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Q2 Earnings Season Standout Performers: PLTR, MSFT

The Q2 earnings season continues to wind down, which has overall shown immense strength with outsized growth. There have been several standout releases during the Q2 earnings cycle, including those from Palantir (PLTR) and Microsoft (MSFT).

NFL junkies forced to pay big bucks for 2026 season to watch games

Twenty years ago, the NFL caused a seismic shift in its broadcast footprint when it allowed ABC to move Monday Night Football to its sister network, ESPN. Before then, 100% of NFL games were shown on broadcast television. Moving its flagship, primetime broadcast behind a cable paywall was a big ...

Lauterbach: Rente nach Beitragsjahren wäre gerechter

Berlin - In der aktuellen Debatte um die Reform der Altersvorsorge hat sich der SPD-Politiker Karl Lauterbach für eine grundlegende Systemänderung hin zu einer Auszahlung nach festen Beitragsjahren...

Studie: Mehrheit hält Steuerlast für ungerecht

Berlin - Die Mehrheit der Bürger empfindet die Verteilung der Steuerlast in Deutschland als ungerecht. Nur sechs Prozent halten sie für gerecht, drei Viertel sehen Normalverdiener als am stärksten ...

Anthropic-powered AI model sends shocking message to employee

A retail worker in San Francisco showed up late to 17 of 23 shifts. Their manager noticed, issued warnings, provided additional training, and then forgot about it for months. The manager was not a person. It was an AI agent named Luna, built on Anthropics Claude Opus 4.8, running an experimental ...

Hedge Fund Tax Break Grips Hong Kong as Banks Fear Exodus

Hong Kong’s move to cut taxes for hedge funds has set off a frenzied wave of maneuvering across the city’s financial sector, with investment banks fearing an exodus of prop traders and one fund even considering rebranding a receptionist as an investor relations official to make the most of the potential windfall.

FBI alerts U.S. companies to dangerous new hiring scheme

A companys next remote IT hire could be sending sensitive data to a foreign government, and federal investigators say it is already happening.  The FBI disclosed in July 2026 that it identified a North Korean operative performing remote contract work inside an unnamed U.S. federal agency. ...

Gold standard is reborn amid central bank surge

For the first 40 years after President Nixon closed the gold window in 1971, central banks mostly unloaded their gold to exercise their faith in fiat money. In 2011, however, Congress passed the Budget Control Act of 2011, which raised the debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion through 2012. As a direct ...

Petrobras Mulls Improving Braskem Credit Terms Amid Debt Talks

Brazil’s Petrobras is weighing whether to grant improved payment terms to Braskem on some contracts as the petrochemical producer races against the clock to find a solution for its debt woes ahead of an August 24 deadline to avoid filing for bankruptcy protection, according to people familiar with the matter.

Dave Ramsey bluntly answers key 401(k), IRA question

Radio host and bestselling personal finance author Dave Ramsey is flagging a warning for Americans saving for retirement. Many people wonder if their 401(k) plan is properly preparing them financially for their post-career lives, or whether other investment tools such as Individual Retirement ...

TOURISE und Oxford Economics veröffentlichen einen neuen globalen Bericht über die Widerstandsfähigkeit des Tourismus in einer Zeit permanenter Umbrüche

RIAD, Saudi-Arabien--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TOURISE hat heute in Zusammenarbeit mit Oxford Economics einen neuen Bericht mit dem Titel „Resilience in a World that Doesn’t Reset: Redesigning Tourism for an Era of Permanent Disruption“ veröffentlicht. Die Analyse von 85 großen Krisen über einen Zeitraum von zwei Jahrzehnten zeigt ein klares Muster: In einer Welt, die von ständigen Erschütterungen geprägt ist, erholen sich Standorte, die bereits vor dem Eintreten von Störungen Maßnahmen ergreifen, bis z

Rainer will EU bei Ernteausfällen in die Pflicht nehmen

Berlin - Bundeslandwirtschaftsminister Alois Rainer (CSU) will angesichts massiver Ernteausfälle durch die Trockenheit der vergangenen Wochen auch die EU in die Pflicht nehmen.Der Minister sagte de...

Latest Oil Market News and Analysis for Aug. 18

Oil climbed for a third day as prospects for a near-term resolution of the US-Iran war receded, with President Donald Trump saying he’s not interested in extending an expiring agreement with Tehran.

Cargill workers vote to end dispute that idled US beef plant

Cargill employees voted to end a labor dispute that halted cattle slaughtering at a beef plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado, ?since April and left about 1,700 workers without pay, the company and workers union said on Monday.

US-Iran Prospects Dim as Trump Seems in No Hurry to Reach Deal

The war between the US and Iran has slowed down, as peace prospects dim with President Trump in no hurry to reach a peace deal. The apparent slowdown of actions comes as the President insists the US is controlling the Strait of Hormuz, as major US defense firms race to make cheaper missiles to bolster to US weapons stockpile. Bloomberg News National Security Reporter Nick Wadhams and Senior Adviser as CSIS Mark Cancian join Businessweek Daily to discuss the latest on the conflict. (Source: Bloom...