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Google just wrote its largest check in Europe. The Alphabet unit will pour at least €13 billion, roughly $15.1 billion, into Finland between 2027 and 2028. Three new data centers. An expansion of its long-running site in Hamina. Fresh wind contracts. A 94-megawatt battery. And a 22-year deal to buy up to half the output

The recent surge in gasoline prices is set to add pressure on American households already grappling with inflation and rising living costs. According to a report from Yahoo Finance, this increase will likely amplify consumer spending burdens in the months ahead as fuel costs climb higher than many anticipated. Energy analysts point to several factors

Shares of Shanghai Enflame Technology tripled in value on their first day of trading Friday. The Tencent-backed artificial intelligence chip designer raised $912 million in its initial public offering and saw its market capitalization surge past $25 billion. But the spectacle masks a more complex story of heavy losses, customer concentration and a distinct technical

Amazon has dramatically scaled its commitment to Nvidia hardware. In a span of just five months the cloud giant moved from an agreement to deploy more than one million Nvidia GPUs to a total exceeding three million chips. The latest addition of two million units covers Nvidia’s Blackwell Ultra, Rubin and Rubin Ultra architectures with

Frank Holmes sees no slowdown in sight for global travel. The CEO of U.S. Global Investors made that clear in a recent interview. Consumers keep booking flights and hotel rooms. Airlines and luxury properties pocket the gains even as oil prices climb and conflicts flare in the Middle East. Holmes joined Steve Darling on Proactive

Private credit no longer holds the upper hand it once did. Borrowers are turning back to traditional banks. And the numbers tell a clear story of shifting power in leveraged finance. Last year Catalent secured a $4.2 billion term loan from direct lenders to support its acquisition by Novo Holdings. The drug manufacturer then refinanced

President Donald Trump surprised many in the auto industry Friday when he declared he would welcome Chinese automakers opening factories inside the United States. The remarks came during an interview on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle.” They mark a notable evolution in his stance toward Beijing’s rapidly growing vehicle makers. “If China wanted to come

Google’s recent product decisions have left many longtime users feeling disappointed, and one detailed analysis from Minitap captures that sentiment perfectly. The post lays out a series of missteps that suggest the search giant is losing touch with what made its products valuable in the first place. Rather than focusing on reliability and user control,

Google has altered a fundamental piece of its search results page. The blue links that millions click every day no longer point directly to the destination site in the HTML. They route through google.com/goto first. This shift, which began as a limited test in mid-2026, reached near-universal coverage by late August. Observers noticed it. Tools

Seventeen autonomous agents now handle chunks of account management for a major foodservice company. The result? Each account manager gets back roughly 11 hours a week. Cognizant revealed the production deployment on September 7 as evidence that its bet on agentic systems has moved past pilots. The news landed amid broader questions about whether traditional