International Business Times

Inflation Came In Hotter Than Expected And A New Rate Hike Is All But Given. Stocks Fell.

The Consumer Price Index climbed 0.4% last month, compared to the 0.3% expected by analysts. Core CPI also increased above expectations.

Anthropic Plans To Raise Up To $62.5 Billion In Its IPO. Seven Tech Giants Are Investing Another $26 Billion.
Ukrainian Strikes Keep Disrupting Russian Refineries. Moscow's Oil Refining Capacity Is Reportedly Down 30%.
Trump Sees Opportunity for Russia-Ukraine Peace in Abu Dhabi Talks: The Main Sticking Points

Trump Said Resuming The Iran War Is 'Highly Unlikely.' Oil Prices Fell Below A Key Threshold.
Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell more than 2.5% and dropped below $90 per barrel.
Nvidia Lost Almost $200 Billion In Market Value On One Day As Huang Affair Sparks Espionage Investigation
The company says it has no reason to believe national security or confidential corporate information was compromised, while China rejected the allegations.
AI Is Taking Almost Two Thirds Of All Venture Funding. What This Means For The Other Startups.
The money is flowing to a new cohort as well as to a few large names, and that group sets a pace other founders are compared with.
U.S. Reportedly Evacuates Aircraft From Another UK Base Over Another Iran Threat
The U.S. European Command (EUROCOM) said the move answered to a "variety of reasons" that could not be disclosed for protection measures.
Anthropic Plans To Raise Up To $62.5 Billion In Its IPO. Seven Tech Giants Are Investing Another $26 Billion.
Anthropic's latest SEC filing reveals rapid revenue growth, multibillion-dollar computing expenses and a complex ownership structure ahead of its market debut.
Ukrainian Strikes Keep Disrupting Russian Refineries. Moscow's Oil Refining Capacity Is Reportedly Down 30%.
Leningrad region Gov. Alexander Drozdenko said an overnight drone strike set the plant on fire Monday and killed one woman.

Debt Delinquency Is Getting More Severe. 1 In 4 MMI Clients Have At Least One Charged-Off Account.

The nonprofit credit counseling agency reported higher unsecured debt, more personal-loan use and its busiest month for repayment-plan enrollments since 2011.

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Economy in Focus

Americans Voted For Trump To Fix The Economy In 2024. Now 44% Say They're Financially Worse Off.
Democrats regained control of Congress as exit polls showed widespread financial dissatisfaction, with only 18% of voters reporting an improvement in their finances since 2024.
- Trump Concedes Iran Played a Role in GOP Midterm Defeat, But Doesn't Regret it: 'I Did The Right Thing'
- Musk's Midterm Bet Did Not Pay Off. His Companies' Stocks Are Plunging.
Wall Street Is Trading Near Record Highs. The Richest 1% Own More Than Half Of America's Stock Wealth.
As major U.S. banks prepare to report quarterly earnings, fresh attention is falling on who owns the financial assets benefiting from Wall Street's rally.
- S&P 500 Profits Set To Surge More Than 30% In Q3 With AI Giants Dominating Growth
- SpaceX Could Borrow $40 Billion For Nvidia Chips As Musk Makes A Massive New Bet On AI. Its Stock Fell.

Crypto Groups Spent $63 Million To Stop Sherrod Brown. Ohio Voters Sent Him Back To The Senate.

Sherrod Brown defeated Jon Husted despite more than $63 million in crypto-backed spending against him, potentially complicating the industry's efforts to advance digital-asset legislation.

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Inside The DevSec Blueprint's Three-Tier Learning Model

The DevSec Blueprint offers a tiered path for aspiring DevSecOps professionals, combining foundational lessons, hands-on projects, community support and feedback to address practical skills gaps.

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Australia Has World-Class Research. Now It Needs an Investment Strategy to Match.
Australia's strong health research base could deliver greater clinical and economic impact if government, industry, philanthropy and investors coordinate funding and share the risks of commercialization.
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Is Open Access to Information Still Open?
As laws, standards and platform policies restrict access to public web data, researchers, journalists and environmental watchdogs warn that an increasingly permission-based internet could deepen information inequality.