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Philip R. Lane: Interview with Le Temps automated-news
Philip R. Lane: Interview with Le Temps

Philip R. Lane: Interview with Le Temps

22 Sep 2026
Missed the Marque: Cyber Privateers Wanted, Compensation to Be Determined automated-news
Missed the Marque: Cyber Privateers Wanted, Compensation to Be Determined

Coverage of the new White House memorandum on combating cybercrime quickly reached the privateer label. CNN called the participants “cyber privateers,” invoking the image of government-sanctioned raiders working the high seas of cyberspace, hauling in digital booty. The reality is considerably less

22 Sep 2026
Sysco Draws Blowout Demand for $17 Billion Global Bond Offering automated-news
Sysco Draws Blowout Demand for $17 Billion Global Bond Offering

Sysco Corp. drew about $90 billion of orders for the US dollar portion of its global bond offering, underscoring strong investor appetite for both blue-chip and riskier debt to finance its purchase of cash-and-carry wholesaler Jetro Restaurant Depot LLC.

22 Sep 2026
With Westinghouse, US's Nuclear Champion Follows an Old Playbook automated-news
With Westinghouse, US's Nuclear Champion Follows an Old Playbook

For all the buzz of small modular reactors and artificial intelligence hyperscalers, the rebirth of the US nuclear power industry looks increasingly old-school. Westinghouse Electric Co. is reportedly set to soon file publicly for a $50 billion initial public offering, and it is no startup. Westingh

22 Sep 2026
Racism backlash turns obscure Texas race into Republican flashpoint automated-news
Racism backlash turns obscure Texas race into Republican flashpoint

Furore over Bo French’s bid to become state oil regulator becomes midterms problem for Donald Trump’s party

22 Sep 2026
Warren Buffet Son Howard Buffett Is the Right Kind of Nepo Baby automated-news
Warren Buffet Son Howard Buffett Is the Right Kind of Nepo Baby

Facts are facts, so let’s just state it plainly: Howard Buffett is a nepo baby. And this is one of the rare cases where I think we should be OK with it.

22 Sep 2026
Trump is checking out of his presidency automated-news
Trump is checking out of his presidency

With no way out of his war with Iran, he is increasingly obsessed with monuments to himself

22 Sep 2026
AI Is Devastating Local News. Who Will Hold City Hall Accountable? automated-news
AI Is Devastating Local News. Who Will Hold City Hall Accountable?

If AI hasn’t finished off your local newspaper yet, just wait. It will. OpenAI, the company that built ChatGPT, has called itself an “existential threat” to news publishers.

22 Sep 2026
Youth Sports’ Stay-to-Play Is Coercion by Another Name automated-news
Youth Sports’ Stay-to-Play Is Coercion by Another Name

The bill for a season in youth sports comes in installments: new skates, registration fees and uniforms. Then there’s the price of travel tournaments, gas and restaurant meals. Finally, the hotel requirement, which feels like one mandate too many. Families are instructed to stay at a designated hote

22 Sep 2026
PODCAST: Trump's UN speech, ICC sanctions and Turkey's LGBTQ+ crackdown (Updated) - Reuters automated-news
PODCAST: Trump's UN speech, ICC sanctions and Turkey's LGBTQ+ crackdown (Updated) - Reuters

PODCAST: Trump's UN speech, ICC sanctions and Turkey's LGBTQ+ crackdown (Updated) Reuters

22 Sep 2026
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