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United States 7-Eleven to close 645 stores

Seven & i Holdings, the parent company of 7-Eleven, has announced a major restructuring that will close 645 underperforming U.S. locations as it pivots toward higher-margin assets. The plan, disclosed amid investor press…

United States SpaceX shares plunge, erase trillion valuation

In the United States, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), trading under the ticker SPCX, has suffered a six-session losing streak that has erased nearly $1 trillion in market capitalization from its peak valua…

United States Google staff petition demands layoff safeguards

Thousands of Google workers are pressing company leadership for stronger job protections amid ongoing cost cuts and rising investment in artificial intelligence. On July 16, 2026, more than 4,500 employees delivered a fo…

Tokyo stocks tumble as AI tech rout widens

Tokyo, Japan — Global equity markets came under renewed pressure on Friday, July 17, 2026, as a sharp pullback in artificial intelligence and semiconductor shares triggered broad-based declines across Asia. Tokyo’s Nikke…

Los Gatos shares slide as Netflix cuts growth outlook

LOS GATOS, California, July 17, 2026 – Netflix Inc. shares fell as much as 10% in premarket trading on Friday after the company issued a softer-than-expected revenue forecast for the third quarter, deepening investor con…

Texas: SpaceX aborts Starship test, shares slide

Texas, United States – SpaceX shares extended losses in premarket trading on Friday after the company aborted a planned Starship V3 test flight in Texas at the last moment on Thursday, adding to choppy trading since its …

Taiwan chip rout triggers global tech selloff

On July 17, global technology and semiconductor stocks sold off sharply despite Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company reporting exceptional quarterly results and raising its growth outlook. The Nasdaq Composite fell…

Washington imposes 25% tariffs on Brazilian imports

The United States government announced it will impose a 25% surcharge on a wide range of Brazilian products starting July 22, excluding items on an expanded exception list. Key Brazilian exports such as coffee, orange ju…

New York: SpaceX shares drop below IPO price

New York — SpaceX shares fell below their $135 initial public offering price for the first time on Wednesday, extending a four-day losing streak and marking a sharp reversal from last month’s rally. The stock traded as l…

United States banks slash over 10,000 jobs

Major U.S. banks eliminated more than 10,000 positions in the second quarter of this year, the sharpest quarterly workforce reduction since the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Quarterly earnings filings sh…

United States EV maker Lucid denies bankruptcy rumors

Lucid Group Inc., the California-based electric vehicle manufacturer, saw its shares plunge as much as 57% in intraday trading on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, after an online trade publication reported the company was weighin…

United States insurer UnitedHealth lifts 2026 earnings forecast

UnitedHealth Group on Thursday reported second-quarter results that exceeded Wall Street expectations and raised its 2026 adjusted earnings guidance, while keeping full-year revenue targets intact. The largest U.S. priva…

Seoul prosecutors raid chip firms over price-fixing

South Korean prosecutors have launched a criminal probe into alleged international price-fixing in the semiconductor sector, raiding the local offices of three major chip suppliers. On Wednesday, 15 July 2026, the Fair T…

United States inflation data fuels Bitcoin surge

United States – Bitcoin surged past $65,000 on Wednesday, touching an intraday peak of $65,518 and pushing its market capitalization above $1.3 trillion. The latest advance extended a rally that began on July 14, as trad…

Des Moines: Iowa joins multistate 23andMe settlement

Iowa, United States, is among 42 states that have reached a settlement with genetics and biotechnology company 23andMe after a large-scale data breach disclosed in 2023. According to the Iowa Attorney General’s Office, t…

United States tech giant IBM shares plunge 25 percent

United States–based International Business Machines Corporation saw its shares drop by more than 24 percent on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, after releasing preliminary second-quarter results that significantly missed Wall Str…

New York publishers sue Google over Gemini training

A group of major U.S. book publishers and author representatives has filed a class-action lawsuit against Google in New York, alleging the company copied millions of copyrighted books without permission to train its Gemi…

Supreme Court Halts Savings Licence Restoration Pending Determination

Accra: The Supreme Court yesterday stayed execution of the Court of Appeal's May 21 order that directed the Bank of Ghana to restore the operating licence of GN Savings and Loans Limited, requiring Groupe Nduom to suspen…

Ohio outlets map 172 verifiable data center locations

Columbus, Ohio — NBC4 compiled and published an interactive map listing 172 verifiable data-center projects across the state, noting that commonly cited totals near 200 often include duplicate entries or unverified propo…

Corpus Christi port sees sustained surge; city golf returns

Corpus Christi, Texas: Port of Corpus Christi Chief Executive Kent Britton said Tuesday that U.S. crude exports surged this year to about 6.4 million barrels per day, above prewar levels of roughly 4 million, after near-…

U.S. funds ReElement expansion, joins NSF critical consortium

Marion, Indiana — ReElement Technologies, a minority-held affiliate of American Resources Corp, this week received a $25 million award from the U.S. Department of War’s Industrial Base Fund to expand rare-earth and criti…

Cheyenne Annexes 3,500 Acres for Microsoft Data Campus

Cheyenne, Wyo. — The Cheyenne City Council approved a roughly 3,460–3,500-acre annexation this week after multi-hour hearings held Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning, expanding the city by about 20% to accommodate a …

United States: Apple sues OpenAI over trade secrets

Apple has filed a federal lawsuit in the United States accusing OpenAI and several former Apple employees of systematically stealing trade secrets related to unreleased Apple hardware products. The complaint alleges that…

Phoenix Education Q3 Miss Sends Shares Tumbling Wednesday

PHOENIX — Phoenix Education Partners reported fiscal third-quarter results on Tuesday for the quarter ended May 31, posting adjusted earnings per share of $1.43 and revenue of $271.8 million. Adjusted EBITDA declined to …

California faces Paramount threat to relocate headquarters

LOS ANGELES, California – California faces a high-stakes clash with one of its most prominent entertainment companies as Paramount Global considers relocating its corporate headquarters and shifting up to $30 billion in …

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