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Trump trade enforcers deploy AI in tariff evasion crackdown
More than 40 countries are associated with elevated illegal transshipment risk, the report from White House trade adviser Peter Navarro’s office said.
U.S. set to pay most for 30-year debt in quarter of a century
“We’re not really at a level where people seem to be going crazy, saying ‘I want to buy the 30-year,’ and that should be a warning."
‘Kids don’t go out and do things anymore’: Youth sports are becoming a thing for rich people
“There's travel, the uniforms, pitching in on the lunches,” said Tanisha Curry, 51, who has custody of her granddaughter. She says her family pitches in.
Trump wants big pharma to split kids’ vaccines. They’ll probably ignore him
“There is no good justification for this,” said Johns Hopkins’ Anna Durbin. “I think it’s very bad public health policy.”
Trump’s tariff was a $1,000 tax on you last year. This year, maybe you’ll get a small refund in your bank account
FedEx, UPS and DHL are refunding tariffs directly after courts struck down Trump's import taxes, but most retailers plan to cut prices instead.
Wall Street tries to shake off a rough week as another inflation test looms
Futures rose ahead of Thursday's producer price data, but Cisco's 6% drop after strong earnings shows AI-stock nerves haven't gone away.
Anthropic said in talks to buy startup Decart for $6 billion
The deal would be Anthropic's largest known acquisition and adds Decart's chip-efficiency and world-model tech ahead of an anticipated IPO
Trump sued over ‘selling priority access to news he himself generates for the benefit of a private company he controls’
Press freedom groups say Trump Media's Truth API violates the First and Fifth Amendments by giving traders early access to market-moving posts
Trump, Medicaid and LGBTQ+ rights: He calls them ‘barbaric surgeries,’ critics say he’s ‘terrorizing trans youth’
Medicaid will stop paying for gender-affirming surgeries and hormone treatments for transgender minors.
How Zohran Mamdani’s pied-a-terre tax united the ultrawealthy and the moderately wealthy — in opposition
A judge just ruled the city illegally shifted the burden of proving tax status onto owners like Ken Griffin, pausing Mamdani's $500 million levy.
Sports Direct owner buys Harvey Nichols department store chain
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group acquires majority of upmarket retailer’s sites from the administratorsBusiness live – latest updatesThe owner of Sports Direct has bought Harvey Nichol…
Trump has amassed staggering wealth in ‘most openly corrupt’ presidency
Ethics experts and Democrats express alarm as Trump uses office to grow his personal fortune to ‘unprecedented’ level Donald Trump’s use of his second presidency to grow his perso…
Mark Zuckerberg says the future of AI is for everyone. But who owns it?
It’s a nice sentiment, but all AI users should ask three questions about their preferred choice of AI platformOn Monday, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word essay, The Future I…
Only 12% of family businesses stay in the family by the third generation. A Goldman Sachs chairman says optimism is the reason
François-Xavier de Mallmann steers Goldman's relationships with many of the world's largest family-controlled enterprises.
SAP Chief Quantum Officer: AI is about to commoditize intelligence. Better decisions will be the next competitive advantage
From my vantage point, I repeatedly see the same initial bottleneck in enterprise quantum work. It is rarely access to a processor.
Google’s DeepMind is having an identity crisis
Hassabis has ceded day-to-day control to DeepMind’s CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu. Here’s what happened.
Nvidia wants your pension fund in the AI trade
In today's edition: Nvidia's creative capital; Apple's political strategy, Google DeepMind drama, vibecoding, Uber, Sam Altman, and wearables.
Why our food is so dependent on oil
Global food prices have hit their highest level in over three years. We are told this is due to rising oil and energy costs, but how exactly do they affect prices? The most report…
UK economy shows surprising resilience – but that might not last | Richard Partington
Weaker growth, rising energy costs and persistent inflation mean Britain could face tougher times in the autumnUK economic growth slows downBusiness live – latest updatesIn the sp…
Current price of oil as of August 13, 2026
When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.
Lost jobs, inequality, rogue agents: why are we accepting oligarchs’ AI agenda? | Robert Reich
The dangers of AI become clearer every day. Why are we still acting as if we have no choice about our future?Rather than producing jobs, the US economy actually lost 23,000 jobs i…
Anthropic reportedly plans a $2 trillion IPO in October—the largest ever—that will eclipse SpaceX
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Millions face higher water bills as suppliers allowed £3.4bn extra spending
Firms in England and Wales seek to fund measures including supporting new homes and datacentresBusiness live – latest updatesMillions of households in England and Wales face highe…