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A Bad Look—Buffalo Bills Owner Sparks Outrage After Being Photographed On $100 Million Yacht After Getting Public Financing For New Stadium

Billionaire Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula is in the center of unwanted controversy after being photographed on a yacht off Newport, Rhode Island. Normally, billionaires on yachts isn't news, but billionaire Pegula is getting $850 million from taxpayers to build a new football stadium.

Benzinga · Sep 18, 2025

BlackRock-Backed Minute Media Buys $250M Indian AI Startup That Turns Sports Into Instant Viral Content

Media startup Minute Media, backed by BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is betting big on that trend with its Sept. 9 acquisition of VideoVerse, an Indian AI company valued between $200 million and $250 million.

Benzinga · Sep 18, 2025

Jason Kelce Confesses to Losing 'All My Money' Gambling in New Orleans—'It Was a Bigger Bloodbath Than the Game'

Former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce's luck ran out at the Super Bowl LIX festivities in February in New Orleans. 

Benzinga · Sep 17, 2025

Teen Founders, Tap The Brakes: Paul Graham Says Curiosity Beats Companies In High School — Despite YC Wins With Airbnb, Reddit, And Sam Altman At 19

The co-founder of Silicon Valley’s most influential startup accelerator is delivering a reality check to ambitious teenagers everywhere. Paul Graham, whose Y Combinator has funded giants like Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB), Stripe, Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX), and Reddit (NYSE:RDDT), is warning high schoolers to pump the brakes on their entrepreneurial dreams.

Benzinga · Sep 17, 2025

A $20,000 Raise Should Have Been Life-Changing. Instead, His Paycheck Only Grew By $100, And He's Sharing A Warning

When a Reddit user landed a new job with a $20,000 salary bump, he thought he had made a great decision. The role came with more responsibilities, but also what seemed like a healthy pay raise.

Benzinga · Sep 17, 2025

Changes In Bond Yields After Trump Targeted Lisa Cook Suggest Inflation Would Be Lower If He Took Over The Fed

Is it possible that inflation would actually be lower if President Donald Trump took over the Federal Reserve? While some critics believe a potential Trump takeover of the Fed would result in higher inflation and higher interest rates, not everyone is convinced. 

Benzinga · Sep 17, 2025

The Job Market Is So Bad Right Now It's Looking Like The Pandemic

The job market has been more challenging in recent months, but new findings from The Conference Board indicate that job prospects are just as bad now as they were during the pandemic. The board's Consumer Confidence Survey found that 20% of consumers said jobs were "hard to get," which is…

Benzinga · Sep 17, 2025

AI Unicorn FuriosaAI With $246M In Funding Teams With OpenAI To Run 120B Model On Just 2 Cards While GPUs Struggle

FuriosaAI, South Korea’s newest AI unicorn with $246 million in total funding, partnered with OpenAI at the grand opening of the AI giant’s Seoul office on Sept. 11 to deliver a live demonstration of enterprise-ready sustainable AI.

Benzinga · Sep 17, 2025

Berlin Gaming Startup Born Raises $15M From Tencent, Accel To Combat Loneliness With AI 'Friends' That 15M Users Love

A virtual pet that only comes alive when two people raise it together is at the center of a growing AI movement out of Berlin.

Benzinga · Sep 17, 2025

ECB's Digital Euro Hits Political Wall—And That Could Be Bad News For Your Privacy

The European Central Bank’s digital euro is facing a harsh reality check in the European Parliament, where lawmakers are raising red flags about everything from banking disruption to privacy violations, according to Reuters.

Benzinga · Sep 17, 2025