This one activity remained the largest driver of GDP growth in 2025 — not AI, according to a new report

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Data Centers in Virginia, U.S.
An AI bubble burst might not crash the economy, says a research report by MRB Partners.

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Trump is down to 'maybe one' name for the next Fed chair. Meet the short list.

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BlackRock's Rick Rieder and former Federal Reserve Gov. Kevin Warsh are now the leading prediction market favorites to be named by President Donald Trump to lead the central bank.

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What to expect from January's Fed meeting as Powell faces looming DOJ probe

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Jerome Powell will leave his post in May.

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How a $3.60 crying horse plushie became a symbol for Chinese corporate agony

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Crying horse plush toys sit on display ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which will welcome the Year of the Horse, at Yiwu International Trade City in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, China January 21, 2026.
Sad horse toys have become popular in China ahead of Lunar New Year.

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Sam Altman said OpenAI is planning to 'dramatically slow down' its pace of hiring

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Sam Altman.

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See the aftermath of the massive winter storm that pummeled the US

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Men in New York City helped move a car stuck in the snow during the winter storm on Sunday.

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I went to graduate school in China and the US. I had more educational freedom in Hong Kong.

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The author attended graduate school in China.

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A McDonald's superfan dined at over 100 of its restaurants around the world. See the most unique.

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This McDonald's in New Zealand was built in a decommissioned passenger plane.
Gary He outside the McDonald's in New Zealand that was built in a decommissioned passenger plane.

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Inside the fortune cookie factory supplying thousands of American Chinese restaurants

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America has more Chinese restaurants than McDonald's and Burger King locations combined. But many of the nation's favorite takeout dishes, such as fortune cookies and chop suey, were invented in the US, not China.

Mapped: 19,000 US flights canceled due to the huge winter storm — marking the worst weekend for air travel since COVID

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Ground crews de-ice an American Airlines jet at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport on January 24, 2026 in Dallas, Texas.
An American Airlines plane being de-iced at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Saturday.

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