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What Enterprises Need to Know About Silicon Valley’s Pro-AI Super PACs

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‘They’re trying to lock in certain rules that makes building and selling AI easier, cheaper and faster.’

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Finance

CFPB Rewrites Open Banking Rule as Banks Feud with Fintechs Over Your Data

The “open banking” rule goes back to the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act that introduced sweeping financial reforms after the Great Recession.

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Policy & Power

Defense Earnings Highlight Peril, Payoff of Contracting

A slew of quarterly reports last week showed, even with analysts flashing buy recommendations, the defense sector is a sensitive one.

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Policy & Power

EUnomics in the Age of Trump: Defense and Crypto Edition

Berlin-based economist Jan Philipp Fritsche explains how the new NATO defense spending pledge and US crypto legislation could impact the EU.

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CIO Upside

States Take the Lead in Regulating American AI Development

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Laws from all US states will set the tone for AI innovation moving forward.

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Industries

Drones Steal the Paris Air Show

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A record number of drones are on display at the world’s largest aerospace event in Paris this week, marking a major industry milestone.

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Autos

Home-grown Chinese Carmakers Edge Past Luxury Brands BMW, Mercedes

Luxury carmakers BMW and Mercedes are slipping behind little-known, home-grown Seres in the all-important China market.

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Investments

Glass Lewis, ISS Grapple With Renewed Risk to Influencer Status

ISS, Glass Lewis face criticism from an oil giant engaged in a bitter proxy fight just as Congress renews scrutiny of advisory firms.

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Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia, ADM Buoyed by Saudi AI Deals, Softer US Export Controls

A change in US export controls on advanced semiconductors presaged a wave of AI deals between the US and Saudi Arabia this week.

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Industries

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Gets Bite at Major Amtrak Contract

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company has held talks with the Federal Railroad Administration about building a multi-billion dollar Amtrak tunnel.

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International Economics

Optimism Overpowers Market Uncertainty Following US-China Trade Thaw

The US and China shocked the world in announcing a 90 day trade truce, turning weeks of uncertainty into a day of optimism.

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Bonds

Tariff War Transforms US Bond Market From Boring to ‘Yippy’

US Treasurys have long been safe havens during financial market upheaval. President Trump’s sweeping import tariffs made them more volatile.

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Economics

Fed Declines to Bet Economy on Outcome of US-China Trade Talks

A trace of optimism has emerged as US and Chinese representatives will meet in Switzerland over the weekend to talk tariffs.

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