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Moderna’s Personalized Cancer Vaccine Scores Late-Stage Win

Moderna and Merck say their personalized mRNA cancer vaccine significantly reduced the risk of melanoma returning or spreading.

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U.S. and Canada Race to Avert 50% Tariff Escalation

The U.S. and Canada entered last-minute negotiations as President Trump’s threatened 50% tariffs on certain Canadian goods approached their scheduled start.

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Amazon Takes Drone Delivery to Nearly 500 Cities

Amazon is dramatically expanding its drone-delivery ambitions, with plans to reach nearly 500 U.S. cities by the end of the year.

Target’s Turnaround Gets a Billion-Dollar Tariff Boost

Target says its turnaround is gaining momentum, with second-quarter comparable sales rising 3.8% and digital sales jumping nearly 9%.

83 minutes ago

Treasury Doubles Bond Buybacks as Bessent Moves to Calm Markets

The Treasury Department is doubling the size of its buyback operations for longer-term government debt.

84 minutes ago

Afternoon Alexa Flash Briefings of August 19 2026

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Disney Will Bet Bigger on its Biggest Fans

Disney’s parks division is putting its most passionate customers at the center of its next wave of growth.

28 hours ago

Reddit to Join the S&P 500 as Wall Street Validates its Growth

Reddit is joining the S&P 500, marking a major milestone for the social platform just two years after going public.

28 hours ago

Jeanie Buss Pushes Back on $12.5 Billion Lakers Sale

Lakers controlling owner Jeanie Buss is opposing the sale of her family’s stake in the NBA franchise.

28 hours ago

Anthropic’s A.I. Boom Rockets Revenue Run Rate Past $65 Billion

Anthropic says its annualized revenue run rate surged past $65 billion by the end of July, a dramatic jump from $47 billion just two months earlier.

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Paramount Seeks $1.88 Billion Bond as Warner Deal Hits Legal Roadblock

Paramount is asking a federal judge to require 12 state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America to post a $1.88 billion bond over their challenge.

28 hours ago

Afternoon Alexa Flash Briefings of August 18 2026

29 hours ago

Strawberry Lovers Could Soon Feel Pinch at the Grocery Store

Americans could be facing significantly higher strawberry prices as new trade policies threaten to raise the cost of imported berries.

2 days ago

Meta Faces a Trillion-Dollar Test Over Social Media’s Impact on Kids

Meta is heading to trial in California in one of its most consequential legal battles yet over allegations that Facebook and Instagram harm children.

2 days ago

Alibaba Fires Back at Meta with A.I. Built for Your Laptop

Alibaba is taking the AI fight directly to Meta with a new open-weight Qwen model designed to run on laptops rather than massive data centers.

2 days ago

Nvidia Puts Big Money Behind OpenAI's Ohio A.I. Ambitions

Nvidia is backing a massive OpenAI data-center project in Ohio, helping clear a major financial hurdle for what could become one of the largest AI facility.

2 days ago

Afternoon Alexa Flash Briefings of August 17 2026

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Uber Takes Robotaxis on a European Road Trip

Uber is expanding its partnership with Chinese autonomous-driving company Pony.ai to deploy more than 2,000 robotaxis across Europe.

5 days ago

Americans Pull Back on Spending as Economic Pressures Mount

U.S. consumers unexpectedly pulled back on spending in July, with retail sales falling 0.6%, the biggest monthly decline since May 2025.

5 days ago

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Moderna and Merck say their personalized mRNA cancer vaccine significantly reduced the risk of melanoma returning or spreading.

The U.S. and Canada entered last-minute negotiations as President Trump’s threatened 50% tariffs on certain Canadian goods approached their scheduled start.

Amazon is dramatically expanding its drone-delivery ambitions, with plans to reach nearly 500 U.S. cities by the end of the year.

Target says its turnaround is gaining momentum, with second-quarter comparable sales rising 3.8% and digital sales jumping nearly 9%.

The Treasury Department is doubling the size of its buyback operations for longer-term government debt.

Afternoon Alexa Flash Briefings of August 19 2026

Disney’s parks division is putting its most passionate customers at the center of its next wave of growth.

Reddit is joining the S&P 500, marking a major milestone for the social platform just two years after going public.

Lakers controlling owner Jeanie Buss is opposing the sale of her family’s stake in the NBA franchise.

Anthropic says its annualized revenue run rate surged past $65 billion by the end of July, a dramatic jump from $47 billion just two months earlier.

Paramount is asking a federal judge to require 12 state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America to post a $1.88 billion bond over their challenge.

Afternoon Alexa Flash Briefings of August 18 2026

Americans could be facing significantly higher strawberry prices as new trade policies threaten to raise the cost of imported berries.

Meta is heading to trial in California in one of its most consequential legal battles yet over allegations that Facebook and Instagram harm children.

Alibaba is taking the AI fight directly to Meta with a new open-weight Qwen model designed to run on laptops rather than massive data centers.

Nvidia is backing a massive OpenAI data-center project in Ohio, helping clear a major financial hurdle for what could become one of the largest AI facility.

Afternoon Alexa Flash Briefings of August 17 2026

Uber is expanding its partnership with Chinese autonomous-driving company Pony.ai to deploy more than 2,000 robotaxis across Europe.

U.S. consumers unexpectedly pulled back on spending in July, with retail sales falling 0.6%, the biggest monthly decline since May 2025.