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Data Center Cargo Thefts Hit $110.6M as 'Bump-and-Run' Targets Security Escorts
Logistics

Data Center Cargo Thefts Hit $110.6M as 'Bump-and-Run' Targets Security Escorts

Scott Cornell says cargo thieves used staged collisions against security escorts, exploiting poorly vetted drivers and p...

Eoin McCarthy 👁 62 💬 0
Real and RE/MAX Shareholders Approve Merger, Forming Real RE/MAX Group
Real Estate

Real and RE/MAX Shareholders Approve Merger, Forming Real RE/MAX Group

Real and RE/MAX shareholders approved the acquisition, and closing is expected in about two weeks pending a British Colu...

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UWM's $603 Million Derivatives Loss Raises Questions Over Hedging and Capital Strategy
Companies

UWM's $603 Million Derivatives Loss Raises Questions Over Hedging and Capital Strategy

A $27.5 billion rate position lost $603 million in Q2, cutting UWM's book equity 38%, as analysts ask why the hedge rema...

Declan Byrne 👁 63 💬 0
Reverse Mortgage Industry Asks CFPB for Dollar-Based Loan Disclosures
Real Estate

Reverse Mortgage Industry Asks CFPB for Dollar-Based Loan Disclosures

NRMLA wants the CFPB to replace percentage-based TALC tables with dollar illustrations and merge TILA and HECM disclosur...

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Iran Floats a 15,000-Kilometer Missile — and the Real Question Is Who Would Help Build It
Defense

Iran Floats a 15,000-Kilometer Missile — and the Real Question Is Who Would Help Build It

A 15,000-kilometer Iranian missile would put all of the US in range. The real question is whether Russia and North Korea...

Doron Avidan 👁 55 💬 0
Prologis IBI at 59.3: U.S. Logistics Real Estate Moves Into Growth Mode
Logistics

Prologis IBI at 59.3: U.S. Logistics Real Estate Moves Into Growth Mode

Q2 2026 net absorption of 66 million square feet was the strongest since 2022, while Prologis says supply is tightening ...

Eoin McCarthy 👁 63 💬 0
FTR Trucking Conditions Index Slips to 17.4 in June but Stays Strong for Carriers
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FTR Trucking Conditions Index Slips to 17.4 in June but Stays Strong for Carriers

FTR's June TCI dipped from May's record 20.4 to 17.4 as lower diesel partly offset softer rate growth; contract rates ar...

Eoin McCarthy 👁 57 💬 0
Syria Reclaims Oil and Port Assets as Western and Gulf Deals Erode Russia's Role
Energy

Syria Reclaims Oil and Port Assets as Western and Gulf Deals Erode Russia's Role

Damascus has retaken key oil and gas fields, replaced Russia's Tartous port deal with DP World and opened onshore and of...

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Hormuz Strikes and Saudi Refinery Drones Put Oil Chokepoints Under Pressure
Energy

Hormuz Strikes and Saudi Refinery Drones Put Oil Chokepoints Under Pressure

Iran's attack on ADNOC-linked tankers and fresh Houthi drones on Saudi Aramco show the war is escalating across the Gulf...

Aoife Keane 👁 68 💬 0
Hormuz Risk Premium Returns as Weak Demand Caps Oil's Weekly Rebound
Markets

Hormuz Risk Premium Returns as Weak Demand Caps Oil's Weekly Rebound

WTI is up more than 5% this week after stalled U.S.-Iran talks restored the Strait of Hormuz risk premium, but a huge U....

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Truckload Rates Hold Higher Floor in July as Capacity Trumps Softer Freight Volumes
Logistics

Truckload Rates Hold Higher Floor in July as Capacity Trumps Softer Freight Volumes

DAT's July index shows van and reefer contract rates gaining while loads fell, and analyst Dean Croke sees capacity, not...

Eoin McCarthy 👁 58 💬 0
Shipper Groups Ask STB to Reject Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern Merger Application
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Shipper Groups Ask STB to Reject Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern Merger Application

Chemical and fertilizer shippers say Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have not shown their proposed rail merger meets ...

Eoin McCarthy 👁 63 💬 0
US Rail Carloads Rise 1.8%, Intermodal Up 4.1% in Week Ending Aug. 8
Logistics

US Rail Carloads Rise 1.8%, Intermodal Up 4.1% in Week Ending Aug. 8

AAR data show grain and metals gains offset coal and auto declines, while intermodal marks its third straight weekly imp...

Eoin McCarthy 👁 52 💬 0
Long-Duration Battery Startups Raise $1.3B as Data Centers Seek 24/7 Clean Power
Energy

Long-Duration Battery Startups Raise $1.3B as Data Centers Seek 24/7 Clean Power

Form Energy’s $750 million round and Antora Energy’s $550 million raise put iron-air and carbon-block storage at the cen...

Aoife Keane 👁 89 💬 0
Beyond Madrid and Barcelona: Spain's Most Beautiful Places, Per Forbes Travel Guide
Travel

Beyond Madrid and Barcelona: Spain's Most Beautiful Places, Per Forbes Travel Guide

Forbes Travel Guide's selection favors nature, history and limited access over mass tourism, from Asturias to the volcan...

Maya Golan 👁 63 💬 0
French Court Clears Defense and End-of-Life Laws, Sends Child Social Media Rules Back
Politics

French Court Clears Defense and End-of-Life Laws, Sends Child Social Media Rules Back

The Constitutional Council has cleared major parts of the French government's agenda, including a doubled military budge...

Sinead Brennan 👁 62 💬 0
Asunción Turns to an 11-Year Urban Manual to Rebuild Its Historic Core by 2037
Real Estate

Asunción Turns to an 11-Year Urban Manual to Rebuild Its Historic Core by 2037

A new design code, a US$105m World Bank programme and an awarded first construction phase aim to repopulate Paraguay's c...

Cormac Doyle 👁 56 💬 0
Tether's CEO Denies Plans for a Tether Blockchain as Stablechain Rivals Emerge
Companies

Tether's CEO Denies Plans for a Tether Blockchain as Stablechain Rivals Emerge

Tether's CEO denies the company is building its own blockchain, challenging a study that grouped it with Stripe and Circ...

Declan Byrne 👁 53 💬 0
Birkenstock Investor L Catterton Sells $1 Billion Stake After 12% Stock Surge
Companies

Birkenstock Investor L Catterton Sells $1 Billion Stake After 12% Stock Surge

L Catterton placed 25.52 million Birkenstock shares at $39.35, a 4% discount to Thursday's close. Birkenstock itself bou...

Declan Byrne 👁 61 💬 0
US 30-Year Treasury Yield Hits 25-Year High as Deficit Financing Costs Mount
Economy

US 30-Year Treasury Yield Hits 25-Year High as Deficit Financing Costs Mount

A 30-year auction priced at 5.216% and a 10-year sale at 4.683% show investors demanding more for US debt as July's defi...

Niamh O'Sullivan 👁 74 💬 0
Berkshire Hathaway Lifts Alphabet Stake 83%, Halting 14-Quarter Stock Sell-Off
Markets

Berkshire Hathaway Lifts Alphabet Stake 83%, Halting 14-Quarter Stock Sell-Off

The disclosure makes Alphabet Berkshire's third-largest stock at $37.8 billion, as Greg Abel begins deploying the cash p...

Yael Ben-David 👁 165 💬 0
Google Edges Past Naver in Korean Mobile Users as AI Search Shifts the Web
Technology

Google Edges Past Naver in Korean Mobile Users as AI Search Shifts the Web

For the first time, Google's mobile app outranked Naver by monthly active users in South Korea, while ChatGPT's rise poi...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 65 💬 0
Trump Promises to Declare Strait of Hormuz US Territory 'Soon' After Defeating Iran
Politics

Trump Promises to Declare Strait of Hormuz US Territory 'Soon' After Defeating Iran

Donald Trump said Washington would soon declare the Strait of Hormuz US territory, escalating a war in which Iran alread...

Sinead Brennan 👁 61 💬 0
China's 49th Naval Taskforce Heads to Gulf of Aden for Escort Mission
Defense

China's 49th Naval Taskforce Heads to Gulf of Aden for Escort Mission

Three PLAN ships led by the destroyer Kunming depart Sanya to relieve the 48th escort taskforce off Somalia, extending a...

Doron Avidan 👁 50 💬 0
TOUCHBeauty Japan Opens Instagram Giveaway for LIFT2 Multi-Esthetic Device
Lifestyle

TOUCHBeauty Japan Opens Instagram Giveaway for LIFT2 Multi-Esthetic Device

The Tokyo beauty-device maker will give three winners a LIFT2 facial device, priced at ¥27,280, in an Instagram campaign...

Ciara Whelan 👁 58 💬 0
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko on Gundam's 20th Anniversary: THE ORIGIN, SEED and Tezuka's Influence
Lifestyle

Yoshikazu Yasuhiko on Gundam's 20th Anniversary: THE ORIGIN, SEED and Tezuka's Influence

The veteran Gundam character designer reflects on the parallel rise of Gundam THE ORIGIN and SEED, the IP business aroun...

Ciara Whelan 👁 70 💬 0
Trump Memo Pushes Steam Carrier Reversal and Foreign-Owned US Yards
Defense

Trump Memo Pushes Steam Carrier Reversal and Foreign-Owned US Yards

A 13 August memorandum orders a 60-day plan to swap CVN-81's EMALS for steam systems, expands foreign-owned US yard arra...

Doron Avidan 👁 56 💬 0
Rheinmetall Demonstrates Truck-Launched FV-014 Loitering Munition in Germany
Defense

Rheinmetall Demonstrates Truck-Launched FV-014 Loitering Munition in Germany

The July 2026 Cochstedt test paired a 100km loitering munition with an 18-cell ISO-container launcher, formalising the h...

Doron Avidan 👁 58 💬 0
Hero-120 Loitering Munition Passes US Army Acceptance Tests for LUS Programme
Defense

Hero-120 Loitering Munition Passes US Army Acceptance Tests for LUS Programme

UVision and Rheinmetall say the Hero-120 met every acceptance requirement in August 2026 tests under the US Army's Letha...

Doron Avidan 👁 51 💬 0
Moscow Exchange Outlines Two-Year Path Toward Near 24/7 Trading
Companies

Moscow Exchange Outlines Two-Year Path Toward Near 24/7 Trading

MOEX will first end weekend maintenance halts, then gradually align weekend and weekday sessions, with the full transiti...

Declan Byrne 👁 59 💬 0