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Of all the factors dragging down Republicans’ odds of success in the coming midterms, inflation seems to be the most important. According to the Real Clear Politics aggregation of polling results, 70.1% of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of inflation, and just 27.3% approve

Comcast is in the process of spinning off its media business into a separate publicly traded company.

Qiagen agrees to €46.50/share all-cash takeover offer from EQT

If there’s ever been a strategic thinker on the US Supreme Court, it’s Justice Elena Kagan. So you can be absolutely certain that there was careful thinking behind Kagan’s pointed criticism of the court’s conservative majority in a public interview Tuesday at Catholic University’s law school in Wash

One rationale for merging SpaceX with Tesla is that the ever-busy Elon Musk could do just one earnings call per quarter instead of two. Hardly decisive, perhaps, but the conceit of prioritizing his preferences is salient enough. Talk of combining Space Exploration Technologies Corp. with Tesla Inc.

Meta and Tesla are falling after earnings.

Saudi Aramco tells staff to evacuate Dhahran headquarters, sources say Reuters

Visa in talks to buy Fireblocks for about $2.5B - Axios Pro

Infineum taps advisers at Bank of America to run a sale of the business as Shell focuses on core oil and gas operations

Gulf markets fall as fresh Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia raise regional risk Reuters