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Softbank, OpenAI, and Oracle $500 Billion Technology & AI AI infrastructure (Project Stargate) IBM $150 Billion Technology & AI Growth and manufacturing operations NVIDIA $500 Billion Technology & AI AI infrastructure and supercomputers Apple $500 Billion Technology & AI Manufacturing and training NorthMark Strategies $2.8 Billion Technology & AI Supercomputing facility GE Vernova $600 Million Technology & AI Manufacturing Siemens $285 Million Technology & AI AI data centers and manufacturing AIP Management $500 Million Technology & AI Solar developer investment Fiserv $175 Million Technology & AI Strategic fintech hub Amazon $4 Billion Ecommerce & Cloud Computing AI expansion in cloud…

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Web3 platform SmarTrust is taking on platforms like Upwork with an on-chain escrow system. Web3 is coming to the growing market of freelance work. On Wednesday, April 30, Reactive Network Developer Fund announced the latest funding recipient, SmarTrust. The project is building a multichain escrow layer for Web3 freelancers and clients, based on Reactive Smart Contracts. The network will enable clients to lock funds in smart contracts, which can be released in milestones for payments. These programs are transparent and programmable, without the need for centralized intermediaries. The network also enables third-party dispute resolution, which boosts security for both clients…

In this year’s turbulent market, there haven’t been many places to hide.But Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B, which could be considered a quasi-mutual fund because of its extensive equity portfolio, has been holding its own. As shown in the chart below, Berkshire shares gained 17.3% in 2025 through April 24, compared with a loss of 6.4% for Vanguard 500 Index VFINX, a proxy for the overall equity market. There are three main reasons Berkshire has excelled.Reason Number 1: Berkshire’s equity holdings don’t mirror the market, which has been a good thing. Berkshire’s investment portfolio has partly benefited from its lack of exposure…

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Linda Ha, a long-time entrepreneur, consultant, and hair professional, is trying to make running a business easier for massage therapists as the CEO of Hivemanager. “I felt like with my experience of community building, my knowledge of being a self-employed person, and scaling that from being self-employed to managing and consulting with self-employed barbers, then also (my experience) owning a business was something I could bring to this space,” Ha, who owned Barber Ha until it closed in 2023 and now works at her sister’s BTeam Barbers, told Taproot. Hivemanager is a software platform that was launched to the public…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 29, 2025 in New York City. Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty ImagesStock futures fell on Wednesday to wrap up a volatile April after data showed the U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter as President Donald Trump’s flurry of policy moves, especially on trade, weighed on business sentiment.Dow Jones Industrial Average futures shed 351 points, or 0.8%. S&P 500 futures were off 1.3%, while Nasdaq 100 futures lost 1.8%.First quarter gross domestic product declined at a 0.3% rate, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday, a…

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THE UNIVERSITY of Reading has warned of further risk to the UK’s status as a leadser in the film industry as it reports that film and TV freelancers are facing “unprecedented” challenges. Its Screen Industry Voices project team has found that the film and TV freelancers are facing a range of challenges which include financial struggles, a lack of professional support, and illegal employment practices. According to the study, freelancers reported fears about a lack of information on available support, inconsistent and sometimes illegal working practices and frequent financial insecurity. During their interviews, researchers heard how experienced producers are selling…

The move followed policy shifts aimed at easing trade restrictions—most notably the U.S. administration’s decision to delay auto tariff requirements by two years. This decision lifted broader market sentiment, encouraging a rotation into risk assets and away from gold and silver. Fed Rate Cut Bets Grow After Weak U.S. Data Despite short-term weakness, gold continues to find support from mounting expectations that the Federal Reserve could soon begin easing policy. The latest JOLTS report showed U.S. job openings fell to 7.19 million in March, the lowest since September 2024. Meanwhile, consumer confidence slumped to 86.0, its weakest reading in nearly…