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Senator Jon Husted, a Republican from Ohio, speaks during a roundtable on a ratepayer protection pledge in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. Bonnie Cash | Bloomberg | Getty Images Senate Republicans may be able to head back…

Palantir CEO Alex Karp called for “reasonable guidelines” on artificial intelligence regulation and said nationalization may be needed as leaders deliberate over the technology’s risks. “You have to find a way to set reasonable guidelines that are enforced, but you can’t do it,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Thursday. “The first line…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman walks between meetings on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 29, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters OpenAI completed a secondary share sale totaling roughly $7 billion, allowing current and former employees to sell stock at the company’s $852 billion valuation, CNBC confirmed on Monday. The tender offer has been in the…

RAW Capital Partners has expanded its specialist lending proposition with the launch of a bridging finance range. The Guernsey-based lender, which has provided bespoke mortgages to foreign nationals, UK expats and Channel Islanders investing in UK buy-to-let (BTL) property for more than a decade, is continuing to broaden its offering following its expansion into…

The city of New York can continue to roll out its pied-a-terre tax on wealthy New Yorkers who own second homes, a state appeals court ruled. That’s at least until those suing over the tax face off with Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Law Department in court later this month, amNY reported. The decision comes after the…

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