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www.thebignewsletter.comARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
A failed initial public offering from an Nvidia-backed “neocloud” called Firmus, run by a man with a criminal record, suggests the AI bubble is getting ready to burst.
AUSTRALIAJAMES MANNINGOLIVER CURTIS
POLITICS AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS
Everyone hates pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, the middlemen raising drug prices. So why did Trump FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson issue them a corporate pardon?
GEORGIAUNITED STATESANDREW FERGUSONTRUMP
BUSINESS MARKETING AND EMPLOYMENT
It’s not a happy ending, as billionaire David Ellison gives himself and his team huge raises, while planning big layoffs. But the really bad sign is he just fired the hitmakers from Warner Brothers.
PARAMOUNTSTEVE JOBS
AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PRODUCTION
Three settlements in one week provide cold comfort for the future of food prices. And a verdict from on high: “Algorithms lack the spark of humanity.”
CORTEVA
BUSINESS MARKETING AND EMPLOYMENT
Why are people so mad about the price of a Big Mac, and what does all that anger say about where our politics are headed? It’s not just the inflation, it’s the cheating and profits behind it.
USROHIT CHOPRAMC DONALD’S
