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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Hon Hai raises 2026 capex to expand AI production

Taiwan-based Hon Hai (Foxconn) told investors it will focus 2026 capital expenditure on expanding artificial intelligence production, strengthening…

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German ministers clash over river engineering or restoration

Germany's heat wave has lowered water levels on the Rhine, Danube, Elbe and other rivers, revealing sandbanks and severely disrupting cargo shipping…

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Hollywood unions urge settlement in Paramount‑Skydance antitrust case

Leaders of the Directors Guild of America and IATSE asked California attorney general Rob Bonta and Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison to negotiate…

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Codelco expects lower copper output this year

Codelco expects to produce less copper this year, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the Chilean state-owned miner grapples with…

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EBU can reassign Eurovision hosting duties

The European Broadcasting Union has updated Eurovision rules to allow it to reassign hosting duties away from a winning broadcaster if that…

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U.S. launches pilot to speed ai-related shipments

The Trump administration announced a program to accelerate shipments of goods considered critical to developing artificial intelligence, the State…

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U.S. to withdraw forces from Iraq by Sept. 30

U.S. forces are on track to complete a full withdrawal from Iraq by Sept. 30, officials said, ending a presence that began with the 2003 invasion…

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US core inflation rises 0.2% in July

US consumer prices showed modest underlying inflation in July, with core CPI (excluding food and energy) up 0.2% month over month and 2.5% year over…

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Google builds three new submarine cables in the Americas

Alphabet's Google announced three new submarine cable systems — Alisios, Canoa and OlaLuz — that will link the Dominican Republic with Panama, Chile…

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