Blackstone swipes left on Bumble after doubling its investment
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Salesforce has had talks to acquire Listen Labs, an AI startup that provides marketing research to brands, for around $2 billion.
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Big Tech may be grabbing attention for its powerful new models, but investors like NEA’s Aaron Jacobson want companies to explore their options.
College isn’t cheap. Students graduate from these 25 institutions with the highest median federal debt.
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Tim Cook will be paid well to work his connections as Apple’s executive chair, while Warren Buffett is still picking stocks and guiding decisions.
Universa Investments’ Mark Spitznagel told BI that he expects one more “euphoric rally” followed by a “bigger crash than we’ve seen in our lifetime.”
Man Group combined its quant businesses into a $156 billion giant as AI changes how research is done — and who can be a quant.
Ira Galtman is American Express’ in-house archivist. He’s also a TikTok hit.
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The founder of a family office shared how he speaks to his children and clients about inheritance and finances.
Erin Piacenti only spent 18 months at Bank of America before she was killed, but colleagues said she made an outsize impact with her mentorship.
August was not as turbulent as July, which saw the near-collapse of Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness.
After just over two years of trading external money, Bobby Jain gave it back to return to his old boss.
Erin Piacenti, 32, was killed just five months after having her first child. A GoFundMe to support her daughter has raised hundreds of thousands.
Nvidia bought Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. The deal boosts Nvidia’s open-source strategy, challenging OpenAI and Anthropic.
Greg Abel explains Berkshire’s Alphabet bet, data-center power plans, and cautious view of the US housing market.
“More bedrooms equals more cash flow,” said one investor who boosts rental income by renting rooms individually.
Los Angeles County and the small Wyoming county of Sheridan don’t share many similarities, except in one area: a lot of business applications.
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Greg Abel shed light on Warren Buffett’s post-CEO role at Berkshire Hathaway and massive Alphabet wager in a rare TV interview.
Bank of America VP Erin Piacenti was killed in what police described as a “random and unprovoked” stabbing in Times Square on Monday.
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The AI boom marries the lofty valuations of the dot-com bubble with the contagion risks of the financial crisis, business professor Erik Gordon said.
The courtroom battle stems from an arbitration fight between former Citadel PM Dan Shatz and Ken Griffin’s firm.
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Warren Buffett turns 96 after an epic year in which he retired as CEO, made a big new bet, ramped up his giving, and shared plenty of wit and wisdom.
“Sometimes it’s temporary pain to get to the end goal that you want,” said one couple, who paid off debt before building a seven-figure net worth.
Warren Buffett turned 96 on Sunday, marking his first birthday since retiring as Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO. He’s kept busy this year regardless.
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Real estate investor Brannon Potts, who uses a “build-to-rent” strategy, got started with about $15,000 of his own money.
Ndamukong Suh, mentored by Warren Buffett for 15 years, shares how patience and choosing quality people shaped his investment success.
Making the choice between renting and buying a home involves understanding financial implications and personal lifestyle preferences.
Nvidia has held talks to acquire Hugging Face for more than $13 billion as the chip giant expands its AI dealmaking.
Nvidia invests billions in AI, with $18 billion committed to invest in AI model makers and infrastructure the rest of the fiscal year.
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller has divided the finance world by revealing he used AI to help write his viral op-ed this week.
Wall Street interns hope to end the summer with a job. Those who don’t still have options.
For one couple, the first step toward financial independence wasn’t investing or cutting expenses. It was creating a shared vision for their life.
Marco Argenti, the firm’s chief information officer, said engineers are now focused on transferring “tribal knowledge” to AI agents.
David Einhorn’s firm celebrated its 30th anniversary in May. His investor letter offers a glimpse inside the party and his views on SpaceX.
The Big Four firm plans to cut hundreds of employees as its annual consulting revenue falls 16.9% and a whistleblower-led scandal continues.
Standalone credit managers and fixed-income teams at big-name firms have both struggled in 2026.
From Morgan Stanley to Goldman Sachs, Wall Street stalwarts are expanding in Texas, drawn by business-friendly taxes and regulations.
“I’ve got it pretty optimized,” said one real estate investor of his 14-unit portfolio. But getting there hasn’t been “all sunshine and rainbows.”
More than 500 Wall Street Gen Z interns revealed their go-to brands in a survey this summer.
How much is the drive to be “AI-native” changing the core of traditional consulting?
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Devoted Health, co-founded by Ed and Todd Park, is raising a round that might value it at $25B, spotlighting the booming Medicare Advantage sector.
Citadel’s Ken Griffin says his hedge fund has de-risked most of Situational Awareness’s portfolio, according to a letter obtained by Business Insider.
Morgan Stanley’s equity research team found that more than a quarter of summer interns had used a prediction market in the past year.
“With an online business, it’s unlimited scalability because you’re reaching the entire world,” said Kelan Kline.
Augnition Global Investors will invest in public and private companies out of its Silicon Valley headquarters.
SpaceX’s biggest shareholders include Alphabet, Nvidia, and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, second-quarter portfolio disclosures show.
Josh Hou spent his year as a banker at Evercore hearing analysts complain about their health — and got the idea for his startup.