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Warren Buffett’s son says he didn’t know his dad was a billionaire until he was in his 20s—and his friends were just as surprised

Warren Buffett’s son says he didn’t know his dad was a billionaire until he was in his 20s—and his friends were just as surprised

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January 17, 2026
Exclusive: Elon Musk’s Boring Co. is studying a tunnel project to Tesla Gigafactory near Reno

Exclusive: Elon Musk’s Boring Co. is studying a tunnel project to Tesla Gigafactory near Reno

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January 17, 2026
Trump threatens to impose tariffs on countries ‘if they don’t go along’ with his Greenland takeover plans

Trump threatens to impose tariffs on countries ‘if they don’t go along’ with his Greenland takeover plans

By Daniel Niemann, Darlene Superville and The Associated Press
January 17, 2026
Republican lawmakers close ranks around Powell, who spent years building ties in Congress. ‘He gets in there, pets the dog, shoots the breeze’

Republican lawmakers close ranks around Powell, who spent years building ties in Congress. ‘He gets in there, pets the dog, shoots the breeze’

By Joey Cappelletti, Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
January 17, 2026
Bond yields jump after Trump hints Hassett won’t be named Fed chair as Wall Street sees hawkish Warsh having easier path to replace Powell

Bond yields jump after Trump hints Hassett won’t be named Fed chair as Wall Street sees hawkish Warsh having easier path to replace Powell

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
January 16, 2026
Trump doesn’t think there’s any reason ‘right now’ to use Insurrection Act in Minn., while Native Americans urged to carry ID due to ICE threat

Trump doesn’t think there’s any reason ‘right now’ to use Insurrection Act in Minn., while Native Americans urged to carry ID due to ICE threat

By Jack Brook, Steve Karnowski and The Associated Press
January 16, 2026
ChatGPT tests ads as a new era of AI begins

ChatGPT tests ads as a new era of AI begins

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January 16, 2026
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As Trump throws a bone to Gen Z on student debt, watchdog calls it an ‘incoherent political giveaway,’ straight out of Biden’s playbook

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January 16, 2026
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The Nobel Prize committee doesn’t want Trump getting one, even as a gift—but they treated Obama very differently

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January 16, 2026
Trump says he’ll make tech firms pay for power. They’d love to

Trump says he’ll make tech firms pay for power. They’d love to

By Michelle Ma, Alicia Tang and Bloomberg
January 16, 2026
Deficits boost U.S. debt but also inflate corporate profits and stocks, so reducing red ink could trigger a financial crisis, analysts warn

Deficits boost U.S. debt but also inflate corporate profits and stocks, so reducing red ink could trigger a financial crisis, analysts warn

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January 16, 2026
Betting stocks fall as NFL prediction bets gain on gambling apps

Betting stocks fall as NFL prediction bets gain on gambling apps

By Peyton Forte and Bloomberg
January 16, 2026
How a series of calculated risks led a BNY executive to the C-suite of America’s oldest bank

How a series of calculated risks led a BNY executive to the C-suite of America’s oldest bank

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January 16, 2026
Stan Kroenke, wearing a blue suit and sunglasses, smiles.

Bill Gates isn’t even close to America’s largest private landowner. It’s ‘Silent Stan’ Kroenke, Walmart husband and LA Rams owner

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January 16, 2026
Dominion Energy wins bid to resume wind project Trump halted

Dominion Energy wins bid to resume wind project Trump halted

By Sabrina Willmer, Josh Saul, Mark Chediak and Bloomberg
January 16, 2026
When Jamie Dimon poached a top Berkshire exec, he called Warren Buffett, who said ‘If he’s going anywhere, at least he’s going to you’

When Jamie Dimon poached a top Berkshire exec, he called Warren Buffett, who said ‘If he’s going anywhere, at least he’s going to you’

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January 16, 2026
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China’s population crash is so bad that it’s started taxing condoms and birth control pills

By Dudley L. Poston, Jr. and The Conversation
January 16, 2026
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For 15 years, a neuroscientist has studied raccoon intelligence in Central Virginia. Then a drunk one passed out in a nearby liquor store

By Kelly Lambert and The Conversation
January 16, 2026
Close cropped images of Sam Altman alongside an actor playing him.

A filmmaker deepfaked Sam Altman for his movie about AI. Then things got personal

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January 16, 2026
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How Trump became a death knell for the 85-year relationship between farmers and the federal government

By Peter Simons and The Conversation
January 16, 2026
Community colleges, associate’s degrees and certificates: Young Americans are interested in everything but a bachelor’s

Community colleges, associate’s degrees and certificates: Young Americans are interested in everything but a bachelor’s

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January 16, 2026
Jamie Dimon speaking at The US of Chamber of Commerce.

‘Absolutely, positively no chance, no way, no how, for any reason’: Dimon says he’d never run the Fed but ‘would take the call’ to lead Treasury

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January 16, 2026
This CEO says wealthy families pay him $750k to get their kids into Ivy League schools, starting in 5th grade. They’re looking at ‘a centuries-long time horizon’

This CEO says wealthy families pay him $750k to get their kids into Ivy League schools, starting in 5th grade. They’re looking at ‘a centuries-long time horizon’

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January 16, 2026
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Anthony Scaramucci thinks Trump’s ‘hard-left’ move to cap credit-card fees is because he’s ‘texting back and forth with Mayor Mamdani’

By Nick Lichtenberg and Eva Roytburg
January 16, 2026
Jeffrey Sprecher, President and Founder, CEO of Intercontinental Exchange

Meet the self-made billionaire who bought a nearly bankrupt company off Warren Buffett for $1,000 and turned it into a $98 billion giant

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January 16, 2026
Walmart International president and CEO Kathryn McLay speaks at Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit on Oct. 10, 2023.

Walmart’s leadership shakeup sees one female CEO contender leave—and another up-and-coming exec climb higher up the ladder

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January 16, 2026
Fortune 500 Power Moves: Which executives gained and lost power this week

Fortune 500 Power Moves: Which executives gained and lost power this week

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January 16, 2026
Kevin O'Leary

Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary warns job seekers he’ll throw your resume ‘straight in the garbage’ if you have bad WiFi

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January 16, 2026
Jensen Huang tells Stanford students their high expectations may make it hard for them to succeed: ‘I wish upon you ample doses of pain and suffering’

Jensen Huang tells Stanford students their high expectations may make it hard for them to succeed: ‘I wish upon you ample doses of pain and suffering’

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January 16, 2026
Sophia Kianni and Phoebe Gates attend the alice + olivia By Stacey Bendet Pride Event With Performance By Paris Hilton on June 13, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for alice + olivia)

Melinda French Gates told her daughter Phoebe to ‘get up or get out the game’ when investors kept asking about her plans to have kids

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January 16, 2026
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‘We are Jerome Powell’: Gen Z finds an unlikely meme hero in the Fed chair via AI songs and fan edits

By Eva Roytburg and Nick Lichtenberg
January 16, 2026
Vail Resorts is having a very dry year: It reported a record‑low snowpack, forcing the company to lower its 2026 earnings outlook

Vail Resorts is having a very dry year: It reported a record‑low snowpack, forcing the company to lower its 2026 earnings outlook

By Matty Merritt and Morning Brew
January 16, 2026
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Adaptability is the new job security and 4 more future AI trends from EY’s global chief innovation officer

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January 16, 2026
Miami-Indiana championship game has fans paying $30,000 a seat

Miami-Indiana championship game has fans paying $30,000 a seat

By Anna J. Kaiser, Michael Smith and Bloomberg
January 16, 2026
Former OpenAI CTO and now cofounder and CEO of Thinking Machines Mira Murati

Wave of defections from former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s $12 billion startup Thinking Machines shows cutthroat struggle for AI talent

By Jeremy Kahn and Sharon Goldman
January 16, 2026
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The U.S. has absorbed 1 million Venezuelans over the past decade. That’s much more recent than most immigrants

By Matt Brooks, Karin Brewster and The Conversation
January 16, 2026
Personal loan APRs on Jan. 16, 2026

Personal loan APRs on Jan. 16, 2026

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January 16, 2026
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Google Meet exec on the knowledge engine hiding in your calendar: meetings become IP

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January 16, 2026
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‘Star Wars’ gets new chief with Kathleen Kennedy ending lucrative, restless 13 years in rein, Dave Filoni taking over

By Jake Coyle and The Associated Press
January 16, 2026
Current price of gold as of January 16, 2026

Current price of gold as of January 16, 2026

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January 16, 2026
Current price of platinum as of Friday, January 16, 2026

Current price of platinum as of Friday, January 16, 2026

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January 16, 2026
Current price of silver as of Friday, January 16, 2026

Current price of silver as of Friday, January 16, 2026

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January 16, 2026
Stack of colorful credit card on a silver laptop.

Why a proposed 10% cap on credit card interest is rattling big banks

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January 16, 2026
Gen Z

Gen Z’s pursuit of the #RichTok lifestyle sends them to social media for investing advice

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January 16, 2026
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In the AI economy, the ‘weirdness premium’ will set you apart. Lean into it, says expert on tech change economics

By Jake Angelo and Nick Lichtenberg
January 16, 2026

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