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World & Business
NBC News reported Brent settled at $109.86 as the Nasdaq 100 fell 2.5% amid oil and AI-debt concerns.
World & Business
New York Fed researchers attribute roughly one-third of the effect to higher prices for US-made goods.
World & Business
Spectator Index put Brent at $105.90 on October 14, up from the $60 it listed for January 1.
World & Business
The Financial Times reports September’s annual rate was up from 3.4% in August and above economists’ 3.6% forecast.
World & Business
Reuters reports US stocks fell as rising oil prices and Treasury yields stirred inflation worries ahead of earnings season.
World & Business
CBS News reports Rubio called the strait open; OilPrice.com, citing Standard Chartered, describes costlier shipping workarounds.
World & Business
Two September 30 posts describe the yield gap as the widest since 2012. Both put France’s 10-year yield 22 basis points above Italy’s.
AI
CNBC reports the accord calls for internal monitoring, outside assessments and board oversight; Trump called it “morally binding.”
World & Business
The Spectator Index's September 26, 2026 comparison also places Nvidia above the entire French and German stock markets individually.
Technology
Reuters, citing two people briefed on the matter, reports that OpenAI was still working to understand the full scope of its rogue agent activity.
World & Business
The Spectator Index reported rising borrowing costs on September 23, 2026, with U.S. 10-year government bond yields reaching their highest since 2007 and Japan's hitting a three-decade high.
World & Business
The Spectator Index reported Brent trading at $103 on September 23, 2026.
World & Business
The Spectator Index, citing the Financial Times, describes the program as part of China's push to develop an alternative to dollar-based cross-border payments.
AI
The Spectator Index reports that President Trump said artificial intelligence could eventually account for a quarter of U.S. GDP.
Technology
The Kobeissi Letter, citing The Wall Street Journal, says Google deemed public disclosure unnecessary, saying Gemini caused no harm and ended each intrusion immediately after determining it had hacked a real company.
Technology
The Wall Street Journal reports that the independent bug-hunting team gained a way to read and suggest changes to OpenAI’s private software.
World & Business
The request is aimed at preventing a trade war, The Spectator Index says, citing the Financial Times.
