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  • Melinda French Gates slams billionaires who aren’t giving away enough of their wealth

    US philanthropist Melinda French Gates speaks during a panel titled "Digital Infrastructure: Stacking Up the Benefits" at the annual spring meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2023.
    Melinda French Gates said the wealthy in the US were not giving away enough of their wealth.

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    • Melinda French Gates said billionaires are not giving away enough of their money.
    • She said those who have benefited from businesses in the US should give back "far more than they are."
    • Gates started the Giving Pledge with Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in 2010.

    Melinda French Gates has a message for the ultrawealthy: Give more money away.

    In a Tuesday interview with Wired, Gates spoke about the Giving Pledge, a movement she started in 2010 with her ex-husband, Microsoft's cofounder Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett, the chair of Berkshire Hathaway.

    French Gates said that some of the people who signed the Giving Pledge, which encourages billionaires to donate a significant portion of their wealth, have been giving money at a "massive scale."

    "But have they given enough? No," she said.

    She said those who have amassed "enormous amounts of wealth" have benefited from the US's education system, regulatory environment, and venture capital system. French Gates is worth $17.2 billion, per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

    "If you live in this country and started a business, you benefited from this country," French Gates said. "And I believe to whom much is given, much is expected, and they should be giving back more, far more than they are."

    She did not name specific billionaires in the interview.

    The Giving Pledge's website says that 250 individuals from 30 countries have taken the pledge. Its signatories include Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle's technology chief Larry Ellison, and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman.

    The website spotlights billionaires' contributions to various charities, such as philanthropist MacKenzie Scott's $70 million donation to the UNCF in September.

    French Gates cofounded and cochaired The Gates Foundation with Bill Gates before leaving in June 2024. She now runs Pivotal Ventures, a group of philanthropic organizations focusing on women's issues.

    French Gates' comments in the Wired interview echo those of singer Billie Eilish during her acceptance speech at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards in October. The guest list at the awards included billionaires like Zuckerberg and filmmaker George Lucas.

    "Love you all, but there's a few people in here that have a lot more money than me," Eilish said. "If you are a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties."

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  • AT&T CEO says that young people should think about their careers in 4- to 5-year chapters

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    John Stankey said that those who embrace self learning will come out on top.

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    • AT&T's CEO urges young people to view their careers in four- to five-year chapters.
    • John Stankey highlighted rapid technology changes and the need for ongoing self-education.
    • Tech leaders agree that self-driven learning and AI skills are key in today's job market.

    Young people should redesign their careers every few years, says AT&T's CEO.

    On an episode of the "In Good Company" podcast released on Wednesday, John Stankey said that the idea that you get a relevant college education is "quickly fading," so young people should own their learning.

    "You think about how fast technology is moving, how fast business models are moving," he said. "You have to think about your career in chapters that are four or five years."

    Stankey has worked at the telecom giant for over 41 years and has been leading the company since 2020.

    Every few years, he said people should build a new foundation and set of skills.

    "The only way you're going to be able to do that over the course of a life that may be 80 or 90 years is if you are really, really good about being the dean of your own education and having a process," he said.

    Stankey added that people have an unlimited amount of information at their fingertips, and AI has only raised the stakes by making information more accessible.

    "People who master that are going to probably be the ones who come out on top over time," he said.

    The AT&T CEO echoed advice given by other tech leaders such as Reid Hoffman and Naval Ravikant.

    LinkedIn cofounder Hoffman popularized the concept of becoming the CEO of your own career, saying that people must take responsibility for their own learning to thrive in a rapidly changing job market.

    On a June podcast, he said that young people should use their familiarity with AI as an advantage when seeking work.

    "You are generation AI. You are AI native. So bringing the fact that you have AI in your tool set is one of the things that makes you enormously attractive," Hoffman said.

    Ravikant, a tech investor who cofounded AngelList, advocates for the idea that formal education is a source of career opportunities, but true learning must be self-driven.

    Even before the explosion of AI, he called formal education "completely obsolete" because of the internet and compared it to a day care.

    "There used to be no such thing as self-guided learning. Now, if you actually have the desire to learn, everything is on the internet. You can go on Khan Academy. You can get MIT and Yale lectures online," he wrote in a 2020 blog post.

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  • Bethenny Frankel says there’s one boundary every divorcing parent needs to keep

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    Bethenny Frankel says her almost 10-year-long divorce from her second husband was worse than her chaotic childhood.

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    • Bethenny Frankel says her chaotic childhood couldn't compare to the trauma of her nearly decadelong divorce.
    • "I lost hair. I thought I would never survive it," the "Real Housewives of New York City" alum said.
    • Despite that, she said she "never" badmouthed her ex to their daughter.

    Bethenny Frankel says she shielded her daughter from nearly a decade of divorce drama.

    During an appearance on Wednesday's episode of "Call Her Daddy," Frankel said her almost 10-year-long divorce from her second husband, Jason Hoppy, was messier than her chaotic childhood.

    "I have seen my mother slit her wrists. I have lived a life, my whole life of chasing her into bathrooms, trying to catch her throwing up. I've been around guns, the mafia, the racetrack. I've been through everything. I've seen her beaten with an inch of her life with a phone," Frankel told host Alex Cooper. "Nothing compares to what my divorce was for 10 years."

    The "Real Housewives of New York City" alum married Hoppy, a businessman, in 2010, and they welcomed their daughter, Bryn, shortly after. The former couple announced their separation in 2012, and their divorce was finalized in 2021.

    "It was 10 years of my life. I lost hair. I thought I would never survive it. I didn't want to. I had to because of my daughter. I literally thought I'll never be happy again," Frankel said.

    Despite everything she was going through, Frankel said she "never" badmouthed her ex to their daughter.

    "I never talked bad in front of her. I mean, she energetically, I believe, felt it because it cracked open during the pandemic when she was 11," Frankel said.

    She added that it was a "lesson" every divorcing parent with young kids should keep in mind.

    "It's a long road. Your kids will become cognizant, and they will understand. You don't have to say it to them. You don't have to prove it to them," Frankel said. "You should never ever say a bad thing about the other parent ever, because it is the worst thing you could do to a child."

    Instead, Frankel said she makes sure her daughter knows she's loved and has even shared pieces of her own childhood with her.

    "You know, therapy is a big thing in my house, and I've been on it, and she's a beautiful, happy human being. She really is," Frankel said.

    Frankel isn't the only one who's spoken about keeping things positive for the kids after a split.

    Speaking to Stellar Magazine in April 2023, Jennifer Garner said she avoids reading any press coverage of her and her ex-husband, Ben Affleck.

    "I really work hard not to see either of us in the press," Garner told the outlet. "It doesn't make me feel good, even if it's something nice about one of us."

    In October 2023, Gwyneth Paltrow told Bustle that she and her ex-husband Chris Martin didn't want their kids to "experience the divorce as a trauma."

    "We knew that it would be hard, of course, but we didn't want them to ever feel in the middle, or that one of us was slagging off the other one," Paltrow said.

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  • These 3 charts show how the biggest private equity funds keep winning in a fundraising slowdown

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    Sign outside the Blackstone headquarters.

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    • There may be more private equity funds than McDonald's in the US, but there are signs of consolidation.
    • Nearly half of PE cash raised in 2025 so far has gone to the 10 largest funds, per a report.
    • It was also the lowest year on record for new funds closed, at just 41, per Pitchbook.

    In private equity, consolidation is now the name of the game.

    After a burst of new fund launches — enough for one KKR executive to joke last month that the US now has more private equity funds than McDonald's — more funding than ever is flowing into the biggest names.

    So far this year, nearly 46% of all private equity capital raised in 2025 has been secured by the 10 largest funds, up from 34.5% in 2024, according to PitchBook's private equity outlook report. PitchBook predicts that more than 40% will go to the largest funds in 2026 as well.

    This fundraising consolidation happens while fundraising is down substantially, with only $259 billion raised so far this year compared to $372.6 billion last year. But even as the absolute amount raised by the top funds has dropped 8% year-over-year to $118.3 billion, their overall share of the pie went up.

    Here are three charts from PitchBook's report that show how the biggest funds in private equity are likely to get even bigger.

    The top 10 funds are taking more of the fundraising haul than they have in the last 10 years

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    This chart breaks down the percentage of US private equity (and not credit) fundraising that went to the 10 largest funds. This year, the top 10 largest funds include two Blackstone funds and two Thoma Bravo funds, a Bain Capital fund, as well as funds from lesser-known names like Great Hill Partners.

    After five years, with the 10 largest funds making up an average of 35.8% of funds raised — and a 10-year average of 39% — the number jumped to 45.7% so far this year.

    10 biggest funds Capital committed (billions)
    Thoma Bravo Fund XVI $24.3
    Blackstone Capital Partners IX $21
    Veritas Capital Fund IX $14.4
    Bain Capital XIV $14
    Trident X Fund $11.5
    Thoma Bravo Discover Fund V $8.1
    Great Hill Equity Partners IX $7
    Providence Strategic Growth VI $6
    Blackstone Energy Transition Partners IV $5.6
    Linden Capital Partners $5.2

    With times tight for fundraising, asset allocators are choosing to go to the biggest players with their remaining capital. Even the biggest players are having a harder time fundraising compared to years past, but they're clearly doing better than their competitors.

    The consolidation story is even more striking when you examine the fundraising picture for the top three largest funds. The three largest raised $60.4 billion so far this year, accounting for 23.3% of the total amount raised, compared to $55.9 billion last year, which represented just 15% of the total amount raised.

    Forget flight to quality, there's a flight to experience

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    Capital may be flowing to the biggest players in large numbers, but it's also flowing to the most experienced firms. So far this year, 61% of capital raised has come from firms that have more than 10 funds in total. That's above the five-year average of 58%.

    So far this year, only 41 first-time funds have closed their fundraising this year, a record low number. The total amount of capital in these closed funds, $8.4 billion, is also near record lows, though 2015 saw only $7.7 billion closed across 90 funds.

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    It's even harder than it was last year, when the industry closed 83 first-time funds, the previous record low. With asset allocators flocking to established, large investors, it's no surprise that the new launches are anemic.

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  • $3,000 invested in this ASX silver share in July is now worth $6,577

    A little boy holds up a barbell with big silver weights at each end.

    ASX silver share Broken Hill Mines Ltd (ASX: BHM) is 91 cents apiece on Thursday, down 6.19%.

    Broken Hill Mines used to be Coolabah Metals, a company that first began trading on the ASX in 2022.

    The company requested and was granted a suspension in August last year pending a material acquisition and re-compliance transaction.

    After completing a reverse-acquisition and capital raise, Broken Hill Mines shares began trading on 21 July, opening at 41.5 cents.

    Had you put just $3,000 into this ASX small-cap silver share then, your shareholding would be worth $6,577 today.

    Let’s find out more about why this stock has skyrocketed in recent months.

    Why is this ASX silver share on fire?

    The reverse acquisition fundamentally changed the nature of the company, with new assets giving it more investment appeal.

    At the same time, the silver price has more than doubled this year to record highs. Today, silver is worth US$58 per ounce.

    Broken Hill Mines has two historical silver, lead, and zinc mines.

    It owns 100% of Rasp and 70% of Pinnacles, and is further developing both.

    The company reckons Rasp is the world’s largest silver, lead, and zinc deposit with a Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) of 10.1Mt at 9.4% ZnEq (5.7% Zn, 3.2% Pb, and 49g/t Ag).

    The mine is currently operational and producing approximately 30,000 tonnes of silver-lead-zinc ore per month.

    The on-site concentrator can process up to 750,000 dry metric tonnes of silver-lead-zinc ore per annum.

    Pinnacles was placed into care and maintenance in 2020 due to the pandemic and is not operational as yet.

    However, ongoing drilling is designed to grow the MRE, which is currently 6Mt at 10.9% ZnEq (4.7% Zn, 3.3% Pb, & 132g/t Ag).

    The exploration target is up to 15Mt at 2%-4% Zn, 3%-6% Pb, and 40-125g/t Ag.

    This year, the silver commodity price has ripped due to higher demand for silver for defence systems and clean energy technologies.

    Billionaire metals investor Eric Sprott told Kitco News in March that the silver price could go to US$250-US$500 over the next 10 years.

    Last month, the US Geological Survey (USGS) added silver to the nation’s critical minerals list, demonstrating its growing importance.

    The Silver Institute says 2025 has been “a dramatic year for the silver market”.

    What’s the latest news from Broken Hill Mines?

    Today, Broken Hill Mines announced a mining and processing ramp-up at Rasp.

    The explorer also released new assay results from drilling of Rasp’s main ore lode, specifically in the Blackwoods zone.

    As stated earlier, Rasp has a total MRE of 10.1Mt at 9.4% ZnEq (5.7% Zn, 3.2% Pb, and 49g/t Ag).

    To date, the Blackwoods zone’s contribution is 490kt at 18.3% ZnEq (8.3% Zn, 7.5% Pb, & 156g/t Ag).

    The new drilling results include significant high grade mineralisation of 3m at 1,426g/t AgEq and thick intercepts up to 37.2m at 314g/t AgEq.

    These results come from outside the existing MRE for Blackwoods, indicating the total MRE for Blackwoods and Rasp will likely rise.

    Broken Hill Mines said:

    BHM remains on target to launch an expanded 17,000m drilling program at the Rasp Mine in 2026, focused on further resource extensions of the Main Lode ore body.

    The company also intends to begin first mining activities at Pinnacles in 2026.

    The miner hopes its Rasp and Pinnacles operations next year will enable full utilisation of Rasp’s 750,000tpa capacity processing plant.

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  • Why are BetMakers shares charging higher today?

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    Shares in BetMakers Technology Group Ltd (ASX: BET) were trading more than 10% higher on Thursday after the company announced a major deal with CrownBet.

    The company said in a statement to the ASX that it had signed an exclusive five-year technology and services agreement with Betfair, “to deliver a full wagering stack for the development of CrownBet”.

    As the company said in its statement:

    Under the agreement, BetMakers will deliver its full wagering stack for CrownBet, including a fully customised deployment of the Company’s Apollo wagering platform, trading and risk management, content engine, and core platform technology. The end-to-end solution positions BetMakers as the technology and operational backbone of the CrownBet offering from launch.

    More wins on the board

    BetMakers said it was the most significant commercial milestone for its Apollo platform to date, “and further validates BetMakers’ strategy to provide a complete, vertically integrated B2B wagering solution to Tier-1 operators globally”.

    The agreement also establishes a landmark alignment with Betfair and its parent company, Crown Resorts – one of Australia’s most recognised entertainment and hospitality groups.

    BetMakers Chief Operating Officer Martin Tripp said it was a major endorsement of the Apollo platform.

    To be selected by Betfair to power the return of CrownBet demonstrates the scalability, performance and commercial flexibility of our technology stack. By combining our Apollo platform with deep industry expertise and talent within Betfair, we are confident we can deliver a market-leading wagering experience and help to position CrownBet as a formidable player in the Australian market.

    BetMakers shares traded as high as 19.5 cents on the news before settling back to be changing hands for 19 cents, up 8.5% by mid-afternoon.

    Building on early gains

    BetMakers also this week said it had signed a three-year agreement with Penn Entertainment (NASDAQ: PENN) for the distribution of Penn’s racing content.

    The company said, in a broader market update, that it was “experiencing strong digital momentum with eight digital customers launched in the second quarter of FY26 and eight scheduled for the balance of FY26, supported by a further pipeline of additional growth opportunities globally”.

    BetMakers said the Penn deal was expected to increase the company’s EBITDA by about $1.2 million per year over the term of the contract.

    BetMakers Chief Executive Jake Henson said the Penn deal, which expanded on an existing arrangement, was “a positive step for both parties, and we look forward to a successful and profitable partnership”.

    BetMakers was valued at $195.7 million at the close of trade on Wednesday.

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    Should you invest $1,000 in Betmakers Technology Group Ltd right now?

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  • Best ASX retail stock to buy right now: Wesfarmers or Woolworths?

    A woman sits on sofa pondering a question.

    They’re two of the biggest retail stocks on the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) right now. Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX: WES) is a very diversified company with broad retail operations in a broad range of industries. It is also the owner of popular household retail names like Bunnings, Kmart, Officeworks, and Priceline. Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) is one of Australia’s supermarket giants and the owner of major brands such as Big W, BWS, and Dan Murphy’s.

    So when it comes to these two ASX retail powerhouses, which stock is the better buy for investors right now?

    Are Wesfarmers shares a buy?

    At the time of writing on Thursday afternoon, Wesfarmers shares have dropped 0.4% to $81.39 a piece. Over the past month, the shares have fallen 2.58% but they’re still 14% higher for the year to date.

    The share price was pretty stable between April and October this year. But then the retail company’s annual general meeting (AGM) in late October slashed investor confidence and caused a sharp 15% sell-off. While some areas of the business saw year-to-date sales growth, management said that challenging trading conditions have affected its Industrial and Safety division.

    The good news is that Wesfarmers shares have long been considered a good buy for passive income. The board of directors raised its fully-franked full-year dividend 4% year-over-year for FY25.

    It hasn’t done enough to convince analysts, though, and their verdict on the shares is still split between whether the stock is a buy or a hold. Data shows that the average target price is currently $81.25, implying a 0.38% downside at the time of writing. Although some analysts think the shares could fall another 22.02% to $63.60 over the next 12 months.

    Are Woolworths shares a buy?

    The supermarket chain’s share price is 0.32% lower at the time of writing, at $29.32. Over the past month, the shares have climbed 4.47% but they’re still 3.77% lower for the year to date, thanks to a sharp sell-off after the company posted a disappointing FY25 result in late August. 

    The company’s first-quarter sales update in late October was much more positive, though, and I think there is a good chance the company’s share price has reached the bottom and could soon rebound.

    Again, the shares are a good buy for passive income. In FY25, the supermarket business handed out a total of 85 cents per share, fully franked. Bell Potter expects the ASX retail stock to pay a boosted fully-franked dividend of 91 cents per share in FY26 and then 100 cents per share in FY27. 

    Analysts are more bullish on the shares, too. Data shows that analyst sentiment is also turning, with 7 out of 17 holding a buy or strong buy rating on the shares. The remaining 10 have a hold rating. The average target price is $30.34; however, some expect this could be as high as $33. This implies a potential 3.4% to 12.5% upside for investors over the next 12 months, at the time of writing.

    Which is the better ASX retail stock to buy?

    My vote is that Woolworths shares are a better buy than Wesfarmers stock right now. While both powerhouses offer an attractive passive income for investors, it looks like the latest sell-off of Woolworths shares has created a great buying opportunity for a good quality stock. Whereas Wesfarmers shares have peaked this year and are set to tumble.

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    Should you invest $1,000 in Woolworths Group Limited right now?

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  • Up 76% in less than a year and this ASX mining stock just revealed some “exceptional” gold news

    Gold bars on top of gold coins.

    Santana Minerals Ltd (ASX: SMI) is not a household name amongst ASX mining stocks.

    But the aspiring gold producer is starting to turn heads thanks to its Bendigo-Ophir gold project in New Zealand.

    In essence, the project hosts a resource base containing more than 2.3 million ounces of gold scattered across four deposits.

    However, the jewel in the crown is the flagship Rise and Shine (RAS) deposit with nearly 2.1 million ounces of gold.

    Santana plans to build a mine Rise and Shine and become a significant ASX gold producer.

    The ASX mining stock has already outlined a robust economic profile for a potential gold mine.

    Here, an economic evaluation envisaged 1.25 million ounces of total gold sales from an initial mine life of 13.8 years.

    However, today’s “exceptional” drilling results from Rise and Shine could give the project another shot in the arm.

    What happened?

    The ASX mining stock has been conducting drilling to test for northern extensions of Rise and Shine.

    And today’s results returned “outstanding” high-grade intercepts, confirming the continuation of the high-grade core of the deposit known as the HG1 domain.

    Notably, one hole named MDD487 returned a “bonanza” result of 8.7 metres grading 30.6 grams per tonne gold.

    This intercept ranks amongst the top ten holes drilled to date at Rise and Shine. It includes consistent grades above 15g/t gold, with two assays exceeding 100g/t gold.

    Management noted that this intercept highlights the strength of the HG1 domain when compared with the broader mineralised system.

    Other significant hits from the drilling include 27.6m at 3.5g/t gold and 12.6m at 4.2g/t gold.

    Management believes these results point to the potential for a larger underground operation than previously envisaged.

    Santana Minerals chief executive officer, Damian Spring, commented:

    Today’s results reinforce the continuity of high-grade mineralisation within the HG1 zone. The MDD487 interval returned a pre-top-cut grade of 40.2g/t, highlighting the strength of the system even before standard capping is applied. Intervals of this calibre, repeatedly observed across RAS, continue to strengthen our confidence in the geological model and the consistency of the high-grade domains.

    Share price in focus

    Despite the upbeat news, shares in the ASX mining stock have seen little movement in today’s session.

    More specifically, its shares are changing hands at $0.81 each at the time of writing, down by 0.6% from yesterday’s close.

    That said, Santana investors have enjoyed a fruitful year in 2025, with the company’s shares rocketing by 76% since the start of January.

    This performance has far outpaced the broader market, with the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) up by 5% during the same period.

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    Should you invest $1,000 in Santana Minerals Limited right now?

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  • Amazon is expanding its AI chip ambitions. Should Nvidia investors be worried?

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    This article was originally published on Fool.com. All figures quoted in US dollars unless otherwise stated.

    Key Points

    • Amazon unveiled its Trainium3 chip this week at the company’s annual re:Invent conference.
    • The chips can perform some AI tasks at lower prices than Nvidia GPUs.
    • Are Nvidia GPUs worth the premium price?

    Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is a leading artificial intelligence company that incorporates AI into its vast e-commerce and advertising platforms, as well as being the world’s largest cloud computing company. However, it is now taking a key step in expanding its AI empire by rolling out a new AI chip that could significantly challenge the dominant position held by chipmaker Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA).

    Amazon’s Trainium3 chip is the latest movement in the company’s efforts to scale up its custom AI hardware offerings. The company unveiled the chip Dec. 2 at its annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. 

    “Trainium already represents a multibillion-dollar business today and continues to grow really rapidly,” Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman said.

    Should Nvidia investors be worried about Amazon’s latest offering?

    Amazon has compelling reasons to develop its own chips — Nvidia’s powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) are state-of-the-art, handling both the training and inference of the most advanced AI applications. But they’re also extremely expensive. The Blackwell chips are reportedly priced between $30,000 and $40,000 each, and companies must cluster thousands of them in data centers to run AI programs.

    The Trainium3 chips can handle some AI tasks at lower prices. Dave Brown, a vice president at Amazon Web Services, told Yahoo! Finance that developers can save 30% to 40% by using Amazon chips instead of Nvidia’s.

    And of course, the more work that Amazon does with its in-house chips, the less money it will need to spend with Nvidia. Amazon accounts for 7.5% of Nvidia’s revenue, Bloomberg reports.

    Will this hurt Nvidia?

    On its own, probably not. Amazon won’t completely stop buying Nvidia products, and Nvidia has no shortage of customers that it can replace Amazon with, if needed. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has said that the company sold out of cloud GPUs and that its Blackwell sales are “off the charts.” Revenue in the company’s fiscal third quarter of 2026 (ending Oct. 26, 2025) was $57 billion, up 62% from a year ago. The company also reported data center revenue of $51.2 billion, representing a 66% increase from the same period in the previous year.

    Nvidia’s guidance calls for revenue this fiscal year of $212.8 billion, followed by fiscal 2027 revenue of $316 billion as it begins selling its next-generation Rubin architecture.

    The company recently announced a deal with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, for 10 gigawatts of computing power, and has also recently secured deals with Anthropic, Intel, Palantir Technologies, Alphabet, Microsoft, Oracle, and xAI.

    But the market’s response to Amazon’s new chip is worth watching — especially in the wake of Meta Platforms‘ reported negotiations to buy data center chips from Alphabet’s Google. It was only a matter of time before Nvidia started facing growing competition from some of its biggest customers, and it will be up to Huang’s leadership team to prove to customers that its GPUs are worth the premium price.

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  • BWP Group announces December 2025 half-year dividend: distribution details and DRP

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    The BWP Group (ASX: BWP) share price is in focus following the trust’s latest dividend announcement, with the Board declaring a distribution of 9.58 cents per security for the six months to 31 December 2025.

    What did BWP Group report?

    • Interim distribution: 9.58 cents per stapled security, unfranked
    • Ex-dividend date: 30 December 2025
    • Record date: 31 December 2025
    • Payment date: 27 February 2026
    • Dividend reinvestment plan (DRP) available, with election date closing 2 January 2026

    What else do investors need to know?

    This interim distribution is unfranked, with 100% paid as unfranked income. BWP’s DRP allows eligible investors to reinvest their distribution into additional units, with the price set by the average security price between 6 and 19 January 2026. Investors should note tax component details will be confirmed in a separate ASX release on 13 February 2026.

    According to BWP Group, information and DRP rules are available via their investor centre or through the share registry at Computershare.

    What’s next for BWP Group?

    Looking ahead, BWP Group investors can expect further details on the distribution’s tax components before the payment is made in February. The trust continues to offer its DRP without discount for eligible securityholders, supporting reinvestment opportunities.

    BWP Group remains focused on delivering steady distributions to its unitholders and providing regular updates as further financial results are released.

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    Over the past 12 months, BWP Group shares have risen 13%, outperforming the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) which has risen around 2% over the same period.

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