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Can we all acknowledge 1) that interest rates will be higher for longer; 2) that the Federal Reserve shouldn’t, but might, cut interest rates in May; and 3) that, just maybe, Jerome Powell and the Fed have come from behind (a la Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs) and avoided a hard landing for the economy? In fact, it’s probably best to describe our current economic circumstances as a “never-landing,” because how else to characterize an economy with the consumer price index for January coming in at an annualized 3.1% (core 3.9%) rate this past Tuesday, and a recent gross-domestic-product annualized print of 3.3% (for 2023’s fourth quarter)? Notwithstanding hitting an air pocket this past Tuesday after that overwarmed inflation report, stock prices are toppy...

Another day brings another salvo in the artificial-intelligence wars...

Tech stocks have jumped since Oct. 26, with the Nasdaq Composite climbing 26%...

Google is preparing to launch an anti-misinformation campaign across five countries in the European Union (EU), the company told Reuters ahead of the bloc's parliamentary elections and tougher new rules tackling online content. In June, EU citizens will elect a new European Parliament to pass policies and laws in the region and lawmakers fear the spread of misinformation online could sway voters. France, Poland and Germany accused Russia on Monday of putting together an elaborate network of websites to spread pro-Russian propaganda...

(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc.’s Google announced an initiative to provide artificial intelligence tools and investments to bolster online security, as the emerging technology is increasingly used to both protect against and perpetrate cybercrime. Most Read from BloombergJapan Loses Its Spot as World's Third-Largest Economy as It Slips Into RecessionPutin Steps Into US Race to Back ‘Old-Style’ Biden Over TrumpHawaii Rightly Rejects Supreme Court’s Gun NonsenseDozens of Banks Rapidly Piled Up Comme...

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