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Amex and Apple Pay Enable Users to Pay With Points

Amex and Apple Pay Enable Users to Pay With Points
Amex and Apple Pay Enable Users to Pay With Points
June 30, 2026  |  Apple Pay

American Express U.S. card members can now use their Membership Rewards points on everyday purchases by redeeming the points directly within Apple Pay’s checkout experience....

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Google Cloud Pursues Financial Markets in FactSet Alliance
Google Cloud Pursues Financial Markets in FactSet Alliance
June 30, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Google Cloud and FactSet, a provider of data and artificial intelligence solutions to the financial markets, plan to jointly develop AI agents designed to assist...

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Anthropic Cuts AI Agent Costs With Claude Sonnet 5 Rollout
Anthropic Cuts AI Agent Costs With Claude Sonnet 5 Rollout
June 30, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic has released a Claude Sonnet model that can make plans, use tools like browsers and terminals, and run autonomously at a level that required...

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Rising Production Costs Drive Up Fourth of July Cookout Prices
Rising Production Costs Drive Up Fourth of July Cookout Prices
June 30, 2026  |  Economy

Celebrating the Fourth of July will be more expensive this year, with the prices of products ranging from beef to strawberries to fuel being higher...

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Banks Gain New Fraud Tools as House Panel Advances Payments Bills
Banks Gain New Fraud Tools as House Panel Advances Payments Bills
June 30, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

The House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday (June 30) advanced a package of legislation that would give banks greater flexibility to combat payments fraud, expand...

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Supreme Court Takes Up Apple Appeal in Epic Games Fight
Supreme Court Takes Up Apple Appeal in Epic Games Fight
June 30, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday (June 30) to hear Apple’s appeal of a lower court ruling that found the company in contempt in its legal battle...

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AI Is Making Litigation Profitable at Smaller Claim Sizes
AI Is Making Litigation Profitable at Smaller Claim Sizes
June 30, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

U.S. commercial auto liability direct written premium rose 12.3% to just over $43 billion in 2024, Milliman found, based on a composite of 40 major...

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BLS Tightens Safeguards After Early Economic Data Releases in 2024
BLS Tightens Safeguards After Early Economic Data Releases in 2024
June 30, 2026  |  Economy

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has taken steps to reduce the risk of improper disclosure of data, although there is more the agency can...

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