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Can Alaska LNG Tip the Scales in Japan–US Tariff Talks?
JAPAN Forward
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July 22, 2025
このページを 日本語 で読む As negotiations between Japan and the United States over President Donald Trump's tariffs intensify, a US liquefied natural gas (LNG) project is viewed as Tokyo's trump card. The project involves a 1,300-kilometer pipeline running...
Vicinity Acquires DanTech Services to Expand Capabilities Across Alaska and the Pacific
The AI Journal
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July 22, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vicinity announced today its acquisition of DanTech Services, uniting two of the region’s most capable Managed IT Service Providers to form a single, performance-driven technology organization. This acquisition...
Vanstock Alaska-Community, connection, and culture mark first-ever gathering
Mat Su Valley Frontiersman - Alaska
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Hundreds of vans, RVs, and converted school buses coming from as far away as Austria and Argentina converged on Boyd Bison Ranch in Palmer for the first-ever Vanstock, an event focusing on nomadic living, sustainability, community, and financial...
Video of downtown Anchorage shooting appears to show gunman opening fire before being fatally shot by bar security
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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A sidewalk outside the Gaslight Lounge reopened to the public after Anchorage police investigated an early morning shooting in downtown on Sunday, July 20, 2025. (Bill Roth / ADN) A shooting outside a bar in downtown Anchorage early Sunday ended...
Trump endorses Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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President Donald Trump, Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, right, and Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., listen as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)...
World News | Indian-American Economist Gita Gopinath to Leave IMF to Rejoin Harvard University Faculty
Latestly
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July 22, 2025
New York, Jul 22 (PTI) Indian-American economist Gita Gopinath who is serving as the first deputy managing director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said she is rejoining Harvard University as an economics professor. "After nearly 7...
Maine shouldn’t take a backseat to Alaska in plans for the Arctic
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 22, 2025
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Darryl W. Lyon of Bangor is a retired lieutenant colonel who is...
South Korea economy likely returned to growth in Q2: Reuters Poll
WTVB - Michigan
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By Rahul Trivedi BENGALURU (Reuters) -South Korea’s economy likely returned to growth last quarter, supported by a modest rebound in exports and a gradual recovery in domestic demand, a Reuters poll of economists found. After contracting 0.2% in...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 8:44 p.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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More Americans shift money from checking and savings to accounts with investment income, study says WASHINGTON (AP) — New research finds that more Americans are shifting their money from checking and savings accounts into financial vehicles that...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 6:55 p.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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More Americans shift money from checking and savings to accounts with investment income, study says WASHINGTON (AP) — New research finds that more Americans are shifting their money from checking and savings accounts into financial vehicles that...
Downtown Anchorage shooting that left 23-year-old man dead began with bar fight, police say
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Anchorage police investigate an early morning shooting outside The Gaslight on Fourth Avenue on Sunday, July 20, 2025. (Bill Roth / ADN) Anchorage police say a downtown shooting early Sunday began with an altercation in The Gaslight and ended with...
US Stock Market: S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite hit fresh highs, Dow Jones drops
The Economic Times
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July 21, 2025
US stock market's broad-based index S&P 500 mustered a 0.1 percent gain to 6,305.60, a fresh record. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index also ended at a record, winning 0.4 percent to 20,974.17, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped less...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 6:29 p.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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More Americans shift money from checking and savings to accounts with investment income, study says WASHINGTON (AP) — New research finds that more Americans are shifting their money from checking and savings accounts into financial vehicles that...
‘Significant’ outage at Alaska Airlines not a security incident, but a hardware breakdown
Network World
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July 22, 2025
The airline told Network World that when the critical piece of what it described as “third-party multi-redundant hardware” failed unexpectedly, “it impacted several of our key systems that enable us to run various operations.” The company is...
World News | Looming over Two Cases Threatening Musk's Car Company is a Single Question: Can He Be Trusted?
Latestly
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July 22, 2025
Miami, Jul 22 (AP) Elon Musk fought court cases on opposite coasts Monday, raising a question about the billionaire that could either speed his plan to put self-driving Teslas on US roads or throw up a major roadblock: Can this wildly successful...
4 Senators Visit Canada Ahead of Trade Deadline
KVOR - Colorado
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July 21, 2025
Four U.S. senators recently met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline to strike a Canada-U.S. trade and security deal, Politico reported. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.; and...
Summer military drone trials in Alaska reveal shortcomings for modernizing warfare
Must Read Alaska
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July 21, 2025
While fighter jets roared overhead during the annual Red Flag exercises at Eielson Air Force Base in late June, a quieter and far less known military trial was underway 20 miles away on a training range near Fort Wainwright, where the Pentagon’s...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Cuts by Congress: What's at Stake
Westword - Colorado
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July 19, 2025
By narrow margins, the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives just approved a law that claws back federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Once President Donald Trump signs it into law, the $9 billion rescissions package...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 4:18 p.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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More Americans shift money from checking and savings to accounts with investment income, study says WASHINGTON (AP) — New research finds that more Americans are shifting their money from checking and savings accounts into financial vehicles that...
M&A Report: Crescent Bank exits auto lending in major deal
New Orleans City Business - Louisiana
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July 21, 2025
New Orleans-based Crescent Bank has agreed to sell its auto financing division to Arra Finance. The deal, expected to close in the third quarter of 2025, will add Crescent’s $815 million auto loan portfolio, along with its servicing tech, fraud...