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Apple Earnings Beat Propelled by iPhone 22% Growth; CEO Transition in Focus
Companies

Apple Earnings Beat Propelled by iPhone 22% Growth; CEO Transition in Focus

Apple reported better-than-expected quarterly results, driven by a 22% iPhone revenue jump, even as the company prepares...

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Beyond Nissan: 14 Directors Voted Down at Japanese AGMs, Full Rankings Show
Companies

Beyond Nissan: 14 Directors Voted Down at Japanese AGMs, Full Rankings Show

A Toyokeizai analysis of all listed Japanese companies reveals 14 director candidates were rejected by shareholders in t...

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Brazil to Auction Union Gas Directly to Industry, Minister Says Firms Are ‘All Equal’
Energy

Brazil to Auction Union Gas Directly to Industry, Minister Says Firms Are ‘All Equal’

New rule permits state-owned PPSA to sell the Union’s natural gas directly to chemicals, fertilizers and power generatio...

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Fire Destroys Mattress Factory in Tigre; No Fatalities But Toxic Smoke Injures Three
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Fire Destroys Mattress Factory in Tigre; No Fatalities But Toxic Smoke Injures Three

A blaze at a mattress factory in General Pacheco, Tigre, tore through the building and spread to a paper warehouse. The ...

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Microsoft’s $480 Billion Rally Reopens the AI Investment Debate: Real Moat or Market Nihilism?
Markets

Microsoft’s $480 Billion Rally Reopens the AI Investment Debate: Real Moat or Market Nihilism?

A blockbuster quarter from Microsoft added nearly half a trillion dollars in value, but analysts are deeply split on whe...

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AWS Smashes Q2 Estimates as AI Demand Fuels 37% Revenue Surge
Companies

AWS Smashes Q2 Estimates as AI Demand Fuels 37% Revenue Surge

Amazon shares jump 6% after hours as cloud unit’s blowout quarter signals AI investments are beginning to pay off, easin...

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Toyota-Trained Manufacturers Dive into Space, AI and Cocktails to Attract Fresh Talent
Companies

Toyota-Trained Manufacturers Dive into Space, AI and Cocktails to Attract Fresh Talent

Companies born from Toyota’s supply chain in Japan’s Mikawa region are using their manufacturing precision to break into...

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Panel urges India to handle Hasina extradition with sensitivity, keep minority protection central
Politics

Panel urges India to handle Hasina extradition with sensitivity, keep minority protection central

A parliamentary committee has advised New Delhi to maintain its humanitarian stance on the former Bangladesh PM's stay w...

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Saudi Arabia Leads New Multinational Maritime Defense Alliance, Hosts Permanent HQ in Riyadh
Defense

Saudi Arabia Leads New Multinational Maritime Defense Alliance, Hosts Permanent HQ in Riyadh

Founding nations announce a collective defence framework to secure the Bab el-Mandeb, Red Sea, and Gulf of Aden, with Sa...

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Meta’s AI Spending Surge Costs Zuckerberg $18 Billion in One Day as Wall Street Revolts
Companies

Meta’s AI Spending Surge Costs Zuckerberg $18 Billion in One Day as Wall Street Revolts

Meta stock plunged 9% after the company revealed sharply higher AI investment plans without a clear profitability timeli...

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Oil Futures Dip After US Strikes Iran, But Diesel Crisis Fuels Price Fears
Energy

Oil Futures Dip After US Strikes Iran, But Diesel Crisis Fuels Price Fears

U.S. retaliation against Iran triggered a partial retreat in crude prices, but a global diesel shortage, refinery outage...

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Microsoft’s Historic Stock Surge: How AI Spending and Cloud Acceleration Won Wall Street
Companies

Microsoft’s Historic Stock Surge: How AI Spending and Cloud Acceleration Won Wall Street

A record-breaking 15.5% one-day gain for Microsoft signals investor approval of the AI spending strategy as Azure growth...

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FTX Makes Smallest Creditor Distribution Yet — $900M — as Wind-Down Nears End
Companies

FTX Makes Smallest Creditor Distribution Yet — $900M — as Wind-Down Nears End

The fifth payout pushes recovery for some claims over 100% in dollar terms, but thousands of creditors remain locked out...

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US Trade Body Awards $5.7M for Green Hydrogen Study in Morocco Despite Trump’s Energy Shift
Energy

US Trade Body Awards $5.7M for Green Hydrogen Study in Morocco Despite Trump’s Energy Shift

A $5.7 million U.S. grant to study green hydrogen in Morocco highlights contradictions in America’s energy policy while ...

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Colombia's Superfinanciera Launches Credit Reporting Hub, Orders Illegal Fundraising Halt
Companies

Colombia's Superfinanciera Launches Credit Reporting Hub, Orders Illegal Fundraising Halt

The Colombian financial regulator unveiled a centralized platform for granular credit portfolio reporting while also ord...

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Google Backstops Anthropic’s $15B Data Center Deal with Lease Guarantees
Companies

Google Backstops Anthropic’s $15B Data Center Deal with Lease Guarantees

Google is providing billions in lease guarantees for AI startup Anthropic’s use of a massive new Texas data center campu...

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High-Performance E-Scooters Put to the Test: Segway, Navee and Dualtron Face Off
Lifestyle

High-Performance E-Scooters Put to the Test: Segway, Navee and Dualtron Face Off

Car and Driver tests three extreme superscooters capable of more than 40 mph, revealing which model delivers speed, hand...

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Yahoo Privacy Consent Page Contains No News: A GDPR Compliance Form, Not an Article
News

Yahoo Privacy Consent Page Contains No News: A GDPR Compliance Form, Not an Article

The crawled URL returned a Finnish-language cookie consent banner under the IAB Transparency & Consent Framework. It con...

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Ivan Edeshko, Soviet Basketball Legend and Architect of the 'Golden Pass', Dies at 81
News

Ivan Edeshko, Soviet Basketball Legend and Architect of the 'Golden Pass', Dies at 81

The man behind the iconic full-court pass that sealed Soviet victory over the United States at the 1972 Olympics has pas...

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Intel Grants Rare Atom Access to Startup Run by CEO Tan’s Co-Investor
Companies

Intel Grants Rare Atom Access to Startup Run by CEO Tan’s Co-Investor

Intel is giving a stealthy startup named RosaicLabs access to its low‑level Atom processor blueprints. The company is ru...

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Low Voter Turnout in Bihar, MP, Gujarat Bypolls Ahead of August 3 Counting
Politics

Low Voter Turnout in Bihar, MP, Gujarat Bypolls Ahead of August 3 Counting

Bypolls in Bankipur, Datia, and Manjalpur saw sharply lower turnout compared to previous elections, with BJP facing a pr...

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Supreme Court Urges Fairness in Election Commissioner Selection, Questions CJI Exclusion
Politics

Supreme Court Urges Fairness in Election Commissioner Selection, Questions CJI Exclusion

The Supreme Court questioned the central government on whether the panel selecting Election Commissioners must demonstra...

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Euro Breaches $1.15 for First Time in Six Weeks as Dollar Sinks on Yen Intervention Bets
Markets

Euro Breaches $1.15 for First Time in Six Weeks as Dollar Sinks on Yen Intervention Bets

The euro rallied past 1.15 US dollars, lifted by renewed risk appetite, stronger-than-expected eurozone growth and specu...

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US GDP Headline Lags, but Underlying Demand Surged in Q2—At the Cost of Plummeting Savings
Economy

US GDP Headline Lags, but Underlying Demand Surged in Q2—At the Cost of Plummeting Savings

Final sales to domestic purchasers jumped 3.2% annualized, driven by resilient consumer spending and broad business inve...

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Citi Slashes Coinbase Price Target 41% But Keeps Buy Rating Ahead of Q2 Results
Companies

Citi Slashes Coinbase Price Target 41% But Keeps Buy Rating Ahead of Q2 Results

Citi’s revised target of $235 follows lowered expectations for trading revenue, but subscription income and possible cry...

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Saudi Arabia Forges 14-Nation Alliance to Defend Red Sea Shipping from Houthi Attacks
Politics

Saudi Arabia Forges 14-Nation Alliance to Defend Red Sea Shipping from Houthi Attacks

Riyadh announces a defensive maritime coalition spanning the Gulf, Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt after repeated Houthi stri...

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Amazon, Walmart AI Spots 'Made in USA' Fraud but Business Logic Keeps It Silent, Study Finds
Companies

Amazon, Walmart AI Spots 'Made in USA' Fraud but Business Logic Keeps It Silent, Study Finds

A Columbia Law School think tank run by ex-FTC chief Lina Khan reveals that Amazon's Alexa and Walmart's Sparky can dete...

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Deutsche Bahn returns to profit as 'super construction year' brings more disruption
Companies

Deutsche Bahn returns to profit as 'super construction year' brings more disruption

First-half net profit of €147m masks struggles as only 59% of long-distance trains ran on time and record investment hit...

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Jersey Mike’s Valued at $6.7 Billion After Shares Slip 8.7% in NYSE Debut
Companies

Jersey Mike’s Valued at $6.7 Billion After Shares Slip 8.7% in NYSE Debut

Jersey Mike’s shares opened well below the IPO price, valuing the sandwich chain at $6.7B in a closely watched debut tha...

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Air France-KLM Posts €61m Loss as Fuel Costs Soar, Makes Formal Bid for TAP
Travel

Air France-KLM Posts €61m Loss as Fuel Costs Soar, Makes Formal Bid for TAP

The Franco-Dutch group swung to a first-half loss, hit by a €804m fuel cost increase from the Hormuz crisis, but passed ...

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