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‘25 percent chance’: Trump team ratchets up, down goals for Putin summit Putin

‘25 percent chance’: Trump team ratchets up, down goals for Putin summit

ANALYSIS — President Donald Trump and some top aides have spent the week downplaying expectations for his Friday summit in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin, even as he on Wednesday called the session a “very important meeting” that must produce “great things.” The administration’s often-shifting objectives for the meeting…
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August 14, 2025
Mailbox: The power of propaganda Propaganda

Mailbox: The power of propaganda

Key topics: Author challenges pro-Hamas narratives as propaganda and misinformation Claims Hamas exploits aid, harms civilians, and manipulates global opinion Questions UN impartiality, citing alleged involvement in October 7 attacks Sign up for your early morning brew of the BizNews Insider to keep you up to speed with the content…
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August 14, 2025
China’s $7 billion consolidation plan may be reflected in prices in short time China's Social Credit System

China’s $7 billion consolidation plan may be reflected in prices in short time

China’s reported $7 billion plan to cut polysilicon overcapacity could prompt wafer makers to stockpile lower-cost material and push prices higher, with cell and module suppliers more willing to accept increases, Xin You, senior market analyst at S&P Global, tells pv magazine...Read More
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August 14, 2025
“No decisions have been made”: Staff at Ed Sheeran guitar builder Lowden Guitars reportedly slated for redundancy following “the natural end of the acoustic boom experienced during the Covid-19 period” Belfast

“No decisions have been made”: Staff at Ed Sheeran guitar builder Lowden Guitars reportedly slated for redundancy following “the natural end of the acoustic boom experienced during the Covid-19 period”

(Image credit: Lowden Guitars) Staff members at the world-renowned Lowden Guitars – the company that, in 2019, partnered with Ed Sheeran on the Sheeran by Lowden range – are allegedly facing redundancy. According to the Belfast Telegraph , “Sources close to staff at George Lowden Guitars Ltd told Business Telegraph…
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August 14, 2025