US to stop collecting emissions data from polluters

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin listens as US President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. Photo: Mandel NGAN / AFP/FileSource: AFP The United States moved on Friday to dismantle a “burdensome” federal program that tracks greenhouse gas emissions across the US economy, the latest step …

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Why the Oracle-OpenAI deal caught Wall Street by surprise

This week, OpenAI and Oracle shocked the markets with a surprise $300 billion, five-year agreement, part of a surge of new business that sent the cloud provider’s stock skyrocketing. But maybe the markets shouldn’t have been taken by surprise. The deal is a reminder that, despite Oracle’s legacy status, the …

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Boeing defense workers reject deal to end strike

Defense plant workers take part in a strike outside a Boeing facility in Berkeley, Missouri, near St. Louis, on August 5, 2025.. Photo: Michael B. Thomas / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFPSource: AFP Boeing workers at its St. Louis area defense factories will stay on strike after union …

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Want to buy a home now? Don’t forget these 4 things.

Homebuyers will need to be strategic and well-informed in today’s evolving mortgage rate environment. Cravetiger/Getty Images The moment in the mortgage rate climate that millions of Americans have been waiting for may not have materialized just yet … but it sure seems to be close. After mortgage interest rates declined …

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