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Jun 17, 2026 • 8 min read

Top US financiers sound alarm on lending standards - Financial Times

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Jun 17, 2026 • 7 min read

Asian Investors Set to Brush Aside Trade Tensions: Markets Wrap - Bloomberg.com

Stocks rallied with futures and the dollar weakened as optimism over a potential Federal Reserve interest-rate cut revived risk sentiment and outweighed US-China trade tensions. Asian shares rose 2%…

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Jun 17, 2026 • 6 min read

Xi’s Rare Earth ‘Bazooka’ Sparks Global Alarm, Race for Supplies - Yahoo Finance

(Bloomberg) -- Chinas sweeping new restrictions on rare earth exports jolted governments and set off a race to secure alternative supplies, in a stark demonstration of Beijings global clout and growi…

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Jun 17, 2026 • 6 min read

GOP Senators discouraged by Trump’s community development finance firings - Politico

“I’m hopeful that we can get that turned around,” said Sen. Mike Crapo, a co-chair of the Community Development Financial Institutions caucus.

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Jun 17, 2026 • 6 min read

Futures: China News Swings Market - Investor's Business Daily

Information in Investors Business Daily is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as an offer, recommendation, solicitation, or rating to buy or sell securities. …

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Jun 17, 2026 • 4 min read

Furniture tariffs take effect as consumers and businesses share costs - CBS News

The Trump administration's new tariffs on imported furniture, kitchen cabinets and other housewares, along with lumber, took effect Tuesday, added costs that economists say could push up prices for c…

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Jun 17, 2026 • 8 min read

Sam Altman announces new chatbot day after Newsom passes restrictive law - SFGATE

Just a day after Gov. Gavin Newsom touted his signing of a series of bills to tighten restrictions on egregious AI chatbot interactions with minors, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman decided to announce the comp…

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Jun 17, 2026 • 6 min read

ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for verified adults, OpenAI boss says - BBC

Lily JamaliNorth America Technology Correspondent and Liv McMahonBBC Technology Journalist OpenAI plans to allow a wider range of content, including erotica, on its popular chatbot ChatGPT as part …

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