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Qantas Airways plans to start selling seats on its first nonstop between New York and Sydney next August, with flights set to launch in 2028, as the Australian carrier fills out the details for another marathon route with a special Airbus plane.The route will take about 18 hours, which puts it close to what is currently the world’s longest flight. The route that has that designation right now, nonstop service on Singapore Airlines from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Singapore, can top 19 hours. But Qantas is set to take the crown next fall when it debuts…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission advised some of its regulated entities on Tuesday that prediction markets’ “mentions” contracts are at greater risk of manipulation. In a press release announcing the letter it sent to designated contract market entities, the CFTC said that the contracts are more susceptible to exploitation “because their settlement turns on the discrete conduct of a person that may be neither independently generated nor externally verifiable.”The letter noted that the agency was not creating new obligations that regulated exchanges need to follow, but rather advising entities on when mention markets may be listed consistent with the Commodity Exchange…

On Feb. 1, 2021, a convoy of black military vehicles rolled through Naypyidaw to detain top NLD leaders. Suu Kyi was sentenced to 33 years (now reduced to 18) on charges ranging from corruption to illegally possessing walkie-talkies. “I have been extremely lenient toward her,” Min Aung Hlaing says with a straight face. “We made every possible effort to prevent the situation from reaching this point.”What really drove Min Aung Hlaing to seize power dominated discussions among officials in squalid detention. “We talked about it a lot,” says Turnell, who spent 650 days in custody. “There was certainly a part…

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Summa Tech has embedded anti-money laundering checks directly into its cloud-based Onboarder platform, removing the need for smaller accountancy firms to run a second system alongside their existing onboarding workflow. The feature, built in partnership with identity-verification provider SmartSearch, went live this month. Nathan Keeley, CEO of Summa Tech The integration consolidates the client onboarding sequence into a single workflow. According to the company, the platform now handles letters of engagement, e-signing, know-your-customer checks, risk assessment and AML verification in one place. Nathan Keeley, chief executive of Summa Tech, said the AML check was the one part of the process…

The dollar index (DXY00) today is up by +0.05%.  The dollar is slightly higher today, boosted by hawkish comments from the Fed.  Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said that, given higher inflation, the more prudent course would have been for the Fed to wait for more information before cutting rates.  Also, Kansas City Fed President Jeff Schmid said he prefers to keep policy “modestly restrictive” because inflation remains too high and the economy continues to show momentum.  The weakness in stocks today has also boosted some liquidity demand for the dollar. Gains in the dollar are limited as the Fed boosts…

September 2026 Beyond Financial Conditions: Measuring Structural Vulnerabilities in the U.S. Financial System Michele Modugno, Benjamin Roscoe, Sarah Zoi Abstract: We introduce the Financial Vulnerability Index (FVI), a novel indicator of financial vulnerabilities in the U.S. Unlike financial condition indices, which measure current credit market conditions and spike during periods of financial turmoil, the FVI displays the gradual build-up of structural financial weaknesses and declines as such episodes materialize. We demonstrate that the FVI exhibits properties consistent with theoretical mechanisms of financial vulnerabilities. When the index is high, adverse shocks are substantially amplified, generating larger declines in consumption…

Jamieson Greer and General Jack Keane discuss the upcoming summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. They highlight a proposed artificial intelligence hotline designed to address mutual national security concerns. More than two dozen Democratic lawmakers are calling on President Donald Trump to maintain existing restrictions that effectively keep Chinese automakers and keep them out of the U.S. market ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump is scheduled to meet with Xi on Thursday in Washington, where they are expected to discuss their trade agreement, AI, the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East…

Compared with other global chokepoints, the Strait of Hormuz provides the clearest and most consistent signal of global supply stress and of the stagflationary mix of lower growth, higher prices and tighter financial conditions, a study from the Bank for International Settlements has found.In a working paper published on September 17, author Enisse Kharroubi notes that the waterway is one of the most critical chokepoints in global trade, facilitating the transit of more than 20% of the world’s Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.To access…

U.S. President Donald Trump makes a toast during a state banquet hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on May 14, 2026 in Beijing, China.Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBEIJING — With two days to go before Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to land in the U.S., very little is known about which Chinese executives will join him.China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately respond to a CNBC request for comment Tuesday morning. Late on Monday, the ministry confirmed Xi’s U.S. trip, planned for Wednesday to Friday.On the U.S.…