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From rivals to reluctant partners: Can Modi and Xi redraw the lines of trust as Trump’s tariffs shake up global relations?
A relationship frozen after a deadly clash high in the Himalayas five years ago appears to be thawing under the heat of Washington’s economic pressure.
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Covid-Era Pay Gains Are Vanishing. Low Wage Workers Will Feel It Most.
By mid-2023, their inflation-adjusted wage growth wasn’t just positive—it surpassed that of higher-earning workers. The promise of a more equitable economy seemed within reach
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DAFs Were Meant To Move Money, So Why Do They Keep Acting Like Banks?
With assets now surpassing $251.5 billion, DAFs have outpaced the scale of most private foundations and are becoming one of the most influential and untouchable forces in philanthropy. While they were created to make giving easier and more strategic,
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A ‘Third Way’ Between Buying or Renting? Swiss Co-ops Say They’ve Found It.
A few blocks from the shores of Lake Geneva, Claude Waelti shows a visitor his apartment in one of the most desirable neighborhoods of Lausanne, the Swiss city with sweeping views of the French Alps across the lake.
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Crypto treasury myth: Investors are misunderstanding $150 billion market
The combination of mainstream enthusiasm and lack of mainstream understanding has been a toxic mix for crypto in the past.
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Australia Housing Dysfunction Mirrored in Central Bank’s Blowout Rebuild
When Australia’s central bank resolved to refurbish its 1960s-era Sydney headquarters in 2018, it hardly expected the project would fall victim to the complex construction rules that also hinder the country’s housing sector.
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Are sports prediction markets betting or investing? Two new Robinhood lawsuits could define how they are regulated going forward
This time around, the culprit isn’t stocks like GameStop or even crypto sh*tcoins like the beloved Fartcoin, but prediction markets. Those carefully tracking the presidential odds of the 2024 election might have thought that Polymarket and Kalshi would recede into the shadows after November,
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Central bankers fear the war for independence is already lost
Their words create trillion-dollar swings in markets; their actions can determine the fates of nations. But among the central bankers who gathered in Jackson Hole, Wyo., in recent days, there was a palpable sense that their moment at the helm of the world economy may have passed.
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These AI-Skilled Twentysomethings Are Making Hundreds of Thousands a Year
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Lego Sales Hit Record as Mix of Homegrown, Licensed Sets Drive Growth
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China seeks closer trade ties with Saudi Arabia as Gulf trade deal stalls
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Global Markets Mixed Ahead of Nvidia Earnings
The chip maker’s quarterly financials could have ramifications for the strength of the artificial-intelligence trade.
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Dollar firms but worries linger over Fed independence
The dollar advanced against the euro and sterling on Wednesday but investor concerns over the Federal Reserve's independence ...
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Analysis-Chinese savers are a booming stock market's next catalyst
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Hochschild Mining Cuts Guidance, Shares Tumble
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International firms could be bankrolling 1 million Russian soldiers: report
I nternational firms could effectively be bankrolling 1 million Russian soldiers through taxes paid in the country, a report ...
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Taiwan's Yageo expects to clear Japan's national security review for $740 million Shibaura buyout
TOKYO (Reuters) -Taiwanese components maker Yageo said on Wednesday it expects to obtain Japan's national security clearance ...
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JD Sports Fashion to Launch $135 Million Share Buyback, Backs Guidance
JD Sports Fashion plans to launch a new 100 million-pound ($134.8 million) share buyback program despite a decline in ...
Yahoo Finance9h
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures inch higher with all eyes on Nvidia earnings
US stock futures inched higher with Wall Street on edge ahead of Nvidia's (NVDA) earnings report. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F), the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F), and the ...
MLive Ann Arbor10h
The top 10 homegrown employers in Michigan, per Forbes survey
Forbes has released a ranking of “America’s Best-in-State Employers,” including 41 headquartered in Michigan. The list ranks large employers based on survey responses from 160,000 employees across ...
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Will the Fed Cut Rates? Use This Trade to Prepare for Whatever It Decides.
Aggressive investors can play both sides of the Fed’s decision on interest rates in September by considering put and call spreads on the iShares Russell 2000 exchange-traded fund.
The Washington Post9h
Trump officials discussing ownership stakes in defense firms, Lutnick says
The commerce secretary said there was a “monstrous discussion” among Trump administration officials about taking partial ownership of defense giants days after President Donald Trump announced a ...
Bloomberg43m
China’s $1 Trillion Stock Rally Spurs Curbs From Broker, Funds
A $1 trillion stock rally in China is sparking concerns over growing risks to investors, prompting some of the nation’s brokerages and fund managers to cut back on financing and limit purchases.
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