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Anticipation Builds for Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech in Echoes of Last Year

Anticipation Builds for Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech in Echoes of Last Year

Key Takeaways Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to deliver a speech laying out whether the central bank is ready to cut interest rates. Fed-watchers may feel a sense of déjà vu since this is similar to last year’s Jackson Hole event, when investors watched the annual speech for clues about possible rate cuts in September. This time, the …

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Summit puts Putin back on the global stage and Trump echoes a Kremlin position

Summit puts Putin back on the global stage and Trump echoes a Kremlin position

In Alaska, President Vladimir Putin walked on a red carpet, shook hands and exchanged smiles with his American counterpart. Donald Trump ended summit praising their relationship and calling Russia “a big power … No. 2 in the world,” albeit admitting they didn’t reach a deal on ending the war in Ukraine. By Saturday morning Moscow time, Trump appeared to have …

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New $4M V12 supercar echoes the luxury rides of decades past with new tech

New M V12 supercar echoes the luxury rides of decades past with new tech

Garagisti & Co., which – despite the name – is a British company and not an Italian one, has just launched a new V12 supercar called the GP1. It gets better because this supercar was built using 2025 tech but following 1990s principles. Translated, it is not electric, and it’s lightweight. But the price tag is wild. DISCOVER SBX CARS: The …

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RFK Jr.’s vow to overhaul vaccine injury program echoes grievances of anti-vaccine movement

RFK Jr.’s vow to overhaul vaccine injury program echoes grievances of anti-vaccine movement

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is vowing to “fix” the federal program for compensating Americans injured by vaccines, opening the door to sweeping changes for a system long targeted by anti-vaccine activists. Health experts and lawyers say updates are needed to help clear a backlog of cases in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, created by Congress …

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Bitcoin volatility hits 70%, echoes 2023 lows: Will history repeat itself?

Bitcoin volatility hits 70%, echoes 2023 lows: Will history repeat itself?

Key Takeaways Bitcoin’s on-chain activity dipped, and valuation signals flashed red, but miner stress remains manageable, setting the stage for BTC’s next move. Bitcoin’s [BTC] quarterly Realized Volatility has dropped to 70%, approaching levels not seen since the September 2023 cycle bottom of 62%, which occurred at $26K.  The current downshift suggests that Bitcoin’s market activity has entered a consolidation …

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Trump’s Trip to Scotland Echoes an Earlier Visit, When He Applauded Brexit – The New York Times

Trump’s Trip to Scotland Echoes an Earlier Visit, When He Applauded Brexit  The New York Times ‘People have seen through him and he’s not welcome’: Scotland tees up for Trump visit  The Guardian Trump in Scotland: How’s his trip going and what’s on the agenda?  Al Jazeera US president Donald Trump arrives in Scotland for four-day visit  BBC Trump flees Washington controversies for golf-heavy …

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Tomorrow belongs to MAGA: Trump echoes Broadway’s most famous Nazi in chilling hype video

Tomorrow belongs to MAGA: Trump echoes Broadway’s most famous Nazi in chilling hype video

Fascism, like bankruptcy, happens in two ways.  Gradually, then, suddenly. What feels like a steady drip of horrifying state actions against minorities at once blows up into days of street fighting in the nation’s second-largest city. A monotonous drumbeat of racist rhetoric becomes the law of the land as the protections of citizenship are stripped from outgroups and dissidents alike. …

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