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        <title><![CDATA[Biz Carson - Journalist]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Biz Carson is a reporter for Bloomberg News in San Francisco.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Billionaires Behind the Most Expensive Midterm Elections in History]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Political committees have already raised $4.7 billion for the November contests as ultra-wealthy donors look to shape the final two years of Donald Trump's presidency.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda L. Gordon]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 10:15:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Clockwise from top left: Elon Musk, George Soros, Ben Horowitz, Diane Hendricks, Jeff Yass, Marc Andreessen, Miriam Adelson, Greg and Anna Brockman, and Paul Singer </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nvidia Billionaire Mark Stevens Gives $200 Million to Alma Mater USC for AI Research]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Biz Carson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 19:37:26 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Nvidia Corp. signage at the Nvidia GTC conference in San Jose, California, US, on Monday, March 16, 2026. Nvidia Corp. executives will likely need to deliver a surprise at the chipmaker&apos;s annual AI conference that begins Monday to spark a rally in the moribund stock.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sergey Brin Confronted Gavin Newsom — Then Launched a Political War]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliyahu Kamisher]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sergey Brin’s Family Office Takes Over Brain-Focused VC Fund]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ike Swetlitz]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:51:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Connie Ballmer Gives $80 Million to NPR Amid Trump Funding Cuts]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Biz Carson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Alphabet Poised for $100 Billion Windfall on SpaceX Investment]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Biz Carson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:33:50 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Dec. 9, 2025.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[California Billionaires Rally Behind Matt Mahan for Governor After Swalwell Exit]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliyahu Kamisher]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:43:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>From left, Matt Mahan, Katie Porter and Tom Steyer</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cruise Line Heir Tops Peter Thiel as Quarter’s Biggest Insider Seller]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Royal Caribbean’s Arne Wilhelmsen sold more than $500 million worth of shares in the first three months of the year.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-10/royal-caribbean-heir-tops-peter-thiel-as-top-insider-seller</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Biz Carson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:30:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Uber Bets on Three Competing Candidates for California Governor]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-24/uber-bets-on-three-competing-candidates-for-california-governor</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliyahu Kamisher]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:23:46 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Steve Hilton, Katie Porter and Eric Swalwell</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dell Family Office Hunts Private Credit ‘Gems’ Amid Turmoil]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Biz Carson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:33:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Billionaires Thiel and Uihlein Pump Millions Into Republican PAC]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-19/billionaires-thiel-and-uihlein-pump-millions-into-republican-pac</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Biz Carson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:24:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ultrawealthy Consider $500 Million Fund to Influence California Politics]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliyahu Kamisher]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:14:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Billionaire Brin Now Bets on Republican to Govern California]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Biz Carson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:56:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Jeffrey Epstein Used Reid Hoffman to Court Silicon Valley’s Elite]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Emails suggest a closer and longer relationship than previously known between the LinkedIn founder and the disgraced financier.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-04/how-jeffrey-epstein-used-reid-hoffman-to-court-silicon-valley-s-elite</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Biz Carson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:07:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, UK, on Monday, March 24, 2025. AI can be an amplification intelligence, not just artificial intelligence, Hoffman said.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pistachio Billionaires Give UCLA $100 Million for Mental Health]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Biz Carson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sergey Brin-Backed PAC Pushes to Counter California Billionaire Tax]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliyahu Kamisher]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:21:56 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Sergey Brin, president of Alphabet and co-founder of Google Inc., during a dinner with tech leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. US President Donald Trump said he would be imposing tariffs on semiconductor imports “very shortly” but spare goods from companies like Apple Inc. that have pledged to boost their US investments.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley Mayor Gets Sergey Brin, Caruso Backing in Governor Run]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-11/silicon-valley-mayor-gets-sergey-brin-caruso-backing-in-governor-run</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliyahu Kamisher]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 01:25:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Coinbase CEO Falls From List of World’s Richest as Crypto Slides]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Biz Carson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:00:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Software Billionaires Drop $62 Billion in AI-Driven Stock Slump]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Biz Carson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:02:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AI Leads Family Office Investment Themes, JPMorgan Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Biz Carson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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