China’s warplanes have all but erased the dividing line in the Taiwan Strait, creating a dangerous new normal
China has shown it will continue with its escalating military drills despite any calming or shifting rhetoric from Taiwan. China’s warplanes are pressuring Taiwan and have all but eliminated an important dividing line, with near-daily incursions creating a dangerous new normal. Since 2020, Taiwan has released regular, almost daily updates on incursions in its air…
I spent a day in Kamala Harris’ Fortnite town. It was full of policy details meant to reach young voters, but was mostly empty.
A view of Kamala Harris’ Freedom Town, USA, on Fortnite. Welcome to Freedom Town, USA, a Fortnite world created by the Harris-Walz campaign. On Monday, a new colorful world appeared in the video game Fortnite. It’s littered with Easter eggs for Harris-Walz devotees: You can pick up sporting goods at Coach Walz’s store, for instance,…
Who could make up Trump’s Cabinet? Here are the business leaders that could rise to power in a 2nd term
Former President Donald Trump is reportedly eyeing both former White House advisor Stephen Miller and hedge fund billionaire John Paulson for his potential Cabinet. Former President Donald Trump has said his next Cabinet would not be like his last. “I’m not going to bring many of those people back,” Trump told Time Magazine in April.…
Arizona is the epicenter of the debate over how Trump’s mass deportation plan would hit the economy
Mass deportations could disrupt the economy and reshape labor markets, many economists believe. The mass deportation of people living in the US illegally has been one of the cornerstones of the Republican presidential ticket leading up to the November election. In speeches, former president Donald Trump has suggested that deportations could lower housing prices and…
Why the October jobs report on Friday could sink the market’s soft-landing narrative
The narrative around ongoing labor-market strength revived with September’s payrolls report, which topped economists’ expectations by over 100,000 jobs. But that could change on Friday, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases new jobs data. Expectations for October’s headline payrolls number are already relatively low at around 110,000-120,000. Economists and investors are discounting the impact…
Former Avenue Capital employee in a legal fight with billionaire boss Marc Lasry claims she was offered $5 million to ‘settle without an attorney’
Marc Lasry runs New York-based Avenue Capital. Billionaire Avenue Capital cofounder Marc Lasry offered a former female employee who accused him of years of sexual harassment a $5 million settlement in May, according to new legal filings from Gina Strum’s lawyers. Strum, a former fundraiser for Avenue who was accused in a civil lawsuit of…
Read the letter sent to AWS CEO Matt Garman, signed by 500 employees, protesting his RTO comments
Amazon Web Services’ CEO Matt Garman addressed its RTO policy in an all-hands meeting. Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman is facing backlash from some employees over his comments about its return-to-office policy, according to an open letter obtained by B-17. Over 500 employees signed a letter sent to the AWS chief on Wednesday, criticizing…
Stock market today: Indexes slip as traders digest GDP and inflation data ahead of more big earnings
US stocks wavered on Wednesday as a combination of data releases left investors with a strong impression of the US economy. Third-quarter US real GDP increased at an annualized rate of 2.8%. Though slightly below forecasts, the reading still points to a strong economy and isn’t likely to ramp up the urgency on the part…
Nvidia stock is undervalued because AI companies need to spend another $9 trillion to achieve superintelligence, Softbank CEO says
Even after Nvidia’s ascent to the second-largest company in the world, Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son says he thinks the stock is still “undervalued.” Son said in an interview on Monday that the ongoing spending trends in artificial intelligence will only accelerate in the years ahead, benefiting Nvidia and its GPU chip business, which has been…
