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Meta Faces AI Layoffs Lawsuit
Twenty-six Meta employees filed a federal lawsuit alleging the company used AI systems to select workers for layoffs in ways that discriminated against those on medical leave or with disabilities.
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Weekly Energy Market Recap: Jul 10 - Jul 17, 2026
This week in energy: Oil prices surged over 11% as escalating U.S.-Iran hostilities disrupted Strait of Hormuz traffic, China imposed new consumption taxes on solar cells and batteries to curb overcapacity, and AI data center electricity demand emerged as a critical challenge for U.S. utilities. Key developments across oil, gas, renewables, and mining sectors.
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Mining Press Roundup: Abasca Nearly Doubles Saskatchewan Graphite Resource as Battery Metals Heat Up
Abasca Resources upgrades and expands its Loki graphite deposit in Saskatchewan while Genesis and Vault finalize Australia's third-largest gold merger and Elevate tightens control of Namibian uranium.
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Energy Sector Holds Flat as Copper Miners and Oil Majors Rally While Uranium and Lithium Retreat
Monday's session delivered a mixed picture across energy markets, with traditional oil and gas equities advancing alongside base metal miners even as nuclear and battery metal names pulled back sharply.
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The $60B Cursor Deal and What It Says
SpaceX bought Cursor for $60 billion days after going public. GitHub Copilot commands 42% market share. And 140,000 tech workers lost their jobs this year—many to fund the AI tools meant to replace them.
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Energy Sector Retreats as Copper Miners and Uranium Rally Against Broader Weakness
Traditional energy equities declined Friday while select mining names and nuclear fuel stocks carved out gains in a session marked by sharp subsector divergence.
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Renewables Hit a Bureaucracy Wall
Poland just fed its first offshore wind power into the grid. Germany rolled back its renewable heating mandate. And 2,000 GW of U.S. clean energy projects sit stuck in permitting limbo—enough capacity to power the entire country twice over.
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Weekly Energy Market Recap: Jul 3 - Jul 10, 2026
This week in energy: Oil prices surged nearly 5% as renewed US-Iran hostilities threatened Strait of Hormuz supply, ADNOC ordered $900 million in LNG carriers, and Baker Hughes secured major contracts for Cheniere's Sabine Pass expansion. Key developments across oil, gas, renewables, and mining sectors.
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Energy Equities Advance as Majors Diverge and Uranium Stocks Rally
Broad strength across energy sectors masked notable weakness in supermajors and precious metals, while exploration names and nuclear fuel producers led gains.
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Mining Press Roundup: Canada Bets Big on Critical Minerals as Copper Prices Rally
Ottawa commits $400M to Teck's germanium expansion while Genesis launches $3.9B bid for Vault, as copper miners trade at three-month highs and critical minerals take center stage.
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Energy Stocks Surge as Traditional Oil and Gas Diverge Sharply from Renewables and Mining
Conventional energy equities posted strong gains while clean energy and mining sectors faced broad pressure in a session marked by pronounced sector rotation.
Technology
The Memory Wall: AI's $690B Bottleneck
Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs are sold out through mid-2026, but the real constraint isn't silicon—it's the specialized memory chips that power them. The shortage is reshaping everything from laptop prices to national AI strategies.
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Energy Equities Hold Steady as Renewables Retreat in Holiday-Shortened Session
Traditional energy names showed resilience while clean energy and uranium sectors faced pressure in the first trading day following the Independence Day holiday.
Oil & Gas
Oil's New Reality: Surplus and Strain
Saudi Arabia slashed crude prices to their lowest in four years while OPEC+ raised output targets—a paradox that reveals how the Iran war reshaped global oil markets even as the fighting winds down.
Renewables
Courts Rescue Wind. Biofuels Surge. AI Strains the Grid.
Federal judges have cleared five offshore wind farms to resume construction despite Trump's opposition, while Asia's biofuel boom and AI's power hunger reshape clean energy economics worldwide.
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The Grid Can't Keep Up With AI's Appetite
Data centers now account for half of all new U.S. electricity demand, clean power prices are surging, and utilities are writing billion-dollar checks to bypass the grid entirely. The AI boom has become an infrastructure crisis.
Renewables
East Doubles Down While West Retreats
China mandates renewable consumption targets as Shell exits wind. The clean energy sector is splitting along geopolitical lines—and the consequences will reshape power markets for decades.
Oil & Gas
Oil's Four-Week Slide Deepens
Brent crude trades at $75.20/bbl, up +0.51% today but down for a fourth straight week as Hormuz flows surge and Citigroup warns prices could sink to $60 by year-end.
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Weekly Energy Market Recap: Jun 26 - Jul 3, 2026
This week in energy: Canada announces major West Coast oil pipeline project, crude prices fall to pre-conflict levels as Strait of Hormuz traffic recovers, and China implements mandatory solar manufacturing standards. Key developments across oil, gas, renewables, and critical minerals sectors.
Mining
Energy Sector Diverges as Majors Split and Precious Metals Rally
Integrated oil giants moved in opposite directions while gold and silver extended gains, highlighting cross-currents in commodity markets as midyear trading commenced.
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