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Updated July 29, 2026
BREAKING: Fifa President Gianni Infantino has given members a 53-day deadline to back his plans to sell stakes in the World Cup or face a 75% reduction in potential funding, per the Telegraph
3 politicians hold Exxon during the Iran war, 2 bought before it started, and none have sold • John Boozman (R) • Josh Gottheimer (D) • Donald Trump (R) Boozman sits on the Senate subcommittee that funds the war and has voted no to all 11 resolutions to end it Meanwhile, Gottheimer bought $XOM on Feb 2 and Feb 4, three weeks before the US struck Iran He also sits on the House Intelligence Committee, and requested a classified briefing the day the war started And here's where it gets more interesting On March 23, Trump announced he was extending the Iran ceasefire deadline and his brokerage account spent that same day buying up to $65,000 in $XOM as oil dropped 11%
73% of US adults say that President Donald Trump hasn't paid enough attention to the country's most important problems like affordability, per CNN
just in: sofi's crypto transaction revenue grows 10% to $134 million in q2. still a small slice of the $1.2 billion quarterly adjusted net revenue but showing sustained growth.
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 $800,000,000,000 wiped out from the US stock market in the first 3 hours of trading today. https://t.co/m57PPqb0Kb
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Iran has said it has not sought any negotiations with the US in the last two week on the Iranian war
U.S. STOCKS EXTEND FALL, S&P 500 DOWN 1.00 PCT
Traders are making record bets on the Fed's next move: Open interest in the August federal funds futures contract, which settles after this week's Fed decision, is up to a record 967,136 contracts. The total number of outstanding contracts has more than doubled since the 2nd week of June. This also surpasses the prior record set in October 2024, when uncertainty around the Fed decision was similarly elevated. This comes as the market is pricing in a ~36% chance of a rate hike today. To put this into perspective, since the end of the 2008 Financial Crisis, the Fed has held 135 FOMC meetings, and only 4 of them, or 3%, have seen the odds of a hike sit between 33% and 66% in the days leading up to the decision, according to Bianco Research. Markets have rarely been this uncertain about a Fed decision.
A US-OWNED AND OPERATED, MARSHALL ISLANDS-FLAGGED LNG FLOATING STORAGE FACILITY WAS STRUCK BY AT LEAST ONE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) WHILST AT THE DAMIETTA, EGYPT - AMBREY
BOFA CLIENTS KEEP BUYING THE DIP Bank of America clients remained aggressive buyers of U.S. equities last week, extending their buying streak to four consecutive weeks, even as the S&P 500 slipped 0.6%. Institutional investors led the move, posting their largest weekly net purchases since December 2020 and the second-biggest on BofA's records dating back to 2008. Retail investors also continued buying, while hedge funds were net sellers for a third straight week. Technology, Financials and Industrials attracted the strongest inflows, with Industrials seeing record demand after months of outflows. Communication Services, Energy and Materials were the weakest sectors. Corporate buybacks slowed during earnings season but remain supportive overall, with BofA's four-week average buyback activity running 19% above year-ago levels.
BREAKING: China to send rocket launchers to Iran, per Telegraph
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