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Altarea and Vantage Data Centers Announce Strategic Partnership to Develop AI and Cloud Data Center Campus in France
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How a $280 billion tobacco company plans to grow by getting smokers to quit cigarettes | Fortune
Philip Morris International (PMI) is attempting an ambitious reinvention, repositioning itself around smoke-free alternatives in the U.S., while still carrying the financial weight of a global cigarette business. The roughly $280 billion tobacco company, best known for the Marlboro...
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With his tariff plan in tatters, Trump vows ‘to do absolutely terrible things to foreign countries … in a much more powerful and obnoxious...
The S&P 500 lost 1.04% yesterday as the VIX “fear index” for volatility spiked 10%, but futures were up 0.16% this morning, suggesting traders may be putting a temporary pause on the panic selling that has gripped markets over...
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Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software after its code was found tied to US surveillance efforts | Fortune
Communication platform Discord is under fire after its identity verification software, Persona Identities, was found to have frontend code accessible on the open internet and on government servers. Nearly 2,500 accessible files were found sitting on a U.S. government-authorized endpoint,...
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Stablecoins could finally bring cross-border payments into the digital age, argues XTransfer CEO Bill Deng | Fortune
Bill Deng, CEO of China-based fintech platform XTransfer, thinks stablecoins can help finally digitize business-to-business transactions, often still stuck in a world of PDFs and emails. Much of cross-border trade now operates around the clock. Ports, airports, and fulfillment centers...
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U.S. debt concerns weigh on Trump’s plan to supersize the Pentagon’s budget to $1.5 trillion, highlighting this law about great-power status | Fortune
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President Donald Trump’s plan to boost defense spending 50% to $1.5 trillion has reportedly run into some resistance, including fears about adding to the $38.5 trillion mountain of U.S. debt.Sources told The Washington Post that White House budget chief...
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Below zero: Fed governor wouldn’t be surprised at negative job growth number | Fortune
Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said Monday that solid job gains in January could mean the central bank can skip a rate cut at its next meeting in March, a decision that would likely spur further attacks by President Donald Trump.At the same...
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In less than a year, Trump erased 12 years of solvency for the trust fund that pays for Medicare Part A | Fortune
Recent policy changes and economic shifts have slashed 12 years off the projected lifespan of the trust fund that pays for Medicare Part A, according to a newly updated report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The Hospital Insurance...
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Crowdfunded generosity isn’t taxable – but IRS regulations haven’t kept up with the growth of mutual aid
Have you ever received some money through a GoFundMe campaign or Venmo or CashApp transfers after a medical emergency, natural disaster or other crisis?If so, you may have also gotten an unwelcome surprise: a federal...
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Self-driving taxis hit London, a city with such complex streets that it has a ‘Knowledge’ test that takes cabbies years to pass | Fortune
The Ford Mustang Mach-E cruises down a London road choked with traffic, using its onboard AI system to avoid jaywalkers and cyclists, and navigate roadwork as it drives to its destination.The autonomous vehicle from British startup Wayve Technologies is...
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Nigeria government denies report it paid ‘huge’ ransom to Boko Haram to free St Mary’s pupils
The rebuttal was followed by news the police chief was resigning a year before the end of his term.
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