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YouTube’s Founders Split Over $650 Million When They Sold to Google in 2006—Had They Held Out, They Could Have Taken a Slice of $550 Billion

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Introduction:In 2006, three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—made a bold move that forever changed internet history. They sold their 19-month-old video-sharing […]

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IEX Shares Crash 10% After Regulator Approves Power Market Coupling: What It Means for Investors and India’s Power Sector

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IEX stock plunged 10% as India’s power regulator approved market coupling for day-ahead electricity trading. Here’s what market coupling means, why it spooked investors, and […]

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Kevin O’Leary Issues Stark Warning to Gen Z: High-Paying Consulting Jobs Are a “Slow Drift Into Hell” That Could Leave You Unemployable for Life

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Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary has never been one to sugarcoat advice—and his latest message to Gen Z job seekers is as blunt as ever: […]

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Trump’s DOJ Sues to Oust Hollywood Movie CEO and Two Others from Federal Broadcasting Board—Cites Rare ‘Medieval’ Legal Doctrine

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In a dramatic legal move that blends political power with ancient legal precedent, the Trump-era Department of Justice filed a lawsuit seeking the removal of […]

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Google’s Android Boss Once Cold-Emailed Sergey Brin for Grad School Advice—Instead, He Got a Job Offer from the $2 Trillion Tech Giant

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In an inspiring example of bold initiative meeting unexpected opportunity, Sameer Samat—now the head of Android at Google—once cold-emailed Google cofounder Sergey Brin not for […]