Tag: Business
Trump’s voice in a new Fannie Mae ad is generated by artificial intelligence, with his permission
NEW YORK – What sounds like President Donald Trump narrating a new Fannie Mae ad actually is an AI-cloned voice reading text, according to...
Climate activist predicts high electricity prices and Trump’s attacks on green energy will hurt GOP
RIPTON, Vt. – At a time when the Trump administration rolled back numerous environmental regulations while global temperatures and U.S. carbon pollution spiked, longtime...
Meet the self-made billionaire who bought a nearly bankrupt company off Warren Buffett for $1,000 and turned it into a $98 billion giant | Fortune
A small investment made at the right moment has the power to launch ordinary people to millionaire status. All it took was $1,000 and...
A $400,000 payout after Maduro’s capture is putting prediction markets in the spotlight
Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election — and recently, the downfall of...
Texas set to ban smokeable cannabis as soon as Jan. 25 | Houston Public Media
Smokeable cannabis products sold legally across Texas could disappear by the end of the month under proposed state rules that would redefine how THC...
Despite getting flak for being woke and lazy, an exec at $62 billion giant Colgate says Gen Z workers are actually ‘pushing us to get better’ | Fortune
Stereotypes stick, and some bosses have already made up their minds on Gen Z workers. Oscar-winning star Jodie Foster slammed the young staffers she...
How Delcy Rodríguez courted Donald Trump and rose to power in Venezuela
MIAMI – In 2017, as political outsider Donald Trump headed to Washington, Delcy Rodríguez spotted an opening.Then Venezuela's foreign minister, Rodríguez directed Citgo —...
U.S. government’s capture of Venezuelan president reverberates across Houston area | Houston Public Media
AP Photo/Evan Vucci
After months of escalating tension, the United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife following a military operation in the...
Unionized hospitality workers in Houston saw ‘historic’ wins in 2025. More could see gains in 2026 | Houston Public Media
Dominic Anthony Walsh/Houston Public Media
In the final months of 2025, about 700 unionized hospitality workers across four workplaces in Houston won approximately 25% raises...
1 million gallons of sulfuric acid leaks into Houston Ship Channel, officials say | Houston Public Media
Gail Delaughter/Houston Public Media
Air and water quality were being monitored Saturday after about 1 million gallons of sulfuric acid was released into the Houston...
