nathan Sheets, Citi’s global chief economist, told Fortune that it's a similar situation to the "devastating" 1930s, but maybe not in the way you...

07.10.2025 3

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Trump tries to cool off MAGA’s rage over the Puerto Rican rap superstar headlining the Super Bowl: ‘I don’t know who he is’

Trump didn't touch the MAGA trial balloon over an NFL boycott, but he did say he hates the new kickoff rules. "It just looks terrible."

07.10.2025 3

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Trump says the American Dream is on hold because ‘big homebuilders’ are ‘sitting on’ 2 million empty lots

It’s an unusual attack, since it resembles Ezra Klein’s “abundance” thesis, and one of Trump’s top deputies is a homebuilding heir.

06.10.2025 7

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