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U.S.-Iran Tensions Keep The Strait Of Hormuz Closed With No End In Sight. Stocks Declined.

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Consumer Spending Declined In July. Goldman Sachs Expects It To Fall Further.

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Trump Prepares New Economic Blows Against Iran. China Could Be Caught In The Crossfire.

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Iran Is Reportedly Preparing To Expand The War, Planning With Proxies And Ramping Up Missile And Drone Production

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The AI Rally Will 'Likely' Lead To A Market Correction, An ECB Post Warns

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Anthropic Revenue Explodes Past $11.5 Billion. Its Blockbuster IPO Is Now Coming Into Focus.

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The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Keeps Dwindling. Experts Are Warning Its Facing Structural Peril.

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The U.S.-Iran Deadline For The MoU Has Passed, But Tehran Says Hostilities Have Rendered It 'Irrelevant'

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Trump's GOP Support Is Slipping As His Approval Among Republicans Hits A Second-Term Low

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The Second Largest U.S. Reservoir Hits Lowest Level Ever. It Is Close To Not Being Able To Generate Power.

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Russia's Economy Is Facing Increasing Pressure. Analysts Worry Putin Might Escalate Before The Money Runs Out.

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JPMorgan Debanked Polymarket Last Year. Now It's Keeping The Door Open For An IPO.

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Trump Family-Linked Trust Gets Conditional Approval To Set Up A Bank. It Could Issue Its Own Stablecoins.

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Shein's IPO Could Come At A Quarter Of Its Past Valuation

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Hamas Reportedly Tells Jared Kushner Group Will Demilitarize Gaza. He's Asking For Tangible Steps.

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Traffic Through The Strait Of Hormuz Has Practically Ground To A Halt. Oil Is Edging Up.

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Fed Rate Hike Bets Are Fading Fast. Cooler Inflation Could Leave Warsh An Easier Choice.

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Nvidia Could Pour $3 Billion Into SoftBank's SB Energy. The Bigger OpenAI Deal Could Reach $100 Billion.

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China's Slowdown Intensifies: Retail Sales Rise Just 0.6% As Investment Tumbles

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CEO Pay Continues To Rise, Now Topping $20 Million In Average: Study

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The S&P 500 Keeps Hitting Records. Bank Of America Warns Of Two Risks That Could End The Rally.

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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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"Bitcoin Will Be Higher": The Editor Who Broke FTX Says We're Still In The First Inning

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The Job Market Is Stable But Workers Say It Feels Frozen: Report

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Washington Wants To Limit Chinese AI Models. One Of Them Helped Contain OpenAI's Cyber Incident.

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Anthropic's Revenue Is Running at $47 Billion. Wall Street Is Already Pricing a Fivefold Increase By 2028.

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Emails Show Anthropic CEO's Wife Asked Epstein to Invest in 'Luxury Porn' Company after His Conviction

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Anthropic Eyes Israeli Startup Reportedly Coveted By Nvidia, SpaceX. What Is Spurring The Suitors

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Anthropic Says Claude Has An Internal Thinking Space. It's Stopping Short Of Calling It Conscious.

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Deep Skepticism About AI Companies Is The National Mood: US Respondents Favor Strict Federal Oversight

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UK Services Sector Contracts at Fastest Pace Since January 2023 - What Does It Mean for Jobs and Economy?

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Cingulate CEO Dr. Shane J. Schaffer: Why a Child's ADHD Diagnosis Often Reveals ADHD in a Parent

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Small Business Growth Alliance (SBGA) Explains Why Every Small Business Needs a Business Continuity Plan

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The Manufacturing Comeback Is Creating a New Kind of Industrial Real Estate Race

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Why High-Performing Tech Companies Are Redesigning How Work Gets Done

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US to Tell Countries to Pick a Side in The AI Race. Choosing China Could Cost Them Access to The Washington Coalition.

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After A Year Of Bombing Suspected Drug Boats, Pete Hegseth signals Strikes On Land

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Bitcoin's Search For A Bottom Continues. Technical Signals Are Starting To Shift

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Binance Gave Russia A Client's Data. It Was Used To Bring Terrorism Charges Over Ukraine Donations.

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Louisa Chiaramonte Built Her Company Twice. The Second Time Nearly Killed Her.

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The Case for Running Towards the Storm: Brandon Bigelow on Why We Keep Losing to Conflict

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Why Personal Injury Guidance Matters After Serious Accidents

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July 4th Sales Go Live Across Major U.S. Retailers. But Shoppers Are Spending Earlier As Deals Arrive Ahead Of The Holiday.

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OpenAI And Anthropic Built AI Around Tokens. Palantir's Karp Says 'Something Has Gone Completely Wrong' With The Model.

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Corporate Profits Are Soaring. At The Same Time, Workers Hit Their Lowest Share Of National Income Ever Recorded.

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SpaceX IPO Creates New Billionaires As Elon Musk's Stake Tops $1 Trillion

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MAGA Perfect's Expectations Drive Trump White House Women to 'Flame Out', Former Staffers Reveal

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Is Donald Trump Running in 2028? President Teases Alleged Third Term Plan Despite Constitutional Limits

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How To Squeeze Iran Financially. Is US Taking Aim At Chinese 'Teapot' Entities

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Ukraine Pounds Russia And Vice Versa. Kyiv's Blitz Signals A Strategic Shift

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'Mano Dura' Policies Return to Bolivia

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Trump Media Is Selling Early Access To The President's Social Media Posts. He Is Now Getting Sued.

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Big Wins, Major Upsets And A Trump Setback. Here's What Happened In Tuesday's Primaries.

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Rubio Escalates Cuba Pressure. A Sanctions Campaign Is Set To Target Every 'Escape Valve'

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Lindsey Graham Championed a Russia Sanctions Package Before His Death. The Senate Just Passed It.

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AI's New Red Flag: US Dangles Pax Silica At Partners To Sideline China

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Claude Is Putting Invisible Watermarks In AI-Generated Text. Even Your Human-Written Copy Could Get One

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OpenAI's Revenue Is Soaring, Topping $40 Billion Ahead of Its IPO

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