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The SEC alleges a Long Island firm used hidden fees to raise $74 million from retail investors, many retirees, for shares of pre-IPO companies like SpaceX and Anthropic.
Iran’s business community warns the U.S. naval blockade could cause more damage than a direct war, as shipping costs and economic pressure mount.
The Trump administration has returned over $100 billion in tariff payments to businesses, and Apollo economist Torsten Slok says the refunds are adding fuel to GDP growth expected to hit 4.3% in the third quarter.
President Trump called the USS Lincoln’s record deployment ‘not nearly long enough’ and said he’ll never apologize for the Iran war’s impact on oil prices.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow the $400 million White House ballroom project to continue, citing national security and a recent missile threat against Air Force One.
A coordinated U.S.-Japan effort to support the yen has done little to ease market anxiety, with experts comparing the global financial system to a precarious Jenga tower.
Alibaba’s Qwen family has become the most downloaded open source AI model suite, with over 3 billion downloads in six months.
Harvard’s 13F filing reveals a $2.2 billion SpaceX stake, one of the largest among university endowments, signaling a big payoff from an early venture bet.
The Imole Campaign Council has alleged a plot by INEC to declare the Osun governorship election inconclusive, calling on observers and security agencies to act.
Adeleke calls on Tinubu to warn security agencies against ‘desperate’ politicians disrupting Osun collation centres.
