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Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., at the Institute of International Finance (IIF) during the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. Kent Nishimura | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe era of artificial intelligence on Wall Street, and its impact on workers, has begun.Big banks including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs are unveiling plans to reimagine their businesses around AI, technology that allows for the mass production of knowledge work.That means that even during a blockbuster year for Wall Street as trading and investment banking spins off billions…

Of the many taxpayer-friendly provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the changes made by Code Section 174 are among the most anticipated. “The new act is now providing taxpayers the opportunity to deduct domestic R&E expenses, and this is a change from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that required all R&E expenses, both domestic and foreign, to be capitalized and recovered through amortization,” said Caitlin Slezak, a principal with the specialty tax practice at Top 10 Firm Baker Tilly.”One of the interesting things about this is that we now have the option to deduct domestic R&E expenses but…

In one of my courses at Stanford Medical School, my classmates and I were tasked with using a secure AI model for a thought experiment.We asked it to generate a clinical diagnosis from a fictional patient case: “Diabetic retinopathy,” the chatbot said. When we asked for supporting evidence, it produced a tidy list of academic citations. The problem? The authors didn’t actually exist. The journals were fabricated. The AI chatbot had hallucinated.This delicate relationship between AI and medicine was a major reason I chose Stanford for medical school. Just a short drive from Silicon Valley’s ecosystem of innovation and AI…

On Wednesday, NBC News began cutting 7%, or about 150 of its roughly 2,000-person staff, as it gears up to operate independently of its cable brethren, a person familiar with the matter said.NBC News parent Comcast’s NBCUniversal is set to spin off several of its cable networks, including MSNBC and CNBC, into a new company, Versant. It’s the latest sign of cable’s ongoing decline as viewing behavior shifts to streaming. NBC News attributed the cuts to a tough business climate and the spinoff, saying certain roles that provided support to those cable outlets would no longer be needed.While it cuts…

Nutrafol cofounder Giorgos Tsetis thought he’d finally have a chance to breathe after selling his billion-dollar hair-growth company to Unilever.”To be honest, I felt that after the acquisition, I would just relax,” he told Business Insider. But that “definitely didn’t happen,” he said.While the cofounder’s day-to-day looks different after stepping down as CEO earlier this year, it comes with its own challenges. Tsetis is parenting two children, launching an investment platform called Great Things, and continuing his involvement with Nutrafol as a chairman.Managing stress remains top of mind for Tsetis, a former model and engineer, who cofounded Nutrafol in 2014…

After nearly three years of sputtering and false starts since the pandemic-era highs, dealmaking is finally looking like it’s back in gear on Wall Street.Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley all reported blockbuster third-quarter earnings this week, as CEOs revived mergers and financing plans that had stalled while investors waited for markets to thaw. For the second quarter in a row, signs are mounting that the long-standing dealmaking drought — which has affected bankers’ pay and morale — is showing real signs of easing.”Whether we are entering a golden age of investment banking remains to be seen, but it has…

The Yellow Rose by Kendra Scott, the flagship store in Austin, TX.Courtesy: Douglas FriedmanKendra Scott, the company best known for its jewelry and single-pendant necklaces, is becoming the latest retailer to join the Western wear trend.The company on Wednesday announced its debut boots collection in an expansion outside of the accessories market. The brand will offer three styles, available in men’s and women’s, as part of the Yellow Rose by Kendra Scott line focused on Western style.”A lot of folks don’t know, but in the other half of my life, I take my heels off in the boardroom, and I…

Big publishers are facing an unexpected legal headache.Over the past two months, a little-known entity called Rich Media Club LLC has filed lawsuits against major news publishers, accusing them of using online ad tools that it says infringe its patents.The publishers targeted include Comcast, Guardian Media Group, Gannett, News Corp’s UK publishing arm News Group Newspapers, and MediaNews Group, which publishes dozens of local newspapers.The legal action comes at a challenging time for web publishers, who are grappling with declining search traffic and a volatile ad market. Fighting such a suit could run up legal costs of more than $1…

Chris Ryan | Ojo Images | Getty ImagesThe Spanish-language TV audience is growing, and advertisers are taking notice.Over the past few years, the Hispanic population in America has seen significant growth in TV viewership, according to experts, becoming one of the most valuable demographics for media companies and advertisers. And as these consumers diversify how they’re consuming shows and other content, there’s been an increase in specialized advertising targeting them, with top networks like Telemundo and Univision drawing more attention and ad dollars.Hispanic consumers currently make up roughly 20% of the U.S. population and wield more than $4.1 trillion in…

People who call the Internal Revenue Service — and get through — generally get “prompt, courteous and professional assistance” from IRS employees, according to a new report.The report, from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, found that only 11% of the calls they looked at involved unprofessional behavior on the part of IRS service representatives.After receiving almost 250 complaints during tax season 2024 about unprofessional conduct on calls — including disruptive levels of background noise, and IRS representatives disconnecting calls or not allowing callers to talk to a supervisor — TIGTA pulled a sample of 831 calls from April…