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Forbes Daily: Tariff Pause Brings Markets Back From The Brink
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Today’s Forbes Daily newsletter covers Trump’s tariff pause and stock market rally, our 2025 AI 50 list, China TikTok deal update, international travel declines and more.
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How Trump’s Bitcoin Policies Are Making The U.S. A Crypto Superpower
Trump made many campaign promises to ease regulations on crypto businesses. His administration appears to be delivering and setting the stage for a bitcoin bull market.
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Meet The Founder Of America’s Best-Selling Cannabis Drink
Aaron Nosbisch fell in love with pot as a teenager, much to the chagrin of his ATF agent father. He’s now the CEO of Brēz, the leading brand in the buzzy THC beverage market. And Dad is a customer.
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Inside Stiiizy, The World’s Best-Selling Weed Brand
James Kim’s Los Angeles-based cannabis company grew from a scrappy startup in 2017 to a legal unicorn worth $1.5 billion. Allegations of black-market activity and lawsuits be damned—Stiiizy aims to be the Nike of cannabis.
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The 2025 WNBA Draft Class Enters A League Growing And Fighting Online Harassment
WNBA forms task force to combat online harassment targeting women athletes. Commissioner Engelbert announced the initiative, citing increased abuse fueled by social media, gambling, and NIL deals.
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Finding Humanity In The Workplace As AI Takes The Lead
Plus, some employers consider issuing burner phones to U.S.-bound staff, Nike AI head goes to Big Pharma, AI agents are already taking over work and more in this week’s Careers newsletter.
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After Border Incidents, Employers Worry–And Even Issue Burner Phones For U.S. Travel
Some foreign business travelers are taking precautions, just as they would for travel to China. Meanwhile, U.S. companies with foreign workers have their own worries.
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Forbes Daily: Americans Keep Spending Despite Low Consumer Confidence
Today’s Forbes Daily newsletter covers Powell’s inflation warning, Tesla’s California sales, Nvidia’s expected loss, DeepSeek warnings, California sues Trump and more.
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3 Ways Losing Tax-Exempt Status Could Cost Harvard University Billions
Trump has requested that Harvard’s tax-exempt status be revoked. This article discusses 3 key ways that being a 501(c)(3) organization generates so much in tax benefits.
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Hermès Surpasses Growth Estimates, Nears $5 Billion In The First Quarter
French high-end house, Hermès, is showing its competitors how to do luxury right in a difficult consumer market.
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How Scott Bessent’s LLC Flipped A House And Lost $100,000 In One Month
South Carolina real estate records show an odd transaction just as Bessent was taking office as Treasury Secretary.
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Columbia University Pays Trump Millions Of Dollars A Year
The Trump administration canceled $400 million of federal funding to Columbia, but New York’s Ivy League university keeps handing millions to the president.
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The Fast-Growing Fintech Bringing Stripe-Like Payments To Latin America
Santiago-based Toku has secured $39 million in new funding to try to do for business payments what Brazil’s Nubank has done for consumer banking: use technology to dramatically improve the outdated status quo.
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Trump Visa Crackdown Upends International Student Consultant Business
As the Trump administration cracks down arbitrarily on student visas and xenophobic rhetoric scares away potential foreign students, agencies specializing in recruiting foreign students are in peril.
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Why An MBA Is A Mistake For Most Small Biz Owners
Many small business owners say an M.B.A. costs too much and delivers too little. For those looking to buy or run a business, real-world experience may matter more.
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This AI Founder Has Unseated Taylor Swift As The World’s Youngest Self-Made Woman Billionaire
Lucy Guo, the 30-year-old cofounder of Scale AI, has become the youngest self-made woman billionaire by holding onto her stake long after leaving the company.
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Thai Billionaire’s Frasers Property, Morgan Stanley In JV To Manage Industrial Properties In Australia
The 50-50 joint venture, Frasers Prime Logistics Venture, will own and operate eight assets with a combined gross floor area of 188,000 square meters valued at $380 million.
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Malaysian Tycoon And Son Win Multibillion Dollar Energy Contracts To Make Their Offshore Vessel Operator Yinson The World’s Third-Biggest
Lim Han Weng and Lim Chern Yuan have turned their Yinson Holdings into a well-oiled machine that helps global oil and gas giants with deep-sea extractions.
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Billionaire Robert Kuok, Malaysian Tycoons Seek Profit From Data Center Boom
As these global tech giants From Amazon to Microsoft pour billions into expanding their data storage footprints amid an AI boom, several Malaysian tycoons have latched on to this new wave.
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Rising Shares Of AI-Powered ITMax System Earns Former Cop A Debut Spot Among Malaysia’s Richest
After a stint with the Royal Malaysia Police, Tan Boon Hock, who makes his debut in the ranks at No. 40 with $490 million, worked as an engineer then started his own electrical contracting firm in 1984.
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Casino Billionaire Lim Kok Thay Makes Key Moves To Future-Proof His Resorts Empire
Casino billionaire Lim Kok Thay put his succession plans into motion at his family’s Genting Group, stepping down as CEO in February after nearly two decades.
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Malaysia’s Sunway Group Chairman Jeffrey Cheah Says The Best Is Yet To Come
With its shares up by nearly one-fifth in the past year, Sunway has delivered healthy returns to its investors, giving a $600 million boost to the net worth of Jeffrey Cheah, Sunway’s founder and chairman.
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Malaysian Convenience Store Chain 99 Speedmart Accelerates Expansion
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Malaysia’s 50 Richest 2025: Tycoons Get A Wealth Boost Despite Market Mayhem. Robert Kuok Remains Country’s Richest.
A stronger ringgit, up more than 5% in the past 12 months, helped to lift collective wealth to $90 billion.
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Russia’s Arming For Space War I, Targeting SpaceX Satellite Systems
As Russia deploys fighter jets to obliterate SpaceX Starlink stations across Ukraine, it's also developing weaponry that could be used in an all-out war in space.
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Tesla’s California Sales Tank Amid A Grim Quarter For The Top EV Brand
Its share of the Golden State’s EV market fell below 50% for the first time as anti-Musk protests raged and it contends with an aging lineup and more competition.
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