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Category: Business News
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Law and Govt. August 24, 2026: Asia Crypto Regulation Updates: Key Moves in 2026
Crypto and Financial Regulation Updates this week: South Korea will launch a Serious Crimes Investigation Agency in October 2026 with a Joint Investigation Division; and Federal regulators gave preliminary approval for a cryptocurrency…
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Big Deals August 24, 2026: Round Hill Music Sues Suno, Anthropic for Copyright Infringement, Seeking Up to $1 Billion in Damages
Round Hill Music sued Suno and Anthropic in a California federal court, accusing both AI companies of infringing its copyright by scraping hundreds of its songs without permission to train their models.
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Made In USA August 24, 2026: 125-year-old mall retail anchor closes discount outlet, cuts 101 jobs
Nordstrom confirmed the closure of its Nordstrom Last Chance clearance outlet at Yorktown Center in Lombard, Illinois, effective September 2026, with 101 employees losing jobs effective October 5, 2026, per a WARN Act…
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Southeast Business August 17, 2026: data center freight stolen as, New Trucking Authorities Are They
Regional Economic Indicators (Southeast Focus) this week: Cargo thieves have stolen nearly $111 million in data center equipment and high-value technology freight since June; and New trucking operating authorities are up more than 5,000…
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Emerging/Weak August 17, 2026: What We Learned, Motif 3 Final Release MIT, Liquid AI Open-Weights Vision Model, and more
Emerging Tech & Weak Signals this week: Hugging Face and alphaXiv ran a community hackathon that attempted to reproduce 2,200 papers from ICML 2026 using AI; and Motif Technologies quietly released the final weights of its Motif 3…
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Law and Govt. August 17, 2026: Australia Grassley-Hassan Counterfeit Bill Unanimously, VA District Judge Enters Stay
Policy, Legal & Regulatory this week: This week’s IP and tech policy roundup covers Pakistan’s celebration of an Australian court ruling that blocks; and A federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia has entered an administrative…
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Big Deals August 17, 2026: Joshua Kushner Hollywoodreporter, Exclusive ClearJet raises 25M, 24-Hour AI News Channel Who
Capital Flows & Deals this week: The Los Angeles Lakers have been sold for the second time in under a year, with Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner; and ClearJet, an Austin-based logistics startup, has raised a $25 million Series B led by Edison…
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From The Blogs August 17, 2026: Qwen 3 8 27B is, self-organizing company Platformer News
Independent Operator & Newsletter Analysis this week: Simon Willison tests Alibaba’s new Qwen 3.
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Made In USA August 17, 2026: Colombian Suppliers Face Earthquake Impacts
Colombian apparel suppliers at Sourcing at Magic in Las Vegas are navigating a double shock: a 7.
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Film/TV/Talent August 17, 2026: If Paramount Leaves California, It Might Cut Costs but Wouldn’t Save on State Taxes
Paramount is threatening to leave California if it cannot secure a deal with Attorney General Rob Bonta to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, claiming the move would save $500 million annually in taxes.