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Michael Burry bets on sportsbooks DraftKings, Flutter

TazaPulseJuly 9, 2026

Michael Burry attends the premiere of “The Big Short” at Ziegfeld Theatre on Nov. 23, 2015 in New York. Dimitrios Kambouris | Getty Images Michael Burry of “The Big Short” fame said he bought shares of regulated sports-betting operators DraftKings and Flutter Entertainment, anticipating regulators will eventually crack down on prediction markets after competition from...

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SpaceX closes at $148 in two-day slide after Nasdaq 100 inclusion

TazaPulseJuly 9, 2026

SpaceX stock closed at $148 on Wednesday, below the company’s first trading price of $150 per share for a second day in a row. Elon Musk‘s aerospace and defense contractor was included in the Nasdaq 100 index on Tuesday, less than a month after its stock market debut on June 12. The rapid inclusion in...

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Meta is building its first, big data center in Canada amid AI push

TazaPulseJuly 9, 2026

A rendering of Meta’s new 1GW, AI-optimized data center in Alberta, Canada. Courtesy: Meta Meta‘s AI expansion is heading north of the border. The company said in a blog post on Wednesday that it’s building its first data center in Canada, a 1 gigawatt facility in the province of Alberta that will cost Meta about...

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Forces shoot dead ‘category A’ LeT terrorist Zakir Ganie in J&K | India News

TazaPulseJuly 9, 2026

Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, Zakir Ganai, was killed in Shopian after a six-day operation SRINAGAR: Security forces in J&K shot dead “category A” Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Zakir Ganie during a gunfight in Shopian district’s Chanapora Wednesday, nearly 10 months after the last such encounter in the region.The joint operation by J&K Police, the Army and CRPF was launched...

Clean energy share in power mix breached 50% mark on July 6

TazaPulseJuly 9, 2026

NEW DELHI: Giving a push to its ambitious coal and lignite gasification programme, govt Wednesday floated a request for proposal (RFP) inviting companies to set up projects under its Rs 37,500-crore incentive scheme.Launched in May, the scheme aims to support the gasification of 75 million tonnes (MT) of coal and lignite by 2030 to produce...

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Trump says not sure he wants Iran deal amid Hormuz Strait strife

TazaPulseJuly 9, 2026

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he may no longer be interested in even trying to reach a deal with Iran, hours after declaring their recent ceasefire agreement “over” in light of renewed hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz. “I’m not sure I want to make a deal with them,” Trump said of Tehran during a...

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Fed minutes June 2026: officials split on rates

TazaPulseJuly 9, 2026

Federal Reserve officials were split last month about the future of interest rates, with policymakers entertaining scenarios in either direction, according to meeting minutes released Wednesday. In Kevin Warsh‘s first meeting June 16-17 as chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee, participants saw outcomes where inflation could ease and allow lower rates, while others envisioned...

The U.S. strikes Iran, Samsung’s Wall Street letdown, using AI for financial planning and more in Morning Squawk

TazaPulseJuly 8, 2026

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Wednesday. This year’s FIFA World Cup isn’t over yet. But as CNBC’s Alex Sherman reports, media companies are already thinking about how to get rights to the next ones. Stock futures fell sharply this morning after President Donald Trump said the...

‘No territory use against India’: Myanmar assures Delhi at border security talks | India News

TazaPulseJuly 8, 2026

NEW DELHI: India and Myanmar held a national level meeting held here on Wednesday and Thursday, reviewing the prevailing security situation along their border, with Myanmar assuring Delhi that it shall not permit its territory to be used against India’s security interests.While Home Secretary Govind Mohan led the Indian side at the 23rd national level...

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The Street is divided over Meta’s latest gamble. Here’s where we land

TazaPulseJuly 8, 2026

The best defense is a good offense. That old sports adage seems to capture what Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg hopes to accomplish by standing up a cloud business. Shares of the Facebook and Instagram parent company soared nearly 9% last Wednesday, the day the company confirmed to Jim Cramer that a long-talked-about cloud service...