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AI Startup Anthropic Plans to Raise $2 Billion at a $60 Billion Valuation
The new funding round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, sees the company at more than triple its 2024 valuation of $18 million.Inc. - 1d -
AI Startup Anthropic Raising Funds Valuing It at $60 Billion
The Amazon-backed OpenAI rival was valued at $18 billion last year.The Wall Street Journal - 2d -
The market hasn’t been this concentrated in at least 60 years. But is it a problem?
The current top five companies in the S&P 500 account for a greater chunk of the index than at any time over the last 60 years.MarketWatch - 17h -
Jimmy Carter: The 1980 60 Minutes Interview
In August 1980, a few months before the presidential election, Dan Rather interviewed President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office. The state funeral for Carter, who died at age 100, will be held ...CBS News - 18h -
Consider flipping your 60/40 portfolio to 40/60 as bonds become more attractive than stocks
It’s no longer the glory days for the classic 60/40 investment strategy.MarketWatch - 19h -
This 77-year-old climate activist should never have been jailed – and now faces a Kafkaesque struggle to get out | Zoe Williams
A failure of justice, and draconian Tory law, put Gaie Delap in prison. A failure of government is keeping her there. Gaie Delap will turn 78 on Friday, in Eastwood Park prison, Gloucestershire. ...The Guardian - 20h -
Pete Alonso free agency buzz: Slugger looking for 'at least' a six-year deal
Here’s the latest on where free agent Pete Alonso could end up, with a Mets reunion possible...Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Biden Says He Might Not Have Been Able to Serve 4 More Years
President Biden insisted that he still could have beaten Donald J. Trump had he stayed in the race, but could not say he would have been vital enough to be president until age 86.The New York Times - 1d -
Tesla and Nvidia dominated the stock market last year. Why more pedestrian names can shine in 2025.
The average S&P 500 stock had a tough go of it in December. But better times could lie ahead in 2025.MarketWatch - 1d -
Anthropic’s $60 billion valuation would obscure a stark reality in AI
Anthropic may be joining rival OpenAI with its own eye-popping valuation, but the hefty valuations for the two biggest AI startups obscure the fact that, for now, these companies are burning ...MarketWatch - 1d -
Anthropic in talks to raise funding at $60 billion valuation
AI startup Anthropic is in late-stage talks to raise as much as $2 billion at a $60 billion valuation, according to a person familiar with the deal.CNBC - 2d -
Streeting says he is ashamed of NHS winter problems
The health secretary sees patients left crying and distressed, as hospitals declare critical incidents.BBC News - 2d -
Peter Yarrow of '60s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86
The singer and songwriter who helped popularize folk music in the 1960s died of bladder cancer at his home in New York.Los Angeles Times - 2d -
Brent Rooker extension: Slugger agrees to five-year, $60 million deal with Athletics, per report
The extension will keep Rooker around as the A's move to Sacramento and, theoretically, Las VegasCBS Sports - 2d -
The US stock market has never been more concentrated. Does it matter?
World’s biggest game of JengaFinancial Times - 2d -
Do Tom Thibodeau's Knicks have a minutes problem?
After winning nine games in a row and capping a strong 12-2 December, the Knicks fell in back-to-back games in which they looked outmatched without their starting unit in and gassed down the stretch.Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Big Tech Is So Dominant the Stock Market Would Have Been Flat for 2 Years Without It
Big Tech stocks have fueled most of the S&P 500’s gains over the past several years.Inc. - 3d -
China’s economy still hasn’t fully emerged from the pandemic as a new year dawns
Weak consumer demand is just one of a range of factors plaguing the economy as the calendar turns from 2024 to 2025, even after policy makers meted out stimulus measures throughout the past year.MarketWatch - 3d -
A new start after 60: I was diagnosed with ADHD – and stopped hating myself
After decades of self-doubt and depression, I’ve finally found my place in the world. Jean Ward always wondered if there was something wrong with her, and hated herself for it. The feeling started ...The Guardian - 3d -
The Gen Z problem for audit firms
The profession is finding it harder to attract and retain staff — a key factor in the quality of inspectionsFinancial Times - 4d -
Some Baseball Teams Won’t Spend Money, and It’s a Problem
Six clubs, including two that made the playoffs last season, have yet to invest in a free agent.The New York Times - 4d -
First major storm of 2025 set to impact about 60 million Americans
About 60 million people were under weather alerts across the country on Saturday as a winter storm threatens to slam areas from the Plains to the mid-Atlantic with heavy snow and ice. NBC News' ...NBC News - 5d -
Mortgage rates inch up to start the year at a near six-month high. Will the housing market become more affordable in 2025?
The 30-year mortgage rate averaged at 6.91%, Freddie Mac said in its latest weekly survey on Thursday.MarketWatch - 5d -
Fire at a food market in northern China kills at least 8 and injures 15
Chinese state media says a fire at a food market in northern China killed at least eight people and injured 15 othersABC News - 5d -
Intel's Problems Are Even Worse Than You've Heard
There is fresh evidence the once-mighty innovator is losing market share in more areasThe Wall Street Journal - 6d -
Postecoglou has 'no problem' with Maddison at darts
Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou says he has "got no problem" with James Maddison going to watch darts despite being unable to start a match because of illness.BBC News - 6d -
A New Guitar Hero Wii Controller Has Been Announced In The Year 2025
The original Guitar Hero debuted in November 2005, but the franchise has been in a lull for a long time. The last game, Guitar Hero Live , arrived in 2015 and there hasn't been any concrete word ...GameSpot - 6d -
CNBC Daily Open: New year, old problems for stocks
On the first trading day of the year, all major indexes advanced, but they started tilting down before long. The likely culprit? Rising Treasury yields.CNBC - 6d -
Inequality hasn’t risen. Here’s why it feels like it has
What appears on the surface to be a flat trend masks churn beneathFinancial Times - Jan. 3 -
There’s a big problem with trying to replace Johnson — no clear alternates
Three potential alternate speaker candidates have come up in conversations among holdouts. But they don’t have the needed votes to become speaker, either.Politico - Jan. 2 -
Tesla reports first drop in deliveries in at least 9 years
Tesla reported its first drop in annual deliveries in at least nine years, despite an increase in its numbers during the fourth quarter of 2024. The company, based in Austin, Texas, said Thursday ...The Hill - Jan. 2 -
U.S. dollar index hits more than two-year high as markets brace for Trump return
Optimism around the U.S. economy was in focus as markets reopened following disrupted trade over Christmas and the New Year's holiday.CNBC - Jan. 2 -
Aaron Rodgers expresses gratitude to Jets, says time with New York has been 'the best two years of my life'
Rodgers, 41, is choosing to focus on the positives with his NFL days dwindlingCBS Sports - Jan. 2 -
Europe needs to tackle its red tape problem
Complex overlapping rules and burdensome reporting requirements are strangling EU growthFinancial Times - Jan. 2 -
Fireworks explosion in Hawaii kills at least 3, injures at least 20
The fireworks explosion happened just before midnight outside a home in a Honolulu-area neighborhood.CBS News - Jan. 2 -
Tim Ferris Does This 60-Minute Exercise to Start Each New Year and So Should You
A past year review can help you do more of what you love and less of what you hate in the coming year.Inc. - Jan. 2 -
At least 3 dead, multiple injured in massive New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in Hawaii
At least three people are dead and two dozen are injured after a New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in a Honolulu residential neighborhood, officials said.NBC News - Jan. 2 -
The Panama Canal Has a Big Problem, but It’s Not China or Trump
Climate change is causing drought conditions that are making the Panama Canal harder to operate and more expensive to pass through.The New York Times - Jan. 1 -
Israeli strikes kill at least 12 Palestinians in Gaza on New Year’s Day
Officials say most of the victims were women and children as Israel’s war against Hamas continues into the new year. Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on New Year’s ...The Guardian - Jan. 1 -
A year of two halves: how global financial markets fared in 2024
Good for equities, good for the US, and good for crypto but the year spawned mixed blessings for the UK, China and Europe. Global stock markets climbed in 2024, helped by falling inflation and the ...The Guardian - Jan. 1
