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A growing number of hiring managers say that they are seeing a surprising new trend from Gen Z applicants: bringing a parent into the job interview process, sometimes even onto Zoom calls."Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary joined FOX Business' Stuart Varney on 'Varney & Co.' to weigh in on the practice and what it signals to employers.For O'Leary, the issue isn't generational stereotypes, it's about independence. In today's competitive labor […]

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced Friday that his company reached an agreement with the Department of War to deploy its artificial intelligence models on its classified network, just hours after President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to phase out rival Anthropic.Altman said in a post on X that he had been in talks with the Pentagon, which "displayed a deep respect for safety and a desire to partner to achieve […]

A new analysis of the 10 most expensive ZIP codes in the U.S. finds that California continues to be home to a significant portion of the nation's most luxurious properties.Economists at Realtor.com sought to find the 10 most expensive communities in the U.S. by focusing on areas with at least 30 active listings in January to identify qualified ZIP codes. From there, they ranked markets by median listing price. And, in cases […]

A major high-tax blue state has seen a significant population loss due to domestic out-migration over the last five years, new research found.Massachusetts recorded a net loss of about 182,000 residents to domestic out-migration from April 2020 to July 2025, according to an analysis of the state's workforce by the Pioneer Institute. The free market think tank noted the population decline is equivalent to losing roughly one and half Cambridges in […]

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, met his Indian counterpart in New Delhi Thursday. The meeting comes less than a week after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs.India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal hailed the talks as "very fruitful," posting a picture of the three officials smiling together. The meeting signaled renewed momentum, even though India had been among […]

State Farm announced Thursday that it will pay the largest dividend in company history to auto loan customers, who are in line to receive $5 billion in cash back.State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, also known as State Farm Mutual, said it will make a one-time distribution this summer to customers across over 49 million vehicles covered by State Farm Mutual auto policies.The company's dividend payments are expected to average $100 […]

Burger King is updating its signature Whopper for the first time in nearly a decade, the company announced Thursday.After receiving feedback from customers, the fast-food chain said it will now serve the burger on a "more premium, better tasting bun," and in a box instead of the current paper wrapper."Over the past several years, we’ve focused on strengthening our operations and modernizing our restaurants to build a more consistent foundation […]

Block on Thursday announced that it will cut nearly half of its workforce as the payments firm works to embed artificial intelligence (AI) throughout its operations.The layoffs will affect over 4,000 jobs at the company and CEO Jack Dorsey indicated he moved forward with a single round of large cuts rather than a series of smaller workforce reductions to give the company more room for growth as it adapts to the AI […]

OpenAI said on Friday it is raising $110 billion in a blockbuster funding round that would value the ChatGPT maker at $840 billion, in a deal that signals the feverish pace of investment in artificial intelligence.The funding round — one of the largest private capital raises on record — includes a $30 billion investment from SoftBank, $30 billion from Nvidia, and $50 billion from Amazon, and comes ahead of the […]