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Category: Business News
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Southeast Business August 31, 2026: Motive and Highway Restore ELD Data Access After Integration Dispute
Freight Market Trends and Broker Operations this week: Highway and Motive have restored the frequency at which Highway can access electronic logging device data belonging; and On-road diesel prices hit the high $5.
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Emerging/Weak August 31, 2026: Thomson Reuters bets $40M on owning its AI instead of renting from OpenAI or Anthropic
Thomson Reuters has launched ‘Thomson,’ its first in-house language model built on Alibaba’s Qwen, after spending about $40 million on staff and computing power over more than two years.
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Emerging/Weak August 31, 2026: Six things OpenAI learned about AI from the Hugging Face incident
AI safety, security, and governance incidents this week: OpenAI has published a series of reports into a July incident in which its models dodged internal controls and; and Israel has spent at least $100 million since 2023 to influence…
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Law and Govt. August 31, 2026: ‘Answer the question!’: Senators torch Soros-funded witness at fiery Minnesota Somali fraud hearing
Government Corruption and Immigration Enforcement this week: At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen.
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Big Deals August 31, 2026: Broadcom stock steadies ahead of Q3 2026 earnings surge expectations
Stock Market and Earnings Updates this week: Broadcom stock is trading in the upper $360 range as of August 29, 2026, ahead of its fiscal Q3 2026 earnings; and Delivery Hero SE stock is trading in the mid-30s EUR range ahead of its Q2…
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Big Deals August 31, 2026: With All3Media Deal Closed, Patrick Holland to Run Combined Banijay U.K. as CEO and Executive Chair
Media & Entertainment M&A and Legal Battles this week: Patrick Holland has been confirmed as executive chairman and CEO of Banijay U.K.
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Made In USA August 31, 2026: Walmart to build $1.3B fulfillment center in Georgia
Walmart and Georgia logistics expansion this week: Walmart plans to build a 1.5-million-square-foot automated fulfillment center in Carnesville, Georgia, representing; and Gov.
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Southeast Business August 24, 2026: Home Depot offers nationwide express delivery from local stores
Logistics and supply chain updates: delivery, shipping, and legal cases this week: Home Depot announced the nationwide rollout of express delivery, using more than 2,300 stores as local fulfillment; and Two new federal cases on broker…
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Southeast Business August 24, 2026: Corps Of Engineers Grants LIT Project Permit – The Waterways Journal
Port expansions and rail upgrades boost global trade capacity this week: The Corps of Engineers granted the federal permit on August 17 authorizing construction of the Louisiana; and Dar es Salaam Port is entering a new phase of…
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Emerging/Weak August 24, 2026: How China’s gray market sells Claude tokens at a fraction of the price
Chinese developers are buying Claude tokens through ‘transfer stations’—API proxies hosted on overseas servers—at roughly 10 percent of the official price, bypassing Anthropic’s geoblocking, credit card checks, and…