BUSINESS
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OPEC+ sticks with plan to keep oil flow steady amid turmoil
OPEC+ stuck with plans to pause supply increases in the first quarter, as global markets face a surplus and the…
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Ray Dalio donates $75 million to ‘Trump Accounts’ as Scott Bessent leads ‘50 State Challenge’ to invest in America’s kids
The U.S. Treasury asked major philanthropic donors to contribute to new investment accounts for children Wednesday as part of what…
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AIIB’s first president defends China as ‘responsible stakeholder’ in less multilateral world
When China wanted to set up its answer to the World Bank, it picked Jin Liqun—a veteran financier with experience…
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OpenAI debuts GPT-5.2 in effort to silence concerns it is falling behind its rivals
OpenAI, under increasing competitive pressure from Google and Anthropic, has debuted a new AI model, GPT-5.2, that it says beats…
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Paramount, Netflix spur Wall Street race to win jumbo loan deals
In the space of less than a week, the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. has unleashed two multi-billion…
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4 times in 7 seconds: Trump calls Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
He said it four times in seven seconds: Somali immigrants in the United States are “garbage.” It was no mistake.…
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UN warns about AI becoming another ‘Great Divergence’ of rich and poor like Industrial Revolution
Behind the hoopla over the promise of artificial intelligence lay difficult realities, including how such technology might affect people already disadvantaged in…
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Northwestern will pay Trump admin $75 million to settle antisemitism cases and restore research funding
Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S. government in a deal with the Trump administration to…
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‘Low-hire, low-fire’ economy grinds on as lower-than-expected jobless claims suggests layoffs aren’t spiking
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits declined last week in a sign that overall layoffs remain low, even…
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Six-figure earners are ‘living the illusion of affluence’ while privately struggling
Even Americans earning six figures are feeling squeezed as the rising cost of living forces those in top income brackets…
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