US market today: Wall Street trades flat in thin year-end session; investors eye Fed outlook as 2025 draws to a close

US stocks were largely steady in light trading on the final day of 2025, as investors wrapped up a year marked by strong gains driven by optimism around artificial intelligence, alongside lingering concerns over inflation and valuations, AP reported.Early in Wednesday’s session, the S&P 500 was flat, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 47…

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I-PAC raid row: SC questions Mamata’s role, tells Bengal govt ED can’t be left remedy-less | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday reprimanded West Bengal government for objecting to the validity of Enforcement Directorate‘s plea over alleged obstruction by chief minister Mamata Banerjee during a raid on I-PAC.The top court observed that no entity can be left without a remedy under the Constitution.A bench of justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and…

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In 1879, C. Fahlberg accidentally licked his fingers after dinner, and this led to the invention of the artificial sweetener

The chemist licked his fingers after dinner, and uncovered the first artificial sweetener. Image credit – Wikimedia The odd flavor detected while eating dinner sparked one of the greatest innovations in the modern food industry. In 1879, Constantin Fahlberg, a chemist, was experimenting in Ira Remsen’s chemistry laboratory in Johns Hopkins University. He noted that…

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Kaikeyi, Manthara and the grace hidden in blame

By Shambo Samrat Samajdar and Shashank Joshi Some names in our epics are spoken with reverence. Others are spoken with discomfort. Kaikeyi and Manthara belong to the second category. For generations, they have stood in public memory as the two women whose decisions led to Ram’s exile, Dasharath’s heartbreak, and Ayodhya’s sorrow. They are remembered…

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Demis Hassabis: Why Google’s AI CEO said no to Mark Zuckerberg and yes to Larry Page despite Facebook offering more money |

Before OpenAI or Anthropic existed, Google and Facebook fought over a small London AI startup called DeepMind. Its CEO Demis Hassabis turned down Mark Zuckerberg’s richer offer and sold to Larry Page’s Google for $650 million in 2014. A new book by Sebastian Mallaby reveals how a Palo Alto dinner, a poker-style bluff, and AI…

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