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May 20, 2026

 

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Jeff Bezos, you were so close to making a good point

Jeff Bezos, you were so close to making a good point: "Why is a nurse in Queens who makes $75,000 a year paying more than $1,000 a month in taxes?" Bezos said Wednesday morning on CNBC. "That's $1,000 that could help with rent, or groceries, or anything." Read More

Intuit to lay off over 3,000 employees to refocus on AI: In a memo to employees, CEO Sasan Goodarzi said the layoffs are meant to reduce complexity, simplify the company's corporate structure, and deliver better AI products. Read More

The SpaceX IPO filing has arrived: SpaceX has finally made the contents of its IPO filing public, weeks ahead of what is expected to be the largest IPO ever. Read More

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