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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
The New York-ification of Media Keeps Growing, Warts and All automated-news
The New York-ification of Media Keeps Growing, Warts and All

Why has New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani become nationally prominent so quickly? Part of it has to do with his bold and controversial policy proposals, his undeniable political skills and his wholehearted embrace of social media. But it can’t hurt that there are so many journalists in New York to

03 Aug 2026
AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers: A $400 Billion Pharma Deal Could Get Really Messy automated-news
AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers: A $400 Billion Pharma Deal Could Get Really Messy

Pascal Soriot has an awkward relationship with the UK. Now, the boss of AstraZeneca Plc is contemplating a megadeal with US peer Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. that could shift the British drugmaker’s center of gravity further westwards. It’s a potentially tricky tie-up. But Soriot’s counterintuitive bets

03 Aug 2026
Japan vows further yen intervention with US if needed automated-news
Japan vows further yen intervention with US if needed

Finance minister Satsuki Katayama confirms joint action with Washington to counter ‘disorderly movements’

03 Aug 2026
How big was the American JPY intervention? automated-news
How big was the American JPY intervention?

We can but guess, for now

03 Aug 2026
Japan’s Carmakers Should Compete Less to Win More automated-news
Japan’s Carmakers Should Compete Less to Win More

If legacy carmakers want to compete with China, they need to rethink the economics of making vehicles. A proposal by a major trade group in Japan to standardize auto parts across the industry is a compelling place to start.

03 Aug 2026
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