Economy
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Why is Bloom Energy stock sliding today?
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Tutor Perini unit wins $43M U.S. Coast Guard contract in Oregon
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Trump’s Greenland ambitions almost broke NATO. Instead, the island of 56,000 people just secured a bigger say in its own future
In the end, it was all kisses and laughter as U.S. President Donald Trump hailed his “fantastic” relationship with Denmark and Greenland after signing a new security deal that America’s European allies hope will close one of the most dangerous chapters in transatlantic relations. Trump’s territorial ambitions over Greenland almost broke the NATO military alliance…
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Public brings AI trading agents to prediction markets with Kalshi tie-up
Agentic commerce and prediction markets are two of tech’s biggest narratives this year. Now, New York-based investing app Public is bringing them together with a product that lets AI agents execute automated strategies tied to real-world events. On Wednesday, Public announced that users can deploy the agents to trade those events directly or use prediction…
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Gen Z’s religious turn, the data center backlash and a ‘lack of consent’: how the youngest adults are winning battles the millennials lost
Gen Z is not supposed to be the religious generation. Pollsters have spent two decades describing this cohort as the most secular in American history, the one that would finally break the chain of belief passed down from their grandparents. New Harris Poll data shared with this publication suggests otherwise: 33% of Gen Z identifies…
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Fervo brings the first, next-gen geothermal power to the grid to satiate the AI boom
Startup Fervo Energy flipped the switch on its Cape Station power plant in Utah, officially bringing the first next-generation geothermal power to the grid at a utility scale, the Houston-based startup announced Thursday. The U.S. faces an unprecedented demand surge for power from the AI boom and more, and next-gen geothermal power is now part…
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A VC hired his kids’ nanny to run the back office. The SEC says she took $1.3 million
Hi, it’s Amanda Gerut, pinch hitting for Allie. In late 2014, Ellen Polcari was nannying for a VC’s two young children. A decade later, she had branded herself the firm’s “controller,” and, according to the SEC, the person who allegedly moved about $1.28 million of investor money into her own accounts. The money went to…
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Dodgers’ Breakout Star Tabbed As Final Hitter In Federal Gambling Investigation
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ outfield slugger is named in documents pertaining to a looming trial.
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Ella Langley And Mariah Carey Both Reset The Same All-Time Record In The Same Year
Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” passes Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” for the longest No. 1 run in Hot 100 history.