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Heat Sears Central US This Weekend as Hawaii on Flood Watch

Heat will continue to sear the Great Plains and central Mississippi Valley this weekend, as well as pushing into Texas, Oklahoma and even the eastern U.S., prompting the nation’s largest grid operator to call on customers to conserve energy. Dallas …

Suspended Glencore Exec Told Radiant ‘Say Nothing on Email’

A senior Glencore Plc executive last year urged counterparts at Radiant World not to communicate by email, according to WhatsApp messages from the company’s head of iron ore seen by Bloomberg News. “Say nothing on email,” Peter Hill wrote in …

Lucid, Bolt Team up to Deploy 25,000 Robotaxis Across Europe

U.S. EV maker Lucid Group and European shared mobility platform Bolt said on Thursday they are teaming up to roll out self-driving ride services across Europe, as they seek to tap into the region’s emerging robotaxi market. Lucid shares rose …

Swiss Re: 100 Years After Miami Hurricane, Similar Storm Would Top $200B in Losses

The Atlantic has been pretty quiet so far this season, but one system east of Bermuda could soon develop into a tropical storm, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday. If the storm were to develop into a Category 5 hurricane …

Credit Acceptance Reaches $710M Predatory Auto Lending Settlement With Most States

Credit Acceptance Corp. agreed to a $710 million settlement with 40 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. to resolve charges it drove thousands of borrowers with low incomes and low credit scores into predatory auto loans it knew they could not …

AI Fuels 440% Surge in Hackers Using Blockchains to Aid Attacks

Open-source artificial intelligence is making it easier for hackers to hide malicious code on blockchains, opening a new front in a crypto industry already grappling with rising cybercrime. Instances of malware instructions written into on-chain transactions and smart contracts are …

Amway, Affiliates Paying $225M to Settle US Claims They Deceived Recruits

Multilevel marketing company Amway Corp. and two of its affiliates will pay the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Washington state $225 million to resolve allegations it recruited new members by deceptive claims about how much money they could make, the …