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'Soft' Data Soars To 2-Year Highs As Chicago PMI Smashes Expectations
'Soft' Data Soars To 2-Year Highs As Chicago PMI Smashes Expectations
Market News International's Chicago Business Barometer smashed expectations this morning, print 57.7 - the highest since May 2022 - and above the highest analysts' expectation.
This is the second straight month above 50 (signaling expansion) with new orders and employment surging (but prices also rising)...
Prices paid rose at a faster pace; signaling expansion
New orders rose at a faster pace; signaling expansion
Employment rose and the direction reversed; signaling expansion
Inventories fell and the direction reversed; signaling contraction
Supplier deliveries rose at a faster...
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UAE To Move 50% Of Government Services To AI By 2028
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Finally a practical use of AI.
In a world swimming in debt and overrun by government bloat and corruption, Dubai is taking a big step into the future. On Thursday, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced that in two years, 50% of UAE's government sectors, services, and operations will run on Agentic AI, arguably the best use of the new technology yet.
The new "government model" was launched under the directive of...
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More Than 40 Mexican Mafia Members And Associates Indicted In California: DOJ
More Than 40 Mexican Mafia Members And Associates Indicted In California: DOJ
Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
A total of 43 alleged members and associates of the Mexican Mafia prison gang were arrested this week on multiple charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the central district of California said on April 23.
The Department of Justice in Washington on March 11, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the total includes individuals already in custody, with 25 of them being arrested in Orange County, California,...
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May 9, 2026 / Tyler Durden
4 Key Points From New White House Counter-Terror Strategy
4 Key Points From New White House Counter-Terror Strategy
Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times,
President Donald Trump’s administration rolled out its new counterterrorism strategy overview on May 6, articulating recent policy shifts and new pledges going forward.
The 16-page strategy guide seeks to articulate an “America First” approach to dealing with militants, extremists, and criminal enterprises.
“For the 25th Anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, America has returned to a common sense and reality-based Counterterrorism Strategy,” the document states.
“President Trump has [effected] a complete revision of how we defeat threats...
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