Rate cut bets boost stocks as bitcoin breaks $100,000 - Reuters

Bitcoin broke $100,000 on Thursday as investors bet on a friendly regulatory shift in the U.S., while Asian stocks were firm after Wall Street indexes notched record highs on growing confidence in U.S. interest rate cuts.

Jeff Bezos says he will try to talk Trump out of idea that the news media is an ‘enemy’ - CNN

Despite feuding with Trump during his last administration, Bezos said he was “very optimistic” about a second Trump administration and suggested he even wants to help the incoming president.

Trump nominates cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins as SEC chair - The Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump says he intends to nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission. Atkins is the CEO of Patomak Partners and a former SEC commissioner. Trump calls Atkins a “proven leader for common s…

Trump picks Jewish space adventurer Jared Isaacman to head NASA - The Jerusalem Post

Isaacman, a high school dropout and billionaire, is Jewish but has not made that piece of his identity a major part of his public persona.

Woman who stowed away on plane to Paris arrested, expected to face federal charge after returning to the US - Yahoo! Voices

A Russian woman who stowed away on a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris last week is expected to face at least one federal charge after she...

Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500, Nasdaq notch new closing highs: Live updates - CNBC

The three major averages posted fresh records on Wednesday.

Here's what some of the world's most powerful people have to say about Elon Musk - Business Insider

Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, and more seemed optimistic about how Elon Musk would use his new political power when questioned about it at a conference.

OpenAI partners with weapons start-up Anduril on military AI - The Washington Post

Defense startup Anduril will partner with OpenAI to integrate the ChatGPT maker’s AI technology into drone-defense systems it sells to the Pentagon.

New Google AI weather model beats most reliable forecast system - Axios

AI-driven weather forecasting is advancing quickly.

US senators grill airline officials about fees for seats and checked bags - The Associated Press

A U.S. Senate subcommittee has held a hearing to question the growing use of airline fees to charge passengers for things like early boarding and better seats. Members of the Senate Permanent on Investigations say airlines have raised billions of dollars by i…

Meta Announces $10 Billion Data Center in Louisiana - Barron's

With Fraud Allegations Cleared, Is Super Micro Computer Stock (SMCI) a Buy? - Yahoo Finance

Super Micro Computer’s stock (SMCI) has been at the center of controversy in recent months due to accounting fraud allegations from a short-selling firm...

JetBlue cuts more unprofitable routes, tweaks Europe flights - CNBC

JetBlue is in the middle of a new plan to return to consistent profitability and cut costs.

Airbus to axe nearly 500 UK jobs to cut costs - BBC.com

It has made the cuts mostly to its space division and says there are no "compulsory" losses planned.

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson shot dead in 'brazen targeted attack' with manhunt underway - WPVI-TV

The shooting appears to be a "brazen, targeted attack," police said.

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Intel Board Blasted For Handling Of CEO's Sudden Exit As Stock Falls Again - Investor's Business Daily

Intel stock fell again Wednesday prompting an industry analyst to accuse the chip giant's board of mishandling its CEO's sudden exit.

Amazon’s new AI cloud strategy is ripped straight from the e-commerce playbook that built a $2 trillion juggernaut - Fortune

AWS is betting that an AI model marketplace with low prices and wide selection will be the key to success.

Retail Earnings: Dollar Tree Rallies, Foot Locker Drags Down Nike - Investor's Business Daily

Dollar Tree tops earnings estimates, narrows guidance. Foot Locker falls on Q3 miss, slashed earnings forecast. Nike stock slides.

Eli Lilly Zepbound More Effective Than Novo’s Wegovy, Study Finds. Lilly Stock Gains. - Barron's

LLMs may have a killer enterprise app: ‘digital labor’ — at least if Salesforce Agentforce is any indicator - TechCrunch

Marc Benioff says that Salesforce has become the "largest supplier of digital labor, and this is just the beginning.”

Chewy Stock Falls as Adjusted Earnings Miss Estimates but Sales Beat - Barron's

Powell Says Economic Strength Gives Fed Ability to Take Time on Rate Cuts - The Wall Street Journal

Sam Altman says it would be 'profoundly un-American' if Elon Musk uses Trump role to 'hurt' OpenAI - Fortune

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is “not that worried” about Musk's influence in the incoming Trump administration.

Jim Cramer on Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (RCAT): ‘I Don’t Want To Bet That It’s Going To Go Up A Thousand Percent’ - Yahoo Finance

We recently compiled a list of the Jim Cramer’s Lightning Round: 7 Stocks to Watch. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Red Cat Holdings...

What China gains from ban on rare mineral exports to US - DW (English)

China has announced export restrictions on some rare minerals and metals to the United States. It's the latest salvo in the ongoing battle for high-tech supremacy between the world's two biggest economic powers.

Trump Antitrust Pick Spells Trouble for Alphabet’s Google, Other Tech Behemoths - Barron's

UnitedHealth: Despite Tragedy, Transition Should Be Smooth - Morningstar

Before the fatal shooting of the insurance segment’s CEO at the company’s investor day, management kept 2025 guidance intact.

Delaware struggles with Tesla investors’ disregard for governance - Financial Times

Elon Musk’s pay package case is heading for the state’s Supreme Court

Texas judge blocks anti-money laundering law's enforcement nationwide - Reuters.com

A federal judge in Texas has issued a nationwide injunction blocking the enforcement of an anti-money laundering law that requires corporate entities to disclose to the U.S. Treasury Department the identities of their real beneficial owners.

Amazon secretly excluded neighborhoods from Prime delivery, DC AG alleges - The Verge

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed suit against Amazon for allegedly deceiving Prime customers about the delivery benefits they were receiving.

HPS Offers Incentives to Retain Staff After Sale to BlackRock - Bloomberg

HPS Investment Partners is offering employees grants that vest over five years to encourage them to stay on after being acquired by BlackRock, according to an investor letter seen by Bloomberg News.

Meta jumps aboard the nuclear-powered data center bandwagon - TechCrunch

Meta wants nuclear power developers to help it build 1 to 4 gigawatts of new electricity generating capacity.

Pure Storage Earnings Beat Expectations. That’s Not Why the Stock Is Soaring. - Barron's

Marvell Technology Price Levels to Watch as Stock Soars After Strong Earnings - Investopedia

Shares in Marvell Technology jumped in premarket trading Wednesday after the chipmaker posted strong quarterly results and issued a rosy outlook amid robust demand for its custom AI chips. Monitor these key chart levels.

Amazon Announces Supercomputer, New Server in Push To Take on Nvidia - Investopedia

Amazon is building an artificial intelligence supercomputer made of its in-house Trainium chips and also a new server that it said will be used by AI startup Anthropic.