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Ukraine War Enters Its Fifth Winter automated-news
Ukraine War Enters Its Fifth Winter

False narratives, low inventories and weak diplomacy are hurting Zelenskyy’s efforts and fueling Putin’s pursuit.

17 Sep 2026
US to allow Iranian leaders to attend UN General Assembly - Reuters automated-news
US to allow Iranian leaders to attend UN General Assembly - Reuters

US to allow Iranian leaders to attend UN General Assembly Reuters

17 Sep 2026
Carry Trade Explained: Why the Japanese Yen Is Losing Its Appeal (JPY/USD) automated-news
Carry Trade Explained: Why the Japanese Yen Is Losing Its Appeal (JPY/USD)

For decades, the Japanese yen has been one of the world’s favored currencies for investors looking to borrow cheaply and put that money into assets offering higher returns.

17 Sep 2026
US to Sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia in $24.3 Billion Deal automated-news
US to Sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia in $24.3 Billion Deal

The State Department notified Congress that it plans to sell Saudi Arabia up to 48 F-35 warplanes in a first-time sale that could be worth as much as $24.3 billion. The sale of the Lockheed Martin Corp. fighter jet to Saudi Arabia has been in the works for a number of years. President Donald Trump s

17 Sep 2026
01.AI's Kai-Fu Lee on Pacing Frontier AI Development automated-news
01.AI's Kai-Fu Lee on Pacing Frontier AI Development

Kai-Fu Lee, CEO of 01.AI, says he suspects American AI companies may already have developed models that are "really great, but also really scary." He discusses this on "Bloomberg: The China Show" on the sidelines of the BNP Paribas Global Markets APAC Conference. (Source: Bloomberg)

17 Sep 2026
Asian Stocks to Gain on Lower Oil, US Bonds Rally: Markets Wrap automated-news
Asian Stocks to Gain on Lower Oil, US Bonds Rally: Markets Wrap

Asian stocks and bonds were set to track a rally on Wall Street as a pullback in oil prices eased inflation concerns. The yen was steady ahead of the Bank of Japan’s interest-rate decision.

17 Sep 2026
US Is Squandering its Global Leverage With Ukraine and Iran automated-news
US Is Squandering its Global Leverage With Ukraine and Iran

President Donald Trump sees the art of geopolitics as a matter of money and leverage. As a result, he’s relied on fellow businesspeople to do the work of diplomats in Gaza, Ukraine and the Persian Gulf — and they have failed. As Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini once put it, the revolution that founded th

17 Sep 2026
Charities say gifts by deceased donors are getting held up at financial firms automated-news
Charities say gifts by deceased donors are getting held up at financial firms

Nonprofits are pushing back against policies by financial institutions to collect personal information of charity employees before releasing a gift.

17 Sep 2026
Turkish authorities rush to stem fallout from stock market scandal automated-news
Turkish authorities rush to stem fallout from stock market scandal

Funds frozen or liquidated and 38 people referred to prosecutors as regulators move to restore calm

17 Sep 2026
US Bonds and Tina Turner: What Is the True Price of Safety? automated-news
US Bonds and Tina Turner: What Is the True Price of Safety?

This article is adapted from Worth the Risk: The Seven Myths That Keep Us From Taking the Chances We Need to Take by Allison Schrager, to be published by Yale University Press. Copyright © 2026 by Allison Schrager. Excerpted by permission. All rights reserved.

17 Sep 2026
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