If I hear one more hedge fund oligarch on television tell me that the data center buildout/artificial intelligence story is just like the dot-com bubble, I am going to tear someone else’s hair out because I don’t have enough to demonstrate my full frustration. Many of the people opining and whining about how this moment could be as bad or worse than the 2000 bust are uninformed or ahistorical. The buildout’s blockbuster numbers come from companies that can handle blockbuster capital projects without a problem. Has it been worth it so far? That’s the biggest stumbling block to processing what’s really…
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Sydney Opera House, designed by Danish architect Mr Jorn Oberg Utzon, at first light as the sun rises over Sydney harbor and city center skyscrapers.Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets were set to open mostly higher Monday, while the Reserve Bank of Australia will kickstart its two-day policy meeting where it is expected to hold its cash rate steady at 3.6%, according to a Reuters poll.”The RBA are likely to find themselves in a tougher position than recent meetings. There is real tension building in the data flow,” the Commonwealth Bank of Australia wrote in a note, citing…
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 4, 2022.Source: NYSEStock futures were little changed in overnight trading Sunday following a losing week on Wall Street with the AI trade losing steam.Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 17 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were both flat.U.S. stocks slipped last week as cracks appeared in a key pillar of the bull market rally — enthusiasm surrounding artificial intelligence buildout. Nvidia’s eye-popping $100 billion partnership with OpenAI drew investor skepticism towards the sustainability of the business.The S&P 500 fell 0.3% last…
Members of an electoral commission empty a ballot box after polling stations closed in Moldova’s parliamentary elections in Chisinau, Moldova, on Sept. 28, 2025.Stringer | ReutersMoldova’s ruling pro-EU party pulled comfortably ahead of its Russian-leaning rival in a crucial parliamentary election as final results trickled in on Monday, a relief for the government as it seeks to keep the country out of Moscow’s orbit.With around 93% of votes counted, the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) had 47% versus 27% for the Patriotic Bloc, which opposes closer ties with Brussels.While still short of a majority in the 101-seat chamber, the preliminary count gets…
Team Europe captain Luke Donald celebrates after Tyrrell Hatton halves his match on the 18th hole during the singles to win the 2025 Ryder Cup.Paul Childs | ReutersTeam Europe is taking the Ryder Cup back across the Atlantic Ocean, leaving the Americans to search for answers in what is becoming a lopsided series.The Americans at least showed a pulse Sunday and made Europe sweat, storming back from the largest Sunday deficit ever against Europe with real hope.Shane Lowry, who contended with the unruly New York crowds all week, had the last word. He birdied three of the last four holes,…
In 2015, I packed up my life in Austin, Texas and moved to Madrid. I was 35 and it wasn’t my first attempt. I had spent more than a decade dreaming, trying, and failing to make Spain home.Since then, I’ve built a life in Spain and created She Hit Refresh, where I’ve helped hundreds of other women move abroad. Along the way, I’ve experienced moments when my life in Europe felt like a movie. Like the time I stumbled upon a flamenco dancer in a hidden square, sipped wine at a Parisian café while the world passed by, or rode a…
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures, as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., Sept. 26, 2025.Elizabeth Frantz | ReutersPresident Donald Trump warned Sunday of widespread layoffs if the federal government shuts down this week, telling NBC News that “we are going to cut a lot of the people that … we’re able to cut on a permanent basis.””[I’d] rather not do that,” he told NBC News in an exclusive interview.The White House is doubling down on warnings that thousands of government jobs could be on the line if the government shuts down at midnight on Tuesday.The Trump administration last…
People typically request time off at least a couple of weeks in advance. Elan Bibas, 25, had just three days to ask for an eight-week leave.In late May, Bibas says he was working full-time as a management technology consultant when he got the call: The producers of “Love Island USA” wanted him to be on season seven of the show. If he were to accept the offer, he had three days to get on a plane to Fiji, where the show would be filmed.”It was incredibly stressful,” he says, but luckily, “I have really good relationships with people at my…
Smoke rises as emergency personnel work at the scene of a shooting which took place at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to police, in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on Sept. 28, 2025.Rebecca Cook | ReutersA gunman opened fire inside a Mormon church in Michigan during Sunday services before apparently setting the building ablaze, killing at least one person and injuring nine before police shot him, authorities saidHundreds of people were inside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township when a 40-year-old man rammed a pickup truck through the front door, then got…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to members of the media outside the Grace Agard-Harewood Older Adult Club in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., Sept. 15, 2025. Jeenah Moon | ReutersNew York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday that he is suspending his bid for re-election.His announcement could give a boost to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo — who is running as an independent — in the high-profile race against the Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani. President Donald Trump has suggested that Adams and Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee, should both drop out of the race to clear…
