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How a new generation of AI coaches could transform management training as we know it

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Can a robot teach you how to be a better boss? Read More

US hints at possible tariff carve-outs for car industry

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Trump expected to announce decision on potential exemptions from Canada and Mexico tariffs on Wednesday

Best Buy CEO Corie Barry offers her outlook on Trump’s ‘volatile’ trade war: ‘Tariffs at this level will result in price increases’

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Best Buy’s shares fell 13% as Wall Street waits to see tariffs’ impact on consumers. Read More

China sets out its economic plan for 2025: Five percent growth, more defense spending, and more generous old age benefits

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Beijing has struggled to sustain its post-pandemic recovery, with a property sector crisis, flagging consumption and youth unemployment hitting growth. ...

Trump wants to use ‘God Squad’ to approve his plans to increase logging by bypassing endangered species protections

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But experts say there are strict procedural requirements — and no provision under law to proactively use the committee to ...

Sequoia’s Roelof Botha on the current dealmaking climate, VC firm proliferation, and sneaker style

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Sequoia Capital’s Roelof Botha discusses leadership and the shifting VC landscape. Read More

‘If they pull the plug here, we will be socially destroyed’ says the German people as they struggle to imagine life without U.S. airbase

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The wider sense of shock at the changing transatlantic dynamic is felt in Ramstein, where many residents have lived closely ...

Some DOGE employees are earning six-figure taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are shutting down

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While DOGE has aggressively downsized government offices, some of its own members are earning top-tier federal salaries, Wired reported. Read ...

Trump deportation push largely ignores major tool—E-Verify system that employers can use to check workers

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A nearly 30-year-old government system called E-Verify makes it easy to check if potential employees can legally work in the ...

Companies are betting that robots can teach humans how to be better managers

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“How to give better feedback, how to do performance reviews, how to talk to a recruiter. Those are vanilla things. ...

The SEC’s ‘Crypto Mom’ defends decision to drop lawsuits: ‘Our law is not supposed to be a game of gotcha’

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Commissioner Hester Peirce on the SEC’s new approach toward blockchain. Read More

Democrats slam Trump’s ‘unprecedented giveaway to his billionaire friends’ in response to president’s Congress speech

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First-term Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin spoke from a working-class community south of Detroit, after Trump delivered the longest address to ...

Tom Hale, CEO of Oura: ‘If you want to perform at the highest level, sleep is one of the foundational elements’

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Also: Carlyle and Blackstone execs on tariffs, Target and Best Buy warn of price increases, Wall Street is distraught. Read ...

Trump may roll back Mexico and Canada tariffs as soon as today, but conflicting messages are giving consumers and Wall Street whiplash

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick hinted President Trump is already considering tariff concessions. Read More

U.K. vows to fast-track military purchases to help secure Europe amid Ukraine fallout

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“The U.S. has supported Ukraine more than any other country in the world. It is important now that Europe steps up,” ...

Color-changing smartphones, connected cars and smart contact lenses: the gadgets of Mobile World Congress 2025

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This year’s stands have wowed visitors with ultra-lifelike humanoid robots, color-changing smartphones, smart contact lenses and much more. Read More

Billionaire 5-hour Energy founder says you can learn more about managing a business from your mom than getting an MBA

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“She has unruly employees she can’t fire—24/7,” Manoj Bhargava said. Read More

Cybercrime gang stole and resold hundreds of Taylor Swift tickets on StubHub, prosecutors say

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The contractors stole the URLs of tickets purchased on StubHub and emailed them to others in New York, who then ...

‘Germany is back’: Coalition unveils bumper $1.3 trillion spending pledge as country breaks with constitution to revive economy

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Germany’s coalition agreed a landmark deal to exempt defense spending from its harsh debt brakes, in addition to unveiling a ...

Trump touts TSMC, natural gas and Panama Canal deals to Congress in a premature victory lap

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Trump pointed to three deals the claimed proved how his officials were bringing jobs back to the U.S., opening up ...

US cuts off intelligence sharing with Ukraine

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Fresh blow to embattled government in Kyiv as Trump administration shifts on conflict

RGA and Equitable pen $32 billion reinsurance deal expected to boost future earnings as Wall Street issues hold ratings 

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Two Fortune500 companies have announced a reinsurance agreement for $32 billion worth of policies, with RGA adding it expects to ...

Malaysia is buying Arm’s blueprints for $250 million to realize its ambitions to be a ‘non-aligned’ chip player

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Malaysia hopes its Arm deal will help foster 10 local chip companies with annual revenue between $1.5 billion to $2 ...

Only 9 states still tax groceries and with egg prices soaring several are trying to leave the club

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The efforts come as states face uncertainty about their budgets because of cuts in Medicaid and other federal programs being ...

Federal judge denies Elon Musk’s request to block OpenAI for-profit conversion—but she’d be happy to hold a trial

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U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled late Tuesday that “Musk has not demonstrated likelihood of success on the merits” ...

Powerful storms kill 2 in Mississippi and launch wildfires and blizzard conditions across the U.S.

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The alarming weather could be one of the first big tests for the National Weather Service after hundreds of forecasters were ...

She co-founded the office that became DOGE. Now, she sees ‘irresponsible transformation.’

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The founder of Code for America helped revamp government’s use of technology in the Obama Administration. She lays out the ...

Trump vows more ‘swift and unrelenting action’ to change U.S. economy, immigration and foreign policy in record 99-minute Congress speech

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Trump spoke at a critical juncture, as voters who returned him to the White House on his promise to fix ...

Startup aiming to build AI models for chemistry adds two AI ‘godfathers’ to advisory panel as it grabs top research talent from Google

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Geoff Hinton and Yann LeCun both join advisory board of CuspAI, which aims to find novel materials that can help ...

Norway’s oil fund to allocate billions to long-short equity hedge funds

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Norges Bank Investment Management to give $250mn mandates to external managers