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Defaults on pandemic EIDLs have passed 30%, with $75.2bn charged off, according to a congressional report the Guardian cites. Borrowers above $200,000 guaranteed the loans personally, so a default can reach their own assets.
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Tech billionaires have raised more than $340m to defeat California's Proposition 40, a one-time 5% tax on billionaires. Californians vote in early November, and two countermeasures on the same ballot can block the tax even if Prop 40 passes.
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The National Farmers' Union says its analysis of HMRC data shows UK agri-food exports to the EU are down more than a third since 2019. Every figure is set against 2019, so the data shows the size of the gap and leaves its recent direction open.
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Attorneys general in eight states sued OpenAI on October 14, alleging it misled parents about ChatGPT's safety. A proposed class action filed a day earlier alleges the company collected children's data without valid parental consent.
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Nickel from two Sulawesi mines linked to primary-rainforest loss may be in VW, Ford and Tesla batteries, the Guardian reported. Filings do not give the sales volumes that would tie ore to a specific car. For automakers, the near-term exposure is disclosure.
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PSE Healthy Energy found nitrogen dioxide above WHO indoor guidelines in 17 of 27 US commercial kitchens, all of them cooking with gas or propane. The kitchens met US legal workplace limits, so the law and the WHO guideline gave different answers.
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Peru, the world's most important fishmeal exporter, turned a 10 June anchoveta suspension into a full closure in mid-August, the Guardian reported. The closure rests on a sea institute's El Niño advice. Feed buyers now depend on whether a second season opens.
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Larry Elliott writes in the Guardian that inventories, AI spending and cheap Chinese exports are holding off a global crisis, each at a cost. The column does not date the reckoning, so planners have to treat timing as unknown while the costs are already visible.
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Scotland secretary Douglas Alexander says closer EU trading ties would be a bigger prize for Britain than separate trade deals, the Guardian reported. He endorsed no route, and the dated item is next month's EU summit, where Burnham hopes to sign deals on emissions, electricity and farm products.
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FBI Los Angeles officers wrote in a May 2026 memo that built-in generative-AI safeguards are insufficient to stop illicit use. Chat privacy also kept police from learning of the Palm Springs bomber's request, the Guardian reported.
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Siam Amazing Park, Thailand's oldest amusement park, could stay shut for more than six months after Bangkok flooding, the Guardian reported. Its owners put repair costs and lost revenue in the millions of US dollars and are weighing offers to buy.
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IMF's fiscal monitor says average G7 10-year yields rose more than 1 percentage point after the Iran war began in February, to their highest in nearly two decades. It warns that waiting will make the eventual adjustment more painful. France and the UK both have budgets in play.
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Black Lives in Music's two-year investigation puts the annual cost to London of barriers facing Black and south Asian music events at £127m to £141m. The study, commissioned by the mayor's office, also faults unverified police intelligence in licensing.
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Seoul's customs data shows no fuel exports to Russia, though the Guardian reports more than 176,000 tons loaded on seven tankers at South Korean ports. Customs counts only declared cargo, so both figures may stand and the seller stays unknown.
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ZyMix, a UK student super app, has a contract with a German-based Tencent subsidiary, the Guardian reported. The company says the contract covers auxiliary services and does not include storing user data.
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A group led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, including India and China, is pressing the IPCC to move its seventh report to 2029, the Guardian reported. The report was timed for the Cop33 summit in 2028, so a slip would put it after the meeting.
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Abta's annual report puts UK holiday participation at 88% this year, level with the 2019 peak. Its chief executive expects demand to hold, yet the survey points to lower foreign spending and later bookings.
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Within three months, one bird in a Buenos Aires park began copying parts of a computer-generated sparrow song that had died out locally. It is a promising signal for tutoring dwindling species, but one imitator cannot show a lost song is restored.
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IMF's Global Financial Stability Report warns that an AI correction could be global, citing sky-high valuations and rising debt at AI companies. Asia is rated most exposed after the US; the UK and euro area are potentially more insulated.
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BBC Panorama says accounts Deloitte signed off in Cyprus removed $672m of Abramovich's superyachts, mansions and jets from his company books. The claims draw on a leak of thousands of documents dated 1995 to 2022. Boards that lean on a big-four signature have an allegation to weigh this quarter.
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