Regulation

Retirement Upside

Claiming Medicare Is Just the Beginning Amid ‘Silver Tsunami’

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Getting the most out of Medicare requires regular reevaluation and carefully balancing risks with costs, experts say.

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Industries

World’s Largest Pork Producer Plans Billion-Dollar South Dakota Revamp

Smithfield Foods announced plans to build a “new state-of-the-art” $1.3 billion processing facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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Blockchain

Coinbase CEO’s Change of Heart on Crypto Framework Stalls Key Senate Bill

The US’s biggest crypto exchange has been an active force in shaping crypto laws and a major spender in congressional races.

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Finance

Unchained Wells Fargo Heads into 2026 With Fresh Momentum

For the first time since 2018, the Wells Fargo stagecoach is rolling into a new year without the burden of a Federal Reserve asset cap.

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Artificial Intelligence

Child Protection, National Security Lead Proposed AI Laws from Andreesen Horowitz

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week pressuring states to drop efforts to regulate AI on their own.

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Banking

Self-Help or Self-Sabotage? Activist’s Proposal for UBS to Leave Switzerland Risks Spiking Costs

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In 2009, UBS reportedly threatened to leave the country if it deemed post-fiancial crisis regulations to be heavy-handed.

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Blockchain

Winklevoss Twins Seek $2.2 Billion Valuation for Gemini IPO

The pair invested early in bitcoin, becoming some of the world’s first bitcoin billionaires and launching Gemini in 2014.

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CIO Upside

White House Deregulation of AI Creates Fresh Pitfalls for Businesses

‘Part of the challenge is that (the executive orders) fundamentally misunderstand how the technology works’

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Blockchain

Stablecoins Are Here to Stay. Who Stands to Gain From Them?

Companies that have been waiting on the crypto sidelines are likely about to jump in the game following the passage of the GENIUS Act.

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CIO Upside

States Take the Lead in Regulating American AI Development

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Laws from all US states will set the tone for AI innovation moving forward.

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Big Tech

Meta Investors Want Zuckerberg to Reimburse the Company

In a trial that kicks off this week, a group of Meta investors are suing Zuck for concerns surrounding the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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CIO Upside

Murky AI Rules Leave Enterprises Grappling With Self-Regulation

“I think everybody would agree: It’s a free-for-all.”

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Media & Entertainment

Proposed Crackdown on Pharma Ads Leaves Cable TV Fearing $10B Withdrawal

The US and New Zealand are the only two countries that allow pharmaceutical companies to directly advertise to patients on TV.

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