Day: February 4, 2025

OpenAI, Kakao to jointly develop AI products for South Korea
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OpenAI, Kakao to jointly develop AI products for South Korea

Open AI CEO Sam Altman (R) and Kakao CEO Chung Shin-a (L) pose for photos during a press conference at a hotel in Seoul on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images) Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images ChatGPT creator OpenAI and South Korea’s dominant chat app operator Kakao said on […]

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India’s Modi invited to meet with Trump next week, White House official says
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India’s Modi invited to meet with Trump next week, White House official says

Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, left, and U.S President Donald Trump, arrive for a news conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. T. Narayan | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the White House next week, a White House official said, hours after a U.S. military plane departed to return deported migrants to the […]

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Asia-Pacific markets jump as Trump pauses tariffs on Canada and Mexico
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Asia-Pacific markets jump as Trump pauses tariffs on Canada and Mexico

Tokyo Tower, Tokyo’s famous landmark, rises high above the skyscrapers in Azabu, Roppongi and Toranomon districts. A tilt-shift lens was used in order to obtain a miniature effect. Krzysztof Baranowski | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose Tuesday after Donald Trump paused tariffs on Mexico for a month, while Canada also said the U.S. president […]

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CNBC Daily Open: Trump pauses tariffs but markets are still wary
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump pauses tariffs but markets are still wary

Cars queue to cross into the U.S. from Canada, at the border between the two countries, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Feb. 3, 2025.  Chris Helgren | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no […]

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White House says Elon Musk serving as a ‘special government employee’
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White House says Elon Musk serving as a ‘special government employee’

Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump offers his hand to Elon Musk back stage during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show grounds on October 05, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania.  Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Elon Musk is serving in the Trump administration as a “special government employee,” according to a White House […]

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Silicon Valley venture capital pioneer Dick Kramlich, an early investor in Apple, dies at 89
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Silicon Valley venture capital pioneer Dick Kramlich, an early investor in Apple, dies at 89

Dick Kramlich, founder of New Enterprise Associates, discusses on “Sexism in the valley” during the third day of Web Summit in Altice Arena on Nov. 8, 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal.  Horacio Villalobos | Corbis News | Getty Images Dick Kramlich, the venture capital pioneer who co-founded New Enterprise Associates almost 50 years ago and built […]

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