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  The new American dream: Having parents who can help pay for it

  CNN - Elisabeth Buchwald

  For generations, the formula for getting ahead in America seemed straightforward: Go to college, work hard, save your money, buy a home and climb the economic ladder. Today, that formula increasingly depends on something many Americans can’t control: whether their family has the financial means to …

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  Britain hopes this man will save its economy. We went to Manchester to find out why

  CNN - Hanna Ziady

  Manchester, England — Britain badly needs its mojo back. Its economy is struggling, public services are strained and improvements in living standards have slowed to a crawl in recent decades. Political instability is the new normal, and the national mood is bleak. Could a healthy dose of hope from …

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  Meta in talks to rent some of its billions in AI infrastructure to Anthropic

  CNN - Clare Duffy

  New York — Meta is in talks with Anthropic about leasing computing capacity to the AI startup. It’s a move that could put the social media giant in competition with Amazon, Microsoft and Google in a new line of business: cloud computing. The conversation about a potential deal is still early, a …

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  Nasdaq, S&P 500 drop 1% after China’s latest AI breakthrough rattles tech stocks

  CNN - John Towfighi, Chris Isidore

  Stocks in Asia and the United States fell Friday after technological advances announced by a Chinese artificial intelligence company intensified concerns that the AI spending spree driving this year’s market rally could be at risk. Chinese startup Moonshot AI unveiled Kimi K3, a new open-source model …

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  California AG Rob Bonta says a CNN spin-off wouldn’t resolve Paramount–WBD lawsuit

  CNN - Brian Stelter

  Lawyers for the 12-state coalition trying to block the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery deal argued in court on Friday that a temporary restraining order (TRO) is necessary to stop the companies from completing the merger. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín also heard Paramount’s arguments against the …

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  Taco Bell has a diarrhea problem

  CNN - David Goldman

  Taco Bell has been the shining star of the fast-food business for several years. But now the company is contending with a restaurant’s worst nightmare: an explosive diarrhea outbreak. Shredded iceberg lettuce sold at some Midwestern Taco Bell locations has been connected with the massive …