GameStop making $56 billion offer to acquire eBay, WSJ says
GameStop Corp. will offer $125 in cash and stock per eBay Inc. share in a takeover proposal valued at about $56 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing an interview…
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Former NYC Mayor Giuliani in critical condition, Trump says
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized in Florida and is in critical condition, President Donald Trump said. Giuliani, 81, “remains in critical but stable condition,” his spokesperson…
Markets on alert as Trump vows ‘Project Freedom’ for Hormuz, setting up potential showdown after renewed attacks on ships
Financial markets were muted on Sunday as investors were reluctant to bite on the latest well-timed social media post from President Donald Trump about Iran. Futures tied to the Dow…
Trump says U.S. will guide stranded ships from ‘neutral and innocent’ countries out of the Strait of Hormuz while hinting at positive Iran talks
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a project that will start on Monday to help stranded ships leave the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively closed, but offered few details.…
AI models are choking on junk data
How we get from ChatGPT to humanoid robots relies on one of the most consequential, but least discussed bottlenecks in artificial intelligence – the quality of the data that we…
He started as a part-time Starbucks barista at 17. Now he’s an exec designing the menu
For most people, a part-time barista job while studying is a means to an end: something to top up their bank account and pad their résumé before landing a “real”…
Diary of a CEO founder says he hired someone with ‘zero’ work experience because she ‘thanked the security guard by name’ before the interview
Job-seekers may believe that an Ivy League degree or Fortune 500 work experience will land them a gig—but who they thank while walking into an interview could be more important…
America’s twin scarcities: The 4-million-unit shortage in both housing and childcare is breaking families
American families are being wrecked by two parallel shortages: housing and childcare. And increasingly, experts say these two crises are feeding each other. The U.S. is short roughly 4 million…
Fed whisperer splits on Powell: A+ as steward, but ‘I don’t think you could give him high marks on the economy’
After 30 minutes of fielding questions, Jerome Powell put his glasses in his suit pocket, told reporters “I won’t see you next time,” and walked out of his 66th and…
Zoom is giving away $150K to ‘solopreneurs’ with no strings attached—as 33 million workers ditch corporate to become their own boss
As AI threatens to wipe out jobs, the American dream—stable employment, a clear ladder to climb, and a company to grow old with—is quietly dying. More people are ditching the…