Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on Jan. 30, 2025. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images As rescuers continued retrieving bodies out of the frigid Potomac River on Thursday, the deadliest […]
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OpenAI in talks to raise funding that would value AI startup at up to $340 billion
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks next to SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son after U.S. President Donald Trump delivered remarks on AI infrastructure at the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington on Jan. 21, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters OpenAI is in talks to raise up to $40 billion in […]
Comcast stock falls 11% after company underwhelms in broadband, Peacock subscribers
Comcast topped Wall Street’s fourth-quarter estimates Thursday despite reporting larger-than-expected broadband subscriber losses and stagnating paid subscribers for its streaming service, Peacock. Wall Street has been particularly focused on cable companies’ broadband businesses, which still garner high revenue and earnings but have been in the midst of a customer growth […]
IBM rallies 13%, notches best day since 2000 on strong earnings
Chairman, President and CEO of IBM Arvind Krishna attends the 55th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2025. Yves Herman | Reuters IBM surged 13% Thursday on the back of a strong fourth-quarter print that showed artificial intelligence growth boosting its software business. The move […]
Microsoft stock slumps more than 6% on disappointing revenue outlook
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, speaking on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2025. Gerry Miller | CNBC Microsoft shares dropped 6.2% after issuing weak current-quarter guidance after the bell Wednesday. The software giant topped Wall Street’s fiscal second-quarter estimates, posting earnings […]
Denver awarded NWSL’s 16th franchise at record $110 million expansion fee
Milehightraveler | Istock | Getty Images Professional women’s soccer is coming to Denver, Colorado, beginning in 2026. On Thursday, the National Women’s Soccer League awarded Denver the league’s 16th franchise at a record $110 million expansion fee, according to a person familiar with the deal, who spoke on the condition […]
RFK Jr. stumbles over basics of Medicare, Medicaid during Senate confirmation hearings
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., Jan. 30, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump‘s pick […]
67 believed dead after American Airlines plane collides with Army helicopter
People look out towards the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River as it approached the Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images There were no survivors after an American Airlines regional jet with 64 people aboard collided […]
Trump lashes out at Biden, DEI efforts after D.C. plane crash
President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted former President Joe Biden and Democratic diversity measures after a midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter above Washington, D.C., the night before. Trump, speaking at the White House, claimed that policies promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, […]
Morehouse College president: Trump funding freeze is an ‘existential threat’ to higher education
Morehouse College President David Thomas speaks during Morehouse College’s graduation ceremony, before US President Joe Biden delivers his commencement address, in Atlanta, Georgia on May 19, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images David Thomas, the president of Morehouse College, said his office fielded a surge of calls this […]