Day: July 14, 2025

Block leads rebound in fintech stocks as analysts downplay JPMorgan data fee risk
Technology

Block leads rebound in fintech stocks as analysts downplay JPMorgan data fee risk

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies during a remote video hearing held by subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on “Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation” in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2021. Handout | Via Reuters Block jumped more than 5% on Monday, leading a rally in shares of […]

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Recruiter: I interviewed serial moonlighter Soham Parekh — here are my top 3 takeaways
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Recruiter: I interviewed serial moonlighter Soham Parekh — here are my top 3 takeaways

Russell Pompeo, hiring manager at Topaz Labs, shared three takeaways from a job interview. Mtstock Studio | E+ | Getty Images When one recruiter received Silicon Valley’s notorious serial moonlighter Soham Parekh’s job application two years ago, he was immediately impressed. This was two years before the young Mumbai-based engineer was exposed for working remotely […]

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Stock futures are little changed as investors await bank earnings, inflation reading: Live updates
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Stock futures are little changed as investors await bank earnings, inflation reading: Live updates

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 10, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters U.S. stock futures were little changed Monday night following a winning session for the major averages, as investors await big bank earnings and a key inflation reading. Dow Jones Industrial Average […]

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Trade Desk’s stock jumps on S&P 500 inclusion as Ansys exits index due to acquisition
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Trade Desk’s stock jumps on S&P 500 inclusion as Ansys exits index due to acquisition

Jeff Green, Founder, CEO, and Chairman, The Trade Desk and Andrew Wallenstein, Variety Intelligence Platform, President and Chief Media Analyst speak onstage at “Advertising’s New Normal: Unifying Streaming and Identity in 2023” during the Variety Entertainment Summit at CES at the Aria Resort & Casino on January 06, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Greg Doherty […]

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Elon Musk looms over jury selection in Tesla Autopilot fatality trial
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Elon Musk looms over jury selection in Tesla Autopilot fatality trial

Elon Musk speaks during a press event with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk was not in a Miami courtroom Monday, but his name loomed large as a jury was selected for the federal trial of […]

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Andrew Cuomo launches independent New York City mayoral bid after loss to Zohran Mamdani
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Andrew Cuomo launches independent New York City mayoral bid after loss to Zohran Mamdani

Former New York governor and New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo speaks during his primary election night rally in New York City, U.S., June 24, 2025. Kylie Cooper | Reuters Andrew Cuomo launched an independent bid to become mayor of New York City on Monday, setting up a rematch in November with frontrunner Zohran […]

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Inflation report Tuesday should provide clues on the impact tariffs are having on prices
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Inflation report Tuesday should provide clues on the impact tariffs are having on prices

Groceries are seen at a Walmart supermarket in Houston, Texas, on May 15, 2025. Ronaldo Schemidt | AFP | Getty Images June’s inflation report will be looked at not so much for what the headline numbers show than what’s in the underlying data, especially whether tariffs are starting to have an impact. The consumer price […]

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Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees
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Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees

A security guard walks past the U.S. Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C., March 12, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees. With the three liberal justices in dissent, the court on Monday […]

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Meta removes 10 million Facebook profiles in effort to combat spam
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Meta removes 10 million Facebook profiles in effort to combat spam

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg looks on before the luncheon on the inauguration day of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second presidential term in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Meta on Monday said it has removed about 10 million profiles for impersonating large content producers through the first half of 2025 as part […]

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Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI granted up to 0 million for AI work from Defense Department
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Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI granted up to $200 million for AI work from Defense Department

A view of the Pentagon on December 13, 2024, in Washington, DC. Home to the US Defense Department, the Pentagon is one of the world’s largest office buildings. Daniel Slim | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Defense on Monday said it’s granting contract awards of up to $200 million for artificial intelligence […]

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