US dollar bounces on job gains, then pares ahead of CPI

Published Sun, Sep 6, 2026 · 07:44 PM [NEW YORK] The US dollar jumped on Friday (Sep 4) after data showed that US employers added 162,000 jobs in August, well above the 56,000 additions expected by economists, boosting bets on a September Federal Reserve interest rate hike. The dollar gave up some of its early…

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They Wanted Me for My Blackness. Then the Calls Stopped.

I was among the found; I took the calls. I mention this because hindsight has a way of turning everybody into the person who saw through everything at the time, and I have no interest in improving my biography that way. I was skeptical, but I was also hopeful, and neither feeling prevented me from…

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Homegrown firms rush to fill network camera gap as Chinese players blocked

Homegrown surveillance camera companies and chip design startups are rushing in to fill the vacuum in the $2-2.5 billion network camera market, where mandatory certification requirements imposed by the government from April 1 have effectively blocked Chinese giants from selling in the country.   Chinese companies, including global majors Hikvision and Dahua, controlled a dominant…

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Traders turn to bullish Chinese stock bets as AI trades crowd Korea, Japan

By Charlotte Yang   Investors seeking to diversify beyond crowded AI trades in Korea and Japan are increasingly seizing on Chinese equity derivatives.  Trading desks from Barclays Plc to UBS Group AG are seeing rising client demand for bullish options and swap contracts tied to China’s CSI indexes in recent weeks. Meanwhile, more strategists are…

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Karnataka to scrap NPS, implement Old Pension Scheme soon

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara said the government has decided to scrap the New Pension Scheme and introduce the Old Pension Scheme soon.| Image: X/@DrParameshwara 1 min read Last Updated : Sep 05 2026 | 11:21 PM IST The Karnataka government will soon scrap the New Pension Scheme (NPS) and implement the Old Pension…

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Jio completes 10 years of operations, Akash Ambani thanks employees

“Whatever pride I feel today belongs to you far more than it belongs to me,” Jio Platforms Managing Director Akash Ambani said, thanking employees as the company completed 10 years of commercial operations.   In an email to Jio employees, Ambani said the company began a decade ago with a vision set by chairman Mukesh…

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How to Answer Yet Another Dumb Question About Hasan Piker

The opening salvo in this supposed “war” is also pretty sad: a wan op-ed by the organization’s top dogs, Jon Cowan and Matt Bennett, in the pages of The Washington Post. The two combine for a few hundred words of grievance, in which they argue that the Democratic Party’s recent woes can be attributed to…

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Over 500 investors with $1 trn wealth to attend iBrics Summit on Sep 12-13

More than 500 institutional investors, pension funds, and family offices managing a total wealth of over USD 1 trillion will participate in the inaugural iBRICS Summit 2026 here next week, organisers said on Saturday. The two-day summit, convened alongside the 18th BRICS Summit in the National Capital on September 12-13, is designed to connect sovereign…

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Belgian PM takes swipe at Trump’s ‘arbitrary’ tariffs during India visit

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever took an apparent swipe at US President Donald Trump over the latter’s “arbitrary” tariff decisions and shifting trade policies, stressing the need for open markets and stronger economic partnerships. Speaking at the India-Belgium High-Level Dialogue on the India-EU Free Trade Agreement in Mumbai as part of his three-day official…

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LTL Freight: 5 Ways Merchants Cut Heavy Shipping Costs

ShipStation has pulled less-than-truckload shipping into its main platform, so small and mid-sized sellers can quote, book and track LTL freight in the same place they already handle boxes. If you sell anything heavy, that single change removes a tab you have been switching to for years. I used to tell founders that heavy products…

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