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Economics

Political Conventions Bring in Less Money Than Promised

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The economic impact on host cities of political conventions’ like the DNC and RNC are not quite as advertised

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Artificial Intelligence

ByteDance is Winning the China AI Race. That’s Bad News for TikTok.

ByteDance, the China-based TikTok owner and political punching bag, is emerging as the nation’s answer to OpenAI.

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Finance

Sixth Street Gives Affirm a Big Boost

Private credit and buy-now-pay-later firms are teaming up to cut banks out of the consumer finance supply chain.

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M&A

Nippon Steel’s $15 Billion Acquisition of US Steel Might Fall Through

The Committee on Foreign Investment is divided on if the deal presents a security risk. The split gives Biden more grounds to block the deal.

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