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U.S. And China Prepare For High-Stakes AI Talks As Autonomous Agents Raise New Cybersecurity Fears

The talks could take place just days before Trump and Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet in Washington on September 24.

OpenAI Puts $1 Billion Behind Cybersecurity Effort. Water, Power And Local Governments Are The First Line Of Defense.
Automakers Push Congress For Permanent Chinese Vehicle Ban, Warning The Cars Pose A Security Threat

Iran Faced Some Of America's Toughest Sanctions. Yet $9 Billion In Iranian Funds Still Moved Through U.S. Banks
Washington is intensifying its financial campaign against Iran as a six-month conflict and a U.S. naval blockade squeeze Tehran's oil revenue.
Germany's Far-Right AfD Notches Clear Win In Regional Election While Party In Power Slumps
The party got almost 44% of the vote, more than 25 percentage points above the incumbent Christian Democratic Union Party, which leads the national coalition under Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Large Employers Are Cutting Health Benefits As Costs Surge. Workers Could Pay More Next Year.
Mercer's annual survey of employer-sponsored health plans projects that the total cost of health benefits per employee will increase by an average of 8.2% in 2027, the biggest increase since 2003.
Rogue AI Agents Are Democratizing Cyberattacks. Here's How.
Agents can already discover assets, enumerate services, and map an attack surface with little human input.
Jaguar Land Rover To Shed Thousands Of Jobs To Cut Spending As Challenges Mount
The company is planning to offer voluntary redundancies to as many as 4,000 people, according to a new report.
Putin Pauses Strikes On Ukraine As US Envoys Arrive. Hope Flickers.
Washington has been pushing to end the conflict, which is now in its fifth year. The conflict lost momentum after the US attention veered to its conflict with Iran in the Middle East, which began late in February.

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Americans' 401(k) And IRA Balances Hit Record Highs. More Workers Are Raiding Retirement Savings For Cash.

The average 401(k) balance reached $155,800, an increase of 13.1% from a year earlier, and IRA balances rose 10% over the same period to a record $144,523.

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The massive miss on jobs creation fanned fears about the US economy

The Job Market Is Stable But Workers Say It Feels Frozen: Report

Washington Wants To Limit Chinese AI Models. One Of Them Helped Contain OpenAI's Cyber Incident.

Economy in Focus

Investors Await Inflation Data, ECB Cues And Oracle Numbers. Rate Trajectory in Focus.
The US will release its August the Producer Price Index report and US Consumer Price Index for August next week.The PPI report will provide details on prices for businesses before these are passed along with the costs to consumers. The reports will give Wall Street and the Federal Reserve a heads up on the trajectory of inflation in the US.
- Fed's 'Hawkish Hold' Leaves Wall Street Guessing. Stocks and Bonds Could Pay the Price
- Investors Are Betting Against a Fed Rate Hike. Wall Street Is Showing Broad Bullishness.
Trump Says Cheaper Brazilian and Argentine Beef Is Coming Under 90‑Day US Tariff Pause to Cut Prices
Trump confirmed Friday that beef from Brazil and Argentina is already moving under his 90-day tariff pause, even as scrutiny grows over a JBS billionaire's role in the plan.

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A Bitcoin Network Lost $320 Million In A Hack. The Attackers Say They're The Good Guys

The breach adds to a string of major crypto security incidents that have put exchanges, wallets and blockchain infrastructure under scrutiny.

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The Hidden Afterlife of Global Trade: How Shipping Containers Are Powering Germany's Circular Economy

For every full shipping container that leaves Germany for Asia, the manufacturing powerhouse sends four back – a trade asymmetry that leaves Germany with an abundance of containers.

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Why On-Chain Options Are Ready for Their Breakout Moment
The most important development in crypto derivatives over the past several years is the emergence of deep, continuously operating underlying markets.
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Mark Tersigni Outlines the Investment Case for Open-Air Retail Centers
Mark Tersigni, a real estate investment professional and Certified Public Accountant, spent years underwriting open-air retail centers and enclosed malls within the same multibillion-dollar portfolio.

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Trump, Aides Clamor To Sway Fed's Policy. Is Kevin Warsh In A Fix?
This is an unusual public clamor by the administration's top aides ahead of a Fed meet. Many of the Trump administration have also called for a rate cut instead. The idea seems to be to facilitate a narrative in which to pressurize the Fed under its new chair Kevin Warsh, a Trump appointee, to not hike rates, rather than forcing a cut.
Pentagon Hooks 50 Military and Civilian Staff Members to a Polygraph in Hunt for Iran War Munitions Leaks
Elon Musk Reignites Years-Long Feud With Chess.com After Bold Claim, Calls Admin An 'Intern' In Online Spat

Xi's US Trip May Not Be Business As Usual. Political Symbolism May Dwarf Trade Offs
The Xi trip also assumes significance considering that the US is generally wary of Chinese investment. Beijing's own love-hate relationship with private enterprise would also undergo a transformation, given that Xi had recently championed strict steps against private enterprises.
The U.S. Is Seeking To Cut Iran Off From The Global Financial System. It Is Targeting A Turkish Bank To Do So.
Diesel Fuel Price Hits All-Time High. No End In Sight To Price Crunch.

Latercase Pixel 10 Pro Hands-On Review: Protection Without The Bulk
The Latercase for Pixel 10 Pro weighs just 12.7 grams and adds almost no bulk, but does its fit, grip and design justify the premium over cheaper aramid cases?
OpenAI Puts $1 Billion Behind Cybersecurity Effort. Water, Power and Local Governments Are the First Line of Defense.
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