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India likely to cut benchmark rates for the first time in nearly five years as economy slows, inflation eases

India is widely anticipated to cut its benchmark policy rate at the policy meeting concluding this Friday.

CNBC - 13h

Monster Hunter Wilds Gets PC Benchmark Tool -- See How Your System Stacks Up

Between the giant creatures, multiple on-screen characters, and a large map to explore, there's no question that Capcom's Monster Hunter Wilds is going to demand a lot of power from PCs. Now, ...

GameSpot - 19h

U.S. benchmark oil prices end lower as China trade dispute fuels demand concerns

U.S. oil prices on Tuesday gave back most of their gains from a day earlier after the U.S. implemented an additional 10% tariff on Chinese imports and Beijing retaliated with measures of its own, ...

MarketWatch - 1d

Snip, snip: Spending cuts are coming

The federal debt has exploded to $36 trillion and annual deficits now approach $2 trillion f

The Hill - 2d

Cuts to maths are a national miscalculation

I was lucky to be taught the power of mathematics but threats to the subject now endanger the UK’s AI ambitions

Financial Times - 2d

Beyond benchmarks: How DeepSeek-R1 and o1 perform on real-world tasks

o1 is slightly better at reasoning, but DeepSeek-R1 provides much more details about its reasoning, which is very useful to the user.

VentureBeat - 5d

European Central bank cuts benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to boost stagnant economy

The European Central Bank is cutting its key interest rate, a step to boost an economy that’s struggling to grow as consumers burned by inflation warily eye price tags and businesses try to chart a ...

ABC News - 6d

Cardiff uni job cuts 'threaten supply of nurses'

Some lecturers at Cardiff University have begun getting letters advising them their post is at risk.

BBC News - Jan. 29

Morrisons warns Budget will mean deeper cuts

Supermarket is latest UK retailer to caution on Labour government’s tax increases

Financial Times - Jan. 29

Warren calls on Musk to stick to $2T in DOGE cuts

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is urging Elon Musk to stick with his original objective to cut $2 trillion in wasteful government spending. “After promising his Department of Government ...

The Hill - Jan. 28

CDC staff ordered to cut off communication with WHO

The directive to the CDC to halt communications with the World Health Organization was imposed to comply with President Trump's executive order.

CBS News - Jan. 27

Power cuts and flood warnings as Storm Herminia hits

About 700 homes are without power and the Met Office is warning of heavy rain across Wales.

BBC News - Jan. 27

Trump cuts Fauci's security detail

President Trump on Friday defended the removal of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s security detail, suggesting former government officials should not get indefinite security, even as Fauci and others whose ...

The Hill - Jan. 24

What Republicans Could Cut to Pay for Trump’s Tax Cuts: Medicaid and More

President Trump wants a massive tax cut and immigration crackdown bill. Now Republicans must decide what to cut to help pay for it.

The New York Times - Jan. 23

Turkey's central bank lowers benchmark interest rate to 45%

Turkey’s central bank has lowered its key interest rate by 2.5 percentage points to 45%

ABC News - Jan. 23

Stripe cuts 300 jobs in product, engineering and operations

Stripe has cut 300 jobs, or about 3.5% of its workforce, CNBC confirmed.

CNBC - Jan. 21

China keeps benchmark lending rates unchanged as it contends with a weakening yuan

Beijing contends with a weakening yuan while awaiting policy clues from the incoming Donald Trump's administration.

CNBC - Jan. 20

Starbucks Expecting Job Cuts by March

Starbucks said it expects to eliminate jobs, without affecting in-store teams, as part of its broader effort to operate more efficiently.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 17

Citigroup Slashes Jobs as Cost-Cutting Continues

Targets include senior managers in the banking giant’s wealth, technology and data analysis units.

Inc. - Jan. 17

Rahm misses cut, McIlroy struggles in Dubai

Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland missed the cut and Rory McIlroy was forced to battle to make the weekend as the headline acts struggled at the Dubai Desert Classic.

ESPN - Jan. 17

What Did Trump’s Tax Cuts Do?

Economic upheaval caused by the pandemic has clouded analysts’ ability to understand the effects of the 2017 tax law. Republicans call it a huge success and want to extend it anyway.

The New York Times - Jan. 17

Spirit Airlines cuts 200 jobs in bankruptcy cost-cutting scramble

Spirit Airlines cuts 200 jobs across the airline as it seeks to exit bankruptcy protection this quarter.

CNBC - Jan. 16

BP axes 4,700 jobs in cost-cutting drive

UK energy major under pressure from shareholders to turn around its performance

Financial Times - Jan. 16

BP to cut 4,700 jobs to reduce costs

The job losses at the oil giant will affect more than 5% of its global workforce.

BBC News - Jan. 16

Inflation Rose in December, Putting Rate Cuts Into Question

The consumer price index rose 2.9 percent in the last month of the year, the Labor Department reports.

Inc. - Jan. 15

Missile Attack Prompts Emergency Power Cuts in Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said air defenses had shot down at least 30 missiles from a “massive” barrage that had targeted gas and energy facilities.

The New York Times - Jan. 15

Lloyds to cut 500 jobs and close two offices

UK bank to review more than 1,500 jobs across multiple departments

Financial Times - Jan. 15

Cutting aeroplane contrails is an easy climate win

Tackling these emissions should be simple, fast and cost-effective

Financial Times - Jan. 13

U.S. Companies Cut Diversity Efforts as Challenges Mount

At least six major U.S. companies modified their DEI policies last year.

Inc. - Jan. 10

Google DeepMind researchers introduce new benchmark to improve LLM factuality, reduce hallucinations

Based on a new benchmark, Google DeepMind found Gemini 2.0 Flash to be the most factual LLM, with a score of 83.6%.

VentureBeat - Jan. 10

Trump's tax-cut obstacle course

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Senate GOP worries Trump’s tax agenda at risk Senate Republicans fear ...

The Hill - Jan. 10

Meta cutting DEI team, programs in broad shift

Meta told employees Friday it will cut its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) team and roll back several related programs, marking another major shift in policy for the leading social media ...

The Hill - Jan. 10

Self-invoking code benchmarks help you decide which LLMs to use for your programming tasks

LLMs are good at coding simple functions. But how good are they at calling their own functions to solve complex problems?

VentureBeat - Jan. 10

The Fed Is in No Rush to Cut Rates

Fed officials have signaled that it will take more than one weak report to convince them that the labor market is deteriorating.

The New York Times - Jan. 10

Cutting out alcohol for "Dry January"

Many Americans are starting off this new year by focusing on sobriety and giving up alcohol for Dry January. CBS News' Bradley Blackburn has more.

CBS News - Jan. 9

Rate-Cut Decision Was Narrow, Fed Minutes Show

Stubborn inflation, and potential tariffs, make future rate cuts uncertain.

The New York Times - Jan. 8

Active mutual funds struggle to beat large-cap stock benchmarks — again

Professional stock pickers in the mutual-fund industry had a tough time in 2024 beating indexes that passively track U.S. large-cap equities, according to BofA Global Research.

MarketWatch - Jan. 8

Washington Post cutting 4 percent of workforce

The Washington Post plans to cut nearly 4 percent of its total workforce in the coming days, the company said Tuesday. A Post spokesperson said the cuts are part of plans to make larger changes ...

The Hill - Jan. 7

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