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Senate schedule shows no CLARITY Act vote this weekend after cloture filing missed. Bipartisan talks continue but 60-vote threshold uncertain. Odds of passage fall to 27%.

WTI crude rose 0.2% on Thursday, bouncing off $70 support. Brent approached $85, testing its 200-day moving average. Middle East headlines remain the key catalyst.

Al-Jouf Agricultural CEO Mazen Badawood expects demand and profit margins to improve as new crops enter production, despite pricing pressure from imported processed products. Net profit fell 78% in H1 2026.

Invesco exited ARM, RELX, and eight other names in Q2 on AI disruption fears and risk/reward shifts. The fund beat peers but lagged the MSCI ACWI ex-US Growth Index.

U.S. storage surplus widens, summer demand stays below average, and every rally fades. The September contract is stuck waiting for a catalyst that can shift the supply-demand math.

Morrisons rolls out Everseen's Evercheck AI across 200 stores to reduce self-checkout friction. The tech uses gentle prompts to help shoppers correct missed items.

Luxembourg's FIU can now flag fraud accounts to licensed crypto exchanges under Bill 8722, a response to the €61 million Caritas CEO fraud in 2024.

Japan's FSA and police ordered crypto exchanges to curb withdrawals and flag stolen funds after the crypto scam reports hit 19,344 in 2023 alone.

The Senate faces a 24-hour deadline to pass the CLARITY Act, which would give CFTC oversight of digital commodities. Bitcoin and Ethereum are expected to benefit first, proponents say.

A $250,000 savings balance shifts how your money works. Maximize 401(k) and IRA contributions, diversify across stocks and bonds, and pay down high-interest debt to protect gains.

Ford's $28,350 Fathom electric truck targets Chinese rivals like BYD's Shark. The first UEV-platform model must turn a profit within a year to help Ford's Model e unit reach breakeven by 2029.

The SEC's innovation exemption would let tokenized stocks trade in a regulated sandbox. Ondo Finance holds 60% of the $1.4B market. The question: can instant settlement coexist with circuit breakers?