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Netanyahu Denies Pushing Trump to Strike Iran Before Elections as War Talk Refuses to Die
Benjamin Netanyahu says he is not pushing Donald Trump to bomb Iran before elections in either country — but after a week of leaks,…
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Italian Partnership Plans €1 Billion Network of 13 Data Centres Powered On Site
An Italian partnership plans to invest more than €1 billion over four years to build a network of 13 medium-sized data centres across Italy,…
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Wolfspeed Wins Conditional $1.5 Billion US Defence Loan Commitment for Chip Materials
Chipmaker Wolfspeed has received a conditional commitment for a 30-year loan of up to $1.5 billion from the United States Department of Defense, through…
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Airtel Money Prices London IPO at £1.96 a Share in $7 Billion Listing
Airtel Money, the mobile payments arm of Airtel Africa, has priced its London initial public offering at £1.96 per share, implying a market capitalisation…
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Tencent Weighs $5 Billion Bond Sale as AI Spending Race Intensifies, Reports Say
Tencent is considering raising up to $5 billion through an offshore bond sale as the Chinese technology giant increases spending on artificial intelligence and…
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Tariffs Bite U.S. Manufacturers as Midterm Elections Approach, Executives Say
U.S. manufacturers say President Trump's tariffs are adding millions in costs and freezing hiring plans, according to an AFP report published October 10, 2026.
Politics
Trump Escalates Fed Pressure Campaign as Mortgage Rates Hit Three-Year High
President Trump accused the Federal Reserve board of wanting "the country to do badly" as 30-year mortgage rates touched their highest point in nearly three years.
Business
Hot CPI Triggers AI-Stock Rout, Wiping About $80 Billion in Market Value
A hot September CPI report (+0.6% MoM, +3.7% YoY) hammered debt-funded AI stocks on Wednesday, erasing about $80 billion in market value as Fed rate-hike bets revived.
Technology
Nvidia Pledges $250 Million in Compute for UK Agentic AI Safety Research
Nvidia will provide 50 million dollars a year in compute access for five years to strengthen UK agentic AI safety research, with Oxford, UCL and Imperial as partners.
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Skydance Becomes America’s Biggest Sports-Rights Powerhouse After Paramount–WBD Merger
Following the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger, Skydance now controls 36 premium sports properties — nearly twice as many as its closest rival.
Entertainment
Skydance Moves to Unite HBO Max and Paramount+ Into a 200-Million-Subscriber Streaming Giant
Skydance plans to combine HBO Max, Paramount+ and Discovery+ into a single streaming service, creating a 200-million-subscriber challenger to Netflix.
Health
Trump Administration Finalizes Health Price Transparency Rules, Pressures Hospitals to Post Real Prices
New federal rules finalized October 5 require hospitals and insurers to publish actual dollar prices — and ban the "ghost rates" regulators say obscured real costs.
Science
NASA Opens Bidding for Private Space Stations to Replace the ISS by 2030
NASA released a 360-page request for proposals on October 9 inviting U.S. companies to design, build and operate commercial space stations to succeed the ISS.
