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1. Israel-Hezbollah clashes deepen threat to fragile truce as Lebanon's president calls for U.S. support

2. Treasury yields face 4.8% test as fiscal risks threaten to spill into other assets

3. China pulls in Big Tobacco to help with smaller-than-expected finance-industry capital injections

4. Volcano eruption disrupts hundreds of flights at Southeast Asia's second-busiest airport

5. AI data centers are transforming rural land markets — and fueling a backlash

6. With HSAs, employers are turning to the 401(k) playbook

7. Trump admin targets tax-exempt status at private colleges — threatening a key tax break for donations

8. SEC sues ISS as Trump administration ramps up scrutiny of proxy advisers

9. Trump turns up the heat on Warsh as Fed rate hike looms

10. Sugar is outperforming the stock market this year. Here's what's driving it, and where it can go from here

11. U.S. Energy Secretary Wright says Iran nuclear deal may never happen

12. Meet the CISO: A new front line star in the AI cybersecurity war

13. ‘Model fatigue’ sets in as AI labs race to roll out new versions at frenetic pace

14. This enhanced geothermal project aims to unlock gigawatts of power to fuel the data center boom

15. Trump’s state capitalism comes to the oil industry with his unprecedented Venezuela deal

16. LeBron James teases partnership with Polymarket

17. 'Everyone has an AI secret': This artist has spent a year collecting and sharing hundreds of anonymous AI confessions

18. South Korea's AI rally is reshaping romance, reality shows and academic preferences

19. Women accounted for almost all of job gains in August. Here's why