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Stocks fell just 0.5% on the most hawkish Fed surprise in years — Big Take
5 calls: Three FOMC members were already voting to hike back in July, why Warsh's own words at Jackson Hole boxed him in, and why markets barely reacted…
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10 of the 12 top working-class priorities are economic — UC Law professor
10 arguments: Why a Bloomberg Opinion columnist says the label has stopped meaning anything, what Pew found about who claims it now, and the cultural…
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Derek Decloet: Canadians are preparing for the USMCA to simply expire in 2036
9 insights: Why Europe has been so receptive to Carney's overtures, what Canada can sell Europe that Washington also wants, and where the tariff fight…
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Mike Shepard: fear of AI is also a marketing win, until it isn't
6 takeaways: why a no-name researcher's resignation post reached Washington, what actually happened inside the Hugging Face breakout, and the "kill…
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Denning and Laya: no balance sheet has surfaced for the $100B Venezuela partner
10 insights: Why the White House calls oil investment a precondition for democracy, what an interim president can legally sign, and the production gain…
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Marc Champion: Russia's winter plan is to freeze Ukrainians into fleeing to Europe
8 takeaways: Why Ukraine has run out of Patriots, what a $20K decoy drone does to Article 5, and the only two countries with stocks left to give
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Olivia Carville: TikTok held a safeguard back from 15M users to measure engagement
13 takeaways: Why only $12B of Meta's settlement is unconditional, the two lines from a sealed TikTok document, and the safeguards she says under 1% of…
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