Edition №56

The One Thing

• Supply Chain: Why Ocean Rates Skyrocketed 300% in 5 Months

Signals

• 25 states sue Trump over Section 301 forced-labor tariffs
• US manufacturing expands for seventh month in a row: ISM
• Texas halts data center connections to power grid amid overwhelming demand
• Feds get 3 days to patch N-able God mode flaw under active exploit
• AI used new levels of 'autonomy and deception' to trick people in safety test
• Retailers — eager for cash — sell off rights to potential tariff refunds
• Fuel, freight and tariff costs are complicating holiday importing
• So what’s the plan to bring down inflation? The new Fed chair and his White House allies say you shouldn’t ask.
• Saudi-led group completes $55bn purchase of gaming giant EA
• China's super-rich 'in shock' and hunting for cash as Beijing issues surprise tax on offshore trusts
• NLRB’s structure is unconstitutional but its activities may proceed, Texas judge rules
• Jury was ‘inflamed by prejudice,’ SHRM appeal argues

Watch Your Back

• FBI Warns of Scammers Impersonating the IC3
• Three Arrested for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud

Antics

• Elon Musk repeatedly one-upped his execs on SpaceX’s first earnings call
• Jeff Bezos: Jeff Bezos just filed to sell $4 billion in Amazon. The shares are falling
• Stocks return to record highs. Investors who sat tight during the recent momentum crash are being rewarded.

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