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ECB wage tracker at 2.7% in Q1 2027, indicating stable negotiated wage pressures automated-news
ECB wage tracker at 2.7% in Q1 2027, indicating stable negotiated wage pressures

ECB wage tracker at 2.7% in Q1 2027, indicating stable negotiated wage pressures

03 Aug 2026
ASML’s Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography and the Limits of Reverse Engineering in China automated-news
ASML’s Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography and the Limits of Reverse Engineering in China

In June, the U.S. Department of Commerce informed the Dutch company ASML that it suspects one of its extreme ultraviolet lithography machines has reached China, an accusation that ASML denied, and for which no supporting evidence has yet been made public. ASML is the sole global producer of the mach

03 Aug 2026
S&P 500 Closes Near Record High on US-Iran Hopes: Markets Wrap automated-news
S&P 500 Closes Near Record High on US-Iran Hopes: Markets Wrap

Stocks joined bonds higher as cooling tensions in the Middle East spurred a drop in oil prices, allaying worries about inflation.

03 Aug 2026
Gold Wavers as Traders Weigh Fed Rate Outlook, US-Iran Talks automated-news
Gold Wavers as Traders Weigh Fed Rate Outlook, US-Iran Talks

Gold fluctuated as traders weighed the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate path after cooling tensions in the Middle East eased energy-driven inflation.

03 Aug 2026
The Looming Nuclear Crisis in the Gulf automated-news
The Looming Nuclear Crisis in the Gulf

Overcoming the enrichment dilemma in the Saudi deal.

03 Aug 2026
Whatever happened to prudence? automated-news
Whatever happened to prudence?

Governments have stopped correcting budget deficits but — so far — bond markets have let them

03 Aug 2026
Possible Is Not Plausible: How Nightmare Scenarios Hijack Unconventional Weapons Policy automated-news
Possible Is Not Plausible: How Nightmare Scenarios Hijack Unconventional Weapons Policy

Current conversations surrounding unconventional weapons — chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear — have become so fantastical as to be unserious. As the Chinese military fundamentally rethinks biological warfare and Russia continues to use chloropicrin in Ukraine, hypothetical scenarios of

03 Aug 2026
Trump Family-Linked Bitcoin Miner Posts Second-Quarter Loss automated-news
Trump Family-Linked Bitcoin Miner Posts Second-Quarter Loss

American Bitcoin Corp., the Trump family-backed miner launched last year just before the cryptocurrency tumbled from record highs, posted a third consecutive quarterly loss after a decline in the value of its holdings.

03 Aug 2026
Stocks Close Near Record as Amazon Tops $3 Trillion Market Cap automated-news
Stocks Close Near Record as Amazon Tops $3 Trillion Market Cap

US stocks rose on the first trading day of the month as attention turned to this week’s heavy slate of earnings reports.

03 Aug 2026
Football has given Europe a rare geopolitical victory automated-news
Football has given Europe a rare geopolitical victory

Players like Lamine Yamal and Jude Bellingham are Europe’s rare earths

03 Aug 2026
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