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Walmart Agrees To Pay $50M In DOJ Settlement Over Alleged Opioid Prescriptions At Its Pharmacies

Walmart will pay $50 million to settle a DOJ lawsuit over unlawfully filled opioid prescriptions, highlighting pharmacy compliance failures.

Walmart's Results Beat Expectations And Hiked Its Outlook For The Year. Its Stock Plunged Anyway.
'Low-Hire, Low-Fire Economy': Fresh Wave of Mass Layoffs Hits Amazon, Walmart and FedEx Workers
Walmart Ice Cream Brand Files Bankruptcy: Rebel Creamery Owes $23.8M Over Copied Packaging

Iceland Votes No On EU Accession Talks In Knife-Edge Referendum, Dealing Blow To Brussels
Iceland voted 52.5% to 47.5% against resuming EU accession talks, as fishing sovereignty fears overrode geopolitical pressure from Trump's Greenland threats.
Iranian Oil Exports Plunged Over 80% In August As U.S. Blockade Persists, Data Shows
Tehran loaded some 260,000 barrels per day so far this month, compared to 1.7 million in the same month of last year.
Iran Says Returning To Diplomacy With The U.S. 'Isn't Impossible.' Trump Says He's Not Interested.
"We ‌don't want to speak to them. We're not looking to meet or anything," Trump said.
The U.S.-Iran War Hit The Six Month Mark. Russia Believes Washington Has Been Weakened By The Conflict.
Different reports have claimed that the U.S. is experiencing severe shortages of equipment and ammunition as a result of its operations against Tehran, particularly in the Strait of Hormuz.
Big Tech Is Again Sounding The Alarm On AI. 116 Companies Unite To Issue A Warning As Threats Accelerate.
OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Advanced Micro Devices are among the companies and entities that signed the letter.
Anthropic Just Beat The Pentagon In Court. A Judge Said National Security Was Used To Punish Its AI Rules.
Judge Rita Lin said the government violated Anthropic's First Amendment rights and denied the company required due-process protections.

'The People Will Have The Last Say': Iceland Rejects EU Talks Despite Trump's Arctic Ambitions

Icelanders voted against reopening EU membership talks, prioritising national sovereignty and fishing rights amid concerns about North Atlantic security and Trump's Greenland ambitions

The Spotlight

The massive miss on jobs creation fanned fears about the US economy

The Job Market Is Stable But Workers Say It Feels Frozen: Report

Washington Wants To Limit Chinese AI Models. One Of Them Helped Contain OpenAI's Cyber Incident.

Economy in Focus

Stocks Fall After Warsh Warns About Inflation, But S&P 500 Closes Winning Week
Chances of a rate hike by the Federal Reserve increased after Warsh's remarks in Jackson Hole.
- Consumer Sentiment Drops Sharply In August. It's More Than 10 Points Lower Than 2025.
- Warsh Says Fed Could Have 'Work To Do' If Inflation Doesn't Trend Down. Chances Of a Rate Hike Increased.
'Grand Theft Auto 6' Preview Overwhelms Streaming Platforms. Analysts See Blockbuster Demand Ahead.
The highly anticipated extended look at gameplay for "GTA 6" debuted Thursday, August 27, on Netflix.
- GTA VI Suffers Another Leak. Gameplay Clips Online Appear Ahead of Netflix Premiere.
- Nintendo Stock Jump as 'Pokémon Pokopia' Becomes a Surprise Hit

Ether Just Erased Four Months Of Losses. Now $2,465 Is The Level To Watch.

Technical indicators show ether approaching a key resistance level after its sharp rebound, while U.S. spot ether ETFs have also drawn fresh investor money.