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Vice President JD Vance speaks at Bitcoin 2025, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Las Vegas.John Locker | APLAS VEGAS — Vice President JD Vance used his position on stage at the biggest bitcoin conference of the year to push the Trump administration’s efforts on stablecoin legislation, touting its potential benefits to the U.S. economy.”In this administration, we do not think that stablecoins threaten the integrity of the U.S. dollar. Quite the opposite,” Vance said, in his keynote at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas on Wednesday. “We view them as a force multiplier of our economic might.”Months after a successful campaign…
It’s not just about salary. Flexibility, purpose, and mental health matter more than ever. Employers who adapt will win. Source link
Scott Strazik, chief executive officer of GE Vernova LLC, speaks during the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, Texas, US, on Thursday, March 13, 2025. Aaron M. Sprecher | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s executive orders on nuclear power could lead to the deployment of small modular reactors in the U.S. by late 2030, GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik said Wednesday.Trump on Friday ordered the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to decide on applications to construct and operate new nuclear plants within 18 months. The order also calls for the NRC to “adopt shorter deadlines tailored to particular reactor types.”…
The so-called Big Beautiful Bill left the tech mogul ‘disappointed,’ he told CBS. Source link
Federal Reserve officials at their meeting earlier this month worried that tariffs could aggravate inflation and create a difficult quandary with interest rate policy, minutes released Wednesday show.The summary of the May 6-7 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee reflected ongoing misgivings about the direction of fiscal and trade policy, with officials ultimately deciding the best course was to keep rates steady.”Participants agreed that uncertainty about the economic outlook had increased further, making it appropriate to take a cautious approach until the net economic effects of the array of changes to government policies become clearer,” the minutes stated. “Participants…
Rivr partnered with delivery service Veho to launch its canine-like package delivery robots in Austin. Source link
The 41-year-old founder of dark web market Silk Road, jailed for life and pardoned by President Trump in January, is auctioning off personal belongings from his prison past. Source link
Reed Hastings speaks at the 2021 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. October 18, 2021.David Swanson | ReutersArtificial intelligence startup Anthropic said Netflix Chairman Reed Hastings is joining its board of directors.Hastings, who co-founded Netflix in 1997 and served as CEO (and eventually co-CEO) of the streaming giant until 2023, was appointed to the board by Anthropic’s Long Term Benefit Trust, an independent body of five financially disinterested members, according to a press release on Wednesday.Hastings, 64, has held other high-profile board positions in the tech sector, including at Microsoft, Bloomberg and Facebook, which is now Meta.Anthropic…
A new survey by job site Monster finds employees feeling increasingly uneasy about discussing their gender or sexual identity at work. Source link
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a press conference, as she unveils actions against the state of Maine, which is locked in a dispute with the Trump administration over transgender policy, at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. Leah Millis | ReutersThe Justice Department on Wednesday said that it was investigating whether a California law allowing trans athletes on female sports teams at state schools violates federal civil rights law.The department disclosed the investigation to California’s attorney general and other officials a day after President Donald Trump threatened in a social media post to revoke large-scale…