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Wall Street is undergoing a minor AI-nxiety attack. Long-percolating concerns about the massive and perhaps undisciplined tech-company investments in artificial-intelligence infrastructure and the lavish valuations bestowed on these businesses started to boil over last week. And with it, a vigorous debate over whether a hazardous equity bubble is underway, on the way or in no way likely. The Wall Street Journal gave the thorough front-page treatment to the AI capex binge, squinting skeptically at the potential for payback and drawing the obvious but relevant comparisons to the Internet-broadband craze of the late-1990s. J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s esteemed big-picture strategist Michael…

Work conflicts can be uncomfortable, but managing them effectively is essential to your success, says workplace expert Henna Pryor.Whether you’re asking your boss for a raise or receiving difficult feedback from a colleague, try memorizing a handful of go-to phrases, so you feel more prepared and at ease — no matter what awkward situation or conflict is thrown at you, says Pryor, the founder and CEO of Philadelphia-based leadership coaching firm Pryority Group.If you can navigate conflict well, your colleagues will see you as someone who stays calm under pressure, holds themselves accountable and can help solve problems, Pryor adds.…

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Sept. 17, 2025. Brendan McDermid | ReutersStock market growth that seems impervious to tariffs, politics and a moribund jobs picture is in turn powering consumer spending and putting a floor under an economy that many expected to be teetering on the brink of recession by now.Economic data this week painted a surprisingly bright picture of recent trends.Consumer spending in August was stronger than expected and so was income. Companies and households continue to order big-ticket items while inflation has been relatively soft. Even housing…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant entered its fifth day running on emergency generators Saturday, prompting mounting safety concerns. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, announced a $90 billion arms agreement with the United States and criticized Hungary for carrying out “dangerous” intelligence-gathering drone activities over Ukraine.External power to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, has been cut for more than four days in a record outage at the six-reactor facility on the front line of the war, Greenpeace Ukraine warned Saturday. Emergency diesel generators are being used to power cooling and safety systems after the final…

NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani has reached a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in its $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit over his baseless 2020 election-rigging claims.The two sides said in a filing in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Friday that they have agreed to permanently dismiss the suit against the former New York City mayor and former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump.The brief filing doesn’t cite the settlement terms. Spokespeople for Giuliani and the Colorado-based company said Saturday that the terms are confidential and declined to comment further.Dominion sued Giuliani in 2021 for $1.3 billion in damages after…

Second-half goals from Lucas Clarke, La’more Lee Forrester and Finn Inglethorpe powered the young Reds to a fine win, in an impressive response from Simon Wiles’ side following a heavy defeat last time out.There were strikes on goal at either end during the opening phases of the morning kick-off at Thorp Arch, with Bailey Hall thwarting Logan White after Jacob Render and Josh Sonni-Lambie had each directed off target.The latter might have put the Reds in front on the 20-minute mark. Lee Forrester’s sweet pass sent Sonni-Lambie through on the Leeds goal but the forward’s final effort was guided wide.The…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats who have struggled for months to counter President Donald Trump have settled on a bold, one-step strategy if they do not get significant concessions on health care before government funding runs out Wednesday: voting to shut down the government. The plan is heartily endorsed by many frustrated voters in the base and party activists, some of whom called on Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York to resign in March after he provided support for Republicans to keep the government open at that time. “America’s ability to endure this moment requires a Democratic Party…

Thieves who made off with 12,000 bottles of craft whiskey in a rare U.S. liquor heist this summer did more than just snag nearly $1 million worth of product — they also spirited away nearly half the stock of a single malt distillers had worked for more than a decade to make.Now the Skagit Valley Sheriff’s Office is investigating, and whiskey aficionados are wondering if — and where — the coveted bottles of Westland Distillery’s first 10-year Garryana whiskey might turn up. The bottles disappeared July 31, when someone in a freight truck showed up at Westland Distillery’s warehouse in…

Utah-based drink chain Swig coined “dirty soda” back in 2010. Fifteen years later, the trend is fueling innovation everywhere from PepsiCo to McDonald’s, infusing the sluggish beverage category with new life.”Dirty soda” drinks use pop as a base, followed by flavored syrups, cream or other ingredients. While Swig claims credit — and the trademark — for dirty soda, TikTok videos and the reality TV show “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” have helped the trend spread far and wide, outpacing even the soda chain’s speedy expansion.Now, consumers can find it nearly everywhere, from grocery store aisles to fast-food chains.In a…

In June of last year, Jessica Guistolise received a text message that would change her life.While the technology consultant was dining with colleagues on a work trip in Oregon, her phone alerted her to a text from an acquaintance named Jenny, who said she had urgent information to share about her estranged husband, Ben.After a nearly two-hour conversation with Jenny later that night, Guistolise recalled, she was dazed and in a state of panic. Jenny told her she’d found pictures on Ben’s computer of more than 80 women whose social media photos were used to create deepfake pornography — videos…