Today: October 18, 2026
Today: October 18, 2026

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Brazil's Flavio Bolsonaro pledges fiscal adjustment, rejects cuts to social spending

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro said on Friday that, if elected president, he would seek to curb Brazil's rising public debt without touching politically sensitive

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Canada's Carney makes final appeal against Alberta separation ahead of referendum

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made a final appeal to voters in his home province of Alberta warning that a referendum that could put the oil-rich province on a path toward independence is a dangerous gamble at a time of growing threats to Canada’s sovereignty

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Anthropic offers Blackstone double-digit yield in chip-financing deal, FT reports

Anthropic is offering Blackstone a yield of more than 10% to finance its latest chip deal, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar's attorneys demand return of property seized in federal search of her home

Attorneys for Rep_ Ilhan Omar are asking the Justice Department to immediately return property that federal agents seized from her home this week, arguing that the search stemming from an investigation into her citizenship status was “neither justified nor lawful.”

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US air traffic controllers to get 2.8% pay raise under FAA deal

Thousands of US air traffic controllers will get a 2.8% pay raise retroactive to January 1 under a deal announced by the

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Meta denies accusation of anti-Lula political bias in Brazil after electoral court ruling

Tech giant Meta has denied accusations it has acted with political bias during Brazil’s presidential campaign

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Novavax shareholder Shah Capital to step back from activist role

Shah Capital, one of Novavax's top shareholders, said on Friday it no longer seeks to influence control of the vaccine maker after restructuring into a family office.

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US air traffic controllers reach deal with FAA for 2.8% pay rise, WSJ reports

Air traffic controllers have reached a deal with the FAA for a 2.8% pay increase, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

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DOJ reaches settlement with Mississippi police department it found routinely violated civil rights

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday it reached a settlement forcing reforms for a Mississippi city and its police department, which the DOJ found discriminated against Black people, used excessive force and retaliated against critics

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Nasdaq sinks more than 2% as investors raise questions about AI debt

Nasdaq sinks more than 2% as investors raise questions about AI debt

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Nearly 12,000 California residents bought EVs using state rebate program

California said on Friday that nearly 12,000 residents bought electric vehicles since August using rebates under a new $270 million program funded by

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy blasts US-Russian diesel deal, welcomes bigger European role in peace process

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday condemned US President Donald Trump's diesel deal with Russia, called Moscow's stance a "parody" of peace negotiations and welcomed

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Brazil may offer credit lines to ease impact of tax, labor reforms, minister says

Brazil's Finance Minister Dario Durigan said on Friday that specific credit lines could be unveiled by the government for companies affected by a consumer tax

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Wall Street tumbles as worries about AI trade and high oil prices weigh

Wall Street tumbled on Friday, with CoreWeave, Broadcom and other AI-related technology

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Vandalism threatens nearly $1 billion Metrocenter Mall redevelopment in Jackson

Vandalism threatens nearly $1 billion Metrocenter Mall redevelopment in Jackson

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Mexico limits tariffs break to established local carmakers

Mexico said on Friday that a new five-year tariff break for imported car parts will apply only to automakers that already have production facilities in the country.

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In Yemen's besieged Taiz, families take shelter as Houthis close in

Ali Hassan and his family took shelter under a stairwell at a school in Taiz as Iran-allied Houthi forces closed in around them, tightening a siege of Yemen's third-

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US annual budget gap hits nearly $2 trillion, largest in 5 years

The US budget deficit rose by $217 billion to nearly $2 trillion in the 2026 fiscal year, fueled in part by tariff refunds and record spending to service the nation's

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Dollar heads for weekly loss as Fed hike bets fade, AI jitters linger

The dollar was lower on Friday and on track for its first weekly fall in more than a month against the euro and the yen, reflecting fading expectations

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Trump move to restart direct US flights with Lebanon hits roadblock

The United Nations aviation agency has found Lebanon's main airport lacks valid certification, according to a report summary seen by Reuters,

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US is reviving shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing electricity demand and to power data centers

The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing demand, especially from data centers

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Brazil says Amazon deforestation fell to the lowest level since 1988

Brazil’s government announces that annual deforestation in the Amazon has fallen to its lowest level since 1988

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CoreWeave's CEO sold nearly $1 billion of stock since IPO, filings show

CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator and entities linked to him have sold nearly $1 billion of stock, mostly under prearranged trading plans, since the AI cloud company's IPO in March

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US regional banks join bigger peers in signaling resilient economy as lending holds firm

A clutch of US regional banks reported strong third-quarter earnings this week, powered by robust loan demand from

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Oil touches $110 a barrel for first time since May on Middle East, Russia supply fears

Brent touched $110 a barrel for the first time since May on Friday on worries that escalating tensions in the Middle East could further tighten

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Swiss finance minister warns steep European debt could trigger euro crisis

Rising public debt levels in Europe and beyond pose a risk to economic stability and could trigger a euro crisis, Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter said on Friday.

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EU to propose import curbs on other Chinese sectors, says EU chief

The European Commission will propose curbs on imports from China going beyond the safeguard measures it agreed with Beijing to halve inbound shipments

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7-year-old cancer survivor returns home after 10 months at St. Jude

7-year-old cancer survivor returns home after 10 months at St. Jude

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NY Fed service sector survey finds notable price pressures

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KFC switch to Coke puts PepsiCo's food service ties in focus, analysts say

KFC's decision to switch from Pepsi sodas to Coca-Cola at its US restaurants could raise questions about PepsiCo's other longstanding food service partnerships, analysts said, even

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Hurricane Trudy weakens but may regain strength off Mexican coast

Hurricane Trudy weakened on Friday but could regain strength in the coming hours, meteorologists warned, as the storm approached

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CoreWeave stock, bond set for weekly plunge as rate-hike fears hit AI bet

CoreWeave's shares and bond were set for steep weekly losses on Friday, underscoring investor worries over the cloud-computing company's $50

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Chile's pension funds requested curbs on interest-rate bets before losses, Bloomberg reports

Executives at Chile's pension funds appealed to regulators for curbs on volatile interest-rate derivatives before a downturn in US Treasuries left them with billions of dollars in

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Data centers may benefit from massive rural utility loan, US official says

A record-breaking $3.3 billion loan from the U.S.

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Judge rejects CFTC, Gemini bid to vacate $5 million settlement

A federal judge in Manhattan has rejected a joint request by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange founded

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Stocks slip as dollar heads for weekly loss

Global stocks fell modestly on Friday as markets stabilized after a sharp tech-led selloff, while the dollar headed for a

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IMF chief urges cooperation on AI and war risks, as US hails economic momentum

The head of the IMF on Friday appealed to global leaders to cooperate in the face of multiple economic risks, including rapid advances in AI and a

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ExxonMobil signals $4.5 billion refining earnings boost as margins soar

ExxonMobil signaled on Friday that higher refining margins during the third quarter could boost its downstream profit by $4.5 billion compared with the previous three

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Central bankers eye higher rates as AI boom fuels scramble for cash

The artificial intelligence boom is setting off a global race for money, forcing central bankers to contemplate a future in

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US import prices increase; post largest annual gain in more than four years

US import prices increased more than expected in September, boosted by higher costs for energy products and a range of other goods, further evidence of

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Union Pacific CFO Jennifer Hamann to retire in early 2027

Railroad operator Union Pacific said on Friday its Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Hamann will retire in early 2027, after 35 years with the company.

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France's Macron warns EU leaders they need budget deal before year-end, say diplomats

French President Emmanuel Macron has warned EU leaders they should agree the bloc's next long-term budget before the end of the year because elections in

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US manufacturing output rises in September

US factory production increased in September, but lost considerable momentum in the third quarter amid headwinds from the Middle East conflict, which has snarled supply

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Fundraising to protect oceans, forests and other key nature sites falling short ahead of UN summit

Promises by nations to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to finance nature and increase protections for oceans around the globe are falling short ahead of a key U.N. biodiversity conference

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Qatar pledges a lifeline for Lebanon’s economy, power grid and reconstruction in the south

Qatar is stepping in to help Lebanon revive its struggling economy

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Americans want electric cars – they just can’t find them

Sales reveal how many cars people actually bought, but not how many they actually wanted. Prices, on the other hand, show how demand is changing.

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UK's FTSE 100 logs strongest week in six months on defensive-sector rally

Britain's blue-chip stocks had their best week in six months, as investors flocking to defensive sectors offset a rout in AI-linked stocks, while finance minister John Healey's

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Raising bank tax is not best choice for UK budget, IMF says

British finance minister John Healey should favour property tax reform, broader sales taxes and better-targeted welfare spending ahead of raising taxes on

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US equity funds draw renewed inflows as Treasury yields ease

US equity funds attracted inflows in the week to October 14, following outflows the previous week, as Treasury yields eased from recent peaks and investors looked ahead to a strong