The United States goods trade deficit shrank in May, offering a modest reprieve after months of historically wide gaps driven by front-loaded imports ahead of tariff escalations. Yet the relief …
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Argentina’s relationship with the International Monetary Fund has long been defined by crisis, default, and renegotiation. The latest chapter, however, carries a different tone. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva stated …
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Johnson & Johnson Just Settled 69,000 Talc Lawsuits for $5.5 Billion. The Dispute Lasted 10 Years. It Is Now Effectively Over
Johnson & Johnson announced on Monday that it has agreed to a $5.5 billion settlement covering approximately 69,000 cases consolidated in federal court in New Jersey and related cases in …
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Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly Ruling Opened a Dam. The Follow-On Lawsuits Are Still Pouring Through
A growing wave of private antitrust lawsuits seeking damages from Google is building in courts across the United States and Europe, following the April 2025 federal court ruling that found …
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The U.S. dollar’s grip on global finance has been debated for decades, yet it endures with remarkable consistency. One of the least discussed but most structurally significant reasons for that …
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Snapchat Turned Its Map Into a Music Feed. 450 Million People Can Now See What You’re Listening To
Snapchat launched a new feature called Now Playing on Monday, allowing users to broadcast their current music listening activity in real time on Snap Map – the location-sharing interface that …
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Market intelligence firm Similarweb published data on Monday showing that Google’s AI Overviews now appear in 43% of all searches – up significantly from the roughly 25% share that observers …
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Meta began rolling out its Meta AI chatbot inside Threads direct messages to all users globally on Monday, completing the integration of its AI assistant across every major surface of …
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The United States is moving forward with sweeping tariff measures targeting Canada and a broad range of other trading partners, a policy shift that carries significant implications for global trade …
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Three Private Equity Giants Just Bet $16 Billion That Kuwait’s Oil Pipelines Will Still Be Running in 2047
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation announced on Saturday the signing of a $16 billion infrastructure agreement with a consortium comprising Blackstone, Brookfield Asset Management, and KKR, covering a lease-and-leaseback arrangement for all …