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Anthropic Accuses Chinese AI Firms of Data Theft, OpenAI Strikes Consulting Deals, IBM Shares Plunge, and £40m Aircraft Fraud Ends in Jail
The global AI race is escalating into open confrontation after U.S. startup Anthropic accused Chinese rivals of industrial-scale intellectual property theft , alleging millions of exchanges were used to extract capabilities from its Claude chatbot . At the same time, OpenAI is deepening its enterprise push with multiyear partnerships with top consulting firms, aiming to embed AI agents into corporate workflows. Meanwhile, shares of IBM tumbled after Anthropic signaled it
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SCOTUS Overrules Trump; Xbox Goes AI First; Private Equity Wobbles; and Meta Trims Stock Comp
Markets were jolted after the Supreme Court struck down the core of President Trump’s sweeping tariff program , prompting an immediate White House countermove with a new global levy, first at 10% , then raised to 15% . In corporate boardrooms, Microsoft’s longtime Xbox chief is stepping aside as the company doubles down on AI leadership, alternative asset manager Blue Owl is facing investor scrutiny over loan sales and liquidity concerns , and Meta is trimming employee
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Amazon Overtakes Walmart; eBay buys Depop in $1.2B Depop Deal; and Zuckerberg Faces Trial Pressure On the Hill
The corporate reshuffle is accelerating across retail, tech, and consulting. Amazon has officially dethroned Walmart as the world’s largest company by revenue, powered not just by ecommerce but by the profit engine of AWS and advertising. eBay is doubling down on ecommerce with a $1.2 billion acquisition of Depop , while Mark Zuckerberg is under scrutiny in a landmark trial over whether Instagram targeted young users despite public denials. And inside boardrooms, the AI
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Anthropic Accuses Chinese AI Firms of Data Theft, OpenAI Strikes Consulting Deals, IBM Shares Plunge, and £40m Aircraft Fraud Ends in Jail
The global AI race is escalating into open confrontation after U.S. startup Anthropic accused Chinese rivals of industrial-scale intellectual property theft , alleging millions of exchanges were used to extract capabilities from its Claude chatbot . At the same time, OpenAI is deepening its enterprise push with multiyear partnerships with top consulting firms, aiming to embed AI agents into corporate workflows. Meanwhile, shares of IBM tumbled after Anthropic signaled it
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The Economics of Snowfall
A Deep Dive Into Who the Economic Winners and Losers are during Snowfall "The weather outside is frightful.” Frank Sinatra I was working from home on a random weekday when I took a break to look at the view from my apartment and let my mind wander. Whilst I watched people penguin walk and cars all but crawl, I settled on an interesting thought: who benefits and suffers the most financially when it snows? That question led me down an incredibly fascinating rabbit hole, t
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Your "Investment" Is Probably a Gamble. Here's How to Know for Sure.
The Differences between Dice, Deals & Dividends; "The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.” John Maynard Keynes I commonly get consulted for investment proposals, whereby people are asking of me where I believe is best for them to deploy their capital in order to get a financial return, and the first thing that I ask [after strongly indicating that I am not a financial advisor, and the entire conversation isn’t financial advice] what their time
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SCOTUS Overrules Trump; Xbox Goes AI First; Private Equity Wobbles; and Meta Trims Stock Comp
Markets were jolted after the Supreme Court struck down the core of President Trump’s sweeping tariff program , prompting an immediate White House countermove with a new global levy, first at 10% , then raised to 15% . In corporate boardrooms, Microsoft’s longtime Xbox chief is stepping aside as the company doubles down on AI leadership, alternative asset manager Blue Owl is facing investor scrutiny over loan sales and liquidity concerns , and Meta is trimming employee
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Amazon Overtakes Walmart; eBay buys Depop in $1.2B Depop Deal; and Zuckerberg Faces Trial Pressure On the Hill
The corporate reshuffle is accelerating across retail, tech, and consulting. Amazon has officially dethroned Walmart as the world’s largest company by revenue, powered not just by ecommerce but by the profit engine of AWS and advertising. eBay is doubling down on ecommerce with a $1.2 billion acquisition of Depop , while Mark Zuckerberg is under scrutiny in a landmark trial over whether Instagram targeted young users despite public denials. And inside boardrooms, the AI
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Warren Buffetts Last Move; The Abrupt Departure of European Central Bank’s Chair; and another Scandal at the Louvre
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire trimmed big tech stakes in Apple and Amazon as he closed out his CEO run, while European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde is reportedly planning an early exit moves that could reshuffle capital and political risk. OpenAI is scaling in India with Tata, locking 100MW (and eyeing 1GW) of AI-ready capacity, and the Louvre uncovered a $12M ticket-fraud ring that exposed institutional vulnerability. Big money, shifting leadership, and AI infr
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