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Dec 12, 2025 • 1 min read

UK economy unexpectedly contracts by 0.1% in October

Growth has slowed throughout the year

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Dec 12, 2025 • 1 min read

The impact of a Russia-Ukraine peace deal

What will and won’t change with a resolution to the war

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Dec 12, 2025 • 4 min read

Thailand dissolves parliament, heightening political turmoil as Trump seeks to salvage ceasefire with Cambodia

The escalation broke the ceasefire brokered in July by Trump who threatened to halt trade talks with the two countries unless they ended the fight.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 1 min read

Is silver the new gold?

The surge in the precious metal’s price could have ominous implications for the markets

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Dec 12, 2025 • 3 min read

Reddit challenges Australia’s under-16 social media ban in High Court filing, says law curbs political speech

Reddit filed a legal challenge seeking to either declare the law invalid, or exclude the platform from the provisions of the law

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Dec 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Trump scared Europe with his national security strategy. That's no bad thing, ex-CIA chief says

Former CIA Director General Petraeus told CNBC it was good that European nations had received a wake-up call to look after their future defense and security.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 9 min read

Broadcom stock reverses lower on a misinterpretation of what the CEO said on the earnings call

Investors were apparently not satisfied with Broadcom CEO Hock Tan's answer to an important question.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 7 min read

Altman and Musk launched OpenAI as a nonprofit 10 years ago. Now they’re rivals in a trillion-dollar market

As OpenAI turns 10, the former nonprofit AI lab is at the center of a roughly $1.4 trillion bet on AI infrastructure.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 6 min read

Costco's quarterly beat isn't enough to knock out the bears — here's what could

The quarter looked pretty down the fairway, with beats across key line items — the membership renewal rate.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 3 min read

Oracle's lease commitments jump by almost 150% as company builds out to meet AI demand

Oracle's lease commitments now total $248 billion, with $10 billion tied to cloud capacity.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 3 min read

Trump signs executive order for single national AI regulation standard, limiting power of states

President Trump's executive order, which limits the power of states in regulating AI, is a win for big tech companies that have lobbied for a federal standard.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 4 min read

Broadcom reveals its mystery $10 billion customer is Anthropic

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said Anthropic placed an additional $11 billion order in the fourth quarter.

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