Motley Fool Money - Google Steals the Show in AI

Gemini 3 is out and it may change the landscape in artificial intelligence. Benchmarks have it performing better than GPT-5 and Google is leaning into its competitive advantages in AI tech. Plus, we talk about the drop in Bitcoin and how Target lost its mojo.


Travis Hoium, Rachel Warren, and Jon Quast discuss:

- Gemini 3 is out

- Anthropic’s capital raise

- Bitcoin is down, but is it out?

- Why Target is falling behind in retail


Companies discussed: Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), NVIDIA (NVDA), Target (TGT), Bitcoin (BTC), Coinbase (COIN), Circle (CRCL).


Host: Travis Hoium

Guests: Rachel Warren, Jon Quast

Engineer: Dan Boyd


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The Journal. - Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Epstein Files and a MAGA Feud

Once one of President Trump’s most strident allies, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is now arguing the president is out of touch with his political base. Trump, in turn, has called her a “traitor” and unendorsed her. As WSJ’s Olivia Beavers reports, Greene was one of a few Republicans who broke with Trump this year over the release of the Justice Department’s Jeffrey Epstein-related files. Now, with those files set to be released, Greene is redefining her political identity. Jessica Mendoza hosts.

Further Listening:

- Trump’s Letter to Jeffrey Epstein

- The Healthcare Fight at the Heart of the Longest Ever Shutdown

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S12 Bonus: Marlena Sarunac, The Company Advice

Marlena Sarunac is a first generation American, her family being from Croatia. She started her career at Mastercard, left to travel around Europe (before it was cool to do so), and then came back to join her first startup. During her travels, she figured out that she was truly an American, as she prefers the entrepreneurial pace of life. Her path has been in marketing, but she also has an engineering degree, which gives her a unique edge. Outside of tech, she is married to a chef, with a 2 year old daughter and a rescue dog. They live in Rhode Island, in the Bristol area.

Marlena and her now co-founder met at a prior company, and worked well together promoting that brand. The built a playbook, and always dreamed of starting their own thing to push those playbooks. The stars aligned later in life, and they decided to give it a go.

This is the creation story of The Company Advice.

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In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons - Chicago-Area Leaders Are Putting Immigration Agents In Check

In October, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order that bans the use of city property by federal immigration enforcement. Since that move, many neighboring cities and municipalities have followed suit. ‘In the Loop’ hears from Toni Preckwinkle, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss, and Hammond, Ind. Mayor Tom McDermott, Jr., to learn more about their efforts to combat aggressive immigration campaigns by ICE, DHS and CBP. For a full archive of In the Loop interviews, head over to wbez.org/intheloop.

The Bulwark Podcast - Kamala Harris: This Is Our Country

Before a live audience in Nashville Tuesday, Kamala Harris discussed what it takes to fight back against Trump. But she also threw punches—against the corrupt and callous administration that's trying to gaslight Americans about Jeffrey Epstein, and the tech titans who are bending the knee to a tyrant. Also noteworthy: Both MTG and Mamdani come in for some praise. Plus, the power of a consumer boycott, the challenges of being No. 2 on the job, and the still stinging emotions around her 107-day campaign.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris joins Tim Miller.

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WSJ Minute Briefing - Target to Invest Billions in Store Improvement as Sales Slump

Plus: Larry Summers resigns from the OpenAI board after the release of correspondence between him and Jeffrey Epstein. And McKinsey elects one of its smallest partnership classes in recent years. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts.


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WSJ What’s News - Alternative Indicators: What Pinched Consumers Are Buying at the Liquor Store

We all want a little treat—even if we’re on a budget. That desire may be part of what’s shaping U.S. liquor sales; big spirits companies are seeing growth in the sales of their smaller bottles of liquor, while sales of the pricier larger sizes decline. What does that tell us about how consumers are feeling about their wallets? Host Alex Ossola discusses with Nadine Sarwat, director and equity research analyst at brokerage firm Bernstein. And finally, in this last episode of our alternative economic indicator series, WSJ investing columnist Spencer Jakab joins Alex to take stock of all four indicators in this series—Nevada employment, copper, heavy trucks and liquor—and the picture they paint about the broader U.S. economy. 


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Further Listening

Alternative Indicators: Can Nevada Employment Predict Where the Economy is Headed?

Alternative Indicators: What’s Dr. Copper’s Prognosis for the U.S. Economy?

Alternative Indicators: What Big-Rig Truck Sales Reveal About the U.S. Economy

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