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  • Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils | Odd Lots
    on May 2, 2026 at 8:12 am

    Two years ago, Citadel's Ken Griffin paid almost $45 million for a stegosaurus skeleton, making it the most expensive fossil ever sold at auction. So why are dinosaur bones joining the collections of millionaires instead of museums? How does the private market for fossils actually work? And how similar is it to the market for art and other antiquities? In this episode, we speak with Salomon Aaron, a director at London-based gallery David Aaron, where he is the gallery's in-house broker for dinosaur fossils. We talk about how fossils are found and priced, what it's like to work alongside dinosaur hunters, how his gallery identifies potential buyers, and why Joe thinks something about the birds-to-dinosaurs evolutionary pipeline is off. (Source: Bloomberg)

  • Chinese Court Rules Firms Can’t Lay Off Workers on AI Grounds
    by Victor Swezey on May 2, 2026 at 8:10 am

    A Chinese court ruled that companies cannot terminate employees just to replace them with artificial intelligence systems, as authorities juggle the need to stabilize the domestic labor market with a global race to develop AI technologies.

  • Musk’s Trial Against OpenAI Hits Some Rough Spots in First Week
    by Madlin Mekelburg on May 2, 2026 at 12:24 am

    Elon Musk set out to tell a jury that his falling out with OpenAI was a simple tale of betrayal.

  • EBay Soars on Report GameStop Is Preparing Takeover Bid
    by Spencer Soper, Cecilia D'Anastasio on May 1, 2026 at 9:50 pm

    EBay Inc. jumped more than 15% in after-hours trading on Friday after the Wall Street Journal reported that video-game retailer GameStop Corp. is preparing a bid for the company.

  • Fmr. BET CEO Debra Lee on Media Landscape, Handbag Line
    on May 1, 2026 at 8:45 pm

    Former BET Chair & CEO Debra Lee discusses the changing media landscape, why good content will always find its audience, and her new luxury handbag line. She talks with Romaine Bostick for "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)