Judge Confirms Trump Must Formally Hand Over Financial Records to the BBC
A week after ruling from the bench, a Florida judge has put Trump’s financial disclosure order in writing, and the first documents are due within 10 days.
How This 51-Year-Old Cable Seems To Predict Today’s Gold Manipulation
A declassified diplomatic cable from 1974 seems to be describing, before US gold futures trading began, the market structure that would eventually make manipulation unusually powerful. London bullion dealers told American officials that futures trading would become enormous compared with physical gold transactions. They predicted that the resulting market would be highly volatile and that […]
Musk Vs. World Central Kitchen’s Chef José: “You’re An Asshole”
In the unlikeliest of feuds, Elon Musk escalated the fallout from a combative media interview by directing a personal insult at chef and humanitarian José Andrés, extending a dispute over journalistic scrutiny into a confrontation involving one of the world’s most prominent disaster-relief figures. Musk replied, “You’re an asshole,” to a post in which Andrés […]
Russian Bank Restricts Cash Access as Crimea Emergency Strains ATM Network
VTB Bank has sharply reduced the amount that customers of other banks can withdraw through its ATM network in Russia-annexed Crimea, concentrating the effects of the peninsula’s infrastructure emergency inside its dominant cash-distribution system. The restrictions began July 8 and are scheduled to remain in place through August 1. Petersburg Social Commercial Bank, or PSKB, […]
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Ottawa Mysteriously Cancelled Brookfield Briefing During AI Investment Push
Ottawa was offering up to $700 million to attract private investment into Canadian AI data centres when it cancelled a planned July 2025 meeting with Brookfield, one of the world’s largest infrastructure investors. The federal government has not explained why the meeting was removed from the calendar or why another date was never arranged, according […]
Mamdani’s 30% Grocery Discount Raises New York’s Subsidy Question
New York City has attached a 30% price promise to its planned municipal grocery stores before disclosing the recurring public subsidy required to fund it, turning Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s signature affordability program into a test of contracts, procurement, and cost control. The administration said Monday that five city-owned grocery stores will offer a standardized basket […]
What Really Drove Google Search Revenue Up 17%
Alphabet’s latest Google Search growth story is worth looking into amid the company’s AI expansion. Search and other advertising revenue increased 17% year over year to $63.3 billion, accounting for more than half of Alphabet’s $119.8 billion in quarterly revenue and remained its largest individual revenue source, despite Google Cloud’s 82% expansion to $24.8 billion. […]
Lundin’s Caserones Mine Expected To Be Offline For Weeks After Severe Storm
Lundin Mining’s (TSX: LUN) Caserones copper operation remains offline more than a week after a severe winter storm knocked out power at the site, and the company now expects it will take roughly two to three more weeks to fully restore electricity and gradually restart production. The mine has been without power since July 18, […]
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First Phosphate Lands Fast Track Status for Bégin-Lamarche Project
First Phosphate (CSE: PHOS) has been selected for accelerated support under Filon, a Quebec government initiative designed to speed up mining projects tied to critical and strategic minerals. The status applies to the company’s Bégin-Lamarche igneous rock phosphate project, which aims to develop a high purity deposit destined for the lithium iron phosphate, or LFP, […]
Silver Storm Sends First Concentrate to Market from Revived Mexican Mine
Silver Storm Mining (TSXV: SVRS) has shipped its first concentrate from the La Parrilla complex, a milestone that turns the once idle Mexican operation into a producing, revenue generating mine. The company said Monday it dispatched 105 dry metric tonnes of lead-silver concentrate and 70 dry metric tonnes of zinc concentrate. The material moved under […]