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Business news • Jul 01

U-Haul crashes into building hit over the weekend in Omaha’s Benson neighborhood

Emergency personnel were at the scene of a crash Wednesday morning involving a U-Haul that hit a vacant building in the Benson area — the same building hit...

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Business news • Jul 01

Trump Defends Crypto Income, Says He's Profiting 'Because The Stock Market's Going Up'

"Everybody's profiting," the president told reporters ahead of his flight on the new Air Force One.

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Business news • Jul 01

Meta pops 9% as company makes cloud push to sell excess AI compute power capacity

The new business is a welcome signal for some investors who have been uneasy about the company's infrastructure spending plans.

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Business news • Jul 01

Kroger buying Giant Eagle supermarket chain in $1.65B deal

Kroger is buying Giant Eagle, adding nearly 200 more supermarkets to its portfolio in a billion-dollar deal. The Cincinnati-based grocery giant announced...

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Business news • Jul 01

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq pull back as Fed's Warsh speaks

US stocks pulled back on Wednesday as Kevin Warsh spoke on a panel, with the Federal Reserve chairman's words in focus for clues to future interest rate...

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Business news • Jul 01

Stock futures slip after chip stocks gained $2 trillion in Q2

A record-breaking run in chip equities saw $2 trillion flow into the combined valuations of Micron, Intel, and AMD last quarter.

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Business news • Jul 01

Meta building cloud business to sell excess AI capacity, Bloomberg News reports

Meta Platforms is building a cloud business to sell excess artificial intelligence computing capacity, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, as tech giants...

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Business news • Jul 01

Middle East oil transit, production resumes faster than expected

Wait, what? The ink is barely dry on the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, and somehow the market is swimming in oil. Why it matters: Middle East oil...

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Business news • Jul 01

Trump reports over $1.4 billion in income from crypto ventures

June 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income from his family's crypto ventures last year, showing how Trump now...

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Business news • Jul 01

Meta Is Planning a Cloud Business to Sell AI Computing Power

Meta Platforms Inc. is developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business that will sell access to AI computing power and models, setting up a new vector...

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Business news • Jul 01

Private sector added 98,000 jobs in June, below expectations, ADP says

Payroll processing firm ADP on Wednesday released its private sector jobs data for June. Employment in the private sector grew by 98000 jobs in the month.

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Business news • Jul 01

Private payrolls rose by 98,000 in June, less than expected, ADP reports

Private sector employment grew by a seasonally adjusted 98,000 for the month, down from 122,000 in May and a bit below the forecast for 110,000,...

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Business news • Jul 01

Trump Accounts for kids launch July 4: What parents need to know

Here's a breakdown of how Trump Accounts work, who qualifies for free money and when the funds can be withdrawn.

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Business news • Jul 01

Illinois minimum wage: Chicago, Cook County increases take effect Wednesday

The minimum wage increases for workers in Chicago and Cook County take effect Wednesday.

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Business news • Jul 01

Bending Spoons IPO Turns Italian College Pals Into Billionaires

Four former college friends who founded software rollup Bending Spoons SpA have emerged as Italy's youngest cohort of self-made billionaires.

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Business news • Jul 01

Data center company buys Project Marvel for $432M: Here’s what we know

What data center company will operate the massive development called Project Marvel planned for 1,600 acres in a rural pocket of Bessemer?

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Business news • Jul 01

What older adults need to know before taking a GLP-1 medication to lose weight

Starting Wednesday, millions of Medicare-qualifying adults will have access to popular medications for weight loss at deep discounts through a temporary...

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Business news • Jul 01

Lamborghini reveals new Urus performance hybrid SUV after ditching EVs

Lamborghini is calling the new Urus SE Performante the "fastest Super SUV in the world."

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Business news • Jul 01

Oil's wild first half of the year upended everything Wall Street expected

For the oil markets, the first half of 2026 has been a wild ride.

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Business news • Jul 01

Amazon fined $2.25M for withholding evidence from fraud victims

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says Amazon will pay a $2.25 million civil penalty to settle charges that it blocked identity theft victims' access...

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