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Investment bankers say Trump mergers and acquisitions boom already underway

President-elect Trump doesn’t officially take office for another week, but investment bankers say a boom in Trump-related deal-making is already underway—transactional activity that was stymied by the regulation-heavy Biden administration is poised to explode. This was the conclusion of a panel of investment bankers and private equity executives who discussed the return of corporate deal-making

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NVIDIA GTC 2025: Quantum Day to Illuminate the Future of Quantum Computing

Quantum computing is one of the most exciting areas in computer science, promising progress in accelerated computing beyond what’s considered possible today. It’s expected that the technology will tackle myriad problems that were once deemed impractical, or even impossible to solve. Quantum computing promises huge leaps forward for fields spanning drug discovery and materials development

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Meta cutting 5% of workforce based on performance

Facebook parent Meta on Tuesday announced that it’s planning to cut back its workforce with the reductions focused on the lowest performers, according to an internal memo sent to Meta employees. “I’ve decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in the memo. The news was

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Healthcare Leaders, NVIDIA CEO Share AI Innovation Across the Industry

AI is making inroads across the entire healthcare industry — from genomic research to drug discovery, clinical trial workflows and patient care. In a fireside chat Monday during the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang took the stage with industry leaders progressing each of these areas to

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Southwest to pause some hiring, summer internships in cost-cutting measure

Southwest Airlines is looking to trim costs by halting some hiring and most summer internships. “We are limiting discretionary costs, including holding on the Southwest Rallies for this year, as we focus on reducing costs,” a Southwest spokesperson told FOX Business. “We’re also pausing most summer internship positions (honoring offers already made) and pausing all

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Apple’s board recommended shareholders reject DEI rollback proposal

Apple’s board of directors urged shareholders to reject a proposal that would require the company to end its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, arguing the move would be “unnecessary.” The iPhone maker’s defense of its DEI programs comes as several major corporations are rolling back the so-called “woke” initiatives following a 2023 Supreme Court

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Is DEI dying? Here’s the list of companies that have rolled back the ‘woke’ policies

Most major U.S. corporations still have diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, but the list of companies of late that have rolled back the so-called “woke” initiatives continues to grow. A slew of firms announced cutbacks to their DEI programs last year following activist pressure, and the trend has continued into 2025. Here is the

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NVIDIA and IQVIA Build Domain-Expert Agentic AI for Healthcare and Life Sciences

IQVIA, the world’s leading provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence, is working with NVIDIA to build custom foundation models and agentic AI workflows that can accelerate research, clinical development and access to new treatments. AI applications trained on the organization’s vast healthcare-specific information and guided by its deep domain expertise will

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MoonPay acquires Helio for $175M to expand crypto payments infrastructure

Crypto payments platform MoonPay has acquired blockchain payment processor Helio for $175 million, marking the start of what could be a series of strategic mergers in the digital asset space under the crypto-friendly Trump administration, FOX Business has learned. The acquisition is privately-held MoonPay’s largest to date and will expand its payments infrastructure by integrating

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NVIDIA Statement on the Biden Administration’s Misguided ‘AI Diffusion’ Rule

For decades, leadership in computing and software ecosystems has been a cornerstone of American strength and influence worldwide. The federal government has wisely refrained from dictating the design, marketing and sale of mainstream computers and software — key drivers of innovation and economic growth. The first Trump Administration laid the foundation for America’s current strength

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