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Fear & Greed 54/100
Why did US jobless claims drop last week?
How will Iran-Israel tensions affect global oil prices?
What impact will Nippon Steel’s US Steel takeover have?
Why is Amazon cutting corporate jobs with AI?
How does Senate’s stablecoin bill affect crypto markets?
Why is the US housing market slump worsening?
Wall Street Journal
- Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk
- Cuomo vs. Mamdani: A Fight for the Democrats’ Future
- Waymo Wants to Bring Its Robotaxis to New York City
- Ciena Taps Marc Graff as CFO
- Prudential Unit Lends $500 Million in Private Credit to Affirm
- Basic Materials Roundup: Market Talk
- Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
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Financial Times
- Trump says he ‘may or may not’ strike Iran
- US housing construction falls to 5-year low as tariffs weigh on sector
- Donald Trump calls for huge rate cuts as he calls Fed’s Powell ‘stupid’
- ‘Let them kill us’: millions of Iranians refuse to leave Tehran
- Heirs to the tuna bond saga
- Japan’s Nippon Steel closes its takeover of rival US Steel
- War on Iran is splitting Trump’s Maga movement
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Benzinga
- GameStop Stock Is Rising Wednesday: What's Going On?
- Tokenizing Gold, US Equities? No — Illiquid Is Key, Expert Says
- P/E Ratio Insights for e.l.f. Beauty
- Eli Lilly's $1.3 Billion Verve Deal Signals Confidence In Gene Editing Space: Analyst
- IBM Stock Remains Under-Owned Despite Rally, Analyst Sees Further Upside Potential
- US Seizes $225 Million In Cryptocurrency Tied To Global Investment Fraud Network
- Rocket Lab Stock Is On Investor Radars: What's Going On?
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Movers
Bloomberg
- Fed Officials Hold Rates Again, Still See Two Cuts by Year End
- Why Oil Prices Are Decoupling From Geopolitical Threats
- Lawyers Are Mad About SALT
- Key Takeaways From Fed Decision to Hold Rates Steady
- Air India Cuts Foreign Widebody Flights by 15% After Crash
- Merz Upbeat on State Backing for €46 Billion Tax-Break Package
- ‘Abolish FEMA’ Memo Details Trump’s Plan to Scrap Agency
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Yahoo Finance
- AtkinsRéalis names Louis G. Véronneau as new COO
- Move Over Nvidia. This AI Juggernaut Really Wows Wall Street
- Corn Getting Spillover Support from Wheat
- US Plans to Ease Capital Rule Limiting Banks Treasury Trades
- Cathie Wood Says If She Could Only Invest in 1 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock, This Would Be It (Hint: It's Not Palantir)
- Archer Aviation Is Betting Big on Its Fledgling Defense Business. Does That Make ACHR Stock a Buy Here?
- The Case for Cutting Rates Is Strengthening — Capital Account
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Marketwatch
- Fed stands pat on interest rates but continues to foresee two cuts by year-end
- Fed interest-rate decision is imminent — live updates
- U.S. stocks holding gains with Fed interest-rate decision a half-hour away
- Here’s how the stock market tends to react to Fed decisions — and how a twist this week could change that
- Signs of a ‘great rotation’ are gripping global markets — and U.S. stocks and bonds are the big losers
- Why Trump’s Tehran warning in Israel-Iran conflict isn’t rattling stocks or creating a crisis in oil prices
- Social Security recipients will be paid just 81% of their benefit in 2034
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Google Business
- Nippon Steel acquires US Steel for $14.9bn with ‘golden share’ for Trump
- Deadly listeria outbreak linked to chicken alfredo fettucine sold at Kroger and Walmart
- US housing construction falls to 5-year low as tariffs weigh on sector
- US weekly jobless claims, housing data point to softening economic activity
- Trump says it’s ‘really late’ for Iran to begin talks after ‘getting the hell beaten out of them’
- Grim Memo: JetBlue Parks Planes & Cuts Routes To Reduce Losses
- The housing market slump is getting worse
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Tipranks
- Purpose Investments Announces June 2025 Fund Distributions
- HM Exploration Corp. Announces CFO Transition Amid Ongoing Project Developments
- Mijem Newcomm Tech Inc. Completes Private Placement Amid Financial Challenges
- Silver Range Resources Expands with Acquisition of Tesoro Project in Arizona
- Green Battery Minerals Inc. Rebrands as First Canadian Graphite Inc
- Convergenze Concludes Buy-Back Program to Enhance Strategic Flexibility
- iVision Tech Corrects Financial Statement for 2024
- More
ZeroHedge
- "Stupid" Powell Does Not Cut Rates (As Expected) Despite 'Diminished Uncertainty', Worse Stagflation
- The Brits & Ukrainians Are Plotting To Manipulate Trump Into Escalating Against Russia
- Trump Admin Considers Expanding Travel Restrictions To 36 Additional Countries
- Trump Slams "Stupid" Powell: "I Think He Hates Me. I Call Him Every Name In The Book To Try And Get Him To Cut"
- Trump Says Iran Reached Out, But It's 'Very Late To Be Talking'
- Reports Of Warplanes Seeking To Strike Ayatollah As Israel Has Hit 1,100 Iranian Targets Since Friday
- Lutnick Says Nearly 70,000 Have Signed Up For $5 Million 'Trump Card' Investor Visa
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Seeking Alpha
- Nvidia: Ride The Next $1 Trillion Wave
- Cash Is King With 14% Yield: PDI
- 50% Off - 2 Dividend Gems With Huge Income And Growth Potential
- Waiting For More Clarity
- Wall Street Breakfast Podcast: Meta Looks To Poach OpenAI Talent?
- Buy The Dip: 6-10% Yields Getting Way Too Cheap
- Palantir: It's Finally Time To Avoid (Rating Downgrade)
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Barrons
- Fed Expects Higher Unemployment by Year End
- ICE Detains 84 at Louisiana Racetrack As Workplace Raids Continue
- How a Solar Factory in the Heartland Sees the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
- Stocks Hold Steady After Fed Signals Two Rate Cuts This Year
- Read the June FOMC Statement
- Fed Points to Two Interest-Rate Cuts This Year
- Fed Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged
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Barchart
- Unusual Call Options Activity in Marvell Technology Highlights the Value of MRVL Stock
- This Self-Driving Car Stock Is Heating Up as Tesla Puts the Spotlight on Robotaxis. Should You Buy It Here?
- Corn Getting Spillover Support from Wheat
- Soybeans Showing Quiet Trade Ahead of Holiday
- Wheat Shorts Running for Cover on Wednesday
- Archer Aviation Is Betting Big on Its Fledgling Defense Business. Does That Make ACHR Stock a Buy Here?
- There’s Still an ‘Enormous’ Reason to Buy Nvidia Stock in 2025
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SEC / FED
SEC Announces Departure of David Saltiel
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SEC Names Erik Hotmire as Chief External Affairs Officer and Director of the Office of Public Affairs
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SEC Names Kurt Hohl as Chief Accountant
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Brian Daly Named Director of Division of Investment Management
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SEC Names Jamie Selway as Director of Trading and Markets
Reuters
- Fed officials see two rate cuts in 2025, but overall turn hawkish
- Jennifer Garner's baby food company confidentially files for an IPO, sources say
- Mexico's Fibra Next targets $422 million after reviving stalled IPO
- FAA air traffic overtime costs soar as hiring lags, report says
- Court rejects RBI challenge of ban on sale of Russian subsidiary
- Geography helps shield Brazil from US-style bird flu epidemic, for now
- UniCredit CEO, Mediobanca executive give testimony in Monte dei Paschi share probe, source says
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Tipp Insights
- Doomsday Plane Lands Near DC Amid Iran-Israel Tensions
- Gabbard: Trump and I Are Saying The Same Thing — Somehow
- Trump Teases Action On Iran, Says “Nobody Knows What I’m Going To Do”
- Centrifuges Hit, Iran Launches Hypersonic Missile
- Airbus Lands Big Orders At Paris Air Show
- Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Ban On Transgender Treatments For Minors
- Tucker Carlson Blasts Ted Cruz Over Iran Knowledge In A Heated Interview
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Investing.com
- Fed keeps rates steady, but sees fewer cuts next year on stagflation concerns
- ECB's Panetta says EU a victim of US efforts to distance Russia from China
- Trump knocks Fed's Powell, muses about appointing himself to lead central bank
- Macklem flags sharp export declines, inflation risks amid U.S. tariffs
- US Social Security, Medicare to run short of funds in 2033, trustees say
- New CDC vaccine panel to review thimerosal, measles shots in June
- US-Canada deal prospect offers hope but inflation a worry if tariffs remain, says BoC
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Morning Brew
‘Roblox’ garden mode unseats concurrent user record set by ‘Fortnite’
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Employees are imprisoned in an ‘infinite workday’
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AmEx, Chase are reviving their credit card clash
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The herbal medicine meme stock
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WhatsApp ditches its no-ads policy
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Trump phone and cell service coming soon
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How to win a box office: Dragon edition
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Influencers are taking over the marketing industry
CNBC
- Fed holds key rate steady, still sees two more cuts this year
- Fed holds interest rates steady: What that means for your credit cards, auto loans, mortgage and more
- Are cybersecurity stocks a new safety trade? What the Israel-Iran conflict shows
- DOJ seizes record $225 million in crypto tied to global 'pig butchering' scams
- Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman's home broken into days after her murder
- Senate GOP tax bill gives break on car loan interest — but not all vehicles qualify
- Shares of Coinbase, Circle surge after stablecoin bill passes Senate
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CBS
- Federal Reserve maintains its benchmark interest rate at June meeting
- The U.S. minted 1,000 new millionaires a day last year, UBS report says
- Social Security trust fund could be depleted by 2034, report says
- Chicken dishes sold at Kroger and Walmart recalled over listeria concerns
- U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel partnership is finalized, companies say
- General Mills will remove artificial dyes from all foods by end of 2027
- Trump officials lift pause on ICE arrests at farms, hotels, restaurants
- More
NYT Business
- Dan Storper, Evangelist of World Music, Dies at 74
- Investors have seemingly shrugged off trade tensions and geopolitical turmoil
- The effect of tariffs on inflation will be more significant this summer, economists say
- Trump’s Trade Policies Prompt Companies to Raise Prices, Cut Staff
- Netflix Dips Its Toe Into Old-Fashioned TV With TF1 Deal
- What to know about today’s Fed meeting
- What the Fed’s Rate Decision Means for Loans, Credit Cards, Mortgages and More
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EurActiv
EPP opens up to von der Leyen’s controversial money for reforms plan
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Várhelyi eyes EU biotech boom during US trip, but reality awaits back home
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MEPs rule out Energy Charter Treaty litigation between EU countries
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Slovak police attempted to detain ex-minister over Ukraine ammo donation
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Solar industry celebrates after Madrid blames everyone else for massive blackout
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Setting sail to transform the EU’s shipping horizon [Advocacy Lab Content]
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Poland makes last push for gene-edited crops, Denmark likely to handle hard choices
MSNBC
- Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s stance would further weaken transgender rights
- Barack Obama warns the U.S. is ‘dangerously close’ to slipping into autocracy under Trump
- GOP’s Hawley says Trump was unaware of key element in Republican megabill
- Why the ICE protests should prompt police to take a long hard look at themselves
- Under pressure, Tulsi Gabbard claims she and Trump are somehow ‘on the same page’
- On multiple fronts, Trump gives American businesses new reasons to reject his agenda
- Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law restricting gender-affirming care for minors
- More
NBC
- Pro-Israel hackers drain $90 million from Iran crypto exchange, analytics firm says
- Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on youth gender-affirming care
- Tucker Carlson clashes with Sen. Ted Cruz: 'You don't know anything about Iran'
- U.S.-backed regime change has a checkered past — Iran may be no different
- How to Beat Bait-and-Switch Pricing and Avoid Junk Fees
- Thousands flee Tehran amid new Israeli strikes
- Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decision June 2025: What to Expect
- More
investors.com
- Marvell Technology Raises Its Custom AI Chip Prospects
- Fed Sticks To Two Rate-Cut Outlook As Job Market Cools; S&P 500 Rallies (Live Coverage)
- Fed Meeting: Policymakers 'In A Pickle' As Jobless Claims Mount; S&P 500 Rises (Live Coverage)
- Agentic AI Competition Heats Up. Analyst Sees Meta, Amazon Among Early Winners
- Airbus Stock Climbs, Embraer Rallies After Paris Air Show Wins
- What The Strait Of Hormuz, The Oil Chokepoint At The Center Of The Iran-Israel Conflict, Means For The Stock Market
- Amazon CEO Says AI Will Reduce Tech Giant's Workforce. 'We Will Need Fewer People.'
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ABC News
- Federal judge to deny Trump administration's motion to dismiss lawsuit over block on wind projects
- Los Angeles mayor lifts downtown curfew she imposed during protests against immigration raids
- More employers are sending workers shopping for their own health coverage
- The average rate on a 30-year mortgage eased to 6.81% this week, Freddie Mac says, its third straight decline
- Average long-term US mortgage rate eases to 6.81%, third consecutive weekly decline
- How to improve your credit score if you've missed student loan payments
- Nippon Steel finalizes $15B takeover of US Steel after sealing security agreement
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Fox Business
- Federal Reserve leaves key interest rate unchanged for fourth straight meeting
- Trump slams 'stupid' Fed Chair Jerome Powell ahead of interest rate decision
- Amazon CEO says AI will reduce his company's workforce
- New analysis projects Social Security's COLA for 2026 will be higher than previous estimates
- Trump administration says blue-collar wages rising fastest in more than 50 years
- ExxonMobil CEO talks oil supply amid Iran-Israel conflict
- Will pressure from Trump and Vance spur Powell to cut interest rates?
- More
CNN
- Waymo cars return to NYC, but its still needs permission, law change to provide driverless rides
- Texas Instruments to invest more than $60 billion to make semiconductors in the US
- Nippon Steel finalizes deal to buy 100% of US Steel
- What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2025
- Fox News takes pro-war position amid MAGA media feud over Israel-Iran conflict
- Liquid Death’s next act: A whiskey aged in a casket
- Sam Altman says Meta is offering $100 million to poach his employees
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AP News
- 2-time Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova gets a wild card for this year's tournament
- Florida Panthers repeat as Stanley Cup champions, numbers to know
- Live: Israel strikes Tehran as Iran warns that U.S. involvement would risk ‘all-out war’
- Cardinals play the White Sox after Donovan's 4-hit game
- Mets aim to break skid in matchup with the Braves
- Rockies try to keep win streak alive against the Nationals
- Bangladesh reaches 383-4 at lunch on Day 2 against Sri Lanka
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The Economist
- No easy decisions: Trump draws ever closer to strikes on Iran
- The Lumbee: The strange history of the tribe courted by Donald Trump
- People’s code: Why China is giving away its tech for free
- Newsletter: Blighty newsletter: The migration theory of everything
- Drum Tower: China needs more babies. Will cash-for-kids schemes help?
- Conflict in the Middle East: The Arab world thinks differently about this Iran war
- Front of the Q: MI6’s new “C” used to be “Q”. And she’s good with the gadgets
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The Hill
- Fannie, Freddie chief to Powell: Cut rates or resign
- Fed keeps rates steady as Trump ramps up attacks on Powell
- Bessent: Musk 'more of a Viking,' I'm 'more of a ninja'
- Trump rips Powell, suggests appointing himself to Fed
- Housing starts drop to lowest level since pandemic
- Some vitamin gummies sold at ALDI, BJ's recalled: FDA
- Ready-to-eat meals sold at Walmart, Kroger recalled amid probe into multiple deaths
- More
The Guardian
- HS2: a complete failure by the British state and its politicians
- Will the new Middle East crisis rock the world economy? The markets say no – but I fear they’re wrong | Larry Elliott
- Nippon Steel acquires US Steel for $14.9bn with ‘golden share’ for Trump
- HS2: 16 years of high hopes, bruising reality and burgeoning costs
- Trump cuts leave hurricane-hit North Carolina town’s rebuilding plans adrift – in pictures
- As anti-tourism protests grow in Europe, we need a rethink – but that’s no reason to stop travelling | Leah Pattem
- HS2 delayed beyond 2033 as minister attacks ‘appalling mess’
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BBC
- Fed holds interest rates for fourth time despite tariff turmoil
- Old meter switch-off is pushed back
- Japan's Nippon completes controversial takeover of US Steel
- Fears for baby bank's future after damp and mould
- What are the Pip and universal credit changes and who is affected?
- Scotland to recover winter fuel payment from better-off pensioners
- Poundland founder would have bought business back
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Baha Breaking News
- Macron: Military ops between Iran, Israel must stop
- Fed cuts 2025 GDP estimate to 1.4%, ups inflation to 3%
- Fed holds interest rate steady at 4.25%-4.5%
- UN chief calls for de-escalation in Middle East
- Iran again uses hypersonic missiles in attack on Israel
- Fitch: US fiscal outlook still challenging
- Coinbase unveils payments for commerce platforms
- More
YouGov
Two-thirds of Americans say Donald Trump has definitely or probably committed crimes
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Three-quarters of Americans support bike lanes in their area and nearly half say they increase quality of life
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Trump approval falls, Israel-Iran conflict, anti-ICE protests, and vaccines: June 13-16, 2025 Economist/YouGov Poll
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Poll: Can Americans get around without GPS?
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Trump vs. Musk, the biggest issues, ICE and deportations, the budget, and Supreme Court cases: June 6-9, 2025 Economist/YouGov Poll
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Tracking opinion on Donald Trump's second-term policy agenda
The Street
- Fed interest rate cut decision resets forecasts for the rest of this year
- Voyager's bold plan to replace the ISS after going public
- Amazon is selling $40 smart plugs for $20, and shoppers say they 'do not go offline and are quick to respond'
- Facebook announces new perk users will love
- Walmart is selling a $260 6-piece patio set for $141 that's 'easy to put together' and 'just the right size'
- General Mills quietly discontinues three cereals fans loved
- Iconic toy store chain closing stores once again
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Insider
- AI runs on dirty power — and the public pays the price
- The Fed holds interest rates steady again as trade tensions heat up
- I tried chicken tenders from 13 fast-food chains and ranked them from worst to best
- Chobani's founder says the Make America Healthy Again movement's ingredient crackdown poses a big risk for food makers
- How AI can help HR price competitive employee compensation packages
- Satellite image captures decades-old US-made F-5 jets at an Iranian airbase, offering a snapshot of Tehran's vintage air force
- Uber is getting advertisers to pay for your next ride
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RawDiary
- Trump Rejects Putin’s Iran Mediation Offer: 'Vladimir, Let’s Mediate Russia First'
- US Moves Super Carrier to Mediterranean Amid Iran Tensions
- Trump's Iran Strategy: US Embassy Evacuation
- Israel vs Iran: Day 6... Trump Considers Strike
- 'Doomsday Plane' Lands Near DC—Iran Strike Looms..
- Iran Nuclear Countdown: How Close?
- Supreme Court Backs Tennessee’s Transgender Care Ban
- More
Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- Smart Moves With $5,000: Dividend Stocks to Own Amid Market Chaos
- Who Is Going to Buy PLTY With 51.5% Yield on Palantir Stock
- S&P 500 (NYSEARCA: SPY) Live: Markets Withstand Unrelenting Mideast Pressure, Rate Decision
- Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) Price Prediction and Forecast 2025-2030 (June 2025)
- Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) Stock Price Prediction for 2025: Where Will It Be in 1 Year
- Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) Price Prediction and Forecast 2025-2030 for June 18
- $ULTY is Crushing It – Here’s Why I Can’t Stop Buying More
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LA Times
- California's economy will contract due to immigration raids and tariffs, UCLA forecast predicts
- As the summer harvest season launches, confusion and uncertainty hang over California fields
- Tinder bets on group dating feature to win back Gen Z
- Waymo expands service area in Los Angeles and San Francisco
- What's inside the Netflix House locations opening later this year
- TV milestone: Streaming is now bigger than cable and broadcast combined
- How Mexican supermarket chains, food merchants are standing up for immigrants
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Washington Post
- Social Security on track to run out of money by 2034, trustees say
- Nippon Steel completes takeover of U.S. Steel in $14.9 billion deal
- While cutting solar and wind, Senate GOP plans rewards for oil drillers
- Fed expected to hold rates steady, brushing off Trump’s calls for cuts
- The U.S. is giving up on taxing inheritances
- Industry leaders plead with White House on relief from raids after setback
- Food giant Kraft Heinz vows to stop using artificial dyes
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TED
Chicago Tribune
- Nippon Steel finalizes $15B takeover of US Steel after sealing national security agreement
- Mr. Beef, Jake Melnick’s, Lexington Betty to serve NASCAR Chicago Street Race fans
- Air India faces turbulence as plane crash prompts deeper checks and disruptions
- Ex-Loretto hospital CFO hit with new charges alleging massive $290 million COVID testing fraud scheme
- Birth Center of Chicago announces sudden, temporary closure, forcing patients to make new plans
- Winnetka mansion sells for $12M, becoming the Chicago area’s highest-priced home sale this year
- Elmhurst History Museum debuts new outdoor performance space
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Boston Herald
- Amazon hopes to deliver 10,000 robotaxis annually with new factory, challenging Waymo
- Why Hollywood studios are still downsizing
- Average long-term US mortgage rate eases to 6.81%, the third consecutive weekly decline
- Amazon CEO Jassy says AI will reduce its corporate workforce in the next few years
- Borrowers looking for lower costs will have to wait as the Fed is unlikely to cut rates
- Wall Street holds in place as the countdown ticks to the Fed’s decision on interest rates
- US unemployment claims dipped to 245,000 last week, hovering at historically low levels
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Financial Post
- Macklem says potential trade and security deal with U.S. is 'welcome news'
- Canada just had its slowest ever population growth rate excluding the pandemic
- Canada just had its slowest ever population growth rate excluding the pandemic
- Posthaste: Finance emerges as the hot job for new grads
- Job vacancies slump as tariffs push some sectors below pre-pandemic levels
- G7 outdated in new world order: Mark Warner
- Bank of Canada's future path for interest rates still cloudy
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Digiday
- Future of TV Briefing: Upfront ad buyers debate the value of out-of-home viewership
- The Guardian bets on unified programmatic ad selling as curation gains ground
- Cannes Briefing: As the line between brand and studio blurs, creators hold the pen
- Omnicom strikes partnerships with PayPal and X as its ‘live’ blitz at Cannes Lions continues
- Digiday Podcast at Cannes: From center stage to closed doors, inside X’s quiet Cannes strategy
- The case for keeping marketing budgets amid economic uncertainty
- Publishers refine Reddit strategies to tap into targeted referral traffic
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The Trade
- ABN Amro Clearing joins Cboe Clear Europe’s SFT Clearing service
- Integral integrates CME Group FX markets into workflow solution
- Former Barclays market structure expert Coupe lands Susquehanna fixed income trading role
- InTick block matching platform goes live for ICE gilt and Eurex fixed income futures rolls
- Trillium Surveyor rolls out best execution analytics engine
- Trading Technologies unveils pre-trade portfolio risk functionality
- University of Cambridge Investment Management makes first trade in Nasdaq custom basket futures
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Observer
- Spotify’s Billionaire CEO Daniel Ek Is Betting Big on Europe’s Defense Sector
- David Zaslav Faces a Pay Cut After Warner Bro. Discovery’s Split—But Remains a Top-Earning CEO
- Over 80% of Companies Embracing A.I. See No Real Gains Yet, McKinsey Finds
- Meet Elizabeth Rhodes, the Scholar Who Led Sam Altman’s UBI Experiment: Interview
- Reddit, a Treasure Trove for A.I. Companies, Launches Its Own A.I. Tools
- The Hidden History of Sun Valley, the Mountain Retreat of Moguls and Icons
- Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang Leaves to Join Meta Following $14.3B Deal
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Semafor
- AMD unveils big AI ambitions and glimpse into chip industry’s future
- US Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors
- Pioneering German abstract artist gets overdue moment in spotlight
- India and Canada restore diplomatic ties after two-year rift
- Nippon Steel closes $14 billion takeover of US Steel
- Sub-Saharan Africa’s FDI flows drying up: Report
- Trump reportedly considering new Africa travel restrictions
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Reason
- Trump's Iran War Would Not Be a One-Off Deal
- A Brief History of American Propaganda Against "Foreign Invaders"
- Supreme Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to State Limits on Sex Transition Treatments for Minors
- Predictions For The Remaining 15 Cases
- Court Upholds Tennessee Restriction on Youth Gender Medicine
- Scott Barry Kaufman: Incels, Narcissists, and the Victim Mindset
- The 'Big Beautiful Bill' Will Require Even More Borrowing Than Previously Thought
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Nikkei Asia
- Japan auto export prices to US fall 20% as Trump tariffs hit
- Pakistan fears risk of spillover from Iran-Israel conflict
- Nippon Steel completes $14bn U.S. Steel deal after 18 months of talks
- India, Canada agree to reappoint envoys after Modi-Carney meeting
- US aid cuts leave Rohingya in Bangladesh vulnerable to hepatitis C
- German president says Russia in G7 is 'not up for discussion'
- Japan exports post first decline in eight months on Trump tariffs
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Financial News London
- JPMorgan overhauls top private banking team in Emea
- Billionaire trader Michael Platt heads to UAE
- ‘Massive risk’ for law firms not adopting AI, says ex-PwC consultant
- Inflexion partner plots new firm
- GAM names new CEO
- Peel Hunt bosses lose out on bonuses for third year straight
- UBS hit by cyber attack on external supplier with data stolen
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PYMNTS
- SandboxAQ Launches Dataset for Training AI Models in Drug Discovery
- Risks Loom as Crypto Collateral Gains Ground in Traditional Lending
- MIT Looks at How AI Agents Can Learn to Reason Like Humans
- Credit Union Branch Closures Hit Highest Level Since 2021
- Alchemy Pay Adds Fiat on-Ramp Access via Ripple USD Stablecoin
- JPMorgan’s New Deposit Token Shows Banks Are Reconsidering Institutional Ledgers
- IBM Creates Integrated Solution for AI Security and Governance
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Forbes
- From Chatbots To Workbots: Why NiCE’s AI Strategy Focuses On Execution
- Decentralized AI Is Watching —And Understanding — everything
- Forget iPhone 17 Air: New Leak Says 2027 Model Will Have Upgrade Worth Waiting For
- Huawei’s New Earbuds Offer Active Noise Cancellation Despite Open Ear Design
- NOAA Predicts Active Hurricane Season, How Does Social Media Fit In
- InnovationRx: The Dangers Of RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Advisory Committee
- OpenAI’s $200M DoD Pilot Faces Big Gains And Big Risks
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Fortune
- The Fed holds interest rates steady and forecasts two rate cuts for 2025
- JPMorgan Chase partners with Coinbase to launch deposit token for institutional clients
- Why Palo Alto Networks is focusing on just a few big gen AI bets
- Unless the Trump family secretly built a U.S. factory, industry experts say the $500 Made in America smartphone is a fantasy
- China’s MiniMax debuts M1 AI model that it says costs 200x less to train than OpenAI’s GPT-4
- Reid Hoffman says consoling Gen Z in the AI bloodbath is like putting a ‘Band-Aid on a bullet wound’—he shares 4 skills…
- State Street bucked the AI trend by ditching outsourcing for in-house operations to cut costs. It’s working, COO says
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Inc.
- How Trump’s Tariffs Short-Circuited a $1.6 Billion Factory
- Kraft Heinz and General Mills Just Made a Big Announcement. What It Means
- Trump Plans to Extend TikTok’s Deadline for a Sale. Here’s What Happens Next
- Amazon’s CEO Just Gave a Masterclass in How Not to Talk About AI
- Stablecoin Just Hit a Record $252 Billion Market Cap After the Senate Passed Its Crypto Bill
- Fired by an AI? California Is Saying No to Pink Slips From Bots
- Science Says Emotionally Intelligent People Use the ‘Feel Free to Say No’ Rule to Get the Help They Really Need
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Axios
- The housing market slump is getting worse
- Trump trade uncertainty sinks CEO economic outlook to five-year low
- Trump: Iran proposed White House meeting, but it's "very late" for talks
- Supreme Court upholds state bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth
- Health care, citizenship and LGBTQ+ rights: Five Supreme Court cases to watch
- Khamenei to Trump: Iran will not surrender
- The immigrants caring for the elderly are losing their jobs
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Vox
- The Supreme Court’s incoherent new attack on trans rights, explained
- We’re producing more food than ever before — but not for long
- The one thing the Trump administration got very right
- Straight guys are “bad” at gossip. Maybe they should learn
- This veteran health official watched Americans lose trust in science. How do we get it back?
- Trump doesn’t have a foreign policy
- Is Israel trying to destroy Iran’s nukes — or topple its government?
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FastCompany
- Streaming dominates U.S. TV for the first time, beating broadcast and cable combined
- Supreme Court upholds Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth
- Trump to extend TikTok sale deadline for a third time
- Caris Life Sciences IPO: All eyes on the stock price today as the AI cancer care firm makes its Nasdaq debut
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Entrepreneur
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- Amazon CEO Tells Employees AI Will Replace Their Jobs 'In the Next Few Years'
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Politico
- July 4 or bust for megabill, top Trump aide tells senators
- Judge rules EPA termination of environmental justice grants was unlawful
- Thune eyes mid-week start for megabill
- Democrats walk out of Senate Judiciary hearing probing Biden’s mental fitness
- ‘Fight of our lives’: Lobbying intense on climate law credits
- Capitol agenda: Members clash over increasing their own security
- ‘The reality we live in:’ Lawmakers consider what they’d sacrifice for safety
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Newsweek
- Purpose-Driven Innovation: Beyond the Hospital, a Human Experience
- Map Shows States Where More Workers Are Quitting Their Jobs
- ICE Raids Venue of Trump's Former Business Rival
- Iran Calls on UN To Halt Israel's Attacks and Stop Trump From Joining War
- 'F1: The Movie' Star Hints He Could Be The Next Black Panther
- Justice Gorsuch Accuses Supreme Court of Indulging 'Fantasies'
- Justice Sotomayor Says Supreme Court Just Countered 'Decades' of Precedent
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NPR
- Trump will toss TikTok another lifeline, pushing back its sell-by date for a third time
- Social Security benefits face big cuts in 2033, unless Congress acts
- 'Labubu' is a plush toy that is causing a frenzy. Here's its origin story
- In 'Hysterical,' a podcaster unpacks a mysterious contagious illness among teen girls
- A look at the 'golden share' agreement in the U.S. Steel-Nippon Steel partnership
- Cloudy with a chance of showers? Fed's economic forecast coming today
- Why the 30-year bond matters
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Globe And Mail
- Sofina Foods pleads guilty to workplace safety charge in smokehouse death
- Saskatchewan extending life of coal-fired plants and says Ottawa has no jurisdiction to stop it
- Bridging Finance executives must pay more than $26-million for investment fraud, Ontario tribunal says
- Canada’s population growth slows to crawl as temporary residents decline
- Trump muses about appointing himself to lead Federal Reserve in newest criticism of Powell
- Lululemon cutting 150 corporate jobs in organizational restructuring
- Potential U.S.-Canada deal offers hope but inflation could rise if tariffs remain, says Macklem
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CBC
- Lululemon cutting 150 corporate jobs as athleisure brand braces for tariff impact
- What farmers' adaptation to climate change means for the future of food
- B.C. mining company cuts 140 positions due to 'challenging market conditions'
- Annual home sales down 4.3% in May, but activity up on monthly basis
- WestJet dealing with 'cybersecurity incident' impacting access to internal systems, app
- How Canada emerged as the safest port in a storm of global trade
- Manufacturing sales fall 2.8 per cent in April, biggest monthly drop since 2023
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Techmeme
- TerraPower, which develops small modular nuclear reactors, raised $650M from investors including Nvidia's NVentures and…
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Silicon Valley
- San Jose approves more than $10 million in tax and fee waivers to spur housing construction
- San Jose could receive more than $21 million after approving digital billboards at three new locations
- Garmin launches $170 health-tracking arm band for wear during sleep
- Broadcom’s 340% rally has Wall Street debating if it’s Magnificent Seven material
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- Los Gatos approves mixed-use development in commercial zone
- Real estate titan grabs huge Fremont industrial and commercial property
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Techcrunch
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The Register
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Silicon Republic
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Tech Co
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PBS Newshour
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Asia Financial
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Japan Times
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Coindesk
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Blockworks
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Wikipedia Current Events
June 18
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Iran–Israel War
- Airstrikes during the Iran–Israel War
- Twenty-five Iranian ballistic missiles are launched at central Israel, with most being intercepted, but no injuries are reported. (YNet)
- Airstrikes during the Iran–Israel War
- Gaza war
- Israeli gunfire and airstrikes kill at least 30 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- Iran–Israel War
Business and economy
- Acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel
- After 18 months of negotiations, Nippon Steel finalizes its $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel. The deal allows U.S. Steel to retain its name and headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and gives the U.S. government the ability to veto corporate decisions as needed. (DW) (Business Wire)
Health and environment
- LGBTQ rights in the United States
- The United States Supreme Court votes 6–3 to uphold a law proposed by Tennessee to ban gender-affirming care for minors, allowing other states to implement similar bans. (NPR) (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- The parliament of Ukraine approves a law to allow multiple citizenship for Ukrainians in an attempt to ease a demographic crisis caused by the Russian invasion. (Reuters)
June 17
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Gaza war
- Rafah aid distribution killings
- Israel kills at least 59 Palestinians in Gaza after Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get humanitarian aid from trucks. At least fourteen other people were also killed in separate Israeli gunfire and airstrikes elsewhere in the exclave. (Reuters)
- An Israeli soldier from the Golani Brigade is killed and three others are seriously injured in the southern Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
- Rafah aid distribution killings
- Iran–Israel War
- Airstrikes during the Iran–Israel War
- Israel says it has killed Major General Ali Shadmani, the most senior military commander in Iran who was appointed to his post four days ago. (The New York Times)
- U.S. president Donald Trump calls for the unconditional surrender of Iran amid its war with Israel. Iran rejects the ultimatum. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
- Airstrikes during the Iran–Israel War
- Gaza war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kyiv strikes
- Russian forces launch a total of 440 drones and 32 missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine, damaging buildings and public facilities, and killing 28 people and wounding dozens more. (BBC News)
- Russia's Ministry of Defence says its air defence units have intercepted and destroyed 147 Ukrainian drones overnight. (BBC News)
- Kyiv strikes
Disasters and accidents
- Twenty-four people are evacuated after two oil tankers collide near the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf of Oman. (NOS)
Law and crime
- Puntland–Yemen relations
- Seven Yemeni fishermen who were detained for nearly two months after entering Puntland waters without authorization from Puntland’s Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources are released. The fishermen were apprehended by the Puntland Maritime Police Force after their vessel was intercepted by the coastguard in the Ras Aseir region of Puntland. (The Eastleigh Voice) (Hiiraan Online)
Sports
- 2025 Stanley Cup Finals
- In hockey, the Florida Panthers defeat the Edmonton Oilers in 6 games in a rematch of last year's finals, repeating as Stanley Cup champions. (Miami Herald)