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Checkout.com’s new $12B valuation is a glass half-full situation   thumbnail
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Checkout.com’s new $12B valuation is a glass half-full situation  

The Business Economic provides reliable, free, up-to-the-minute syndicated news to any media publication. The Business Economic is a network member of the Associated...

Leonardo DiCaprio says his first agent thought he’d never get hired in Hollywood because his name was ‘too ethnic’: ‘Your name is Lenny Williams’ thumbnail
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Leonardo DiCaprio says his first agent thought he’d never get hired in Hollywood because his name was ‘too ethnic’: ‘Your name is Lenny Williams’

Leonardo DiCaprio’s early struggles in Hollywood are the stuff of legend, but a newly resurfaced story offers fresh insight into the industry’s long...

U.S. Olympic gold medalist went from $200,000-a-year sponsorship to $12-an-hour internship thumbnail
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U.S. Olympic gold medalist went from $200,000-a-year sponsorship to $12-an-hour internship

Even for Olympic gold medalists, financial security isn’t guaranteed. Just ask Lauryn Williams. The Olympic track and bobsled champion earned $200,000 a year...

Thomson Reuters CPO: These are the 4 non-negotiable pillars of professional agentic AI thumbnail
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Thomson Reuters CPO: These are the 4 non-negotiable pillars of professional agentic AI

We are witnessing a fundamental shift in artificial intelligence that will transform how professionals work. The emergence of agentic AI—systems capable of autonomous...

Costco CFO promises the hot dog and drink combo will never cost more than $1.50 thumbnail
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Costco CFO promises the hot dog and drink combo will never cost more than $1.50

Some things never change—traffic is always annoying; the rent is alway too high; a Philadelphia sports event will never be chill. And Costco...

Goodwill CEO says hiring managers are going behind their bosses’ backs and looking for workers with college degrees, not skills thumbnail
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Goodwill CEO says hiring managers are going behind their bosses’ backs and looking for workers with college degrees, not skills

More bad news for job seekers—especially non-grad Gen Zers. Just because an employer claims it’s ditching degree requirements to recruit more diverse talent,...

Britain’s business backlash: CEOs warn Reeves’s tax hikes are pushing UK to the brink thumbnail
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Britain’s business backlash: CEOs warn Reeves’s tax hikes are pushing UK to the brink

Rachel Reeves is facing a mounting revolt from Britain’s business leaders, with chiefs across sectors warning that her tax hikes and labour reforms...

Pound slides as Bailey hints at rate cuts if inflation falls thumbnail
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Pound slides as Bailey hints at rate cuts if inflation falls

The pound fell sharply on Wednesday after Andrew Bailey suggested the Bank of England could cut interest rates if inflation eases further, in...

AI data centres to swallow 10% of global power surge — with US demand soaring to 40% by 2035, warns BP thumbnail
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AI data centres to swallow 10% of global power surge — with US demand soaring to 40% by 2035, warns BP

Artificial intelligence data centres are set to devour a massive share of the world’s electricity growth over the next decade, according to BP’s...

Crypto entrepreneur raises £750m for Britain’s biggest AI data centre thumbnail
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Crypto entrepreneur raises £750m for Britain’s biggest AI data centre

A 31-year-old cryptocurrency entrepreneur has stunned the tech world by raising more than £750m ($1.1bn) to build Britain’s biggest artificial intelligence data centre...