Paramount Secures Larry Ellison Backing in Amended WBD Bid
📋 Key Facts ✓ Paramount amended its WBD bid with a guarantee of Larry Ellison backing. ✓ The bid was not increased on Monday. ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Paramount amended its WBD bid with a guarantee of Larry Ellison backing. ✓ The bid was not increased on Monday. ...
Hong Kong’s momentum as an initial public offering (IPO) venue is set to hurtle onwards in 2026 after funds raised from share sales more than tripled in 2025, placing the city’s exchange atop the glob...
Google cofounder Larry Page has cut his ties to California Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Google cofounder Larry Page is cutting ties with California. A source said Page had already left the state. He h...
Google cofounded Sergey Brin and Larry Page attended the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 2007. Billy Farrell/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images T-Rex LLC, linked to Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Pag...
Sergey Brin, Larry Page, and Jeff Bezos are all approaching $300 billion net worths. Lionel Hahn/Getty Images/Elijah Nouvelage/Remo Casilli/REUTERS The $200 billion club could soon be old news as tech...
Personal guarantee from Oracle’s Larry Ellison insufficient to persuade Hollywood studio’s board...
Metals magnate Barry Zekelman says Ottawa must join Trump in protecting industry from other exporters...
Jeremy Yoder, host of Mad Scientist BBQ, has built a diversified brand that will carry his family long after he decides to stop appearing in YouTube videos. Courtesy of Jeremy Yoder Jeremy Yoder, the ...
Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Google's Larry Page had different responses to California's proposed billionaire's tax. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images, EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GettyImages A proposed w...
Garry Tan is a top seed investor. Courtesy Y Combinator founders seized the AI boom in 2025, with increasingly younger teams securing millions in seed funding. Founders launched companies ranging from...
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ATG cofounders Dillon Erb and Daniel Kobran. Autonomous Technologies Group ATG cofounders Dillon Erb and Daniel Kobran raised $15 million to build an AI wealth strategist. Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan l...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Gold and silver have hit record highs due to geopolitical tensions. ✓ US blockade on Venezuelan oil drives up precious me...
Rapid post-Christmas rally unwinds, dragging down gold and other precious metals...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Gold and silver prices have soared to new highs. ✓ Gold is reemerging as a hedge against economic uncertainty. ...
Recent surveys suggest older Americans plan to unretire in 2026 or fear they may have to down the line. Kittipong Udomsom/Getty Images More older Americans are returning to work due to financial insec...
Gold and silver, both seen as “stores of value,” briefly retook their position as the two biggest assets by market cap. Bitcoin sits in the eighth position....
XRP scored every major win in 2025 with the SEC case resolved and spot ETFs launched, yet the price crashed 50%, with the $5 target remaining elusive....
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he is "perfectly fine" with California's proposed billionaire wealth tax. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he is "perfectl...
CEOs are using AI to research topics and summarize emails. Franco Origlia/Ethan Miller/Getty Images; Alexander Drago/via REUTERS CEOs are integrating AI into their personal and professional lives. Nvi...