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Jill Bates is a writer on the Modernist Podcast. She writes politics, health, business and finance. She also has a passion for photography, travel and food.

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Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on long-time ally US

By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will retaliate against President Donald Trump’s new tariffs with 25% levies on a raft of U.S. imports, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday, warning Americans that Trump’s actions would have real consequences for them. As relations between the long-time allies who share the world’s longest land border reach […]

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Jacob Collier on whom he'd prefer to lose to at the Grammy Awards

In a category dominated by the likes of Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift, Jacob Collier is unquestionably the least famous musician nominated for album of the year at Sunday’s 67th Grammy Awards. Yet the English singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist is actually a familiar contender for the Grammys’ flagship prize: His dark-horse nod for

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Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman says he will move management company out of Delaware

Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge fund manager and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management.Adam Jeffery/CNBC via Getty Images Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman says he is moving his management company out of Delaware. It follows similar statements from companies like DropBox, Meta, and SpaceX. Some corporations are turning against Delaware, historically considered a business-friendly

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Prince Andrew sought £2.5bn with help from alleged spy

Prince Andrew sought secret advice from senior Chinese Communist officials as he tried to raise £2.5billion for his company, documents have revealed. The duke planned to “leverage the role of the royal family” to raise the money for his now-aborted Pitch@Palace entrepreneurs’ scheme in China, according to The Times. It comes after Andrew’s close confidant

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‘To call this a crime of violence is quite the understatement’: Judge detains two men accused of tying up, killing 63-year-old man

As 63-year-old George Levin finished up a Sunday dinner with his mother and sister, two men left a nearby apartment with duct tape, prosecutors said, and entered the Norwood Park home after reportedly arranging a meetup with Levin online. But in the span of about half an hour, prosecutors allege, the men brutally attacked Levin,

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The Best Advice Warren Buffett Ever Gave on Choosing the Right Investments

Matthew Cavanaugh/EPA / Shutterstock / Matthew Cavanaugh/EPA / Shutterstock Investor Warren Buffett bought his first stock at age 11 and purchased his first lot of real estate at 15. Today, the Oracle of Omaha has a net worth of $147 billion and a reputation for identifying promising investments. Read More: I’m a Financial Advisor —

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Clever architecture over raw compute: DeepSeek shatters the ‘bigger is better’ approach to AI development

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The AI narrative has reached a critical inflection point. The DeepSeek breakthrough — achieving state-of-the-art performance without relying on the most advanced chips — proves what many at NeurIPS in December had already declared: AI’s future

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