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China closes hundreds of banks to bolster financial system - Financial Times

China closes hundreds of banks to bolster financial system - Financial Times

More than 670 lenders, a record, shut down last year as Fitch says smaller players remain sector’s weakest part

AI Deal Frenzy Powers Hong Kong Fundraising to Record Summer - Bloomberg.com

AI Deal Frenzy Powers Hong Kong Fundraising to Record Summer - Bloomberg.com

Bankers in Hong Kong skipped the summer break as an artificial intelligence-fueled rush for capital sent share sales to a record, defying a bruising selloff in the city’s stocks.

Popular cookie chain abruptly closes all locations after years of rapid expansion - Fox Business

Popular cookie chain abruptly closes all locations after years of rapid expansion - Fox Business

Chip City abruptly closed all of its locations after expanding from a New York cookie shop into a multistate chain backed by millions in outside investment

A $28 billion hemp THC industry is fighting to save itself from a looming federal ban - PBS

A $28 billion hemp THC industry is fighting to save itself from a looming federal ban - PBS

America’s multibillion-dollar market for impairing hemp products faces potential elimination after Congress voted to close a loophole in federal law that has allowed it to flourish.

World's largest building with own weather set to be dwarfed by $119bn Texas megastructure - The Mirror US

World's largest building with own weather set to be dwarfed by $119bn Texas megastructure - The Mirror US

The Boeing Everett Factory in Washington is the world's largest building by volume, but it could soon be dwarfed by SpaceX and Tesla's planned Terafab megastructure in Texas

Iran Is Losing Some of Its Leverage Over the Strait of Hormuz - Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com

Iran Is Losing Some of Its Leverage Over the Strait of Hormuz - Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com

Persian Gulf crude exports have returned to roughly prewar levels outside Iran as producers increasingly rely on pipelines, tanker transfers, and military-protected Hormuz crossings, reducing Iran's leverage over the strategic waterway

Why U.S. airlines balked at adopting Boeing’s latest 737 Max software versions - The Air Current

Why U.S. airlines balked at adopting Boeing’s latest 737 Max software versions - The Air Current

The Boeing 737 Max software issue that was in the spotlight this week is only one of many bugs that have led U.S. airlines to avoid updating their FMS software

Disney cuts 300 jobs and major overhaul puts hundreds more at risk - Yahoo Finance

Disney cuts 300 jobs and major overhaul puts hundreds more at risk - Yahoo Finance

The entertainment giant is busy restructuring and working on building One Disney.

US debt is increasingly at the mercy of the market as interest costs surge as debt ceiling looms - Fortune

US debt is increasingly at the mercy of the market as interest costs surge as debt ceiling looms - Fortune

"This trajectory points to an unsustainable medium-term fiscal path and leaves the sovereign increasingly exposed to shifts in market sentiment and financing conditions."