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GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS

The list of businesses closing their doors continues to grow as economic pressures mount across Main Street and beyond.

EUROZONE BUSINESS ACTIVITY BOOMED IN SEPTEMBER

In September, the Eurozone’s business activity expanded by the most in 3.5 years, with demand holding up under inflation pressures, fuel-related worries, and soaring bond yields, Reuters reported.

WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT

Businesses are slashing jobs, restructuring operations, and cutting costs as they grapple with slowing growth, economic uncertainty, rising debt burdens, and job eliminations due to AI.

ANTHROPIC’S PROSPECTUS WARNS OF HUMAN EXTINCTION

Anthropic has assembled a prospectus for its initial public stock offering that could put a market value of more than $2 trillion on the company.

SENATE KILLS RESOLUTION THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED STATE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE UPDATE ON HORRORS IN THE WEST BANK

The U.S. Senate last week rejected a measure that would have required the State Department to provide details about the horrors that Palestinians in the West Bank have been facing due to government-backed settler violence in the territory.

TRUMP: IRAN WILL EITHER AGREE TO ‘VERY FAIR DEAL,’ OR WILL CEASE TO EXIST

President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday that Tehran will either agree to a deal that the U.S. finds acceptable or it will cease to exist.

MERZ’S APPROVAL RATING HITS 10 PERCENT, A RECORD LOW

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz watched his overall approval rating hit 10 percent – a new low for any chancellor since the ARD survey started in 1997, with 88 percent of Germans saying they are not very satisfied or not at all satisfied with Merz’s job performance, according to DPA.

U.S. MORTGAGE RATE POSTS ITS BIGGEST GAIN IN FOUR YEARS

Last week, the average U.S. interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage shot up to 7.28 percent from 7.03 the week before, marking the biggest weekly jump since October 2022, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. reported.

SPOTLIGHT: OIL SUPPLIES TIGHTEN, PRICES RISE, AND COUNTRIES ACT

To safeguard domestic supplies, Beijing has not given Chinese refiners permission to export oil products during October except to Hong Kong and Macau, Reuters reported. Beijing has been determining export levels month by month since July.

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE FELL DRAMATICALLY IN SEPTEMBER

Last month, consumer confidence dropped to its lowest level in 12 years, the Conference Board said in reporting the results of its newest monthly poll.

THE ROLE OF VITAMIN K IN TOOTH DECAY

Most people think of tooth decay as a surface problem — something that starts on the outside of your tooth and works its way in.

TRUMP TELLS NEBRASKA RALLY THAT U.S. IS ‘KICKING IRAN’S ASS,’ WAR WILL END ‘VERY SOON’

President Donald Trump addressed a rally in Nebraska on Monday and said that the U.S. is “kicking Iran’s ass” and that the war will end “very soon, and your prices are going to come down.”

AI EXECUTIVES NEGOTIATE “SELF-REGULATION” DEAL WITH TRUMP

After meeting with top U.S. AI executives, Donald Trump announced a voluntary agreement among six leading AI labs to regulate their technologies, which have recently been exposed as having committed hacks and other forms of misbehavior.

NO END IN SIGHT: TRUMP SENDS UP TO 10,000 NEW TROOPS TO MIDDLE EAST AMID IRAN WAR

U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal last week that the U.S. is sending a third aircraft-carrier strike group and up to 10,000 additional troops as the Trump administration considers a new round of fighting with the Iranians.

ISRAEL HAS COMMITTED OVER 5,100 CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS IN GAZA: REPORT

The IDF has committed at least 5,147 ceasefire violations inside Gaza since the October 2025 truce was announced, Fars News reported, citing the enclave’s Government Media Office.

U.K.’S ECONOMY LED G7 GROWTH IN SECOND QUARTER

Britain’s GDP expanded by 0.5 percent in this year’s second quarter, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported, adjusting upward its earlier estimate of 0.4 percent.

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ECONOMIC UPDATE

A fundamental basis of tracking trends is the understanding that all things are connected.

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U.S. ECONOMY ADDED ONLY 29,000 JOBS IN SEPTEMBER

Employers took on only an additional 29,000 non-farm workers last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) initial tally, barely a third of the 84,000 economists in a Dow Jones survey had expected.

Financial concept representing rising euro inflation through a money bag marked with a euro symbol next to an upward-trending red arrow labeled "inflation."

INFLATION SURGES IN EUROPE’S MAJOR ECONOMIES

In September, consumer price inflation jumped to a 3.8-percent annual rate, compared to 3.2 percent in August, as costs rose for energy and food.

A conceptual map focusing on Iran overlaid with an American flag.

TRUMP: IRAN WILL EITHER AGREE TO ‘VERY FAIR DEAL,’ OR WILL CEASE TO EXIST

President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday that Tehran will either agree to a deal that the U.S. finds acceptable or it will cease to exist.

A geographic map focusing on the Gaza Strip and adjacent regions in Israel.

ISRAEL HAS COMMITTED OVER 5,100 CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS IN GAZA: REPORT

The IDF has committed at least 5,147 ceasefire violations inside Gaza since the October 2025 truce was announced, Fars News reported, citing the enclave’s Government Media Office.

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RUSSIA SAYS IT WOULD USE NUKES TO DEFEND KALININGRAD

Russia issued a document last week that warned the alliance of a strategic misstep if NATO carries out any kind of blockade or military action on Kaliningrad and vowed that all bets would be off if such an attack took place.

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Global Economy

A retail storefront displaying "Store Closing" sign in Lake Forest, California.

GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS

The list of businesses closing their doors continues to grow as economic pressures mount across Main Street and beyond.

Concept illustration of economic crisis with a large red downward arrow pointing toward a large crack in the ground surrounded by people dressed in business attire are scattered around the crack.

WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT

Businesses are slashing jobs, restructuring operations, and cutting costs as they grapple with slowing growth, economic uncertainty, rising debt burdens, and job eliminations due to AI.

Wooden blocks spelling GDP (Gross Domestic Product) placed on top of a British Union Jack flag.

U.K.’S ECONOMY LED G7 GROWTH IN SECOND QUARTER

Britain’s GDP expanded by 0.5 percent in this year’s second quarter, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported, adjusting upward its earlier estimate of 0.4 percent.

U.S. Economy

MARKET OVERVIEW

News that the U.S. economy created a surprisingly small number of jobs in September boosted stocks Friday.

Concept graphic symbolizing financial markets, featuring a U.S. dollar bill and rising candlestick charts.

BOOMING U.S. STOCK MARKET SHOWS WARNING SIGNS

The overall value of the U.S. stock market continued to reach new records in this year’s third quarter, with earnings among the Standard & Poor’s 500 companies again exceeding 25 percent.

A concerned woman sits at a table with a laptop, reviewing household bills or paperwork.

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE FELL DRAMATICALLY IN SEPTEMBER

Last month, consumer confidence dropped to its lowest level in 12 years, the Conference Board said in reporting the results of its newest monthly poll.

The Iran War

President Donald Trump speaking outdoors in a blue suit and white shirt.

TRUMP TELLS NEBRASKA RALLY THAT U.S. IS ‘KICKING IRAN’S ASS,’ WAR WILL END ‘VERY SOON’

President Donald Trump addressed a rally in Nebraska on Monday and said that the U.S. is “kicking Iran’s ass” and that the war will end “very soon, and your prices are going to come down.”

Miniature military vehicles placed over a map of Iran, with a U.S. dollar curved across the display, and a blurred American flag visible in the background.

MORE TRUMPSHIT: TRUMP CLAIMS THAT IRAN HAS ESSENTIALLY ‘GIVEN UP’ ON DEVELOPING NUKES

President Donald Trump told reporters on Saturday that the Iranians have essentially “given up” on any plans to build nuclear weapons as the war approaches its eighth month – with no diplomatic end in sight.

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FALSE FLAG? UK SAYS IRAN’S FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER FOILED ATTACK ON AIRBASE

Andy Burnham, the British prime minister, said security officials in London believe that Iran played a role in the foiled attack on the RAF Fairford airbase last month, and said his government will be providing more information in due time.

The Israel War

Close up of blood stains on stones and dirt.

GAZA/LEBANON DEATH TOLL

Israel has killed at least 74,243 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023 and injured over 175,232.

A heavy live-fire launch or detonation near a structure displaying an Israeli flag.

IDF CARRIES OUT NEW STRIKES ON SOUTHERN LEBANON, BLOWS UP SCHOOL, DESPITE CEASEFIRE

The IDF on Saturday carried out new strikes on southern Lebanon and destroyed homes and blew up a school in the Marjayoun district, despite a so-called ceasefire being in place, according to a report from Anadolu.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

REPORT: NETANYAHU MADE SECRET VISIT TO THE UAE TO DISCUSS FALSE-FLAG FLYDUBAI INCIDENT

Just days before the cockpit altercation that almost downed a FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly met with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to talk about how he could use such an incident to win his upcoming election later this month, Iran’s Press TV reported, citing a “well-informed source.”

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