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More Fed Officials Lost Patience About Elevated Inflation at Latest Meeting

Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s July gathering showed broadening support for higher borrowing costs to stamp out lingering price pressures.

Fed officials saw need for rate hike if inflation doesn't cool, minutes show

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released minutes from its July 28-29 policy meeting.

Bank of Russia lowers dollar exchange rate for August 20 to 85.13 rubles

The official euro exchange rate was lowered by 18.55 kopecks to 98.5457 rubles

Fed minutes reveal growing support for rate hikes

The minutes make clear that Federal Reserve officials remained divided over the inflation outlook.

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Authorities expect fuel situation to improve as refineries return from maintenance

Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said the Russian government is monitoring the fuel market on a daily basis and working with companies to redirect fuel supplies to regions facing shortages

The Guardian view on the Grenfell Tower fire: Britain is letting companies pass the buck | Editorial

Victims received less compensation than shareholders in the company behind its flammable cladding. Parliament must make corporations pay for harm caused There is something profoundly wrong when the company behind Grenfell Tower’s flammable…

DOJ cites Comey's novel in urging judge not to toss '86 47' seashells threat to Trump case

"There is no serious dispute that an objective viewer of Comey's post could read it to mean 'Kill President Trump,' " prosecutors said.

Marvell, Google Deepen Ties in AI Chip Race | Bloomberg Tech 8/19/2026

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow takes a look at the expanded partnership between Marvell and Google for chip development, with Marvell giving the search giant the right to buy as much as $12.2 billion in stock. Plus, SK Hynix plans to buy back $29…

Investors Bet on Making Commercial Fusion a Reality

Fuse has raised $100 million to accelerate development and commercialization of its fusion technology. CEO JC Btaiche joins Bloomberg to discuss why the company is focused on building generators faster, and why he sees private companies as…

Amazon plans drone delivery expansion to about 500 US locales

Why AI Isn’t the BOE’s Biggest Inflation Worry

Could the AI boom become a new source of inflation for the UK? KPMG UK Chief Economist Yael Selfin discusses how rising chip and AI model costs are filtering through the economy and why higher household energy costs remain a much bigger…