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Netflix co-CEO faces the $100 billion question: ‘Why are you doing this deal?’

“Hey, you know, it’s probably irresponsible for us not to actually bid on this and bid on it in a disciplined way,” Greg Peters told CNBC.

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December 17, 2025

Economy

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The AI layoff wave is just beginning — and it’s by design

The AI layoff wave is just beginning — and it’s by design

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December 17, 2025
A week after telling Americans their kids may get fewer dolls and pencils because of tariffs, Trump vows ‘THE BEST IS YET TO COME’

A week after telling Americans their kids may get fewer dolls and pencils because of tariffs, Trump vows ‘THE BEST IS YET TO COME’

By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
December 17, 2025
Prices at the gas pump are the lowest since the pandemic and still falling—just in time for record-high holiday travel

Prices at the gas pump are the lowest since the pandemic and still falling—just in time for record-high holiday travel

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December 17, 2025

Banking

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Over half the workers in the $85 billion Union Pacific/Northern Southern railroads oppose the merger

Over half the workers in the $85 billion Union Pacific/Northern Southern railroads oppose the merger

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
December 17, 2025
Red flags in U.S. data will justify ‘insurance’ interest rate cuts from the Fed next year, says UBS

Red flags in U.S. data will justify ‘insurance’ interest rate cuts from the Fed next year, says UBS

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December 17, 2025
HashKey shares start trading in Hong Kong, as the city increasingly embraces crypto

HashKey shares start trading in Hong Kong, as the city increasingly embraces crypto

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December 17, 2025

Personal Finance

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Current price of gold as of December 17, 2025

Current price of gold as of December 17, 2025

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December 17, 2025
Current price of platinum as of Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Current price of platinum as of Wednesday, December 17, 2025

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December 17, 2025
Red flags in U.S. data will justify ‘insurance’ interest rate cuts from the Fed next year, says UBS

Red flags in U.S. data will justify ‘insurance’ interest rate cuts from the Fed next year, says UBS

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December 17, 2025

Investing

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Microsoft, Apple, Meta, and Amazon’s stocks are lagging the S&P 500 this year—but Google is up 62%, and AI investors think it has room to run

Microsoft, Apple, Meta, and Amazon’s stocks are lagging the S&P 500 this year—but Google is up 62%, and AI investors think it has room to run

By Jeff John Roberts and Jeremy Kahn
December 17, 2025
Kushner’s Affinity withdraws from Warner Bros. takeover battle

Kushner’s Affinity withdraws from Warner Bros. takeover battle

By Matthew Monks, Lucas Shaw, Michelle F. Davis and Bloomberg
December 16, 2025
Google researchers unlock some truths about getting AI agents to actually work

Google researchers unlock some truths about getting AI agents to actually work

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December 16, 2025

Real Estate

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Current ARM mortgage rates report for Dec. 17, 2025

Current ARM mortgage rates report for Dec. 17, 2025

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December 17, 2025
Current refi mortgage rates report for Dec. 17, 2025

Current refi mortgage rates report for Dec. 17, 2025

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December 17, 2025
To heal a divided nation, America’s next chapter must rediscover a common unity

To heal a divided nation, America’s next chapter must rediscover a common unity

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December 16, 2025

Energy

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Prices at the gas pump are the lowest since the pandemic and still falling—just in time for record-high holiday travel

Prices at the gas pump are the lowest since the pandemic and still falling—just in time for record-high holiday travel

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December 17, 2025
Trump orders blockade of all ‘sanctioned oil tankers’ into Venezuela

Trump orders blockade of all ‘sanctioned oil tankers’ into Venezuela

By Michelle L. Price and The Associated Press
December 17, 2025
Everything the Trump administration is doing in Venezuela involves oil and regime change—even if the White House won’t admit it

Everything the Trump administration is doing in Venezuela involves oil and regime change—even if the White House won’t admit it

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December 14, 2025

Crypto

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HashKey shares start trading in Hong Kong, as the city increasingly embraces crypto

HashKey shares start trading in Hong Kong, as the city increasingly embraces crypto

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December 17, 2025
The generational gap in crypto investment ‘has never been more marked’, says VP at Coinbase

The generational gap in crypto investment ‘has never been more marked’, says VP at Coinbase

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December 16, 2025
Crypto wallets, long a painful experience, now feel a lot more like Venmo

Crypto wallets, long a painful experience, now feel a lot more like Venmo

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December 15, 2025

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Prenups
Commentary

The new power move: why smart women are demanding prenups

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August 24, 2025
Retirees
Commentary

Private equity could transform your retirement, but only if it adapts to protect savers

By Burcu Esmer and Bilge Yilmaz
August 24, 2025
Boomers
Commentary

We interviewed 62 older Minnesotans who lost white-collar jobs later in life. Nearly 75% refused to move, and 3 big problems kept them locked in place

By Annette Nierobisz and Dana Sawchuk
August 24, 2025
Chevron’s president explains how the company transformed the historically boom-and-bust shale business into a steadily profitable enterprise
Energy

Chevron’s president explains how the company transformed the historically boom-and-bust shale business into a steadily profitable enterprise

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August 24, 2025
The rendering of Meta's planned data center complex in Richland Parish shows a massive arrive of facilities to power the AI boom.
Features

Meta is sinking $10 billion into rural Louisiana to build the home of its wildest AI aspirations, setting the template for the nation’s grid buildout

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August 24, 2025
Trump halts work on an offshore wind project that’s 80% complete, citing unspecified ‘national security interests’
Energy

Trump halts work on an offshore wind project that’s 80% complete, citing unspecified ‘national security interests’

By Isabella O'Malley and The Associated Press
August 23, 2025
Europe’s $64.6 billion postal pipeline of ‘de minimis’ goods comes to screeching halt
Economy

Europe’s $64.6 billion postal pipeline of ‘de minimis’ goods comes to screeching halt

By Demetris Nellas, Mae Anderson and The Associated Press
August 23, 2025
Russia is ‘teetering on the brink of a recession’ and headed for a disastrous harvest, while Putin’s other top source of cash plunges
Economy

Russia is ‘teetering on the brink of a recession’ and headed for a disastrous harvest, while Putin’s other top source of cash plunges

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August 23, 2025
The Fed is starting to worry about the housing market now
Economy

The Fed is starting to worry about the housing market now

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August 23, 2025
Powell ‘holds the key’ to the next Fed rate move as divided policymakers will likely fail to reach a consensus again, JPMorgan says
Economy

Powell ‘holds the key’ to the next Fed rate move as divided policymakers will likely fail to reach a consensus again, JPMorgan says

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August 23, 2025
Vidya Peters
Commentary

We built a $1 billion tech unicorn in Europe, living proof that our economy is just as dynamic as America’s. Success comes down to three core principles

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August 23, 2025
Mark Carney
Economy

‘Canada currently has the best trade deal with the United States’: Mark Carney backs down on many retaliatory tariffs

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press
August 23, 2025
Jerome Powell
Economy

Powell’s next independence challenge: How to do what Trump has been asking for while preserving credibility

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
August 23, 2025
Machines
Economy

BofA sees the replacement of people with process solving the ‘productivity paradox,’ because ‘a process is almost free and it’s replicable for eternity’

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August 23, 2025
A picture of the Ethereum symbol surrounded by squiggly lines.
The Coins

Ethereum brushes record high after Fed chair says ‘balance of risks’ is shifting

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August 22, 2025
Reagan and Volcker
Economy

Why does an independent Fed matter? Just look at Ronald Reagan’s economy with Paul Volcker hiking rates to nearly 20%

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
August 22, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg, wearing a black shirt and chain, looks to his right.
Tech

Elon Musk tried to court Mark Zuckerberg to help him finance xAI’s attempted $97 billion OpenAI takeover, court filing shows

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August 22, 2025
Mortgage rates
Real Estate

30-year mortgage rate holds steady at lowest level in nearly 10 months

By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
August 22, 2025
Real estate
Real Estate

Existing home sales inch up in July on modest pullback in mortgage rates

By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
August 22, 2025
Canva cofounders Cliff Obrecht, Cameron Adams and Melanie Perkins pictured from left to right.
Tech

Canva’s billionaire founders are minting overnight millionaires with employee share sale

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August 22, 2025
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell walks next to a few other people as he enters the Jackson Hole conference.
Economy

Powell’s ‘unusual’ Jackson Hole remarks reveal he’s boxed in by Trump’s tariffs and deportations, risking a 1970s-style mistake, economist Slok says

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August 22, 2025
Trader
Finance

Dow soars over 700 points after Powell’s Jackson Hole speech, on track to blow past all-time high

By Stan Choe and The Associated Press
August 22, 2025
Jerome Powell
Finance

Markets worldwide start going on a tear after Jerome Powell signals he’s open to a September rate cut

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August 22, 2025
Kevin O’Leary flaunts his Louis Vuitton Labubu while hailing the resale market for collectibles—some of which are appreciating better than the S&P 500
Investing

Kevin O’Leary flaunts his Louis Vuitton Labubu while hailing the resale market for collectibles—some of which are appreciating better than the S&P 500

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August 22, 2025
Donald Trump
Banking

Moments after Jerome Powell’s latest speech, Trump threatens to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook if she doesn’t resign

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August 22, 2025
Jerome Powell
Economy

Powell says ‘shifting balance of risks’ may warrant a sooner rate cut

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
August 22, 2025
A blurred trump walks in front of a wind turbine.
Energy

Trump declares war on clean energy. The numbers show it’s the only thing keeping America’s lights affordable

By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press
August 22, 2025
China’s economic data is famously unreliable—and could be a warning if Trump meddles with the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Economy

China’s economic data is famously unreliable—and could be a warning if Trump meddles with the Bureau of Labor Statistics

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August 22, 2025
A pyramid of gold bars.
Personal Finance

Current price of gold as of August 22, 2025

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August 22, 2025
Marc Metrick
Commentary

Saks Global is luxury’s last best hope

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August 22, 2025

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