Copper Squeeze Deepens In London As Futs Near Record; Barclays Flags Top Mining Picks

Fire Engulfs Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" Retreat In Bavarian Alps, Suspect Detained Fire tore through the Kehlsteinhaus, the Alpine guesthouse known as Hitler's "Eagle's Nest," on Friday night, and German police said they had detained a suspect near the scene, Reuters reported. Emergency dispatchers in Traunstein were alerted at about 9:15 p.m., Berliner Zeitung reported, and when the first crews reached the site at 9:52 p.m. the entire building was already burning. A smoke detector inside had set off the alarm at about 9:50 p.m., t-online said. Around 200 firefighters, mountain rescuers, Red...

Trump Slams "Perfect Little Angel" Dario, Demands Full Steam Ahead For AI Update (1045ET): President Trump on Monday slammed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei over his call to 'pause' AI and hand governance over to an Anthropic-adjacent cult.  © LUDOVIC MARIN via Gizmodo "The Trump Administration has stopped AI "people" from doing bad, or potentially bad, "things," like Dario (Anthropic!), who is now pretending to be a "perfect little angel" and will continue to do so!" Trump wrote. "We already have tremendous CRIMINAL and REGULATORY power over these companies! There is a SICK conspiracy going on against...

Amazon Prime Day Sales Rise 9% Year Over Year, Topping $26 Billion Americans spent a record $26.4 billion during Amazon's four-day Prime Day sales event, a 9.3% increase from a year earlier, per Adobe Analytics and according to Reuters.  The gains were fueled by heavy promotions across categories including electronics, appliances, clothing, toys, personal care products, and household necessities, as consumers looked to maximize savings amid ongoing cost pressures. Industry analysts said several factors contributed to the stronger spending, including larger tax refunds and early back-to-school purchases, which gave many households extra...