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Companies could be owed billions of dollars if tariff ruling sticks – Axios

Companies could be owed billions of dollars if tariff ruling sticks  Axios The Supreme Court faces a critical test related to Trump’s tariffs  MSNBC News Treasury yields jump on prospect of U.S. having to refund tariff money; 30-year yield tops 4.97%  CNBC Tariff Chaos Reigns and America’s Economy Suffers  Bloomberg.com Trump Signals Imminent Supreme Court Appeal to Protect Tariffs  The New York Times Source link

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How To Make A Billion Dollars Selling Hot Dogs

How To Make A Billion Dollars Selling Hot Dogs

Dick Portillo opened a hot dog stand in Chicago with $1,100 and built it into a billion-dollar regional chain, Portillo’s. After cashing out in 2014, he bought back some stores and built a new real estate and restaurant empire—now, he sits back and collects the rent. It’s been 11 years since Richard “Dick” Portillo sold Portillo’s, the restaurant chain offering …

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Why US has a veto on what India can (and can’t) buy with its dollars – Times of India

Why US has a veto on what India can (and can’t) buy with its dollars – Times of India

Why US has a veto on what India can (and can’t) buy with its dollars  Times of India Are potatoes good for you? Not french fries.  USA Today Eating This Fast Food Fave May Raise Diabetes Risk by 20%, New Study Says  EatingWell Fig 2 | Associations between replacing potato intake with other foods…  researchgate.net Are potatoes bad for type 2 diabetes?  India Today Source …

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Supreme Court Lets Trump Cut Millions of Dollars in NIH Grants

Supreme Court Lets Trump Cut Millions of Dollars in NIH Grants

A splintered US Supreme Court let the Trump administration temporarily cut off potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in medical research grants that government officials say don’t align with the president’s policies. The justices partially put on hold a federal trial judge’s decision that the National Institutes of Health acted in an “arbitrary and capricious” manner when it terminated thousands …

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It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes

It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes

It’s not AI winter just yet, though there is a distinct chill in the air. Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division. A new report out of MIT finds that 95 percent of companies’ generative AI programs have failed to earn any profit whatsoever. Tech stocks tanked Tuesday, regarding broader fears that this bubble may have swelled …

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Sam Altman admits OpenAI ‘totally screwed up’ its GPT-5 launch and says the company will spend trillions of dollars on data centers

Sam Altman admits OpenAI ‘totally screwed up’ its GPT-5 launch and says the company will spend trillions of dollars on data centers

Sam Altman wants to rewire the internet, build brain-computer interfaces, and maybe even buy Google Chrome. He even sees a future where sustaining ChatGPT’s growth means building infrastructure so massive it rivals the world’s largest utilities. But first, he’s cleaning up a mess at the center of his empire: GPT-5. The OpenAI CEO told reporters last week—at a rare, hyper-candid …

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Former Disney child star woke up to ‘zero dollars’ in bank account after nearly 20 years in showbiz

Former Disney child star woke up to ‘zero dollars’ in bank account after nearly 20 years in showbiz

Alyson Stoner had worked in showbiz for nearly 20 years when the former child star checked a bank account, expecting over a million dollars – and there was nothing. The entertainer had been performing since turning 3 years old. The 32-year-old danced alongside Missy Elliott, and appeared in “Cheaper by the Dozen” and “Camp Rock,” among other films. Yet after …

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Michigan football fined tens of millions of dollars

Michigan football fined tens of millions of dollars

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The NCAA fined Michigan tens of millions of dollars Friday and suspended coach Sherrone Moore for three games for a sign-stealing scandal that has loomed over college football’s winningest program for nearly two years, including its national championship season in 2023. The NCAA said it had “overwhelming” and concerning evidence of a cover-up by Wolverines …

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New York claims Zelle’s shoddy security enabled a billion dollars in scams

New York claims Zelle’s shoddy security enabled a billion dollars in scams

New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the banks behind Zelle over claims that their payment platform enabled “massive amounts of fraud” that caused customers to lose more than $1 billion between 2017 and 2023. In the lawsuit, James alleges Zelle was rushed to market, resulting in a design that made the platform “an obvious conduit for fraudulent activity.” …

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