Issue #4 · October 6, 2026
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- Issue #4October 6, 2026
Costs, rates, diesel, and a media megadeal
Weak jobs push back the Fed's next hike, the G7 frees emergency fuel, voters say prices decide the midterms, Washington renames AI, and Paramount closes on Warner Bros. Discovery.
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- Issue #3July 28, 2026
The Fed blinks at nobody
Rates hold, oil jumps, and the AI spending race finds another gear.
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- Issue #2July 21, 2026
Earnings don't read headlines
While Washington and the Fed traded glares, the operators quietly posted numbers.
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- Issue #1July 14, 2026
Superintelligence, quietly funded
The AI race stopped being a research story and became a money story.
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