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Google promotes ‘AI Mode’ on home page ‘Doodle’
Google CEO Sundar Pichai addresses the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. Camille Cohen | AFP | Getty Images The Google Doodle is Alphabet’s most valuable piece of real estate, and on Tuesday, the company used that space to promote “AI Mode,” its latest AI search […]
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GOP Sen. Murkowski cast crucial vote for Trump’s megabill after getting key carveout
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) walks after the Senate passes U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 1, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska cast a critical vote Tuesday for President Donald Trump’s massive tax-and-spending bill, helping to push the […]
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How a beer-making process is used to make cleaner disposable diapers
Disposable diapers are a massive environmental offender. Roughly 300,000 of them are sent to landfills or incinerated every minute, according to the World Economic Forum, and they take hundreds of years to decompose. It’s a $60 billion business. One alternative approach has been compostable diapers, which can be made out of wood pulp or bamboo. […]
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Figma files for IPO on Nasdaq, plans to ‘take big swings’ with M&A
Design software company Figma filed for an IPO on Tuesday, and plans to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol FIG. The offering would be one of the hotly-anticipated IPOs in recent years given Figma’s growth rate and its high private market valuation. In late 2023, a $20 billion acquisition agreement with […]
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Medicaid cuts in Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ bill will leave millions uninsured, threaten rural hospitals
An aerial view of Valley Health Hampshire Memorial Hospital on June 17, 2025 in Romney, W.V. Ricky Carioti | The Washington Post | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” would make sweeping changes to U.S. health care, leaving millions of vulnerable Americans without health insurance and threatening the hospitals and centers that provide […]
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Apple sues former Vision Pro employee for allegedly stealing ‘thousands of documents’ before joining Snap
A customer tries on the Apple Vision Pro headset during the product launch at the Apple Store in New York City on February 2, 2024. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Apple has accused a former engineer for its Vision Pro headset computer of stealing company trade secrets before starting a new job at […]
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U.S. judge blocks Trump administration move to overhaul health agencies
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on as he attends a press conference to discuss health insurance reform, at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 23, 2025. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from moving forward […]
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How to play one of the hottest regions in the world for stocks
Any way you slice it, Latin American stocks have been on fire this year. The iShares Latin America 40 ETF (ILF) has rallied more than 25% in just the first half of 2025, far outpacing the S & P 500’s 5% gain. Many country specific benchmarks and ETFs are doing even better so far this […]
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Billionaire Ken Griffin’s hedge funds at Citadel are all in the green for 2025
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin speaks during the Semafor World Economy Summit 2025 at Conrad Washington on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty Images Billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s hedge funds at Citadel have all posted positive returns during a volatile 2025, led by the tactical trading fund. Citadel’s multistrategy Wellington fund, its largest, gained […]
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Bay Area commuters get free rides Tuesday morning due to Clipper card outage
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) passengers walk off a train at the Richmond station on March 15, 2023 in Richmond, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Commuters in and around San Francisco rode into work for free on Tuesday morning due to an outage in the Clipper card system, which is used to handle payments […]
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