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Niamh Rowe

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There are nearly 500,000 more home sellers than buyers right now

The U.S. housing market has undergone an unprecedented shift: Sellers now outnumber buyers by approximately 490,000.Read more...

30.05.2025 3

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

JD Vance wants the Bitcoin community to get involved in politics

Vice President JD Vance has a message for cryptocurrency holders: “Don’t ignore politics.”Read more...

29.05.2025 2

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

Powell goes to the White House — and tells Trump the Fed will do its own thing on interest rates

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell met with U.S. President Donald Trump today at the White House to discuss the state of the economy.Read more...

29.05.2025 2

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Niamh Rowe

Chevron will lay off 800 workers in Texas

Chevron (CVX) plans to let go of nearly 800 employees in Texas, according to a notice sent Wednesday to the Texas Workforce Commission.Read more...

29.05.2025 2

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

AI could wipe out some white-collar jobs and drive unemployment to 20%, Anthropic CEO says

Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei has issued a stark warning: Artificial intelligence could eliminate up to half of all entry-level white-collar jobs,...

29.05.2025 1

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

Here's what's behind China's IPO crackdown

Shein appears to be abandoning its hopes for a flotation in London.Read more...

28.05.2025 2

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Niamh Rowe

GameStop just bought $500 million worth of Bitcoin

GameStop (GME) has become the latest publicly-traded U.S. company to put cryptocurrency on its balance sheet.Read more...

28.05.2025 2

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

Abercrombie & Fitch stock soars 25% as sales beat estimates

Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) stocktraded 25% higher on Wednesday morning after the clothing retailer posted better-than-expected results for the first...

28.05.2025 2

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

U.S. homeowners and buyers are the most uncertain about the market since 2023: survey

Uncertainty among homeowners and buyers is at a three-year high, according to Bank of America’s (BAC) Homebuyer Insights Report published...

28.05.2025 2

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

Trump Media is the latest firm to buy billions worth of Bitcoin

Trump Media & Technology Group has tapped investors for $2.5 billion to fund a cryptocurrency reserve.Read more...

28.05.2025 4

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

How China EVs are winning over Europe while Tesla loses ground

Tesla’s (TSLA) European sales halved in April as consumer sentiment toward the U.S. battery-electric vehicle (BEV) maker continues to sour and...

27.05.2025 1

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

Trump's relationship with Apple is souring

The president floated a 25% tariff on iPhones imported into the U.S. on Friday, adding that Apple (AAPL) would foot the bill. Read more...

27.05.2025 1

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Niamh Rowe

JPMorgan Chase is getting into the business of geopolitics

JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM) will now offer its clients advice on geopolitical risk.Read more...

21.05.2025 8

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Niamh Rowe

Elon Musk fires back at Bill Gates over claim that DOGE cuts are 'killing' poor children

Elon Musk has hit back at Bill Gates’s claim that his cuts to the U.S. foreign aid budget will kill millions of children.Read more...

21.05.2025 3

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Niamh Rowe

8 countries where Trump has been making new business deals, from Pakistan to Vietnam

Businesses spearheaded by President Donald Trump have struck numerous deals since Trump returned to the White Housein January.Read more...

21.05.2025 10

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

Elon Musk says he'll still lead Tesla in 5 years: 'Unless I die'

On the question of Tesla’s (TSLA) leadership, Elon Musk has one thing to say: until death do us part. Speaking at the Qatar Economic Forum Tuesday,...

20.05.2025 4

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Niamh Rowe

The auto industry is scaling back

The auto industry slowdown continues.Read more...

20.05.2025 2

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Niamh Rowe

It looks like Meta just hit a big AI roadblock

Meta (META) reportedly has delayed the release of its latest artificial intelligence model, known internally as “Behemoth,” raising concerns among...

16.05.2025 10

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

Coinbase's claim of 100 million users under SEC scrutiny

The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating if Coinbase (COIN), the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, misstated its user numbers.Read...

16.05.2025 3

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

Nvidia-backed CoreWeave's big AI spending spooks investors — and the stock tanks 13%

CoreWeave stock tumbled Wednesday following its first earnings report since going public, as the data center company’s growing capital expenditure...

15.05.2025 2

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

Tesla required leased cars be returned for robotaxi program — but resold them instead

Tesla (TSLA) has been caught misleading its customers and investors, Reuters (TRI) reported on Thursday.Read more...

15.05.2025 2

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

Jerome Powell warns of more frequent 'supply shocks' — and interest rates that stay higher for longer

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is warning that near-zero interest rates are likely to be a thing of the past.Read more...

15.05.2025 20

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Niamh Rowe

Bill Gates says Elon Musk's DOGE is 'killing' poor children

Bill Gates is holding Elon Musk responsible for the preventable deaths of the world’s poorest children, as a result of his cuts to the U.S. foreign...

09.05.2025 4

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Niamh Rowe

Krispy Kreme stock plunges 25% because the plan to sell donuts at McDonald's is on hold

Krispy Kreme (DNUT) stock fell a whopping 25% on Thursday, after the company announced a pause to its partnership with McDonald’s (MCD).Read more...

09.05.2025 10

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Niamh Rowe

Nvidia and other chipmakers are getting a big win as Trump kills the 'AI diffusion rule'

The U.S. government plans to withdraw a rule introduced under the Biden administration that had aimed to restrict exports of advanced AI chips — a...

08.05.2025 8

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Niamh Rowe

Tariffs are already unleashing 'crony capitalism' and it’s 'terrifying,' Ken Griffin says

One of the Republican Party’s top donors is sounding the alarm that President Donald Trump’s tariffs could open the door for corruption.Read more...

08.05.2025 4

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

Toyota says tariffs will cost it $1.3 billion in 2 months

Toyota Motor (TM) expects its profits to fall 21% this fiscal year due to the repercussions of President Donald Trump’s trade war.Read more...

08.05.2025 4

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

Ford is hiking prices on some cars — and blaming tariffs

Ford Motor Company (F) has become one of the first major automakers to increase retail prices as a result of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.Read...

07.05.2025 7

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

Apple wants to move to AI-powered search — and Google stock sinks 8%

Apple Inc. (AAPL) is exploring how to incorporate AI-powered search engines on its devices — and it’s sending Google’s (GOOGL) share price...

07.05.2025 3

Quartz

Niamh Rowe

The founder of Resy and Eater is on a new mission to save restaurants—just don’t mention the crypto

Blackbird, Ben Leventhal’s new loyalty program, wants to bring independent restaurants closer to their guests.

16.08.2024 10

Fortune

Niamh Rowe

Ripple’s stablecoin enters beta testing—but faces a crowded market

Competing with the duopoly that dominates the stablecoin market won't be easy for Ripple's new coin on the block.

12.08.2024 10

Fortune

Niamh Rowe

Crypto scammers pull in $155 million on latest Trump-coin rumors

A token called Restore the Republic has witnessed a dramatic rise-and-fall, amid confusion over its origin.

09.08.2024 1

Fortune

Niamh Rowe

XRP soars as judge rejects SEC call for $2 billion fine on Ripple

The token has climbed 23% after a federal judge dealt its issuer, Ripple Labs Inc., a softer blow than investors had feared.

08.08.2024 10

Fortune

Niamh Rowe

Memecoins are the hottest sector in crypto—but 97% of them are already dead

A new report offers a sobering reminder of the perils of investing and trading in the currency of internet humor.

07.08.2024 1

Fortune

Niamh Rowe

Harris campaign adds ex-Binance advisor Plouffe amid signs of thaw with crypto industry

As Harris’ key advisers come to light, two of the appointees are no strangers to crypto.

07.08.2024 2

Fortune

Niamh Rowe

UK government meets Big Tech—including a16z crypto: ‘Unlike in the US, it’s not political’

As crypto remains politicized in the U.S., across the pond, it's bridging the gap.

02.08.2024 1

Fortune

Niamh Rowe

UK government meets Big Tech—including a16z crypto: ‘Unlike in the US, it’s not political’

As crypto remains politicized in the U.S., across the pond, it's bridging the gap.

02.08.2024 1

Fortune

Niamh Rowe

Kamala Harris’s softens Democrats’ stance on crypto, winning over some in Silicon Valley

It can no longer be dismissed as hearsay: Kamala Harris’ campaign is considering reconsidering the crypto question.

01.08.2024 10

Fortune

Niamh Rowe

Google and Coinbase vets raise $5 million to build Icebreaker, blockchain’s answer to LinkedIn

CoinFund led Icebreaker's raise, in bid to transform how we network online.

31.07.2024 8

Fortune

Niamh Rowe

Galaxy Ventures leads $10.7 million bet on Layer2 Financial, startup seeks to challenge Swift on cross border payments

Layer2 Financial provides the infrastructure for b2b cross-border payments, in both fiat and digital currencies.

31.07.2024 2

Fortune

Niamh Rowe

Kamala Harris likely to share Bitcoin stance in coming weeks—industry optimists note her husband is a ‘crypto guy’

When can we expect to hear about where Kamala Harris lies on crypto?

26.07.2024 3

Fortune

Niamh Rowe