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Elon Musk becomes first person to hit $500 billion in net worth – Axios

Elon Musk becomes first person to hit $500 billion in net worth  Axios Elon Musk makes history as first person ever to hit $500B net worth milestone: report  Fox Business Musk becomes first person ever to see wealth top $500bn  BBC Judge denies Elon Musk’s bid to move Twitter case from Washington to Texas  Al Jazeera Elon Musk can now be considered richer than …

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Mysterious “rogue planet” spotted gobbling 6 billion tons of gas and dust a second

Mysterious “rogue planet” spotted gobbling 6 billion tons of gas and dust a second

A mysterious “rogue planet” has been observed gobbling six billion tons of gas and dust a second — an unprecedented rate that blurs the line between planets and stars, astronomers said Thursday. Unlike Earth and other planets in our solar system, which orbit the sun, rogue planets float freely through the universe untethered to a star. Scientists estimate there could be …

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Energy Dept. Cancels $7.5 Billion for Hundreds of Projects, Mostly in Blue States – The New York Times

Energy Dept. Cancels $7.5 Billion for Hundreds of Projects, Mostly in Blue States  The New York Times Damage from Trump’s $8B energy hit list would spill into GOP districts  Politico DOE cuts target renewables, hydrogen and more in mostly blue states  Axios The Energy Department canceled billions in funding. Democrats say it’s retribution  NPR Trump officials cancel $7.6 billion in clean energy projects  The Washington …

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Is CoreWeave a Buy After This $14 Billion News?

Is CoreWeave a Buy After This  Billion News?

Tech giant Meta is rushing to CoreWeave for AI capacity. CoreWeave (CRWV 0.72%) has grabbed investors’ attention for a few reasons over the past several months. The company has secured a close relationship with artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant Nvidia, and this is a key to the success of its own business, which is offering AI compute capacity to customers. …

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Intel stock up 50% in last month, putting U.S. stake at $16 billion

Intel stock up 50% in last month, putting U.S. stake at  billion

Signage outside the Intel headquarters in San Jose, California, US, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of U.S. chipmaker Intel climbed 3% Thursday, putting the monthly gain over 50%. The surge pushed the stock past $37, hiking the value of the U.S. government’s 10% stake in Intel to roughly $16 billion. The …

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Exoplanet without a sun found gobbling up 6 billion tons of gas and dust per second

Exoplanet without a sun found gobbling up 6 billion tons of gas and dust per second

Scientists have identified a lone planet with a ferocious appetite. Located in the Chamaeleon constellation roughly 620 light-years away, the rogue planet, named Cha 1107-7626, exists in the vast emptiness of space, far from the warmth of any star. Rogue planets like this one are cosmic drifters — worlds that roam the galaxy untethered, unlike the familiar planets bound to …

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Occidental offloads chemicals unit in $9.7 billion deal with Berkshire to cut debt – Reuters

Occidental offloads chemicals unit in $9.7 billion deal with Berkshire to cut debt  Reuters Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway set to make its biggest deal in three years  CNN Buffett faces off against himself in Occidental carve-up  Financial Times Berkshire buys OxyChem, EV sales hit records, Amazon’s grocery push and more in Morning Squawk  CNBC Buffett’s Berkshire Is Making Its Biggest Acquisition in Years—What You …

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Buys Occidental’s OxyChem For $9.7 Billion

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Buys Occidental’s OxyChem For .7 Billion

Topline Berkshire Hathaway announced Thursday it would acquire Occidental Petroleum’s petrochemical unit, OxyChem, in a deal valued at $9.7 billion, the largest deal by billionaire Warren Buffett’s firm in the last three years. Buffett has said his Berkshire Hathaway would not take complete control of the oil firm. Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Key Facts Berkshire, which …

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Berkshire Hathaway to Buy OxyChem From Occidental for $9.7 Billion. Occidental Stock Falls. – Barron's

Berkshire Hathaway to Buy OxyChem From Occidental for $9.7 Billion. Occidental Stock Falls.  Barron’s Berkshire Hathaway to buy Occidental’s OxyChem for $9.7 billion, in Buffett’s biggest deal in three years  CNBC Exclusive | Berkshire Hathaway Near $10 Billion Deal for Occidental’s Petrochemical Unit  The Wall Street Journal A Berkshire Deal for Occidental Chemicals Unit Could Bring a Surprise  Barron’s Berkshire Hathaway’s Greg Abel seals …

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