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Google co-founder Sergey Brin spending more than $100 million fighting California wealth tax
The fight over a proposal to tax the assets of California billionaires to fund healthcare is getting more expensive. Google co-founder…
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Senate passes '26 spending package, except for Homeland Security funding
The Senate on Friday passed an amended spending package that replaces a full-year Department of Homeland Security funding bill with a…
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Amex projects upbeat 2026 profit on steady spending by affluent customers
It expects revenue to grow in the range of 9 to 10% – versus expectations of about 9% American Express (Amex) forecast annual profit…
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Trump housing finance chief OKs more mortgage spending and adds risk for government-backed lenders
President Trump's federal housing finance director, Bill Pulte, quietly granted government-backed lenders the authority to nearly double a…
Politics
Colombia slashes wages for its legislators as public spending balloons ahead of election
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s president on Tuesday reduced wages for members of Congress by approximately 30%, as the South American…
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Senate passes three-bill spending package, marking halfway point of delayed appropriations process
The Senate on Thursday cleared a three-bill spending package that passed the House last week, sending the measure to President Trump for…
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AI Isn’t Just Spying on You. It’s Tricking You Into Spending More.
In October, the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator published research showing that companies use loyalty programs to hook consumers, creating a…
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Pondering a run for governor, Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta faces questions about legal spending
As California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta ponders a run for governor, he faces scrutiny for his ties to people central to a federal corruption…
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Senate passes spending package to reopen government; House up next
The Senate on Monday night passed a spending package to reopen the government through at least January, after Republicans won a figurative…
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Japan PM Takaichi fills panel posts with advocates of big spending
By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's reflationist advocates of expansionary fiscal policy are making a comeback…
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NVDA: Nvidia Stock Rises as Amazon Unleashes Massive AI Spending Wave
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) shares ticked higher after investors cheered fresh signs of sustained…
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Tech giants test investors’ patience with AI spending spree
Alphabet, Meta Platforms and Microsoft, together have racked up some US$78 billion in capital expenditures last quarter The largest…
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Germany adopts short-term 2025 budget amid push for economic recovery
A general view during a session of the German Council (Bundesrat). Michael Kappeler/dpa Germany's upper house of parliament, the…
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House Kicks Off Chaotic Battle After Passing Spending Bill
The Republican-controlled House has passed another stopgap bill to keep the government chugging along until late November. The final tally…
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The U.S. Government Is Spending Way More Than It’s Making
The federal government ran a $345 billion deficit for the month of August, according to a monthly report from the U.S. Treasury Thursday.…
Business
The AI race has big tech spending US$344 billion this year
If there’s any lesson to take from the spending plans issued by the world’s largest technology companies over the past two weeks, it’s to…
Politics
Russell Vought eyes another package of federal spending to claw back
Russell Vought, head of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said another request to claw back approved federal spending is…
Business
ASML orders beat expectations after AI spending fuels demand
ASML Holding’s orders in the second quarter beat estimates after the artificial intelligence (AI) boom drove demand for its sophisticated…
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French premier wants to scrap holidays, freeze spending to slash debt
In order to reduce France's record national debt, Prime Minister François Bayrou presented a plan to cancel two public holidays, reduce…
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DOGE issues Fourth of July cuts update
In an update issued on the July 4 public holiday, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said it had saved taxpayers $804 million…
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Spain says it has not committed to meeting NATO's new 5% target
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting…
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OMB director asks Congress for $17 million while seeking to slash spending on other agencies
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought asked Congress for an additional $17 million in taxpayer funds for his agency on…
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Senate Republicans want 'more robust' spending cuts in Trump agenda bill
Senate Republicans are plotting ways to cut more spending than their House counterparts did in President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" as…
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'Abomination': Musk targets Trump's massive spending bill, as it faces hurdles in Senate
WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was already at the briefing room lectern Tuesday when Elon Musk, the world’s…