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Katz Says US Hasn't Asked Israel To Withdraw From Lebanon - Wouldn't Do It Anyway Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday that the US hasn't asked Israel to withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon despite Iran maintaining that a withdrawal is necessary to implement the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, which calls for an end to Israel's war. "We have announced that in any case we are not withdrawing and, as of this moment – and this is a diplomatic achievement – there is no American demand...

Guggenheim AI Survey Finds Adoption Surging Across Large IT Enterprises As Mass Layoff Fears Fall Flat Building on Goldman's estimate that AI adoption across corporate America currently stands at roughly 20.6% and could rise to 24% by year-end, a Guggenheim Securities survey of 150 large-enterprise IT professionals found that 81% of respondents have already deployed AI agents. Anthropic and OpenAI are leading adoption among AI-native platforms, reinforcing the view that the enterprise chatbot and frontier-model battle is increasingly becoming a two-pony race. The survey found that enterprise adoption of AI...

Should You Keep Your Target-Date Funds In Retirement? Authored by Javier Simon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Target-date funds (TDFs) can be effective retirement savings vehicles for many investors. Target-date funds adjust risk over time, but their limited flexibility can make them less suitable for complex retirement plans. SsCreativeStudio/Shutterstock TDFs are professionally managed portfolios often built with various mutual funds. They are designed to automatically adjust their asset allocation of stocks, bonds, cash and sometimes alternative investments to become more conservative as you reach the target date. Over time, these funds reduce exposure...