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Trump picks oil industry CEO Chris Wright as Energy secretary
President-elect Trump said oil and gas industry executive Chris Wright, founder and CEO of Liberty Energy, is his pick to lead the Department of Energy.
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Activist ValueAct is poised to trim fat and help boost profits at Meta Platforms. Here’s how
Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool in Meta Platforms' arsenal, and if it's optimized, it can contribute to earnings per share growth.
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UK economy surprises with September contraction, grows just 0.1% in the third quarter
The U.K. economy showed a surprise contraction in September and only marginal growth in the third quarter, initial figures showed Friday.
Business
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Jake Paul, Mike Tyson fight breaks record for biggest boxing gate outside of Las Vegas
The fight's promoter, Most Valuable Promotions, told CNBC it expects more than 70,000 people to attend the Friday night bout at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
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Space stocks saw big gains this week in part due to 'Trump-Elon trade' rally, analysts say
Several pure-play space stocks rallied 20% or more this week, in part driven by what sector analysts say is a "Trump-Elon trade."
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McDonald's to invest more than $100 million to speed up recovery after E. coli outbreak
This week, the company completed the return of Quarter Pounder burgers, with slivered onions, to all restaurant menus nationwide.
Technology
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Airlines, banks, casinos, package deliveries, and emergency services around the world are recovering today from what could be "the largest tech outage in history." the root cause was not a foreign agent but linked back to a software update issued by a u-s based cybersecurity firm called "Crowd Strike." Could this have been avoided?
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In London, a mobile phone is stolen every 6 minutes. "If I steal your phone, I'm stealing a thousand dollars," says digital identity expert David Birch. But "If I can get into your bank account, I can steal $100,000. So that's what they really want." So there are important steps to take immediately - including turning off message preview.
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"Human beings had a play-based childhood from time immemorial," says author Jonathan Haidt. What caused teen mental health decline is "between 2010 and 2015, phones, screens come sweeping in...The most important thing that parents can do is delay the age at which their child gets immersed in internet culture."