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1. DigitalBridge shares jump 50% after report SoftBank is in talks to acquire firm

2. From data center spas to servers in space: How the energy crunch is reshaping cloud computing

3. China to crack down on AI chatbots around suicide, gambling

4. Top Wall Street analysts are confident about these 3 dividend-paying stocks

5. A Swedish city is being moved — building by building — amid Europe’s minerals push

6. Trump says ‘a lot closer’ to Ukraine peace deal after Zelenskyy meeting, though thorny issues remain

7. These 5 infrastructure stocks have more than tripled this year on the AI trade

8. European defense stocks slide amid Ukraine peace talks; Leonardo falls 4%, Rheinmetall slips 2%

9. Restaurants' hottest menu item in 2025 was 'value.' That won't change next year

10. South Korean retail giant Coupang to compensate $1.1 billion to affected users over data breach

11. Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed in final week of 2025

12. Forget Gen Z and Millennials — the over-50s ‘Silver Spenders’ are powering investment opportunities, including these stocks

13. 5 major trends set to shape travel in 2026

14. Play on or game over? A look back at 2025 for the video game industry

15. Airlines cancel 1,400 more flights but disruptions from winter storm ease. Here’s what to know

16. Psychology expert: The most emotionally intelligent couples do 3 things differently from everyone else

17. Nvidia-Groq deal is structured to keep 'fiction of competition alive,' analyst says

18. Rents are falling in these major U.S. cities heading into 2026—one of the more 'renter-friendly periods' in a decade, says expert

19. I've studied hundreds of highly successful kids: The No. 1 parenting trend that worries me—and what to do instead

20. Over 300,000 student loan borrowers were denied a new repayment plan, court filing shows — here's why