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Driver who broke the sound barrier attempts another land speed record in Utah 0
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- August 11, 2026
WENDOVER, Utah — The first — and only — person to break the sound barrier in a car hits the track in Utah this week with new wheels and his eye on another record. Twenty years ago, British driver Andy Green set the land speed record for a diesel-powered car, reaching 350.092 mph (563.4 kph)
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Falling oil prices help calm worries about inflation, and Wall Street rallies 0
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- August 3, 2026
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are easing on Monday and helping to calm Wall Street’s worries that inflation could get even worse. That has U.S. stock indexes rallying, though sharp swings are continuing to roil underneath the surface. The S&P 500 rose 1.5% following its wild July, where it swung up
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Oil companies are expected to reap big profits because of US-Iran conflict 0
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- August 2, 2026
NEW YORK — Analysts are expecting major oil companies to report raking in large spring profits while fighting between Iran and the U.S. impeded petroleum shipments and consumers around the world paid more for fuel and confronted shortages. The conflict, now in its sixth month, halted most shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow
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South Korea’s Kospi stock index falls 6% and other Asian stocks mixed as oil prices rise 0
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- July 29, 2026
TOKYO — Asian stocks were mixed, while South Korea’s Kospi stock index fell 6% on Wednesday, as doubts over massive investments in artificial intelligence once again led investors to dump chipmaker stocks. American futures hardly changed. The latest decline in Seoul was led by a drop in shares of chipmaker SK Hynix after its operating
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Senate takes first steps on Russian sanctions after meeting with Zelenskyy 0
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- July 29, 2026
WASHINGTON– The Senate took the first steps toward passing a sweeping Russia sanctions bill Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Capitol Hill, advancing legislation to penalize countries that continue to buy Russian oil, gas and other exports after more than a year of negotiations. The bipartisan 86-12 procedural vote came hours after the funeral
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Oil prices fall after the United States and Iran stop their attacks 0
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- July 27, 2026
NEW YORK — Oil prices fell in early trading on Sunday, falling further from a two-month high hit last week, after the United States and Iran refrained from launching military strikes in the Persian Gulf for the second day in a row. The price of a barrel of Brent crude oil to be delivered in
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