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There’s a ‘buyer’s strike’ on U.S. assets as foreign investors can’t stomach huge deficits anymore, analyst warns

Tepid demand for a 20-year bond auction sent Treasury yields spiking and the dollar tumbling this past week, amid mounting concerns over the federal government's ability to continue financing massive…

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Billionaire Bill Ackman bets big on battered e-commerce giant

What does it take to build a modern-day Berkshire Hathaway? Bill Ackman might have some ideas — and he's quietly putting them in motion. The billionaire hedge fund manager, best…

Tech

Why a new anti-revenge porn law has free speech experts alarmed

Privacy and digital rights advocates are raising alarms over a law that many would expect them to cheer: a federal crackdown on revenge porn and AI-generated deepfakes. The newly signed…

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Trump’s auto tariffs reignite concerns about GM’s future in South Korea

SEOUL — In South Korea, the Trump administration’s 25% tariff on imported cars has sent local automakers Hyundai and Kia scrambling to protect one of the country’s most valuable exports. But General…

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SALT income tax deduction takes critical step forward

Most taxpayers won't benefit from one of the more hotly debated provisions in the recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill.” However, specific groups of higher-income earners stand to gain significantly…

Tech

Despite Google’s guardrails, Veo 3 users are generating realistic clips of news, disasters, and fictional events, some with dialogue not included in the prompt (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

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Ex-Apple Engineers Behind $200M Xnor Deal Launch ElastixAI, Secure $16M To Revolutionize AI Inference Across Devices

Seattle-based ElastixAI, founded just months ago by veteran engineers behind Apple‘s (NASDAQ:AAPL) $200 million acquisition of Xnor, has raised $16 million from top-tier investors, including Bellevue-based capital venture company FUSE.…

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The Smoke Show – The Reformed Broker

OK, we’re trying something new next week for registered financial advisors only. It’s a brand new show we’ve created and you can be there virtually to watch the pilot episode…