A guest poses for a photograph during the Jellycat Road Trip to Joy at Nordstrom Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Jeff Schear / Stringer/ Getty Images Christmas is just around the corner and if you’re stuck on what to gift your Gen Z family members, a cuddly plush toy might be the answer this year. […]
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H-1B applicants face a challenging year ahead as political pushback to the visas is reinforced with a slew of actions from the U.S. administration. On Monday, the U.S. Embassy in India posted on X that since Dec. 15, it has started conducting online presence reviews of all H-1B and H-4 visa applicants in a bid
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Jonathan Ross, chief executive officer of Groq Inc., during the GenAI Summit in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, May 30, 2024. David Paul | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia has agreed to buy assets from Groq, a designer of high-performance artificial intelligence accelerator chips, for $20 billion in cash, according to Alex Davis, CEO
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Europe is pressing ahead with plans to ban Russian gas imports by the end of 2027, effectively capping Moscow’s energy future in the region and leaving a bevy of stranded assets in its wake. The dual Nord Stream 1 and 2 subsea pipelines were early casualties of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the infrastructure being
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A bipartisan group of Senators on Wednesday called for an audit into the Department of Justice’s handling of the files related to the disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a letter to DOJ Acting Inspector General Dan Berthiaume, a group of 12 senators said the DOJ had violated a law — dubbed the Epstein Files
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The U.S. economy grew at a much greater-than-expected pace in the third quarter, boosted by strong consumer spending, a delayed report released Tuesday showed. U.S. gross domestic product, a sum of all goods and services produced in the sprawling U.S. economy, expanded by 4.3% in the July-September period, the Commerce Department said in its initial
Former Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly said Tuesday that the next phase of the artificial intelligence boom will focus on becoming more efficient. As major AI players race to churn out the infrastructure needed to support AI workloads, Kelly told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that the industry will need to streamline these power-intensive buildouts. “We
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National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Tuesday that the Federal Reserve is not cutting interest rates quickly enough, even though the U.S. economy grew at a much faster-than-expected pace in the third quarter. Hassett, a leading contender to succeed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell when his term ends in May, said the artificial intelligence
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Gold and silver have rallied this year — and prices keep climbing. Gold futures for February delivery rose settled 0.8% higher at $4,505.7, after hitting a record of $4,530.80 per ounce. Spot gold was up 1.03% to $4,491.23 per ounce. Meanwhile silver futures for March advanced 4.46% and was last seen at $71.62 per ounce, while spot silver was last trading
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stocks rose for a fourth straight session on Tuesday, as artificial intelligence names continued to outperform during a holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 added 0.46%, closing at
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