Paramount And Warner Bros. Moved Ahead On A Mega-Deal. Now States Are Planning To Sue Several states plan to challenge Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. by filing an antitrust lawsuit. International Business Times · Jul 9
Trump Has Accused Oil Companies Of Gauging Prices. The White House Just Announced New Stations Selling Gas Below Market Prices The White House has announced a new gas station has opened and is selling gasoline below market prices. International Business Times · Jul 9
Nigel Farage Made a Bet To Strengthen His Standing In British Politics. It Has Backfired Count Binface will be Nigel Farage's sole challenger in the special election the populist leader triggered by resigning this week. International Business Times · Jul 9
Ukraine Is Increasingly Managing To Strike Deep Inside Russia. Putin Is Reportedly Likely To Escalate Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly likely to escalate the country's war against Ukraine. International Business Times · Jul 9
The U.S. And Iran Again Exchanged Clashes. Oil Continues To Rise As a Result Oil keeps rising as tensions between the U.S. and Iran continue to escalate. International Business Times · Jul 9
The U.S. And Iran Are Clashing Again. Trump Says Tehran 'Badly' Wants To Deescalate President Donald Trump said Iran "badly" wants to go back to making a deal to deescalate renewed hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz. International Business Times · Jul 9
Apple Commits Its Biggest U.S. Manufacturing Push Yet: What It Entails Apple is deepening its investment in American chip manufacturing with a new multi-year agreement worth more than $30 billion with Broadcom, marking the largest U.S. manufacturing commitment in the company's history. International Business Times · Jul 9
The AI Race Between Washington And Beijing Continues. U.S. Lawmakers Are Scrutinizing The Use Of Chinese Models As Artificial intelligence becomes another front in the contest between Washington and Beijing, U.S. lawmakers are examining the growing use of Chinese artificial intelligence models by American companies. International Business Times · Jul 9
Samsung's Earnings Failed To Impress: Is The Late June 'Tech Sale-Off' Over? As stocks in Asia slip again, we talked to experts and analysts to figure out which way the market could go in the future. International Business Times · Jul 9
Cardano Whales Are Buying: Is This ADA's Bottom or a Trap? ADA price added 14,783 new non-empty wallets in the days after its June 23 bottom, per on-chain firm Santiment, then ripped roughly 24% in a week, touching $0.199 on July 5 before settling near $0.181. International Business Times · Jul 9
The AI Cost Crisis Isn't About Models. It's About Context. After two years of maxxing out on AI tools, many organizations are confronting an uncomfortable reality: AI costs don't scale linearly with adoption. International Business Times · Jul 8
Israel Pledged To Destroy Hamas After Oct. 7. Americans Increasingly Believe It Went Too Far In Gaza: Poll A new Associated Press-NORC poll found that support for Israel is in decline among Americans, particularly Democrats. International Business Times · Jul 8
Prediction Markets Keep Betting The Strait of Hormuz Will Reopen But What If This Is the New Normal? Prediction markets have repeatedly pushed back expectations for normal Strait of Hormuz traffic, raising questions over whether traders are underestimating a permanent shift in Gulf shipping. International Business Times · Jul 8
SpaceX Shares Sink Below Its Opening Price After Nasdaq 100 Entry As Momentum Falters SpaceX shares extended their recent decline on Wednesday, closing at $148, marking the second consecutive trading session below the company's June 12 opening price of $150 per share. International Business Times · Jul 8
International Business Times · Jul 8 Judge Orders Trump to Pay E. Jean Carroll $5.8 Million in Rape Case, Now He's Appealing A federal judge has ordered that writer E. Jean Carroll receive approximately $5.8 million from President Donald Trump after years of litigation stemming from a civil jury's finding that Trump sexually abused and defamed her.
International Business Times · Jul 8 Tensions Keep Rising In The Strait Of Hormuz: Stocks Are Mostly Dropping As a Result Stocks mostly dropped on Wednesday as tensions between the U.S. and Iran keep rising. Oil is soaring as well.
International Business Times · Jul 8 The Fed Kept Rates Steady In Its Last Meetings. The Minutes Show Members Disagreed About What To Do Fed officials were split about what to do with interest rates in their last meeting, minutes show.
International Business Times · Jul 8 Freeland's Ukraine Ties Rekindle Debate over Loyalty, Sanctions and Diaspora Politics in Canada By championing ever-expanding sanctions on Russian oil and gas exports while simultaneously supporting a domestic policy environment that many investors viewed as increasingly restrictive, Freeland became a symbol of what industry leaders describe as a widening gap between geopolitical ambition and economic self-interest.
International Business Times · Jul 8 XRP Just Crushed Bitcoin and Ethereum in Korea, Here's Why XRP just reclaimed the throne on Upbit, South Korea's largest crypto exchange, posting $52.33 million in 24-hour trading volume and blowing past Bitcoin at $42.14 million and Ethereum at $24.30 million on the same venue.
International Business Times · Jul 8 Ukraine Has Managed To Increasingly Hit Deep Inside Russia. Moscow Is Implementing New Tactics To Adapt Russian forces are deploying a jamming system known as the Volna Kupol Garant, which reportedly emits a signal powerful enough to destabilize Starlink connections.
International Business Times · Jul 8 Obamacare Premiums Recently Increased By Double-Digit Hike. They Are Poised To Do It Again Next Year. Americans who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace could face another sharp increase in premiums next year, with insurers proposing a median 14% rate hike for 2027.
International Business Times · Jul 8 Platner Hasn't Dropped Out Yet, But Republicans Already Plan To Attack His Potential Replacements The Republican Party is planning to spend $8 million in negative ads on whoever the Democrats decide should replace embattled Senate candidate Graham Platner if he ends up dropping out of Maine's Senate race.
International Business Times · Jul 8 The FBI Bragged About Helping Capture A Mexican Drug Lord. Now Mexico Wants To Know If Its Sovereignty Was Violated Mexico is investigating whether the U.S. violated its sovereignty in 2024 while conducting an operation to capture a drug lord.
International Business Times · Jul 8 The Next Frontier in Maternity Care Is Not a Drug or Device. It Is the Mother's Experience For decades, labor and delivery units have been designed around one central priority: clinical safety. That priority is essential and non-negotiable. It has saved lives and continues to do so. Yet in building systems so focused on safety, healthcare has often treated the mother's experience as secondary.
International Business Times · Jul 8 Oregon Wants To Pause Paramount's Warner Bros. Deal. But The State Says It Still Doesn't Have Key Merger Records. The legal challenge adds another hurdle for one of the biggest media mergers in years as regulators and state officials continue examining its competitive impact.