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How Warren Buffett’s big Japanese investments fared in the global market rout
This week’s violent global market meltdown started in Japan — where Warren Buffett has big investments — but the damage was limited. The Nikkei 225 index , a benchmark for Japanese stocks, plunged 12.4% on Monday, its worst day since “Black Monday” in 1987, triggering a domino effect globally. The sell-off was triggered by a […]
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From villains to Indiana Jones: Everything we learned at Disney’s parks panel at the 2024 D23 Expo
A statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse stands in a garden in front of Cinderella’s Castle at the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World on May 31, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images The time of villains has come. Disney’s classic baddies are getting their own theme […]
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U.S. decries reported sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners after graphic video aired on Israeli TV
Palestinians inspect residential buildings, destroyed in Israeli strikes during the conflict, amid a temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Gaza City on Nov. 26, 2023. Staff | Reuters Allegations of the sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners by members of the Israeli military are “horrific,” the United States has said, after a […]
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Turkey restores access to Instagram after 9-day block
PARIS, FRANCE – OCTOBER 07: In this photo illustration, social media, Instagram and Threads application logos are displayed on the screen of a smartphone on October 07, 2019 in Paris, France. The social network Instagram launched last week Threads its new application to promote the constant and intimate sharing between users and their closest friends. […]
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Trump campaign says it was hacked by foreign actors
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate on August 08, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The Trump campaign on Saturday said that a foreign hacker had breached its systems and gained access to internal communications. Politico began receiving leaked campaign documents […]
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Harris leads Trump in three major election battlegrounds, new poll finds
Former President Donald Trump (L), and Vice President Kamal Harris Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris is ahead of former President Donald Trump in the key battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, according to a new New York Times/Siena College poll. The poll found Harris beating Trump 50% to 46% among likely voters in all […]
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Disney is hoping for a box office rebound built on sequels, prequels and pixie dust
Bob Iger, CEO, The Walt Disney Company appears at the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, California on August 09, 2024. Araya Doheny | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images When Disney CEO Bob Iger stepped onto the stage at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California on Friday night, […]
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The rise of OpenAI and Microsoft’s $13 billion bet on the AI startup
OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT chatbot, was founded in 2015 by a number of researchers, academics and entrepreneurs, including Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and Elon Musk. Altman and Brockman are still at OpenAI, serving as CEO and president, respectively. Musk departed in 2018. At the time, OpenAI said Musk left to avoid a conflict […]
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Tech companies want nuclear power. Some utilities are throwing up roadblocks
A cooling tower at the Constellation Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station in Scriba, New York, US, on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. Lauren Petracca | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tech companies are increasingly looking to directly connect data centers to nuclear plants as they race to secure clean energy to power artificial intelligence, sparking resistance from […]
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Disney and this AI stock are among the most oversold stocks this week and could be due for a bounce
The stock market clawed back from a global rout to finish higher Friday, but there still may be an opportunity for some names to rebound. Stocks had a rough start to the week. Disappointing payrolls data coupled with an unraveling of the yen “carry trade,” not to mention concerns that the Federal Reserve has waited […]
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