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25 Sep 2024

Top Donor Contributions to Donald Trump & Kamala Harris as of September 2024.

Google & Microsoft very disproportionately donate to the Democratic Party. Between them, they control close to 100% of web browsers and search. Any bias? Source: @TheRabbitHole84

25 Sep 2024

US CREDIT CARD INTEREST RATES ARE AT ALL-TIME HIGHS

US credit card rates remain at record highs of ~22%. US credit card debt is now ~$1.14 trillion, also at an all-time high. This means Americans pay ~$250 billion in average interest payments on credit cards a year. Source: Global Markets Investor

25 Sep 2024

Microsoft in a nuclear power deal with Constellation Energy for AI data centers

Source: Bloomberg

25 Sep 2024

UBS is ahead of schedule on cost savings according to CEO S. Ermotti

Source: Reuters

24 Sep 2024

Qualcomm wants to buy Intel. Would that be enough to overtake Nvidia?

Source: FastCompany

24 Sep 2024

A visualisation of why the fees you pay, matter:

Source: Koyfin

24 Sep 2024

The outcomes of reshoring are already becoming apparent.

Thanks to chipact, the US can benefit from Taiwan Semiconductors $TSMC knowhow in Mobile processors on their home turf. TSMC Arizona is shipping wafers now. Source: 🌿 litho @lithos_graphein on X

24 Sep 2024

Anthropic, OpenAI’s largest startup competitor, has started talking to investors about raising capital in a deal that could value the startup at $30 billion to $40 billion

roughly doubling its valuation from a funding that closed early this year, according to an existing investor who spoke to company leaders. Source: www.theinformation.com https://lnkd.in/eQ9ZKAFC

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