Friday Financials: AI, Tariffs, and Political Turmoil

These sources provide a wide-ranging overview of current global business, technology, market, and political developments. Several articles focus on the accelerating Artificial Intelligence (AI) landscape, detailing Accenture's plan to lay off staff who cannot be reskilled in AI, Anthropic's massive international expansion due to high enterprise demand, and OpenAI's historic $400 billion infrastructure deal with Oracle and SoftBank, supported by a $100 billion investment from Nvidia. On the political front, the texts cover the looming government shutdown over funding disputes, President Trump's new policies, including the popular $1 million Gold Card visa program and a 100% tariff threat on imported patented drugs unless companies manufacture them locally, and the controversial removal of CDC webpages related to sexual and gender identity and health equity. Financial news highlights include the arrest of a prominent financier on sex trafficking charges, the FAA restoring some self-certification authority to Boeing, Amazon's $2.5 billion FTC settlement, and the rebound of Chinese stocks attracting significant investor interest.

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