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Stocks Rose Again And Bond Yields Fell Amid Renewed Optimism In Tech. The S&P 500 Hit A New High.

Chipmakers led gains during the session.

The EIA Just Raised Its Oil Price Forecast for the Fourth Quarter. It Now Expects Brent to be Above $100.
Trump Lets Truckers Use Tax-Free Red Diesel As White House Scrambles To Cut Record Fuel Costs Before The Midterms
Anthropic's Dario Amodei Made $18 Million Last Year: How It Compares With Other Tech CEOs.

JPMorgan's Dimon Warns That Anthropic's New Models Mean Cybersecurity Risks Have Skyrocketed
They "went up 10-fold after Mythos," Dimon said.
Another Canadian Party Promising An Independence Vote Wins A Provincial Election
The separatist Parti Québécois won Quebec's provincial election on Monday. However, it fell short of a majority to govern on its own.
Tensions Between Russia And NATO Keep Escalating. France Now Tested An Updated Nuclear Missile.
The exercise involved a submarine-launched ballistic missile capable to carrying a nuclear head.
Trump Said California Cities Could Be 'Taken Out' In The War. Gov. Gavin Newsom Is Fuming.
Newsom said Trump's comments were "deranged and dangerous."
East Asia Is Getting An AI Export Boost. World Bank Warned The Boom Is Uneven.
The World Bank raised its 2026 growth forecast for East Asia and the Pacific to 4.5% as AI-related manufacturing lifted exports across several economies.
A Russian Neighbor Took A Step Toward Allowing Nuclear Weapons There. Moscow Warns Of 'Significant Escalation.'
Lithuanian lawmakers moved to lift a constitutional ban to allow the deployment of nuclear weapons in its territory.

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Anthropic's Dario Amodei Made $18 Million Last Year: How It Compares With Other Tech CEOs.

Like many tech CEOs, Amodei received most of his compensation through stock, options and other awards rather than salary.

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Goldman Sachs' co-CEO Said Rising Yields Are Becoming a Problem. He's Calling On Govts. To Lower Spending And Grow More.
"What do we need to solve this problem? We need lower fiscal deficits, and we need more durable economic growth," said Anthony Gutman.
- Gold Overtakes U.S. Bonds As The World's Top Reserve Asset, ECB Says
- Treasury's Accelerated Buybacks Of Bonds Only Kick The Issue Down The Road, Top JPMorgan Analyst Says
Sailors Are Reportedly Being Offered $25,000 For Gulf Oil Runs as Hormuz Strait Continues to be a Battle Zone
Oil flows have recovered from their wartime lows, but crews making the journey are still confronting missile threats, damaged vessels and disrupted navigation.
- Hormuz Oil Flows Are Near Prewar Levels. Consumers Are Unlikely To See Relief Soon.
- Iran Sees Hormuz As Trump's Waterloo. That May Not Be The Case.

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U.S. Army Is Tests Counter-Drone Weapons at Mexican Border: Almost 400 Incursions Were Detected in 30 Days.
Soldiers tested technology designed to detect and disable small drones during a recent exercise.
Trump Expands On Plans For New Superintelligence Force. Its Job Will Be To Maintain American AI dominance.
Take Voters' Economic Concerns Seriously, Republican Senator Warns As Midterm Polling Continues To Favor Democrats.

The Latest Round of U.S.-Iran Talks Failed. Tehran Now Says Conversations are Meaningless.
"Every time we come to the negotiating table, war is immediately imposed on us," Masoud Pezeshkian said.
German Chancellor Merz Arrived In Ukraine On Sunday. Russia Launched Strikes Anyway.
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Sam Altman Says People Must Accept AI's 'Bad Things' As Benefits Outweigh Costs
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