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$100 Billion to Revive Venezuela's Energy Industry? Oil Executives Are Not So Sure
Exxon Mobil has a long history of drilling in challenging environments. The largest U.S. oil company will go almost anywhere to extract hydrocarbons if it can manage the risk and make the numbers work. Exxon pumps crude in the deep water off the…
Last Call: Massive Capital One Venture X Business Welcome Offer, Up To 400K Bonus Miles
Link: Learn more about the Capital One Venture X Business The Capital One Venture X Business card is generating attention for a headline-grabbing welcome offer of up to 400,000 miles. That number is real, but it is also conditional, and the…
Opinion | How the AI race could play out for the US, China and the world
The global artificial intelligence (AI) race remains one of the most hotly contested spheres of international competition. Few would bet today on an eventual winner, but current trends point to three possible scenarios that we should consider. In…
Billionaire reveals that he still flies in COACH despite huge wealth
Sign up for our US Editor's Picks newsletter to get all the best exclusive stories A billionaire has revealed he still flies in coach despite his vast wealth, as he warned that a proposed billionaires' tax in California could spell the end for his…
President Lai unveils AI goals, plans
The government has set a goal of cultivating 500,000 artificial intelligence (AI) professionals by 2040 and plans to inject NT$100 billion (US$3.17 billion) into a venture capital fund to achieve it, President William Lai (賴清德)…
South Africa Leads Africa's AI Adoption as Kenya, Nigeria and Others Accelerate Use
Africa is accelerating its adoption of artificial intelligence, with South Africa emerging as the continent's leading AI market while several other countries rapidly narrow the gap by applying AI across critical sectors such as healthcare…
Billionaire Claims 'Absurd Buffoon' Trump Is Running 'Protection Racket,' Feels 'Sorry' For Elon Musk
Billionaire Michael Moritz, the venture capitalist who built Sequoia Capital into one of the world's most influential investment firms, did not mince words in slamming the most powerful man in America. Talking to The Times, he delivered a blunt…
Boston Globe, mainstream media ignore central fact in stories on ousted state convention chief | Boring Boston drives away young tech entrepreneurs | Man bites dog: Good housing news in Newton |
Contrarian Boston depends upon your support - we can't do it without you. Become a paid subscriber today. News tips? Story ideas? Email us at svanvoorhis@contrarianboston.com, or sbvanvoorhis@hotmail.com They don't want to play pickleball on Friday…
Commonwealth Equity Services LLC Decreases Stock Holdings in Welltower Inc. $WELL
Commonwealth Equity Services LLC trimmed its position in shares of Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL - Free Report) by 7.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned…
Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) Receives Average Recommendation of 'Moderate Buy' from Analysts
Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL - Get Free Report) has received an average rating of 'Moderate Buy' from the fifteen brokerages that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, two have given a…
Binance Listed zkPass (ZKP) And 币安人生
Binance recently grew its spot trading catalog after the platform listed 币安人生 (币安人生) and zkPass (ZKP). Both of the assets became officially available for trading on January 7, 2026, at 14:00…
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund Has $13.63 Million Holdings in Welltower Inc. $WELL
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund grew its stake in Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL - Free Report) by 42.6% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund…
Top Growth Stocks To Follow Now - January 10th
Prologis Stock Surges: Why the Rally May Continue Prologis, Teledyne Technologies, Ascendis Pharma A/S, Acadia Realty Trust, Hamilton Lane, Canopy Growth, and Hudson Pacific Properties are the seven Growth stocks to watch today, according to…
Grok's many controversies aren't slowing Elon Musk's xAI
xAI wants to be treated like an AI infrastructure company: serious money, serious compute, serious scale. Grok keeps dragging its parent company back into the messier category: a chatbot that's been repeatedly implicated in headline-making and…
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