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houstonchronicle.com > news > world > article > trump-says-he-plans-to-remove-a-15-tariff-on-22429968.php

Trump says he plans to remove a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey

14+ hour ago   (234+ words) Trump said during the trophy ceremony for the Irish Open that he had been asked about the issue by everyone, including some of the golfers. “Everybody’s been bugging me” to do it, the Republican president said. “And I said, ‘On…...

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houstonchronicle.com > news > world > article > benin-bets-on-turning-its-cotton-crop-into-22429510.php

Benin bets on turning its cotton crop into clothes at home

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (886+ words) The founder of DAF Collection said that the tag means her country is trying to take full advantage of the abundant raw material produced in Benin. For her, there is also the opportunity to support more women in her community…...

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houstonchronicle.com > business > article > anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-says-ai-industry-needs-22428839.php

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI industry needs to give safety measures time to catch up

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (778+ words) Amodei is one of the leading voices in AI, and he offered a plan in a post on his website to increase checks on the industry. He said Anthropic is already undertaking one part of it on its own, while…...

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houstonchronicle.com > business > article > oil-rises-past-100-a-barrel-after-the-latest-22423409.php

Oil surges above $100 a barrel as US and Iran launch new attacks, while gasoline prices also jump

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (981+ words) Brent crude, the international standard, climbed into triple digits for the first time since July and settled at $101.21 a barrel. U.S. benchmark crude was close behind, finishing at $96.05 a barrel a day after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the…...

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houstonchronicle.com > entertainment > movies_tv > article > the-uprising-review-22424008.php

'The Uprising' with Andrew Garfield: Bad history but a tun take on good and evil

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (626+ words) Andrew Garfield, center, in a scene from "The Uprising." An intertitle drops us into “England, 1381.” If that doesn’t sound like a dream destination, moments later, a second intertitle informs us that a plague has wiped out half the populace. Not…...

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houstonchronicle.com > news > world > article > asian-shares-fall-and-oil-prices-hold-steady-22425022.php

Asian shares fall and oil prices trade above $100 a barrel

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (645+ words) U.S. futures were modestly higher. The price of Brent crude jumped 3.4% on Wednesday, surging above $100 a barrel for the first time since July. It shed 0.8% to $100.39 early Thursday. U.S. benchmark crude lost 0.6% to $95.52 a barrel. The latest attacks between the U.S. and Iran…...

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houstonchronicle.com > business > article > alcohol-whey-and-motorcycles-are-in-the-22424586.php

Alcohol, whey and motorcycles are in the crosshairs of the US import ban on Canada products

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (654+ words) The U.S. had already imposed 50% tariffs on about $20 billion in Canadian products — about 5% of the $381.92 billion worth of products that the country sent to the U.S. last year. The import bans announced late Tuesday target some of those products. Exporting products…...

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houstonchronicle.com > business > article > takeaways-from-ap-story-on-a-major-effort-to-22423622.php

Takeaways from AP story on a major effort to restore peatland in North Carolina

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (429+ words) Fifty miles (80 kilometers) of ditches dug decades ago for an abandoned farming venture drained much of the water from thousands of years of accumulated peat — partially decayed organic matter up to 15 feet (4.6 meters) deep — leaving the site vulnerable to drought…...

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houstonchronicle.com > sports > article > in-a-major-increase-csc-clears-more-than-227m-22424197.php

In a major increase, CSC clears more than $227M worth of NIL deals in July and August

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (190+ words) Much of the increase in the numbers revealed Wednesday can be attributed to a streamlined process with the commission's NIL Go platform that players and schools use to submit deals, along with more personnel to evaluate deals. The agency now…...

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houstonchronicle.com > news > world > article > asian-shares-are-mixed-as-brent-crude-approaches-22423253.php

Stocks fall on Wall Street as oil prices jump back above $100 a barrel after Iran war escalates

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (491+ words) The S&P 500 index fell 0.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 311 points, or 0.6%, as of 10:45 a.m. Eastern time. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.4%. The losses were broad, with retailers among the companies leading the market lower. Amazon fell 1.8% and Starbucks fell 1.5%. Nearly…...