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China Willing to Work With Countries in the Middle East to Protect Shipping

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that his country was willing to work with countries in the Middle East to protect shipping, Beijing’s state media said, as the US-Iran war upends maritime logistics from the region

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Global Markets This Week — Week Ending August 8, 2026

AI infrastructure + physical AI are eating the funding chart, but enterprise pain-point plays (healthcare revenue cycle, cyber) still raising $100M+ rounds

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Fliar Business Intelligence Builds the Tools that Let Any Team Read Global Markets

Fliar Business Intelligence builds the tools that let any team read global markets the way the largest players do — without an in-house data-engineering team.

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Global Markets After U.S. and Israeli Strikes on Iran

Global markets opened the week on the back foot after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran heightened tensions in the Middle East and rattled investors.

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Price of Gold Jumps Due to Escalating War in the Middle East

With the Middle East war rattling global markets, gold is once again drawing attention as a potential safe-haven investment.

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