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Former White House Chief Economic Advisor Says We’re Heading to Stagflation

Former White House Chief Economic Advisor Says We’re Heading to Stagflation

“There is no technical definition of ‘stagflation,’ but this definitely moves the economy in that direction," Furman told Observer.

09.04.2025 3

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Intel’s New CEO Lip-Bu Tan Lays Out His Plan to Turn Around the Troubled Chipmaker

Intel’s New CEO Lip-Bu Tan Lays Out His Plan to Turn Around the Troubled Chipmaker

"Under my leadership, Intel will be an engineering-focused company," Tan said at the Intel Vision conference this week.

04.04.2025 4

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What Happened Before 23andMe Lost 99.8% of Its Value?

What Happened Before 23andMe Lost 99.8% of Its Value?

23andMe promised to tell you where you came from. Now, it's not clear where your genetic data is going. With a Chapter 11 filing, a 99.8 percent drop...

28.03.2025 2

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Greenland Is Sitting on $4 Trillion in Rare Earth that Could Reshape Global Power

Greenland Is Sitting on $4 Trillion in Rare Earth that Could Reshape Global Power

Greenland has 56,000 people, one grocery store chain and enough rare earths to keep a superpower humming. Washington wants it—openly. Vice President...

28.03.2025 20

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Ivy League Schools Rush to Raise Debt Amid Poor Endowment Returns and Federal Funding Risks

Ivy League Schools Rush to Raise Debt Amid Poor Endowment Returns and Federal Funding Risks

Elite universities are rethinking their financial strategies amid uncertainties around federal funding.

26.03.2025 4

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Can Canada’s New Prime Minister Mark Carney Win Trump’s Trade War?

Tariffs could tip Canada into recession, requiring more government spending, not less.

17.03.2025 9

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Despite Tesla Struggles, SpaceX Buoys Elon Musk as World’s Richest Man

SpaceX now accounts for a larger share of Elon Musk's net worth than Tesla.

14.03.2025 10

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Bridgewater CEO Nir Bar Dea Began His Hedge Fund Career as a 33-Year-Old Intern

Nir Bar Dea was a high school dropout and didn't start his finance career until mid 30s.

05.03.2025 5

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Jamie Dimon’s Call for Banking Regulatory Reform Resonates With Wall Street

"We have become a highly bureaucratic, litigious, over-regulated society, and it's bad," said the JPMorgan Chase chief.

04.03.2025 2

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How a US Sovereign Wealth Fund Would Work in Reality

President Trump signed an executive order to create a U.S. sovereign wealth fund on Feb. 3. AFP via Getty Images Earlier this month, President...

21.02.2025 6

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Bill Ackman, a Warren Buffett Fan, Has Found His Own ‘Berkshire Hathaway’

Bill Ackman is looking to replicate Warren Buffett's success with Berkshire Hathaway.

20.02.2025 20

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Why Private Equity Firms Are Borrowing Money to Pay Investors at Record Levels

The post-Covid high interest rate environment has changed how private equity firms pay their investors.

08.02.2025 10

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Top Potential Buyers of TikTok: MrBeast, Larry Ellison, Elon Musk and More

TikTok has until April 5 to find an American buyer.

29.01.2025 8

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The Federal Reserve’s Annual Bank Stress Tests Come Under Stress

A group of major banks take issue with how the Fed conducts its annual stress tests.

17.01.2025 7

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What’s in Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s Playbook?

Scott Bessent led George Soros’ family office before starting his own hedge fund. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images In November, President-elect Donald...

02.01.2025 3

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How a Failing Software Company Became a Bitcoin Darling and Gained 450% in a Year

MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor speaks on stage during Bitcoin Conference 2023 at Miami Beach Convention Center on May 19, 2023. Getty Images...

26.12.2024 5

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With a $1.4T Market Cap, Exactly How Overvalued Is Elon Musk’s Tesla?

Elon Musk has donated more than $100 million to Trump’s presidential campaign. ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk’s unwavering support for...

18.12.2024 3

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The Youngest Ever FTC Chair Is Leaving. What Will Happen to Her Big Tech Probes?

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is set to step down in January. Getty Images Lina Khan, the 35-year-old chair of the U.S. Federal Trade...

12.12.2024 6

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Why Stubborn Rent Inflation in Cities Like New York Is Completely Solvable

In October, rent rose twice as fast as other consumer prices. Shelter inflation came at 4.9 percent year-over-year, contributing 65 percent to the...

02.12.2024 5

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Can Boeing Ever Recover From Its Reputational Crisis?

On Monday (Nov. 18), Boeing (BA) announced it would cut 2,500 workers in Washington State, Oregon, South Carolina, and Missouri as part of a plan...

23.11.2024 6

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Private Credit: Wall Street’s $2.7 Trillion Gamble Raising Eyebrows—And Red Flags

Private credit is Wall Street’s new favorite asset class, with the market size skyrocketing from less than $500 billion a decade ago to over $2.7...

15.11.2024 5

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From Powerhouse to Penitent: Germany Stumbles as Greece Rises

Germany, Europe’s largest economy once hailed as the continent’s unshakable economic titan, is stumbling through a period of political turmoil and...

15.11.2024 5

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Disney’s Last Magic Trick: Who Will Take Bob Iger’s Throne in 2026?

The Walt Disney Company (DIS) is gearing up for the most-watched casting decision of the decade: Who will replace Bob Iger in 2026? After decades...

08.11.2024 5

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Why Professional Investors Often Misjudge the Market After a Presidential Election

Professional investors often assume they are free of political bias. However, research suggests this is far from true. Political bias is proven to...

06.11.2024 6

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How Secret Quant Shop Jane Street Quietly Emerges As a Wall Street Powerhouse

Jane Street Capital, the secretive quantitative trading shop best known as the former employer of Sam Bankman-Fried, is quietly emerging as a Wall ...

04.11.2024 3

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Is Apple Late to the A.I. Party?

Despite launching with much fanfare, Apple (AAPL)’s newest iPhone 16 lineup and its touting of A.I. features, dubbed “Apple Intelligence,” have not...

21.10.2024 2

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Everything to Know About This Year’s Nobel-Winning Economists’ Work

Last week, the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to three prominent economists— The MIT’s Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, and the...

17.10.2024 3

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India’s IPO Market Is on a Hot Streak, With New Record Set By a Korean Carmaker

Hyundai Motor Co. is on track to set a new record for the largest IPO in India, adding fuel to an already gravity-defying market. The Korean...

15.10.2024 10

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How Far Can China’s Giant Economic Stimulus Package Go?

On Sept. 24, the Chinese government revealed its second-largest stimulus package in history in a bid to jumpstart its economy scathed by an ongoing...

08.10.2024 2

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Sam Altman Could Be Worth $13B as OpenAI Seeks Restructuring

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who has famously claimed he doesn’t own any equity in the $157 billion A.I. company he runs, could soon be a...

04.10.2024 7

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The Stock Market Is Roaring Back. Why Isn’t the IPO Market?

The U.S. IPO market continues its downward slide in 2024, with just 151 listings so far. While on track to beat 2023’s decade low of 154 IPOs, it...

29.09.2024 4

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Amid CEO Shakeup and Stock Slump, Wall Street Is Still Bullish on Nike

Nike (NKE)’s board unexpectedly announced yesterday (Sept. 19) that CEO John Donahoe would retire next month after four years at the helm of the...

20.09.2024 5

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5 ‘Extremely’ Qualified Candidates to Succeed Jamie Dimon as JPMorgan’s Next CEO

Jamie Dimon, who has served as the CEO of JPMorgan Chase (JPM) since 2005, said at an event in New York that looking for his successor is among his...

16.09.2024 2

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By How Much Will the Federal Reserve Cut Interest Rates in September?

After Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has all but promised interest rate cuts at the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee meeting held on...

11.09.2024 10

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iPhone 16 Marks a Milestone in Apple’s Supply Chain Shift From China to India

Apple (AAPL) today (Sept. 9) revealed its latest iPhone 16 lineup, along with the new Apple Watch and AirPods, all available on Sept. 20. This will...

10.09.2024 9

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Paul Singer’s Elliott Management Gears Up for Leadership Shakeup at Southwest Airlines

Hedge fund mogul Paul Singer’s Elliott Investment Management has officially accumulated enough shares of Southwest Airlines to start pushing for a...

05.09.2024 7

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World’s Top Central Bankers Leave Jackson Hole With Aligned Vision on Rate Cuts

Last week, hundreds of economists, central bank officials and journalists from around the world gathered at the annual Jackson Hole Economic...

28.08.2024 10

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‘Time Has Come’ To Cut Interest Rates, Jerome Powell Says at Jackson Hole

At the 2024 Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in Wyoming this morning (Aug. 23), Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled that the central bank...

23.08.2024 3

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New York Short Seller Hindenburg Takes Aim at an India Regulator Amid Adani Saga

In a report last week, Hindenburg Research, a small New York-based short seller made famous by its exposé of India’s Adani Group last year, alleged...

21.08.2024 5

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Economists Increasingly Question If the Fed’s 2% Inflation Target Is Attainable

In an interview with CNBC last week, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said he is skeptical that the Federal Reserve will be able to reduce inflation...

14.08.2024 4

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How a Japanese Central Bank Move Crashed Global Stock Markets

Last Monday, Japanese stock markets saw their worst day since 1987, with the Nikkei 225 index plummeting 12.4 percent. The U.S. markets, which...

13.08.2024 3

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The Stock Market Is Crashing. How Much Is Big Tech’s A.I. Bubble to Blame?

On Monday (Aug. 5), the S&P 500 saw its worst day in two years, falling 3 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Index and Nasdaq also shed 2.6 percent...

07.08.2024 4

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Bill Ackman Abruptly Cancels Pershing Square Fund IPO After Valuation Falls Short

Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square USA (PSUSA) has officially canceled its initial public offering just one day after filing with...

01.08.2024 5

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How CrowdStrike, the Company Behind the Global Tech Outage, Keeps the World Running

Earlier this month (July 19), a historic computer outage that crashed 8.5 million computer system worldwide made CrowdStrike, a Texas-based...

30.07.2024 2

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Which President Is Better for the Economy? What Historical Data Tell Us.

As the presidential race heats up, 73 percent of voters say the economy is at the top of their minds. If the S&P 500 index indicates the robustness...

24.07.2024 1

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Riding the A.I. Wave, Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Fund Continues Its Ambition in Silicon Valley

Saudi Arabia continues to lurk as a dominant force in Silicon Valley. This year, it is developing a $40 billion A.I.-focused fund with the venture...

17.07.2024 2

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US Big Tech Companies’s Complicated Role in Ireland’s Booming Economy

Ireland, despite its small land size and population, is among the wealthiest countries in the world. The island nation boasted a GDP per capita of...

15.07.2024 7

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