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Check out the companies that make headlines before the opening bell on Wall Street. US Steel – US steel stocks jumped over the 5% S after President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Friday that approved a merger with Japan’s Japanese Steel. The companies have also signed a national security agreement that includes a golden share of the US government. Although US steel had not specified the authority the government should exercise on its distribution, Trump said Thursday that Golden Share would give the US president “full control.” Roku – The streaming platform jumped 8.5% after announcing an exclusive…

MURIEL WILKINS: I am Muriel Wilkins, and this is Coaching Real Leaders, part of the HBR Podcast Network. I’m a longtime executive coach who works with highly successful leaders who’ve hit a bump in the road. My job is to help them get over that bump by clarifying their goals and figuring out a way to reach them so that hopefully, they can lead with a little more ease. I typically work with clients over the course of several months, but on this show, we have a one-time coaching meeting focusing on a specific leadership challenge they’re facing. Today’s guest…

Anna Barclay | Getty ImagesThe long-term rivalry between the country’s top premium credit cards is likely to heat up again.JPMorgan Chase announced last week that a Sapphire Reserve refresh (a travel and meal reward card that went viral when it arrived in 2016) is imminent.In response, American Express said on Monday that there have been “major” changes to consumer and business platinum cards later this year. While details are lacking, the New York-based credit card company said its renewal will be its biggest investment in card renewals.”We’re going to double what we know based on the data our card members…

An odd radio pulse coming from the ice at Antarctica State University has been restrained The world faces a new nuclear weapons race, warning Business Times refachers Humans have seen the dawn of time from Earth after Breakthrough 404 Media Reconductive: Build a grid tokaday of tomorrow Climate/environment Fatal firefighting in balanced weather in West Virginia How fungi survive and even thrive – in the global food and environment reporting network Blue Line Medicine Orion Will the city be a model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change? NPR Pandemic Covid vaccination protects against severe kidney damage,…

As readers who have been following Israel’s attack on Iran and Iran’s response so far have likely worked out, things are not working out according to Israel’s plan, save perhaps the getting the US involved part. We’ll give some more detail below, but Iran appears to now be able to interdict most Israeli strikes, save ones from inside Iran, which Simplicius claims are mainly from Iran’s dissident group MEK, with Israeli assistance. By contrast, many and perhaps most Iran missile strikes on Israel seem to be getting through. Keep in mind, Iran is not even using its best kit, since…

Much has been made about how Israel’s ongoing rampage in West Asia is hurting its economy —damage that is sure to multiply with its launch of an illegal war against Iran. While that might be true, if we view Israel less as a traditional state and more as an “unsinkable US aircraft carrier”, it is performing its mission. The reality is of course multi-layered and complicated. Israel and its religious fanatics do have agency. But the US was clearly involved in the attack on Iran, just like it has been in Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza. And the effort to topple…

Alice Maciel, Laura Scofield, Maria Martha Bruno, reporters from Brazilian outlets. Posted by Cross from Opendemocracy. The son of former Brazilian representative Jia Bolsonaro and the grandson of a former Brazilian dictator, is lobbying the US government to sanction Brazil’s Supreme Court justice, which accused him of claiming Bolsonaro in an attempted coup in 2022. “I’m opening the door, I’m a heart, but you’re a brain,” Eduardo Bolsonaro, the former president’s third son, told businessman and journalist Paulo Figuereit in a YouTube video discussing an ES campaign against the judiciary. Figueiredo’s grandfather, João Figueirre, led Brazilian military command from 1979…

Propublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates power abuse. Sign up and receive the biggest story as soon as it’s published. What happened: A monitor appointed by a federal court found New York City police forces unfairly stopping and searching for New Yorkers. The NYPD report on the Community Response Team repeats a recent Propopublica investigation that found units defended by Mayor Eric Adams riding on abuse. The federal monitor, which was first created early in the Adams administration, focuses on so-called quality of life issues such as illegal motorcycles, but its officers recently discovered that they would “stop, flip,…

A huge waiting line can be seen in front of a jewellery retailer at Yu Garden in Shanghai, China on May 17, 2025, as the city offers consumer vouchers to stimulate consumer spending.nuphoto | nuphoto | Getty ImagesRetail sales in China increased at the fastest speed since late 2023 in May. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics was supported on Monday on extended Labor Day and Dragon Boat Holidays.Retail sales last month rose 6.4% from the previous year, growing 5% in Reuters polls, sharply beating analyst estimates that accelerated from the previous month’s 5.1% growth.The increase in industrial production…

Customers were seeing 80% or 70% clothing ad discounts on June 9, 2025 at a supermarket in Hangzhou, Z Jiang Province, China.cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesBeijing – China’s consumer spending shows little signs to pick up immediately given uncertainty about future wealth, changing preferences and lack of a social safety net.For the fourth consecutive month, consumer prices have fallen, with consumer confidence hovering near historic lows, and the real estate market is struggling to turn it around. Analysts repeatedly point to one major factor: stagnant income.China’s disposable income has halved its pace of growth since the 2020 pandemic…