Xavier Toefield

Astro traveling with a pit stop on earth; Wireless lover; 802.11 the world; python beginner; ansible acceptor

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"It takes 65.2 years to save for a typical downpayment in New York City, NY," per YF

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BREAKING: Trump plans to deliver a Thursday evening speech addressing newly declassified intelligence reports that the White House asserts reveal plans by foreign nations to interfere in the 2020 election, per MSNow

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BREAKING: The Pentagon reportedly delayed announcing the U.S. strikes on Iran until after the stock market closed at 4 p.m. ET on Friday, with the timing intended to minimize the immediate impact on financial markets, according to NBC News.

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Microsoft, $MSFT, to raise Xbox prices starting August 1.

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Cathie Wood's Ark Invest, $ARKK, bought 210,121 shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX after it fell more than 16%.

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$300 BILLION PRIVATE FUND PLANNED TO BOOST IRAN INVESTMENT

A US-Iran framework agreement includes plans for a $300 billion private investment fund to support Iran’s economy, a source told Reuters. The fund would launch only after a final deal is signed, with no government money involved. More than half of the capital has reportedly already been committed by companies across the US, Gulf, Asia, South America and Africa.

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@noahkagan Word has it that he still has not put any pants on.

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CDC ACTIVATES SCREWWORM EMERGENCY RESPONSE AS CASES INCREASE

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Microsoft's, $MSFT, Xbox’s new CEO , Asha Sharma, has said she is grounding the console in gaming roots, not AI, per FORTUNE

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Iraq cuts July oil prices to buyers in Asia, the US and Europe, due to Iran war, per Reuters

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BREAKING: Kuwait is now reportedly under attack by Iran

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Iran's armed forces announce end of military operations against Israel, warn of harsher attacks if Israel resumes attacks on Lebanon, per Fars News

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$EBAY - RYAN COHEN PUSHES eBAY BID DESPITE REJECTION

Ryan Cohen says he remains committed to acquiring eBay, despite the board rejecting GameStop’s offer as “not credible.” He told Barron’s he may take the bid directly to shareholders and argues the deal would unlock value through cost cuts and synergies in collectibles and e-commerce. GameStop now holds a 7.8% stake in eBay. Cohen says eBay is “underearning” and insists he can improve profitability significantly.

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BREAKING: Citron Research founder Andrew Left was found guilty of securities fraud by a federal jury in Los Angeles.

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@thesamparr Let’s see the skateboard collection! 👀

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BREAKING: Anthropic surpassed OpenAI as the world’s most valuable AI start-up, with a valuation of $900 billion, per NYT

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BREAKING: The US Justice Department is seeking the names, addresses, and banking information of Reddit and X users, per Bloomberg.

The US Attorney's Office for Washington, led by Jeanine Pirro, a close ally of President Donald Trump, has subpoenaed the social media companies as part of criminal investigations, asking for personal information on at least two anonymous posters behind accounts that have chided immigration enforcement efforts.

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SPOT GOLD EXTENDS GAINS, LAST UP NEARLY 1% AT $4,498.63/OZ

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Iran's IRGC: 26 vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours