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Amazon Prime Day Cuts Smart-Home Entry Costs as Matter Protocol Reshapes Platform Competition

Amazon's Prime Day event is slashing prices on home automation hardware — security cameras, smart switches, power strips, and plugs — from brands including Blink, Philips Hue, SwitchBot, Meross, TP-Link, and Eve Energy, with…

HONG KONG · By Tomas Reyes · 2 min read

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Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve Chief Who Shaped Global Finance for Nearly Two Decades, Dies at 100

Alan Greenspan, the economist who headed the Federal Reserve for nearly two decades, died Monday morning at the age of 100. His run at the U.S. central bank made him one of the most powerful figures in global finance — a…

By Lena Park · HONG KONG · 2 min

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U.S. Charitable Giving Tops $600 Billion for First Time, Powered by Stock Gains and Large Estates

U.S. charitable giving crossed $600 billion in 2025 for the first time on record, a milestone driven not by a broad surge in everyday donors but by a narrower flow of capital from megadonors and estate bequests. The [stock market…

By Marcus Cole · HONG KONG · 2 min

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Micron Stock Surges 19% as Revenue Quadruples to $41.46 Billion, Lifting Chip Sector

Micron Technology's shares jumped 19% after the chipmaker reported revenue of $41.46 billion, more than four times the $9.3 billion it recorded a year earlier — figures that arrived Wednesday and sent [the broader semiconductor…

By Tomas Reyes · HONG KONG · 2 min

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U.S. Permitting Bill Would Centralise Pipeline and LNG Approvals, Challenging China's Energy Edge

A freshman Republican senator with a background in natural gas infrastructure is pushing legislation that would consolidate federal oversight of American energy projects, from interstate pipelines to liquefied natural gas…

HONG KONG · June 25, 2026 · 2 min

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'MUNGA' Movement Reshapes Race for Next UN Secretary-General

A former African head of state with explicit backing for Donald Trump's foreign policy has emerged as a leading candidate to succeed António Guterres at the United Nations, turning the 2027

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WNBA Schedules 50-Game Season From 2027 as $3 Billion Media Deal Drives Inventory Push

The WNBA will expand its regular-season schedule from 44 games to 50 starting in 2027, the longest in the league's history, a move the league framed as a response to record demand but which tracks directly to its obligations…

HONG KONG · June 25, 2026 · 2 min

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