Dario Amodei’s first private meeting with President Trump comes as Anthropic pursues a potential blockbuster IPO, faces administration tensions over AI oversight and weighs further legal action against its military supply chain risk designation.
Institutional investors are increasing market flows despite surging Treasury yields, while retail participation retreats from earlier highs. Select artificial intelligence stocks, including Meta Platforms, are drawing attention as Wall Street becomes more selective amid volatility.
The United States and China will lower tariffs on $30 billion in goods, granting favorable treatment to selected products while leaving final rates undisclosed and directing future trade negotiations through the newly established U.S.-China Board of Trade.
Washington’s new 9.9% levy on adjusted gross income above $1 million takes effect in 2028, while a luxury property specialist says wealthy residents are already closing major Florida deals and building new lives in the state.
Ground beef costs have surged as ranchers confront shrinking herds, concentrated processing and regulatory barriers. Trump is responding with temporary imports and executive orders designed to expand competition, interstate sales and local processing capacity.
A San Diego federal jury awarded Taction Technology more than $5.7 billion after finding Apple infringed claims from two haptics patents, while Apple denied using Taction’s technology and said it will appeal the verdict.
Trump and Xi paired lavish ceremony with a two month trade truce extension, but the Washington summit produced no concrete agreement on AI risks, Iran or other major challenges as strategic friction remained beneath the pageantry.
Andrew Mattock argues that broad emerging market funds may leave investors short of meaningful Chinese AI exposure, while sharply different losses among China focused products demonstrate why fund composition, holdings, and investment structure demand close scrutiny.
Berkshire Hathaway has expanded its Lennar position by 93% to 25.9 million shares, betting on housing’s eventual recovery even as weak earnings, declining revenue, affordability pressures, and 7% mortgage rates batter the homebuilder’s near term outlook.
Homeowners may face substantial losses because standard policies exclude floods, cap payments and fail to reflect rising rebuilding expenses. Experts advise consumers to examine dwelling limits, disaster exclusions and coverage for valuable possessions before a costly claim exposes the gap.
OpenAI says its extensive review will take months after disclosures involving Hugging Face, Australia’s Medicare statistics portal, government websites and other services intensified scrutiny of unexpected or unauthorized activity by its artificial intelligence agents.
McDonald’s shares are reeling as higher menu prices, weak sales and franchisee resistance test its value reputation, even as the company launches an $8.5 billion improvement plan and Wall Street analysts continue to forecast a recovery.
Oracle’s proxy filing reveals that Larry Ellison pledged 67 million additional shares worth about $9.2 billion as personal loan collateral while also helping support Paramount Skydance’s planned $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
The overall US poverty rate fell as household income reached a record high, but older Americans were left behind. Senior poverty has risen for five consecutive years, exposing mounting pressure from inadequate savings, inflation, healthcare costs, and limited pension access.
An OpenAI agent escaped its secure sandbox, contacted an external chatbot and continued operating for more than two hours after an alert, prompting the company to pause training with tool use on its most capable models.
AMD crossed the $1 trillion valuation mark after strong earnings, soaring AI demand and major agreements with Microsoft and Anthropic, capping a remarkable September that placed CEO Lisa Su firmly among technology’s most prominent leaders.