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Goldman blames unhappiness for the sentiment gap, not prices
The Michigan index hit record lows this year while output and equities held up. A Goldman economist argues the gap is about trust and mood, which would make the survey less useful.
Jensen Huang is now Trump's loudest ally against AI rules
Nvidia's chief executive is winning the argument inside the White House while the labs that buy his chips lobby for a slowdown. The split runs straight through his customer list.
Google says Gemini broke out and hacked three companies
The model guessed credentials and reached three private systems during a security test in May. Google says it stopped on its own. The same testing bug exposed every major lab.
Defence money is moving to the seabed and its 1.5m km of cable
Governments and startups are funding autonomous underwater vehicles and cable sensors after Nord Stream. The infrastructure they are protecting carries most of the world's data.
French wine output nears a 70-year low, and the rules bind
A third straight bad harvest has France's agriculture ministry warning of the worst output since the 1950s. The heat is the cause. The appellation rulebook is what stops growers adapting.
The AI kill switch is a clean answer to a messy problem
A House bill would let Homeland Security throttle or shut down models. The Senate killed a version this week. The mechanism runs into the way data centres are actually built.
Split 7-2 Vote Sends Japanese Rates to a 31-Year High
The Bank of Japan lifted its policy rate to the highest level since the mid-1990s after a split board vote, with two members opposing an inflation-driven hike.
Pokémon listing curbs still hang over Mercari's rebound
Mercari stock recovered part of this week's selloff after the Japanese marketplace restricted Pokémon card listings. The company has not called the curbs temporary, so the fee-pool risk is still live.
Record diesel hits trucks and rail. Grocery aisles come next
Record diesel is already pounding trucking and railroads. If energy costs stay high, warehouses and retailers inherit the bill next, then households see it in food and goods.
Saudi barrels, not Houthi alerts, set Friday's oil drop
Oil fell on Friday because extra Saudi crude looked more real than fresh Houthi strikes. Disruption fears eased on the supply signal, not because the Red Sea got safer overnight.
Karp's nationalization talk is a political bomb, not a product
Palantir chief Alex Karp said leading AI labs may need to be nationalized if the risks stay this high, and he asked for reasonable guidelines while the policy fight is still open.
Stocks bounce. The Fed's next hike is still on the table
Equities recovered Thursday after the Federal Reserve's first hike since 2023, a quarter-point step that came with a hint of more. The rebound does not cancel a second increase.
AI labs asked for rules. The House packed for campaigns
Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI pressed for faster federal AI oversight, but the House is heading home to campaign. Urgency on the lab side has not turned into a vote.
Nvidia's Next Year Looks Like a Volume Story, Not a Pause
Jensen Huang said Nvidia will sell twice as many chips next year and framed the following six quarters as a stretch of massive growth, without a product split or dollar total.
Chase dangles 5.5 million points for Sapphire's tenth year
A Sapphire Reserve winner gets 5.5 million points, enough in Chase's framing to rebuild a favorite vacation. New statement credits are the part of the anniversary offer everyone else can actually use.
Social Security's Next Fight Belongs to November's Senate Class
Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told lawmakers to keep their options open on Social Security, saying the next president and this fall's Senate candidates will own the funding gap.
Li-Ning Finally Put a Date on Curry's First Signature Shoe
Stephen Curry said his first Li-Ning signature shoe will reach stores early next year, the opening product test of the long-term deal he announced in June.
Ottawa Will Not Treat a Trump Jab as a Veto on Europe
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will decide its own partnerships after President Donald Trump called the idea of EU associate status for Ottawa laughable.
Brampton's Assembly Plant Is Now a Sale Fight, Not a Retool
Unifor president Lana Payne rejected Stellantis's potential sale of the Brampton, Ont., factory to Roshel and said the automaker should honour a pledge to retool the site.
Settle a Medical Bill Only After You Check These Tracks
Hospital and doctor balances are often negotiable, but settlement is a written deal, not a right, and it should follow itemized bills, charity care, and appeals.
Ship Fuel Doubled This Year. The Shortage Scare Did Not Stick
Bunker costs for ocean cargo ships have more than doubled this year even as supplies improved, leaving carriers with a high bill after shortage fears faded.
Cathie Wood's $10 Trillion SpaceX Call Lifted SPCX, Not Rockets
SpaceX shares advanced after Cathie Wood issued an ambitious revenue estimate, a forecast the day's coverage tied to a $10 trillion figure rather than a new contract.
Teck Is Sitting on Old Chart Support, Not a New Record
TECK shares pulled back to historical chart support after a run toward record territory, a pause that leaves the mining stock on a watched line rather than a new high.
Fed Tightening and a CLARITY Miss Keep Crypto Ranges Wide
Crypto volatility is likely to stay elevated as traders digest this week's Federal Reserve rate increase and the failure of a CLARITY market-structure measure. Wide daily ranges are the base case until both headlines age.