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Inside the Minnesota Gas-Station Speakeasy That Grossed Almost $5 Million in Its First Year
Companies

Inside the Minnesota Gas-Station Speakeasy That Grossed Almost $5 Million in Its First Year

Tony Donatell turned an empty Lakeville storefront into The Farmer’s Cellar, a Prohibition-style cocktail bar hidden beh...

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California Community Midwives Face Medicaid Barriers That Limit Perinatal Care Access
Health

California Community Midwives Face Medicaid Barriers That Limit Perinatal Care Access

A University of California study identifies low reimbursement, costly liability insurance, and administrative complexity...

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Doctors Cite Teen Deaths in Push to Curb NCAA-Monster Promotion
Health

Doctors Cite Teen Deaths in Push to Curb NCAA-Monster Promotion

Physicians want the NCAA to pause youth-facing Monster Energy branding in Big 12 sports, citing teen deaths and data sho...

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Egypt’s FRA Extends Liquidation of Damanhour Carpet Workers’ Insurance Fund by One Year
Insurance

Egypt’s FRA Extends Liquidation of Damanhour Carpet Workers’ Insurance Fund by One Year

Egypt’s financial regulator gave the fund’s liquidation committee another year from 23 July 2026 — or until completion —...

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US Diesel Prices Jump 19.7 Cents to $5.454, Highest Since May
Energy

US Diesel Prices Jump 19.7 Cents to $5.454, Highest Since May

The national average diesel price hit $5.454 per gallon after a 19.7-cent weekly jump, adding fuel-surcharge pressure as...

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European Gas Storage Hits 61.37% as Injection Rates Trail Five-Year Average
Energy

European Gas Storage Hits 61.37% as Injection Rates Trail Five-Year Average

GIE data show EU gas storage at 61.37% on Aug. 17, 17.06 points below the five-year average, with August LNG imports for...

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Ukrainian Long-Range Drone Unit Strikes Moscow-Area Logistics Hub in Deep-Strike Campaign
Defense

Ukrainian Long-Range Drone Unit Strikes Moscow-Area Logistics Hub in Deep-Strike Campaign

A rare Associated Press look at Ukraine's 413th Raid Unmanned Systems Regiment shows how long-range FP-1 drones are stri...

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Political Backlash Threatens the U.S. AI Data Center Boom
Technology

Political Backlash Threatens the U.S. AI Data Center Boom

State-level reviews, moratoriums and cost-shifting proposals are rewriting the assumptions behind America's AI data cent...

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Moody's Upgrades ECOWAS Development Bank BIDC to B1, One Step Closer to Investment Grade
Markets

Moody's Upgrades ECOWAS Development Bank BIDC to B1, One Step Closer to Investment Grade

Moody's has lifted BIDC to B1 with a stable outlook, citing capital strength and AfDB's new institutional stake. The upg...

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Columbia's Two-Year Campus Lockdown Is Now Policy, Not a Protest Response
Education

Columbia's Two-Year Campus Lockdown Is Now Policy, Not a Protest Response

Two years after pro-Palestinian encampments, Columbia's Morningside Heights campus is still closed to the public — a sta...

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Sounders star Jordan Morris sells Kirkland home for $4M in eight hours
Real Estate

Sounders star Jordan Morris sells Kirkland home for $4M in eight hours

The 4,500-square-foot Eastside house sold within hours at roughly $889 per square foot, a data point in a stretch of Kin...

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China Opens Community-Level Posts to College Graduates in New Employment Push
Politics

China Opens Community-Level Posts to College Graduates in New Employment Push

A joint circular directs urban and rural communities to expand hiring of graduates in sociology, social work, psychology...

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German Gas Storage at 50% as TTF Hits Eight-Month High: Regulator Presses Traders
Energy

German Gas Storage at 50% as TTF Hits Eight-Month High: Regulator Presses Traders

Germany's gas reserves are roughly half full weeks before the key injection period ends, with the Dutch TTF contract at ...

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Anthropic Expands Claude Cowork to Mobile, Web and Cloud
Technology

Anthropic Expands Claude Cowork to Mobile, Web and Cloud

Anthropic is bringing its Claude Cowork AI platform to browsers and iOS and Android for the first time, adding cloud pro...

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Strait of Hormuz Traffic Hits Record Low as Attacks on Tankers Mount
Logistics

Strait of Hormuz Traffic Hits Record Low as Attacks on Tankers Mount

One vessel crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Aug. 16 — a record low — as attacks hit ADNOC-linked tankers and traffic thro...

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UK Hiring Stalls as Oil and Bond Yields Threaten Inflation Fight
Economy

UK Hiring Stalls as Oil and Bond Yields Threaten Inflation Fight

UK payrolled employment is falling and vacancies are at the lowest outside the pandemic since 2014, while Brent crude ab...

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Sensex and Nifty Extend Slide as Oil, U.S.-Iran Tensions and Rising Yields Pressure Indian Equities
Markets

Sensex and Nifty Extend Slide as Oil, U.S.-Iran Tensions and Rising Yields Pressure Indian Equities

The Nifty 50 slipped below 24,100 as its losing streak reached seven sessions, with Brent crude near $92, Hormuz risks a...

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Gold Steadies Near $4,337 as Traders Wait for Fed July Minutes
Markets

Gold Steadies Near $4,337 as Traders Wait for Fed July Minutes

Gold stabilises after Tuesday's bond-yield slide, with FOMC minutes due at 18:00 GMT and CME pricing showing a 64% chanc...

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Fintech Revenues Hit $504 Billion in 2025, Growing Four Times Faster Than Banks
Technology

Fintech Revenues Hit $504 Billion in 2025, Growing Four Times Faster Than Banks

BCG and FT Partners report global fintech revenues reached $504bn in 2025, up 22%, with 52 IPOs and a 53% jump in equity...

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Inside Marketscreener’s 40-Stock Global Wine and Spirits Screen
Markets

Inside Marketscreener’s 40-Stock Global Wine and Spirits Screen

A curated list of about 40 listed wine and spirits names mixes LVMH and Oregon’s Willamette Valley Vineyards with niche ...

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Japan Details 61.6 Billion Yen Disaster Aid for Kumamoto and Chiba
Politics

Japan Details 61.6 Billion Yen Disaster Aid for Kumamoto and Chiba

Prime Minister Takaichi outlines special subsidies, SME debt relief and front-loaded local funding after requests from K...

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Cape Verde Hosts Mozambique Audit Team for Public Finance Systems Exchange
Politics

Cape Verde Hosts Mozambique Audit Team for Public Finance Systems Exchange

Mozambique's General Inspectorate of State is spending ten days in Cape Verde studying the information systems behind fi...

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J&T Banka Profit Falls 11.4% as IT Costs Outweigh Asset Growth
Companies

J&T Banka Profit Falls 11.4% as IT Costs Outweigh Asset Growth

The private bank reported €150 million in first-half net profit as technology spending and a tough year-ago comparison o...

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Iran Truce Expiry Lifts Oil Above $90 and Hits Global Stocks as Bond Yields Surge
Markets

Iran Truce Expiry Lifts Oil Above $90 and Hits Global Stocks as Bond Yields Surge

Brent's rise above $90 and a 30-year US yield near 5.33% punished equities in Europe and the US, with the DAX and Nasdaq...

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CBSA Checks End Calgary PGWP Protest; 12 Possibly Inadmissible
Education

CBSA Checks End Calgary PGWP Protest; 12 Possibly Inadmissible

A 22-day Calgary protest by international graduates ended after CBSA identified 12 attendees as possibly inadmissible. T...

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Alliant to Acquire AI-Native Benefits Brokerage Nava, Betting on a New Operating Model
Companies

Alliant to Acquire AI-Native Benefits Brokerage Nava, Betting on a New Operating Model

The deal pairs Alliant's national scale and advisory expertise with Nava's HQ platform, which reports resolving 81% of m...

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Nasdaq Leans on Kevin Davitt to Teach Retail Investors Index Options
Markets

Nasdaq Leans on Kevin Davitt to Teach Retail Investors Index Options

Nasdaq's Index Options Insights Hub is pushing XND and NDX options education for retail traders, with Kevin Davitt leadi...

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Cass Freight Index: July Shipments Drop 4.8% Annually as Expenditures Rise 9.1%
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Cass Freight Index: July Shipments Drop 4.8% Annually as Expenditures Rise 9.1%

July Cass data shows freight volumes fell for a second straight month while expenditures kept climbing on rate gains; an...

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Stripe Strikes Reported $7 Billion Deal for AI Startup OpenRouter
Companies

Stripe Strikes Reported $7 Billion Deal for AI Startup OpenRouter

Stripe is said to have agreed to buy AI model-routing startup OpenRouter for about $7 billion, a sharp premium to its la...

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SBI Research Sees $50 Billion Balance-of-Payments Surplus for FY27 as Inflows Surge
Economy

SBI Research Sees $50 Billion Balance-of-Payments Surplus for FY27 as Inflows Surge

The bank expects another $25–30 billion in FCNR(B) inflows this month, taking total collections to around $85 billion an...

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