• Oil Markets Ignore Mounting Risks at Their Own Peril | 2026-07-17
  Escalating U.S.-Iran hostilities, attacks on critical infrastructure, and near-halted Hormuz tanker traffic are fueling expectations of higher oil prices.
• U.S. companies have finally gotten $71 billion in tariff refunds, but they’re using it to offset inflation caused by the Iran war | 2026-07-17
  “The Middle East conflict is really driving more inflation…so we are going to use the majority of the tariff refund to offset these higher costs,” the McCormick & Company CFO said.
• Real wages are still below 2021 levels in a third of European countries analysed | 2026-07-17
  Real wages fell by almost 2% in the eurozone between early 2021 and early 2026, but the impact on workers’ purchasing power varied sharply across Europe. Euronews Business examines where wages gained and lost the most — and why.View on euronews
• ‘Brazen corruption’: critics denounce Trump Media plan to sell priority access to Truth Social posts | 2026-07-17
  Move would allow Wall Street trading firms and other institutions to potentially profit from seeing president’s posts firstDonald Trump’s media company is planning to charge for special high-speed access to Truth Social posts, including possibly his own, affecting national security and financial markets.The move announced Thursday would allow Wall Street trading firms and other institutions to get news from top Truth Social contributors in milliseconds so they could profit off subsequent moves in stocks, bonds and interest rates. Continue reading...
• Trump says these documents prove his false claims of election fraud. Here’s what they really say | 2026-07-17
  
• CN Energy Group. Inc. Receives Nasdaq Notice Regarding Minimum Bid Price Requirement | 2026-07-17
  LISHUI, China, July 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CN Energy Group. Inc. (NASDAQ: CNEY) ("CNEY" or the "Company") today that it has received a written notification from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") dated July 15, 2026, notifying the Company...
• Intuitive Surgical Stock Sinks to 52-Week Low - Here's Why | 2026-07-17
  Intuitive Surgical ($ISRG) hits 52-week low, dropping 13%. See why 12+ Wall Street firms just cut their price forecasts.
• Declassified documents touted by Trump say election systems 'would be difficult to manipulate' | 2026-07-17
  Audits and paper trails "would uncover such efforts," the documents said.
• China signals US could restore preferential trade privileges for Hong Kong | 2026-07-17
  China has signaled that the United States could restore Hong Kong's preferential privileges
• CGTN: China vows to make AI a driver for shared prosperity amid widening AI divide | 2026-07-17
  SHANGHAI, July 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As Pakistan enters its annual monsoon season, accurate forecasts are crucial to protecting lives and livelihoods. Powered by artificial intelligence, China's MAZU meteorological system is helping Pakistan detect early warning signs and issue faster...
• China signals US could restore preferential trade privileges for Hong Kong | 2026-07-17
  
• CGTN: China vows to make AI a driver for shared prosperity amid widening AI divide | 2026-07-17
  SHANGHAI, July 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As Pakistan enters its annual monsoon season, accurate forecasts are crucial to protecting lives and livelihoods. Powered by artificial intelligence, China's MAZU meteorological system is helping Pakistan detect early warning signs and issue faster...
• Meta trying to destroy whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, US senator says | 2026-07-17
  Republican Josh Hawley accuses Mark Zuckerberg’s firm of relentlessly pursuing and attempting to bankrupt her
• Meta trying to destroy whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, US senator says | 2026-07-17
  Republican Josh Hawley accuses Mark Zuckerberg’s firm of relentlessly pursuing and attempting to bankrupt herA US senator has accused Meta of using lawfare in “efforts to destroy” a whistleblower who made allegations about the social media company’s dealings with China and its treatment of teenagers.In a letter to its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, the Republican senator Josh Hawley demanded to know what measures Meta had taken to monitor Sarah Wynn-Williams, Facebook’s former global head of public policy, and her family. Continue reading...
• A Look Back at Oilfield Services Stocks’ Q1 Earnings: NOV (NYSE:NOV) Vs The Rest Of The Pack | 2026-07-17
  The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how NOV (NYSE:NOV) and the rest of the oilfield services stocks fared in Q1.
• Cosmos Health Share Buyback Expands to 5.11 Million Shares; Continues Open Market Repurchases | 2026-07-17
  Cosmos Health has now repurchased a total of 5,112,000 shares for approximately $1.11 million.
• nLIGHT (LASR) Stock Trades Up, Here Is Why | 2026-07-17
  Shares of laser company nLIGHT (NASDAQ:LASR) jumped 5.8% in the afternoon session after investors focused on a $627 million defense contract, allowing the stock to rally against a broader selloff in the technology sector. The stock experienced significant volatility following a sharp rally driven by its Joint Laser Weapon System deal with the Department of Defense. While some traders were locking in gains, the magnitude of the contract appeared to maintain investor interest. nLIGHT's move was no
• Chip stock pullback sparks worries about AI rally strength, leveraged trades | 2026-07-17
  
• T. Rowe Price Launches Multi-Crypto ETF Including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP | 2026-07-17
  T. Rowe Price spent 89 years avoiding anything that looks like a gamble, then built a crypto fund where five managers hand-pick the coins instead of following any index. Their opening bets reveal a sharp disagreement with what the broader market currently says these assets are worth.
• Inflation Broke Lower, The AI Trade Broke with It: The Week on Wall Street | 2026-07-17
  Technology stocks fell 5.9% this week and IBM posted its worst day on record, even as June inflation cooled to 3.5%. Here is what drove the AI selloff.

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