Larry Ellison, Chief technology officer of Oracle (L), and Jeff Bezos, founder, executive chairman of Amazon. Reuters Oracle‘s best week on the stock market since 2021 has bolstered Chairman Larry Ellison’s net worth, briefly edging him past Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Friday to become the world’s second-richest person. Ellison’s net worth reached $208.4 billion…
Former President Donald Trump will address the Israeli-American Council’s National Summit as a featured speaker next week in Washington, D.C, IAC confirmed Friday morning. IAC said President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were also invited to speak. “The IAC National Summit has become America’s largest pro-Israel conference, this year expecting to draw…
Elon Musk secretly funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars into an effort to turf a Democratic prosecutor in Texas, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The Texas resident and Tesla and SpaceX CEO was the chief financier of Saving Austin, a group that distributed incendiary material attacking District Attorney José Garza during…
Nippon Steel Corp. said Friday it has sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden, as its $14.1 billion buyout of United States Steel Corp. is at risk of falling through. The letter, signed by Nippon Steel Chairman and CEO Eiji Hashimoto and U.S. Steel President and CEO David Burritt, was sent on Sunday. Biden…
UK Foreign Office calls allegations ‘completely baseless’ as tensions escalate over war in Ukraine. Russia has revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats in Moscow accusing them of espionage and sabotage. In its announcement on Friday, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said the diplomats carried out “subversive activities and intelligence” gathering, adding that it has…
In This Story OpenAI chief Sam Altman called for more testing of artificial intelligence in an interview with Oprah for her new television special, “AI and the Future of Us,” which aired Thursday evening. Trump Media stock is on a losing streak Altman, who co-founded and heads the AI startup behind popular generative AI chatbot…
Russia has announced that it is expelling six British diplomats following accusations of espionage. President Vladimir Putin‘s Federal Security Service (FSB) confirmed a decision has been made to withdraw their accreditation immediately in response to “numerous unfriendly steps by London.” A report on Russian state TV shows an FSB official explaining the move was due…
Washington CNN — President Joe Biden is signaling new openness in allowing Ukraine to fire missiles provided by the West on targets deep inside Russia, and plans to discuss the matter with his new British counterpart at the White House on Friday. Ahead of the meeting, US officials said they did not expect Biden would…
New York City is becoming a boomtown for the robot business as companies are developing and using them to provide massages, install roof shingles, automate medical testing and much more. “New York benefits from being a global city… we have access to global capital customers in other cities,” said Jacob Hennessy, who runs the New…
Keir Starmer boards plane for Washington DC to meet Joe Biden Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer is in the White House to meet US President Joe Biden to…