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'This Bulls**t Has To Stop!': Kathy Hochul Takes On GOP Over Young Republicans Report

The New York governor swiftly dismissed talk of "some bad apples" among leaders of the Young Republicans groups.

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Taiwan flags rise in Chinese cyberattacks, warns of 'online troll army'

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Chinese cyberattacks on Taiwan government departments have increased by 17% so far this year compared to 2024, reaching an average of 2.8 million per day, data from the National Secu...

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German authorities nix 1,400 websites used for cybertrading fraud

BERLIN (Reuters) -German investigators and banking watchdog BaFin have shut down over 1,400 illegal domains in Eastern Europe that were involved in cybertrading fraud, officials said in a joint statem...

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Possible Nobel leak was likely espionage, committee secretary says

The odds of Maria Corina Machado winning the prize jumped from 3.75% to nearly 73% before the announcement was made.

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Oracle Co-CEOs Defend Massive Data-Center Expansion, Plan to Offer AI Ecosystem

Freshly appointed dual chief executives Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia push back on concerns over Oracle’s margins as investors examine AI bubble.

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Bitcoin worth $14bn seized in US-UK crackdown on alleged scammers

The UK has also frozen assets linked to the alleged scammers, including a £100m London office building.

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CME Group Expands into the Middle East with Dubai International Financial Centre Office Opening

/PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced its expansion into the Middle East with the opening of its Dubai office....

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Trump threatens to halt China cooking oil trade over soybean freeze

US president accuses Beijing of 'economically hostile act' as tensions simmer

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As billionaire wealth soars $33 trillion, Mark Cuban says it's time for workers to receive a cut of their employers' success in the form of stocks | Fortune

Billionaire wealth has increased by $33 trillion since 2015—and Mark Cuban says employees deserve a piece of that pie too.

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Walmart partners with OpenAI for ChatGPT shopping feature

Walmart said on Tuesday it was partnering with OpenAI to enable customers and Sam's Club members to shop directly within ChatGPT, using the AI chatbot's Instant Checkout feature.

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Global EV sales hit record 2.1 million in September, research firm says - www.reuters.com/business/aut...

Global EV sales hit record 2.1 million in September, research firm says

Global sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose 26% in September from a year ago to a record 2.1 million units, driven by strong demand in China and a late U.S. tax-credit rush, market research firm Rho Motion said on Wednesday.

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‘You are constantly told you are evil’: inside the lives of diagnosed narcissists

Few psychiatric conditions are as stigmatised or as misunderstood as narcissistic personality disorder. Here’s how it can damage careers and relationships – even before prejudice takes its toll

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John Lothian News @johnlothiannews.bsky.social · 3h

US, China roll out tit-for-tat port fees, threatening more turmoil at sea - www.reuters.com/world/china/...

US, China to roll out tit-for-tat port fees, threatening more turmoil at sea

The United States and China on Tuesday will begin charging additional port fees on ocean shipping firms that move everything from holiday toys to crude oil, making the high seas a key front in the trade war between the world's two largest economies.

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Meet the AI chatbots replacing India's call-center workers

Rather than pump the brakes as AI threatens jobs built on routine tasks, the country is accelerating, wagering that a let-it-rip approach will create enough new opportunities to absorb those displaced.

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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Exclusive | Flexport Launches AI Tools to Tackle Tariffs

The new products are aimed at helping importers assess and comply with rapidly changing U.S. trade policies.

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Beth Ford says 'we need more legal immigration' to help American farmers because a lack of labor could trigger a 'black swan event' | Fortune

The CEO of Land O'Lakes knows a thing or two about the importance of immigration to farmworkers.

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EEX Press Release – EEX Group Monthly Volumes - September 2021

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CSA extends comment period for consultation on the exchange-traded fund regulatory framework - Canadian Securities Administrators

TORONTO – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has extended the comment period for the consultation on the exchange-traded fund (ETF) regulatory framework.

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Interactive Brokers Launches Enhanced Version Of IBKR Desktop With One-Click, Instant Order Placement - Active Traders Benefit From Market Intelligence, Product Discovery, And Execution Tools In A Mod...

<p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.interactivebrokers.com/" class="safe---anchor---wc" target="_blank">Interactive Brokers</a><span> (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global el...

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Japan to ban cryptocurrency insider trading with new rules

Legal amendments set to be submitted to parliament in 2026

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Opinion | Death of a ‘Clean Energy’ Debacle

A new ‘endangerment’ study shows that the climate battle is over except for the lawfare.

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'It was the internet then, it is AI now': IMF upgrades U.S. growth outlook but sees 'echoes' of late '90s dot-com boom | Fortune

IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said “the tariff shock is here, and it is further dimming already weak growth prospects."

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