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Everyone's wondering if, and when, the AI bubble will pop. Here's what
went down 25 years ago that ultimately burst the dot-com boom

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comparison between today’s artificial intelligence frenzy and the
dot-com bubble of the late 1990s has become impossible to ignore. As
AI companies command valuations reaching into the hundreds of
billions—minting dozens of new billionaires in 2025 alone—and tech
giants pour unprecedented sums into data centers, investors and
analysts are asking a similar question: Are we watching history repeat
itself?

The similarities are striking. Like the internet companies of two
decades ago, AI firms today attract massive investments based on
transformative potential rather than current profitability. Global
corporate AI investment reached $252.3 billion in 2024, according to
research from Stanford University, with the sector growing
thirteenfold since 2014. Meanwhile, America’s biggest tech
companies—Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft—have pledged to
spend a record $320 billion on capital expenditures this year alone,
much of it for AI infrastructure.

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Trump to Meet With Congressional Leaders as Shutdown Looms
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The top four congressional leaders were set to gather with President
Trump on Monday, but with both sides dug in, there appeared to be
little chance of a breakthrough to avoid a shutdown.

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Women who outearn their husbands find a new model in Taylor and Travis
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Cassandra Muscara gasped with excitement when Taylor Swift and Travis
Kelce announced their engagement last month--and not just because she
is a fan of the pop superstar."It's amazing that my daughter gets to
grow up and see somebody that she loves that is also the breadwinner
and making so much money," said the mom of a 4-year-old.

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Why Bother Bringing Back the Dodo?
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Audacious plans to resurrect the long-extinct bird could be lucrative.
But the moonshot raises thorny philosophical questions.

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A new look at how the brain works reveals that wiring isn't everything
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How a brain's anatomical structure relates to its function is one of
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Jensen Huang says China is 'nanoseconds behind' the US in chipmaking,
calls for reducing US export restrictions on Nvidia's AI chips
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As Chinese firms scale and U.S. export rules tighten, Nvidia is
fighting to keep a foothold in China.

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Alaska Seized a $95,000 Plane Over Illicit Cargo: A Six-Pack of Beer
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The plane’s owner, an 82-year-old veteran, has asked the Supreme
Court to hear his case and set limits on forfeitures of property used
to commit crimes.

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Why CEOs are right to stick close to Trump - FT
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At a recent White House dinner with chief executives, Donald Trump
made a pointed comment to Google CEO Sundar Pichai: "Biden was the one
who prosecuted that lawsuit -- you know that, right?"Google had been
at the centre of one antitrust lawsuit in which a judge recently
spared it from potentially dire consequences. While President Trump's
comment showed how central presidential leadership is to antitrust
policy, Pichai's presence at the dinner demonstrated his own
recognition of the need to stick close to the president for the good
of his company.

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Telegram's Durov says France asked to remove some Moldovan channels
from app
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A Team Tries to Prevent Another Mass Shooting
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A threat on a school bus from an alienated young man united dozens of
agencies to answer a single question: Is it possible to stop potential
mass shooters before they commit a crime?

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Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where
'citizens will be on their best behavior' | Fortune
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Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be
under constant surveillance of each other.

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GSKâ™s Emma Walmsley to be replaced as chief executive
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GSK has stressed its commitment to the UK, while also announcing new
investment in manufacturing and research in the US two weeks ago, part
of a $30bn package over the next six years. On Monday, Astra said it
was preparing to directly list its shares on the New York Stock
Exchange but would remain listed in London.

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Trying to Understand DeepMind's AlphaGenome Breakthrough
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When DeepMind released AlphaGenome earlier this year, I kept seeing
references to it as a major breakthrough in genomics. But I didn't
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Madagascar sacks energy minister after repeated power cuts spark
protests
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Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina on Friday sacked his energy
minister a day after police used rubber bullets and tear gas to
disperse protesters angered by persistent power cuts and water
shortages...

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Recession Outlook: 3 Reasons Rich Americans Can't Keep Economy Strong
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Rich Americans may not be able to power the economy through a slowdown
after all.A lot of economic punditry recently has been focused on high
earners as a pillar of continued consumer strength, with their robust
spending helping to prop up economic growth.But there are a few
reasons why that might not be true, analysts at BCA Research said,
particularly when surveying other signs of weakness in the economy

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The most powerful rocket ever built is set for its next test. Here's
why some experts are worried
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SpaceX said it is aiming to launch its Starship megarocket on an
hour-long test flight

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Buffett indicator stock market overvalued
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"If the ratio approaches 200% - as it did in 1999 and a part of 2000 -
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The economics of self-driving taxis - The Economist
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AUTONOMOUS TAXIS are taking over San Francisco. Although Waymo, the
world's most famous robotaxi company, only launched there in 2023, it
may now have more than a fifth of the city's ride-share market (which
includes Uber, but not traditional cabs). Wherever you look one of the
company's white Jaguars whooshes past. Tesla's robotaxis have joined
them, though with a supervisor in the driver's seat. Before long Zoox,
a driverless-car firm owned by Amazon, will set taxis free in the
city.

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Spain has become Europe's standout economy - FT
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Spain is a rare bright spot among Europe's otherwise drearily
performing economies. Since the start of 2024, the Spanish economy has
grown at an average annual rate of 3 per cent, compared with just over
1 per cent for the Eurozone as a whole. In recent weeks, S&P Global
Ratings has upgraded its credit rating, and the Bank of Spain raised
its 2025 growth forecast to 2.6 per cent -- underscoring the nation's
position as Europe's fastest-growing major economy, and one of the
strongest in the advanced world.

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Video: The Man Expanding Trump's Presidential Powers
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Coral Davenport, a New York Times reporter, explains how Russell
Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, plans to
circumvent Congress’s budgetary powers to advance the Trump
administration’s agenda.

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Inside NYC's Anti-Tech Luddite Renaissance Movement - Business Insider
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You won't find much about the modern Luddite movement online.By
design, those embracing it are ditching smartphones and deleting their
social media accounts. My editors, however, spotted a Subtack post
that mentioned a coming rally and dispatched me to learn more about
this offline movement the only way you should: IRL.







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FEMA is paralyzed. Disaster-torn communities are paying the price. -
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Minutes after a mile-wide tornado struck this city on an otherwise
beautiful day this spring, Ali Rand heard her husband shout as he
surveyed the devastation surrounding their tony neighborhood of
historical homes. "Everything is gone," Rand, 38, remembers him
saying.The tornado, packing winds of 152 miles an hour, hit the city
with blunt force, killing five people. In the weeks following the
storm, Rand and other private citizens mobilized teams of residents
whose neighborhoods had been destroyed to clean up debris, remove
fallen trees and rebuild shattered homes.

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A new front opens between Zuckerberg and Musk over robots - WSJ
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When Mark Zuckerberg walked on stage the other day with those chunky
black AI glasses, some viewed a possible future rival for the Apple
iPhone.Others, however, saw the potential for a new front in a battle
with Elon Musk over robots.In Silicon Valley these days, it can be
hard to keep track of how the various tech lords are trying to get a
leg up on each other, and what they're competing over at any given
moment. The Musk-Zuckerberg rivalry--once headed to the Colosseum for
a cage fight--could be one for the ages, up there with the feud
between Bill Gates and the late Steve Jobs.

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How the head of Obsidian went from superfan to CEO
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Steph "kepano" Ango on becoming the CEO of Obsidian and why he thinks
you don't need AI to be more productive.

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US serial killer case opens door to using cutting-edge DNA data in
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New York trial could set a legal precedent by admitting findings from
whole-genome sequencing as evidence.

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'It's actually a superfood!' Why tempeh is suddenly on every menu -
and coming to a supermarket near you
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Tofu's close relative can be sliced, smoked, marinated, deep fried,
turned into mince, burgers, or 'bacon' ... and it's high in protein
and other vital nutrients. Here's how to make the most of it

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'I used AI to spot my skin cancer - it saved my life' | The
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When 46-year-old Lynsey Robertson helped launch a new AI skin cancer
screening tool at the GP surgery where she worked, she knew she would
be among the first to try it out - but she never expected to become
one of its first patients.Just hours after Lynsey used the technology,
the system flagged a mole on her skin as high risk, which was soon
revealed to be a deadly melanoma.

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Donald Trump is waging war on sky-high drug prices. Can he win? - The
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BIG PHARMA has a big headache: Donald Trump. Lately drugmakers have
had to contend with the American president's pronouncements on
everything from vaccines to paracetamol. In the coming days the pain
is set to intensify. Intent on lowering prices, Mr Trump has given
leading pharma firms until September 29th to comply with an executive
order to peg their prices to the lowest charged in other rich
countries--a rule he calls "most favoured nation" (MFN) pricing. If
they do not, he thundered, they will face "every tool in our arsenal"
against "abusive drug pricing".

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Michigan Church Shooting and Fire: What We Know
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At least four people were killed after an attacker opened fire at a
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building and intentionally
set fire to the structure.

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TSMP: If Placebos Work So Well, Why Not Prescribe Sugar Pills For
Everything?
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In 1995, a 29-year-old construction worker arrived at Leicester Royal
Infirmary with a six-inch nail through his boot. He was shouting in
pain. Every attempt to extract the nail made the screams louder.
Finally, a team sedated him and removed the boot. They looked at the
nail. No blood. They looked at the foot. No wound. The nail had
pierced nothing but the empty space between his toes. The physical
injury wasn't real. Only the pain was.

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The rise of drive-through US coffee chains with a need for speed - FT
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Hundreds of coffee shops the size of shipping containers are springing
up along US roadways to serve Americans who want a caffeine fix
without getting out of their cars. Drive-through chains such as Dutch
Bros, 7 Brew, Biggby Coffee, Scooter's Coffee and Black Rock Coffee
Bar are shaking up the US food and beverage sector with an obsessive
focus on speedy service. Many lack seats, with kitchen areas as small
as 350 square feet.

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Google to merge Android and ChromeOS in 2026, because AI
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Video: You'll see the results next year, but it's not the end of
Googly lappies

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Russia is violating Europe's skies with impunity - The Economist
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OUR COMMITMENT to defend...every inch of Allied territory at all
times", declared NATO at its summit last year, "is iron-clad." That
may be true on the ground. But in recent weeks it has seemed shakier
in the air. First came a wave of Russian drones, into Poland, on
September 9th. Then a trio of Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered
Estonian airspace on September 19th, traversing it for 12 minutes.
Days later a wave of mysterious drones shut down Denmark's main
airport and appeared over Oslo. As Donald Trump steps back from Europe
and efforts to end the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin appears to be
turning the screws on the continent.

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As US Restricts Foreign Workers, Everyone Else Sees an Opportunity -
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The world's top talent has long gravitated toward Silicon Valley and
Wall Street.That might now be changing, however, as governments around
the world scramble to attract the high-skilled foreign workers left in
the lurch by President Donald Trump's recent policy changes.

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'I'm From Here!': U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump's Dragnet
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As immigration agents take a more aggressive approach, they have
stopped and in some cases detained American citizens.

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Ashraf Mahrous: Egypt's 'strongman' wrestler pulls ship using his
teeth
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Nicknamed 'Kabonga' and also known simply as 'strongman', Mahrous
pulled the vessel across the water in Egypt's Red Sea resort of
Hurghada and later pulled two ships weighing around 1,150 tons
together.

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How Did Hands Evolve? The Answer Is Behind You.
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The evolutionary blueprint for hands was borrowed in part from a much
older genetic plan for our nether regions, a new study suggests.

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Autism may be the price of human intelligence
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Researchers discovered that autism's prevalence may be linked to human
brain evolution. Specific neurons in the outer brain evolved rapidly,
and autism-linked genes changed under natural selection. These shifts
may have slowed brain development in children while boosting language
and cognition. The findings suggest autism is part of the trade-off
that made humans so cognitively advanced.

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In an era of AI slop and mid TV, is it time for cultural snobbery to
make a comeback?
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The lowbrow dominates culture and anyone who questions the status quo
is dismissed as an elitist killjoy. But with bland algorithmic content
on the rise, perhaps we consumers should start taking our art a bit
more seriously

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9 technologies that transformed investing - from the telegraph to AI -
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The Buttonwood Agreement that got the New York Stock Exchange
started--a single, handwritten page--couldn't have been more
low-tech.Since that document was signed on May 17, 1792, by 24
stockbrokers who often conducted business under a buttonwood tree
outside 68 Wall St., the financial markets have eagerly embraced new
technologies.The adoption of revolutionary advances such as the
telegraph and artificial intelligence have been driven by two entwined
desires: the need for more speed to transmit orders and data, and the
need for more investors to fund an ever-growing economy.

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Study of 1m-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans
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Skull found in China may be Homo longi, potentially revising
understanding of human evolution

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What are 'nightmare bacteria' and why are infections rising in the US?
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Health officials in the US are sounding the alarm over the rise of
drug-resistant 'nightmare bacteria'.

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Ultrasound helmet enables deep brain stimulation in people without
surgery
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An ultrasound device that can precisely stimulate areas deep in the
brain without surgery has been developed by researchers from UCL and
the University of Oxford, opening up new possibilities for
neurological ...

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CHARTS: AI vibe coding tools see traffic plunge after summer hype
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Vibe coding tools have seen traffic drop, with Vercel's v0 and Lovable
seeing significant declines, raising sustainability questions,
Barclays warns.

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World record: Held his breath for nearly 30 minutes
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'It felt almost like being poisoned,' says the record holder.

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'You'll never need to work again': Criminals offer reporter money to
hack BBC
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A chilling insight into the ever-evolving tactics of cyber criminals
and one that has highlighted a whole area of risk to organisations
that I didn't truly appreciate until I myself was on the receiving
end.

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Making Florida More Flood Resistant Is Forcing Hard Choices for
Homeowners
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A rule requiring many storm-damaged homes to be demolished or rebuilt
to the latest flood-resistant standards has exacted personal and
cultural costs.

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Rate cuts might not cure what ails the job market - WSJ
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Small businesses say that lower interest rates don't solve all their
problems.The Federal Reserve resumed its interest-rate cutting
campaign earlier this month in an effort to reverse a stall in the job
market. The problem: The hiring drought can't be cured by lower
interest rates alone, at least not soon.Lower rates will help by
bolstering demand, especially for interest-sensitive purchases such as
houses. But many businesses say their problem, rather than demand, is
a panoply of issues from high costs and tariffs to tight credit. The
usual levers through which lower rates initially boost the
economy--rising stock prices and lower mortgage rates--are also less
potent than usual.

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How to Exit for $1B and Walk Away With Nothing | Equidam
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In startup fundraising, success stories dominate headlines. We hear
about multi-million-dollar exits, billion-dollar valuations, and the
seemingly endless amounts of capital flowing into startups. Behind the
scenes, many founders and employees find themselves in a precarious
position--despite all the hype, they walk away with little or nothing
when their startup is acquired or goes public.

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The credit market is humming - and that has Wall Street on edge - WSJ
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U.S. credit markets are running hot--maybe too hot.Investors are
gobbling up corporate debt like it is going out of style--even though
the rewards, by some measures, are lower than they have been in
decades. The frothy mood has some on Wall Street worried that the
market is priced for perfection and ripe for a fall.That is why any
bad news is touching a nerve and raising the question of whether
something more profound is ailing American borrowers. Two sudden
bankruptcies in the auto world--of a subprime lender and a parts
supplier--have triggered those conversations among bond investors and
analysts.

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New York mayor Eric Adams abandons re-election bid - FT
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Eric Adams is dropping out of the New York City mayoral race just one
month before the election, clearing the path for a showdown between
democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani and former governor Andrew
Cuomo."Despite all we've achieved, I cannot continue my re-election
campaign," Adams said in a video announcement posted to social media
on Sunday.

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