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International Business Times - Top Stories

Corporate Earnings Remain Solid Despite Geopolitical Uncertainty. Stocks Mostly Climbed.

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Holiday Sales Forecast to Rise as Retailers Keep Seasonal Hiring Near Last Year's Level.

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OpenAI Is Racing To Raise $30 Billion Before Anthropic's IPO. Its Valuation Could Cross $1.4 Trillion.

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Trump's Approval Hits Record Low. Democrats See Largest Gap With GOP Of The Election Cycle.

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U.S.-Ukraine Relations Keep Souring. Zelenskyy Now Accused The Trump Admin Of Holding Up Key Missiles.

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The S&P 500 Is Up More Than 10% This Year: But Nearly 40% Of S&P 500 Stocks Are Down 20% From Their Highs.

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Geopolitical Tensions Continue To Escalate Around The World. Oil Prices Are Climbing Again.

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U.S.-Iran Talks Are Stalled. Tehran Is Reportedly Preparing For Renewed Attacks From Washington.

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Trump Endorsed Netanyahu Ahead Of The Israeli Elections. JD Vance Is Not Following Suit.

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NYSE Expands Trading Beyond The Bell. An Expert Weighs In.

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Another Country Will Send Military Help To Saudi Arabia As It Grapples With Escalating Houthi Attacks

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Nevada Faces The Highest Automation Job Risk. Nearly Half of Its Workforce Could be Impacted.

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AAPI Adults Are Losing Faith In The GOP, New Poll Shows. Dems Now Have A Wide Lead.

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Russian Satellite's Rare Approach To An Spacecraft Has Experts Questioning Whether It Was An Intimidation Tactic

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China-Based DeepSeek's AI Products Banned From Use By Government, Contractors

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Protests Keep Escalating In France. The Government Will Now Deploy The Military.

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The Median Advertised Annual Salary in the U.S. Tops $100,000. But Most Job Listings Still Hide The Pay.

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The Strait Of Hormuz Could Become Redundant In Five Years As Countries Build Alternatives, HSBC CEO Says

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AI Could Change The Job Market Forever. Women May Have More To Lose Than Men.

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Ukraine's Footprint In The Gulf Grows. Iran Accuses Kyiv Of Deploying Drone Units Near The Country.

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Why This Gen Z Tech CEO Says the Future Belongs to Generation Alpha

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Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine on Why AI Could Kill the Creator Economy

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Larry Sharpe on What Replaced the American Dream: "The Empire Is Falling"

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PrimeXBT Launches 14-Day VIP Welcome Offer, Cutting Trading Costs for All New Users

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NUBURU Obtains Majority Stake in Italy's Tekne, Expanding European Manufacturing Base and Defense Portfolio

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INmune Bio Teams with Quantum Computing Inc. to Target New Indications for XPro

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Wall Street Is Trading Near Record Highs. The Richest 1% Own More Than Half Of America's Stock Wealth.

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S&P 500 Profits Set To Surge More Than 30% In Q3 With AI Giants Dominating Growth

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SpaceX Could Borrow $40 Billion For Nvidia Chips As Musk Makes A Massive New Bet On AI. Its Stock Fell.

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JPMorgan Chase is Delving Further Into National Security With $5 Billion Push

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Elon Musk Wants To Give Every American Child A SpaceX Share. The Giveaway Could Be Worth Over $10 Billion.

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U.S. Starlink Restrictions Fuel Russian Aggression, Ukrainian Minister Says. Millions are at Risk.

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China Sends Forces To Monitor U.S. Vessel As South China Sea Tensions Rise

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Alberta Overwhelmingly Votes to Remain Part of Canada, Defeating Secessionist Push in Win for PM Carney

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California Employers Will no Longer be Able to Fire People Just Using AI

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How Religious Groups Have Changed their Political Allegiances Over the Past Election Cycle

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AI Data Centers Are Too Big to Insure. Companies Are Doing it Themselves.

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Investors Bought the Dip After AI-Fueled Losses. Stocks Climbed.

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Bitcoin ETFs Lost $65 Million In A Day. One BlackRock Fund Accounted For Every Dollar.

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China Launches National Blockchain As Part Of Wider Plan To Accelerate Expansion Of Digital Economy

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Redefining Prostate Cancer Care: Balancing Cure, Longevity, and Quality of Life

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Maxim Frolov Is Building the Franchise Model Behind MG's Global Expansion

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How Flexible Automation Could Help Smaller Factories Make Custom Products at Scale

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The Fed's Beige Book is Mentioning Diesel a Lot More Than Before. What That Could Mean for Consumer Prices.

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OpenAI Faces Lawsuits From Multiple States Over Claims ChatGPT Harms Children and Deceives Adults.

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New Survey Find U.S. CEO Confidence In Negative Territory as Inflation and Economic Fears Mount.

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Nearly 9 In 10 CEOs Expect To Hire More Workers Despite AI. But The Jobs They Need Are Changing.

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Cheap Meals Come With A Hidden Price. A New Analysis Puts The Lifetime Toll Near $360,000.

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Latino Voters Keep Leaning Toward Democrats Ahead of The Midterms as Trump's Approval Falls

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Most Americans Believe Economic Inequality Is A Major Problem. Some Favor Radical Changes.

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Zelensky Says Ukraine Is Being Pushed to 'Capitulate' as Rift With Trump Escalates

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Australian Official Critically Injured In Car Attack; Authorities Say Incident Was Intentional

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Iranian Lawmaker Calls For Obtaining a Nuclear Weapon, Suggests New Supreme Leader Could Be More Open to It.

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Sanctioned Oil Tankers May Get a U.S. Reprieve from Trump. But Freight Costs Might Not Feel a Difference.

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Most U.S. Voters Want 'Total Upheaval' In The Way The Country is Run, Poll Shows

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AI Safety Advocates Are Spending Tens of Millions To Get Lawmakers to Take Regulation Seriously

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Elon Musk Becomes Biggest 2026 Midterm Donor: $276 Million Have Gone to Republican Groups.

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Saudi National Who Bugged OpenAI Conference Room Communicated With Royal Family Member Before Arrest

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AI is Expected to Cause Wide Societal Disruption. Anthropic is Devoting 5% of its Shares to Fight it.

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