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Heat Stress Is Now a Leading Cause of Weather-Related Sick Leave
A survey of 1,288 workers across seven exposed sectors. There is still no legal maximum working temperature in the UK.
Britain's Night Economy Is Worth £110bn. It Has No Policy.
A business rates cut for pubs and clubs was welcome. But 27% of the workforce works nights, and most of them are not in hospitality.
Cooler July CPI Knocks the Dollar Back; Gold Clears $4,400 as Silver Runs Past $67
The inflation print that mattered most this summer came in under forecasts — and the metals complex treated it as a starting gun.
Soft July Jobs Report Sends Crypto and Stocks Higher as Hike Fears Ease
The first big print of the month broke the market's way — and started the chain of soft data that would define August.
Wall Street's Favorite Trade Came Undone: Chips Close Their Worst Month Since 2008
The SOX fell 21% in July, $2.2 trillion evaporated, and the market's one-way AI consensus now has a two-way risk profile.
The Fed Holds — After the Hardest-to-Predict Meeting in Years
Markets went in pricing a one-in-three chance of a hike. The Warsh Fed delivered a pause without promises, and that counted as relief.
Oil Eases From Its Highs as Saudi Arabia Proposes a Naval Coalition for the Gulf
Brent settled near $89 after Riyadh floated collective protection for shipping — the first de-escalatory headline in a month of tanker attacks.
Chip Selloff Goes Global: SK Hynix, Samsung, and SoftBank Join the $1 Trillion-Plus Rout
The AI infrastructure trade's unwind jumped the Pacific, dragging Asia's memory and chip giants into what was already July's defining market story.
Soft CPI Gives Crypto Room to Run — and Ethereum Is Leading, Which History Says Matters
ETH jumped 7% over five days against Bitcoin's 2%, echoing the pattern that preceded the 2022 recovery. Analysts are calling ether 'increasingly compelling.'
Intel's Foundry Dream Hits the Yield Wall: Stock Down 21% in Seven Sessions
Reports that the 18A-P node won't reach profitable yields until late 2026 or 2027 turned the July chip selloff from rotation into rout.
'Green July' Opens Solidly as Crypto Steadies Into the Second Half
Bitcoin held near $60,000 and Ethereum around $1,600 to start H2 — unremarkable numbers that, after the first half crypto had, counted as a win.
The Bank Stablecoin Wave Arrives: SoFi, Revolut, and Crédit Agricole All Ship
A category crypto built is being colonized by the institutions it meant to bypass — and that's what mainstream infrastructure looks like.