A Difficult Pivot Looms for Venture Capital
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A Pivotal Fallout Finale Scene Was Reshot, And Here's Why
Everything is not okey dokey with Lucy at the end of the first season for Amazon Prime Video's Fallout. Actress Ella Purnell has opened up about what's going on with the Vault-Dweller in the finale and why they actually reshot one gut-wrenching ...GameSpot - Tech -
A Strike Looms in a Battleground State
Also, Biden said he would be “happy to debate” Trump. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.The New York Times - Top stories -
BlackRock-Temasek Venture Amasses $1.4 Billion for Clean-Energy Wagers
The firms’ Decarbonization Partners raised its first fund to support emissions-reducing technologies.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Yoneda Labs raises $4M from Khosla Ventures to build the ‘OpenAI for chemistry’
Yoneda Labs raised $4 million from Khosla Ventures to build a foundation model for chemists to help streamline the drugmaking process.VentureBeat - Tech -
Rosenbush's Take: Rubrik IPO Reflects Increasingly Difficult Path Startups Face to Going Public
Shares of cybersecurity startup Rubrik rose on their first day of trading, reflecting how the IPO market for enterprise software startups has started to come back to life, but only for a limited group of companies.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Team Biden Is Posting Through the Looming TikTok Ban
President Joe Biden may have signed the TikTok ban bill into law, but his campaign is still active on the Chinese-owned app.Wired - Tech - Joe Biden -
Egypt warns of 'catastrophic consequences' as Rafah offensive looms
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Democrats Try to Navigate a Looming Strike in North Carolina
More than 7,000 U.A.W. workers at Daimler Truck plants in North Carolina are set to strike at midnight in a labor action that could carry political consequences.The New York Times - Top stories -
Dropzone AI gets $16.85M for autonomous cybersecurity AI agents that reduce manual work by 90 percent
Dropzone AI announced a $16.85 million Series A round led by Theory Ventures to help bring its cybersecurity AI agents to market.VentureBeat - Tech - Artificial Intelligence -
Google and Microsoft Cushion Their AI Capital Pains
Record-high capital expenditures come as both core businesses are performing well.The Wall Street Journal - World - Google -
Questions swirl over the future of TikTok. Who could own it? How will the platform operate?
Congress passed a bill that could ban TikTok. What could happen next, and who might buy the social media platform?Los Angeles Times - Entertainment -
U.S. Begins Construction of Gaza Pier as Rafah Invasion Looms
More humanitarian aid could reach the enclave’s north via the floating pier, including if a planned Israeli ground offensive disrupts deliveries in the south.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Paramount and Skydance inch closer to a merger as key hurdle looms, sources say
Paramount Global and Skydance are getting closer to final terms on a merger agreement, sources told CNBC, but a renewal with Charter remains an obstacle.CNBC - Business -
Paramount and Skydance inch closer to a merger as key hurdle looms
Paramount Global and Skydance Media are making progress on a deal that would merge the media companies and buy out controlling shareholder Shari Redstone.NBC News - Top stories -
Chris Mason: Parties squabble over policy pledges as elections loom
Political leaders fight for headlines ahead of local elections, leading to rumours of a general election.BBC News - Top stories -
A defense budget of $1 trillion is looming. Here’s how to stop it
Stopping a trillion-dollar Pentagon budget requires mass movement to overcome the arms industry’s hold over Congress.The Hill - Politics -
Mercer Raises $3.9 Billion for Multi-Asset Private Capital Fund
Private Investment Partners VII is designed to provide broad private markets exposure to investors that lack the internal resources to identify the best managers.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Massive policing for Paris Olympics to include security checks for some of the capital's residents
Special anti-terrorism measures being put in place to safeguard the unprecedented opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics on the River Seine will also apply to all buildings along the routeABC News - Sports -
Massive policing for Paris Olympics to include security checks for some of the capital's residents
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Stocks on Track for Weekly Gains as PCE Inflation Hits 2.7%
Stocks climbed, putting the major U.S. indexes on course for weekly gains despite another round of firm inflation data.The Wall Street Journal - World -
NextEra Arm, Squeezed by Niche Financing, Considers Private Capital Raise
NextEra Energy Partners is mulling its options for how to pay bills coming due under an obscure type of financing that has weighed on the company since its stock price tumbled last year.The Wall Street Journal - World -
GEM Capital adds AppMagic, Mundfish, Pixonic CEOs as investment advisors
GEM Capital announced its adding three new advisors to guide its investment strategy, all CEOs from the games industry.VentureBeat - Tech -
Michael C. Jensen, 84, Who Helped Reshape Modern Capitalism, Dies
He heralded stock options and golden parachutes as a professor at Harvard Business School, influencing a generation of Wall Street executives.The New York Times - Business -
10-year Treasury yield ends near highest levels of 2024 as Fed’s preferred inflation gauge looms
Yields on U.S. government debt finished slightly higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark 10-year rate close to 2024’s peak levels, as traders focused on the next major inflation update at the end of the week.MarketWatch - Business -
Scotland's under-pressure leader insists he won't resign before crunch confidence vote next week
Scotland’s leader has insisted that he won’t be resigning amid the fallout of his decision to pull the plug on a three-year power-sharing agreement that has made his Scottish National Party a minority governmentABC News - World -
Martian skies over Athens? Greece’s capital turns an orange hue with dust clouds from North Africa
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Capital One-Discover merger comment period extended by Feds in move seen as routine
A comment period extension for the blockbuster $35 billion acquisition of Discover Financial Services by Capital One Financial Corp. isn’t a signal that the deal will be spiked for being anti-competitive, analysts said.MarketWatch - Business -
'Struggling' Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is hoping patience pays off soon against the Rangers
Alex Ovechkin has just one shot on goal through two games of the Washington Capitals’ first-round playoff series against the New York Rangers, which they trail 2-0ABC News - Sports -
Microsoft says cloud AI demand is exceeding supply even after 79% surge in capital spending
Microsoft has more demand than supply for running artificial intelligence models in the cloud.CNBC - Business - Microsoft -
I’m going to inherit $6 million in property along with my two siblings — is there a ‘clever’ way to avoid capital-gains tax?
“There are three siblings who are heirs, including me. What happens with the eventual distribution upon my surviving parent’s death?”MarketWatch - Business -
Microsoft says cloud AI demand is exceeding supply even after 79% surge in capital spending
Microsoft has more demand than supply for running artificial intelligence models in the cloud.CNBC - Business - Microsoft -
Microsoft says cloud AI demand is exceeding supply even after 79% surge in capital spending
Microsoft has more demand than supply for running artificial intelligence models in the cloud.CNBC - Business - Microsoft -
UN warns Sudan paramilitary forces are encircling a capital in western Darfur, urges against attack
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Special teams carry Rangers to a Game 3 win and a 3-0 series lead on the Capitals
The New York Rangers are one win away from the advancing after beating the Washington Capitals 3-1 to take a 3-0 lead in their first-round seriesABC News - Sports - MLB -
Rangers dismiss Capitals, 3-1, take 3-0 first-round series lead
Igor Shesterkin made multiple marvelous saves after giving up an early soft goal and the Rangers’ special teams squashed the Washington Capitals in a 3-1 win to take a 3-0 series lead.Yahoo Sports - Sports - MLB -
Blackstone struck a deal to acquire restaurant franchiser Tropical Smoothie Cafe from Levine Leichtman Capital for nearly $2 billion, including debt.
Blackstone struck a deal to acquire restaurant franchiser Tropical Smoothie Cafe from Levine Leichtman Capital for nearly $2 billion, including debt.The Wall Street Journal - World -
BHP has offered to buy Anglo American, a long-time rival with a market capitalization of about $35 billion, in a potential megadeal that could reshape the global mining industry.
BHP has offered to buy Anglo American, a long-time rival with a market capitalization of about $35 billion, in a potential megadeal that could reshape the global mining industry.The Wall Street Journal - World