Biden administration loans $6.6B to struggling Tesla rival Rivian
Shares of the struggling electric car maker that competes with Tesla have soared this week after the lame-duck Biden administration loaned the company billions of dollars. The Department of Energy announced Tuesday that it will provide Rivian with a $6.6 billion loan to build a $5 billion electric vehicle factory in Georgia that the company […]
UniCredit offers to buy rival Italian lender Banco BPM for $10.5 billion – CNBC
UniCredit SpA headquarters logo on Saturday, January 22, 2022 in Milan, Italy. Bloomberg | Getty Images Italian lender UniCredit offered on Monday to buy a domestic rival. Banco BPM The company insists it is separate from its pursuit of the German bank, which it said was acquired for about 10 billion euros ($10.5 billion). Commerzbank. […]
Daniel Jones briefly listed on Cowboys’ roster; fans clamor for ex-Giant to sign with rival
The end of an era in New York seemed to be the beginning of a new one in Dallas. The New York Giants released Daniel Jones on Friday for the first time in six seasons. The quarterback had requested his release after being demoted to the fourth team. It's a bittersweet ending for the No. […]
DirecTV calls off acquisition of satellite TV rival Dish
Satellite TV giant DirecTV has terminated its contract with Charlie Ergen's Echostar and acquired rival Dish TV and other assets. The partnership was supposed to create the country's largest pay-TV distribution company with a total of 20 million subscribers. As part of the deal, DirecTV was to pay Echostar $1 for its pay-TV business, called […]
Amazon invests additional $4B in OpenAI rival Anthropic
Anthropic announced Friday that longtime backer Amazon has poured an additional $4 billion into the artificial intelligence startup, doubling its investment in the company known for its GenAI chatbot Claude. Amazon will remain a minority investor and will be a key training partner for Anthropic's AI models, the company said. Amazon, Anthropic's primary cloud partner, […]
Amazon invests $4B in OpenAI’s biggest rival
Horizon Investments CIO Scott Ladner analyzes biotech stocks and drug development in The Claman Countdown. Anthropic announced Friday that it has received a $4 billion investment from Amazon to accelerate its artificial intelligence (AI) systems development efforts. The new funding brings Amazon's total investment in Anthropic to $8 billion and maintains the tech giant's status […]
Packers block game-winning field goal to beat Bears, pick up 11th straight victory over rival
For the second week in a row, a district game was won by blocking a field goal. This time, the Green Bay Packers blocked Chicago Bears kicker Cairo Santos' winning goal from 46 yards out and won 20-19 as time expired. Last week, the Kansas City Chiefs had a blocked field goal against the Denver […]
Dogecoin (DOGE) Rival FLOKI Rips After Coinbase Announces Potential Future Listing – The Daily Hodl
One of Dogecoin's (DOGE) competitors has soared after being added to the listing roadmap of top US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. In a new announcement from Coinbase, say The company has added meme coin Floki (FLOKI) to its listing roadmap, which the exchange is using to ensure transparency and prevent insider trading of the coin prior […]
Jake Paul rival warns Mike Tyson is like ‘lambs to the slaughter’
YouTuber and fellow boxer KSI predicts a carnage will occur on Friday night. KSI posted on X, “Jake Paul will knock out Mike Tyson.” Boxing is a youth sport, and Mike is 58 years old. They're sending lambs to the slaughterhouse, and it's terrible. ” Mike Tyson, 58, is scheduled to fight Jake Paul on […]
X rival Bluesky gains 1.25M users in week after Donald Trump win
Bluesky, a social media microblogging app reminiscent of rivals X and Threads, welcomed 1.25 million new users to its platform in the week after the US election. Some new users switched to Bluesky to boycott X over billionaire owner Elon Musk's loyalty to President-elect Donald Trump, according to a post on the app. “It's scary […]