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Markets notch small gains as tech stocks rise and Trump delivers mixed signals on tariffs thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Markets notch small gains as tech stocks rise and Trump delivers mixed signals on tariffs

President Donald Trump said he’s made “200 deals” on tariffs but declined to say with whom. Stock markets rose for the fourth consecutive...

Elon Musk defends political deepfakes on X in latest free speech battle thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Elon Musk defends political deepfakes on X in latest free speech battle

X is challenging the constitutionality of a Minnesota ban on using deepfakes to influence elections and harm candidates. X Corp., the social media...

The 4 foods that science says can help you live to 100 thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

The 4 foods that science says can help you live to 100

Lessons from the Mediterranean diet and the Planetary Health diet can help you age well. The scientifically-backed lifestyle habits to help you live...

Harvard’s defiance of Trump’s ‘authoritarian incursion’ supported by 60 past and present college and university presidents thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Harvard’s defiance of Trump’s ‘authoritarian incursion’ supported by 60 past and present college and university presidents

Harvard president Alan Garber refused demands made by the Trump admin, which said it will freeze more than $2 billion in grants in...

United Airlines plans for two outcomes in the economic fog — weaker but stable and full&blown recession thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

United Airlines plans for two outcomes in the economic fog — weaker but stable and full&blown recession

The airline issued dual-guidance benchmarks in the face of extreme market uncertainty. Given the destiny-determining questions that are plaguing the U.S. economy, United...

Figma, software unicorn, confidentially files for an IPO despite Wall Street turbulence thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Figma, software unicorn, confidentially files for an IPO despite Wall Street turbulence

Figma has confidentially filed for an IPO more than a year after a $20 billion acquisition bid by Adobe fell apart due to...

Crypto exchange OKX relaunches in U.S. two months after settling with DOJ for $500 million thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Crypto exchange OKX relaunches in U.S. two months after settling with DOJ for $500 million

The Seychelles-based crypto exchange also established a regional HQ in San Jose, California, and appointed Roshan Robert as its new U.S. CEO. Seychelles-based...

‘Not just a cyclical recovery, but a boom.’ BofA says a ‘key tail risk’ is that the Trump economy will actually start to take off thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

‘Not just a cyclical recovery, but a boom.’ BofA says a ‘key tail risk’ is that the Trump economy will actually start to take off

“Today a confluence of factors argue that the key tail risk that may not be priced in is not just a cyclical recovery, but a boom,” BofA Research analysts write....

Trump&supporter CEO calls out administration’s ethane export ban to China: ‘These kinds of actions rarely hurt the intended target and often backfire’ thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Trump&supporter CEO calls out administration’s ethane export ban to China: ‘These kinds of actions rarely hurt the intended target and often backfire’

About half of all ethane exports go to China to feed its petrochemical manufacturing industry. Leading U.S. energy products exporter Enterprise Products Partners...

Competitive cricketer turned assistant brand manager is now heading a $368 billion giant. Meet P&G’s new CEO Shailesh Jejurikar thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Competitive cricketer turned assistant brand manager is now heading a $368 billion giant. Meet P&G’s new CEO Shailesh Jejurikar

The company behind Charmin, Bounty, and Tide named chief operating officer Shailesh Jejurikar as its next CEO, effective Jan.1, 2026. Fortune 500 consumer...