Day: October 17, 2025
Proxy advisor ISS recommends Tesla shareholders oppose Elon Musk $1 trillion pay plan
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Top proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services is recommending that Tesla investors vote against a pay plan for CEO Elon Musk that would grant him nearly $1 trillion more […]
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Trump commutes prison sentence of ex-GOP Rep. George Santos
George Santos, who was expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives, arrives for the sentencing in his criminal corruption charges at Central Islip Federal Courthouse in Central Islip, New York, U.S., April 25, 2025. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday evening said he has commuted the prison sentence of George Santos, releasing […]
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$500 purple cables put this little-known company in the middle of the AI boom
A demo setup of racks of AI servers connected with Credo cables, displayed at the Open Compute Summit in San Jose, California. Credo In July, Elon Musk posted photos from inside an xAI data center called Colossus 2, which the artificial intelligence startup aims to turn into a massive supercomputing facility in Memphis, Tennessee. Musk’s […]
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Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk stocks fall as Trump says he wants $150 price for GLP-1s
Shares of Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk dropped Friday, after President Donald Trump said his administration aims to cut the cost of brand name GLP-1 weight loss drugs to $150 per month, a fraction of their current list price. “In London, you’d buy a certain drug for $130 and even less than that … $88 […]
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FAA lets Boeing increase 737 Max production almost two years after near-catastrophic accident
Boeing 737 Max aircraft are assembled at the company’s plant in Renton, Washington, U.S. June 25, 2024. Jennifer Buchanan | Via Reuters Boeing has won regulator approval to ramp up production of its best-selling 737 Max jetliners to 42 a month, a milestone for the manufacturer nearly two years after the Federal Aviation Administration capped […]
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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow Illinois troop deployment
The Justice Department filed an emergency request asking the court to block a judge’s ruling halting the deployment of hundreds of troops in the Chicago area. Source
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Salesforce CEO apologizes for saying Trump should send National Guard to San Francisco
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff delivers the keynote address at the start of the Dreamforce conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. Jessica Christian | San Francisco Chronicle | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff apologized on Friday for making comments in support of President Donald Trump […]
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Oracle stock drops 7% as some skeptics question lofty AI targets
Oracle’s extended rally, which has been driven by the company’s increasingly central position in the artificial intelligence boom, hit pause on Friday, with the stock tumbling 7%, its worst day since January. The slide came a day after the software company revealed a long-term outlook, boosted by AI, at an analysts’ meeting that was part […]
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Army Corps of Engineers pausing $11 billion in projects over shutdown, Trump budget chief says
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will immediately pause, and consider canceling, over $11 billion in projects due to the government shutdown, Trump administration budget chief Russell Vought said Friday. “The Democrat shutdown has drained the Army Corps of Engineers’ ability to manage billions of dollars in projects,” Vought, the director of the White House […]
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AI tools are entering the doctor’s office and clinicians need to be prepared
The impact of artificial intelligence is being felt across the health-care industry, from tools that help analyze medical images, aid in drug discovery and complete cancer screenings. But increasingly, AI is being used to fight one of the biggest challenges that health care is facing: a time-challenged (and often burned out) workforce of doctors, nurses […]
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