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Meta approached Perplexity before massive Scale AI deal

Meta approached Perplexity before massive Scale AI deal

Meta recently invested $14.3 billion into Scale AI and tried to buy another startup...

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A lesson for the West? Japan was better prepared than most for China’s rare-earth mineral squeeze

A lesson for the West? Japan was better prepared than most...

Japan's transformation is seen as both a template for Western nations and a stark...

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Is China going through a consumption revival? Its 618 festival is one sign of it

Is China going through a consumption revival? Its 618 festival...

The festival pointed to a pickup in consumption, as e-commerce companies reported...

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Mineral-rich Greenland says it doesn't want to become a great mining nation. Here's why

Mineral-rich Greenland says it doesn't want to become a...

Greenland has little interest in harnessing its massive resource potential to become...

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Tesla inks first deal to build China's largest grid-scale battery power plant

Tesla inks first deal to build China's largest grid-scale...

The U.S. company posted on the Chinese social media service Weibo that the project...

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Rice prices in Japan more than double in May — core inflation jumps to highest levels since 2023

Rice prices in Japan more than double in May — core inflation...

Rice prices have spiked 101.7% year over year, marking their largest increase in...

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Labubu-maker Pop Mart's shares extend slide as Morgan Stanley removes it from China focus list

Labubu-maker Pop Mart's shares extend slide as Morgan Stanley...

Pop Mart, the Chinese toy company behind the recent Labubu craze, saw its shares...

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CNBC Daily Open: Uncertainty around Israel-Iran conflict put investors on edge

CNBC Daily Open: Uncertainty around Israel-Iran conflict...

Until investors get a clearer sense of whether the U.S. will launch strikes on Iran,...

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CNBC Daily Open: Uncertainty around Israel-Iran conflict put investors on edge

CNBC Daily Open: Uncertainty around Israel-Iran conflict...

Until investors get a clearer sense of whether the U.S. will launch strikes on Iran,...

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Meta tried to buy Ilya Sutskever's $32 billion AI startup, but is now planning to hire its CEO

Meta tried to buy Ilya Sutskever's $32 billion AI startup,...

Meta plans to hire Safe Superintelligence CEO Daniel Gross and former GitHub Nat...