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U.S. retail sales fall as tax refund boost fades

U.S. retail sales unexpectedly declined 0.6% in July, the largest monthly drop since May 2025, reversing a revised 0.2% gain. The report attributes…

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Dangote refinery plans October IPO to broaden Nigerian ownership

Dangote Petroleum Refinery has submitted an application for a roughly $5 billion initial public offering to Nigeria's securities regulator as part of…

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Thai schools tighten bag checks after deadly shooting

Students at a Bangkok primary school now undergo systematic bag and pocket checks after a deadly Aug 7 attack in which a 14-year-old killed his…

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Unitree expected to surge in Shanghai stock debut

Unitree, China's most high-profile humanoid robot maker, is widely expected to make a strong Shanghai stock market debut next week after its IPO was…

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Supertankers go dark to transit Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb

Supertankers are prolonging periods of going dark by turning off automatic tracking to move oil through the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb…

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Samsung hires AI and data specialists for chip operations

Samsung Electronics has hired two specialists to accelerate AI use across its semiconductor operations: Han Bo-hyung, a deep learning and vision AI…

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Apple trains China-specific large language model

Apple has trained a large language model tailored for the China market with support from Alibaba, according to three people familiar with the matter…

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MSCI proposes to exclude non-operating companies from indexes

MSCI has proposed adding financial-ratio screens to its Global Investable Market Indexes to exclude companies that act like investment funds rather…

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Crypto projects adopt revenue-sharing and token burns

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan argued that crypto assets are entering a phase where revenue and returns to token holders will more strongly determine…

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Pony AI to deploy 2,000 robotaxis across Europe with Uber

Pony AI Inc. said it will deploy more than 2,000 robotaxis across Europe in partnership with Uber Technologies Inc., a move that accelerates the race…

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Pony.ai and Uber plan deployment of 2,000 robotaxis across Europe

Pony.ai and Uber announced an expanded strategic partnership to collaborate on deploying more than 2,000 Pony.ai Robotaxis across Europe, building on…

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White House convenes crypto and prediction-market executives

The White House is preparing a meeting next week to gather cryptocurrency and prediction-market executives, with traditional finance figures possibly…

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Artists stage benefit concert to aid Colombia and Venezuela quake victims

More than 30 international artists will perform at Unidos por los Nuestros on Aug. 16 at Miami’s Kaseya Center to raise funds for communities hit by…

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Paramount Skydance offers CNN sale to clear merger

Paramount Skydance Corp. said it could sell CNN if that helps resolve an antitrust lawsuit that is blocking its planned $110 billion merger with…

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Silver Lake in talks to acquire Workday

Silver Lake has held confidential talks in recent months to acquire Workday, a human-resources and financial management software company with a…

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OCC returns Zerohash national trust charter application

Zerohash said the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency returned its July 17 national trust bank application as materially deficient rather than…

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Apple hires Nate Gatten as vice president of government affairs

Apple has appointed Nate Gatten as vice president of government affairs, with his start date on August 31 and a reporting line to Jennifer Newstead…

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Global Citizen announces performers for 2026 Central Park festival

Global Citizen announced its 2026 festival lineup and goals for the Sept. 26 event on New York's Central Park Great Lawn, with Lauryn Hill and Wyclef…

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MUFG tests blockchain settlement for Japanese government bond repos

Tokyo-based MUFG is preparing a proof-of-concept to execute Japanese government bond (JGB) repo transactions on the Canton blockchain network, aiming…

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University of Michigan to cover first-semester grades

The University of Michigan's largest college is developing a pilot that will show first-semester grades as pass or no credit on external transcripts…

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Trade group backs Custodia appeal over Fed account access

The Blockchain Association has filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Custodia Bank's Supreme Court petition that challenges regional Reserve…

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Golar signs EPC deal for fourth FLNG vessel

Golar LNG has signed an engineering, procurement and construction agreement with Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore to build its fourth floating LNG…

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Hundreds of private colleges face closure

The USA TODAY Excerpt episode examined the growing wave of small private college closures after Sterling College in Vermont shut in May. A Huron…

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Antofagasta cuts 2026 copper forecast, earnings rise

Antofagasta's shares fell about 5% in early London trading after the company lowered its 2026 copper output forecast to 625,000–655,000 tonnes…

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