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On July 13, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 884, Huang Chao, Chinese rebel leader (born 835) passed away. In 1402, Nanjing surrenders to Zhu Di without a fight, ending the Jingnan campaign. The Jianwen Emperor disappears and his family is incarcerated. In 1793, Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction. In 1911, Allan McLean, Scottish-Australian politician, 19th Premier of Victoria (born 1840) passed away. In 1973, Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee. In 1983, Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdler was born. In 2013, Ottavio Quattrocchi, Italian businessman (born 1938) passed away. In 2016, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron resigns, and is succeeded by Theresa May. In 2017, Liu Xiaobo, Chinese literary critic, human rights activist (born 1955) passed away. In 2024, Chino Trinidad, Filipino sports journalist and executive (born 1967) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Ripple Once Considered Dissolving and Handing XRP to Shareholders, CEO Reveals

The Eastern Herald

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July 13, 2026

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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse revealed the company seriously considered shutting down and distributing XRP to shareholders after the SEC sued in 2020. Instead, Ripple chose to litigate — spending 150 million over four years — before a federal judge ruled XRP was not a security on public markets.

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CoinDesk

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· Jul 12, 2026

Ripple once weighed shutting down and handing XRP to shareholders, CEO says

Ripple once weighed shutting down and handing XRP to shareholders, CEO says

The Eastern Herald

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· Jul 12, 2026

Ripple CEO Garlinghouse Reveals Company Nearly Shut Down During SEC Lawsuit

Brad Garlinghouse disclosed this week that Ripple's leadership seriously considered shutting down and distributing XRP to shareholders during the SEC's 1.3 billion lawsuit. The four-year legal battle cost 150 million but produced a ruling that reshaped how U.S. regulators treat digital assets.

Inc.com

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· Jun 26, 2026

$29.9 Million: Why Walmart’s Former CEO Took Home the Biggest Payday of Any Grocery Retailer Last Year

The executive beat out leaders from Target and Albertsons.

Reuters Finance

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· May 1, 2026

Thomson Reuters Announces Cash Distribution Per Share and Share Consolidation Ratio for Return of Capital and Share Consolidation Transactions

Participating shareholders to receive cash distribution of US1.435518 per common share Shares to begin trading on a post-consolidated basis on May 4, 2026 TORONTO, May 1, 2026 /CNW/ -- Thomson Reuters (TSX/Nasdaq: TRI) today announced the cash distribution per share and the share consolidation

Bloomberg

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· Jul 9, 2026

Your ETF of the Moment: Winning Big With ‘Trump Accounts’

They are reshaping stock ownership, and one exchange-traded fund in particular stands to benefit handsomely.

SundayTimes

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· Jun 27, 2026

LAST WORD | A lesson in wealth management for those richest of the rich

Last Word: Weekly opinion column about world events

DNyuz

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· Jun 27, 2026

Philanthropy leader at Warren Buffett and Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge says children of billionaires are pushing them to give their wealth away faster

Millennials and Gen Xers are facing down one of the greatest transfers of wealth in history—with some 124 trillion expected to change hands by 2048. But as wealth inequities simultaneously reach new extremes, the transfer has amplified questions about whether wealthy families are moving fast in their promises of impactful giving. According to a new []

The Motley Fool

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· Jun 27, 2026

SoFi Stock Is Down More Than 30% This Year. Its CEO Is Buying Anyway.

When a chief executive keeps buying his own falling stock, is that a signal worth following?

South China Morning Post

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· Jul 13, 2026

Futu expects mainland brokerage business to shrink but vows to keep Hong Kong outlets

Futu Holdings, the Nasdaq listed Chinese broker that was recently penalised by China’s securities regulator, said it expects a gradual fall off in mainland business but has no plan to cut Hong Kong outlets. Mainland Chinese-funded accounts had dropped to 13 per cent of its total and their combined size was 17 per cent of total client assets at the end of March 2026, the broker said in a briefing in Hong Kong on Monday, without providing comparison figures. “It will definitely see a gradual...

Fortune

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· Jun 30, 2026

America added more than 1,200 millionaires per day in 2025, but the heyday of the ‘everyday millionaire’ is already over

The stock market made a record number of people millionaires in 2025. But the real wealth action was happening one tier up.

POLITICO

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· Jun 22, 2026

Coucou revoilà la dissolution

Présenté par de Groupement Mousquetaires.

NDTV

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· Jun 22, 2026

Meet Kunal Shah, The Man Tasked To Head WhatsApp Globally In A Challenging Tech Space

The deal with Meta values CRED at 4.5 billion and gives the company a roughly 20 stake, while Shah steps down as CEO after steering the fintech to its first profitable quarter.

Entrepreneur.com

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· Jun 29, 2026

This Unexpected Tech Founder Is Now Richer Than Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison and Jensen Huang

This CEO is now one of the richest people in the world, with a fortune greater than 200 billion.

Foreign Policy Journal

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· Jul 9, 2026

Nebius Group (NASDAQ: NBIS) Stock Price Dip Looks Attractive After Meta Cloud Fears Spark Selloff

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ: NBIS) shares dropped 17 on July 1 after reports suggested Meta Platforms might expand into cloud computing and monetize excess data center capacity. Investors feared that a Meta cloud business would make the social media giant a direct competitor to AI infrastructure providers rather than a paying customer. The logic driving [] The post Nebius Group (NASDAQ: NBIS) Stock Price Dip Looks Attractive After Meta Cloud Fears Spark Selloff appeared first on Foreign Policy Journal.

NaturalNews.com

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· Jul 3, 2026

The System Is Drying Up: Exposing the rigged game that is central bank policy

(NaturalNews) The System Is Drying Up: Exposing the Wealth Transfer That's Destroying the Middle Class points out that the Federal Reserve's money printing an...

Jacobin

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· Jun 29, 2026

The Wealth Tax Is Popular but Faces Serious Obstacles

Billionaire wealth has doubled in five years, and there’s a growing movement to tax it. But there’s a problem: the fate of a national wealth tax may ultimately hinge on a few words buried in an arcane passage in the Constitution.

The Economic Times

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· Jul 13, 2026

HDFC Bank remuneration: Dy MD tops CEO's pay

HDFC Bank remuneration: Dy MD tops CEO's pay

Investopedia

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· Jul 10, 2026

Meta Stock Had a Lousy First Half. Here’s Why the Tech Giant’s Shares Are Rising Again

Meta Stock Had a Lousy First Half. Here’s Why the Tech Giant’s Shares Are Rising Again

AllSides

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· Jun 30, 2026

Self-exiled Chinese billionaire gets 30 years in US prison for fraud conviction

A self-exiled billionaire Chinese business tycoon once believed to be among China's wealthiest men was sentenced Monday to 30 years in a U.S. prison for a massive financial fraud that a federal judge said cost over 1,000 people worldwide hundreds of millions of dollars. Guo Wengui, who fled China a decade ago and reinvented himself as a U.S.-based Communist Party critic, was sentenced in a Manhattan courtroom packed with his supporters by Judge Analisa Torres. She said he preyed on those seeking to bring Democracy to China, taking their money so he could live lavishly.

Futurism

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· Jun 22, 2026

SpaceX Stock Has Officially Fallen All the Way Down to the $150s

The company is having its worst day of trading yet. The post SpaceX Stock Has Officially Fallen All the Way Down to the 150s appeared first on Futurism.

The Hindu BusinessLine

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· Jul 13, 2026

DMart shares down after Q1 earnings

The company reported a 12.8 y-o-y rise in standalone profit after tax (PAT) to 936 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2026

Seeking Alpha

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· Jul 1, 2026

FMC Corporation: Upside From A New Shareholder (Rating Upgrade)

FMC Corporation: Upside From A New Shareholder (Rating Upgrade)

Nepal News

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· Jul 9, 2026

१९.६७ अंकले घटेको नेप्सेमा साढे चार अर्बको कारोबार

काठमाडौँ। साताको चौथो कारोबार दिन आज (बिहीबार) पनि नेप्से दोहोरो अंकले घटेको छ। दिनभर उतारचढाव रहेको नेप्से अन्तत: १९.६७ अंकले घटेर बन्द भयो। नेप्सेको कारोबार रकम पनि अघिल्लो दिनको तुलनामा घटेको छ। नेप्से बुधबार ३०.०९ अंकले घटेको थियो। मंगलबार भने २४.५७ अंकले बढेको थियो। सोमबार २६.२९ अंकले घटेको थियो। अघिल्लो कारोबार दिनको तुलनामा आज ०.७५ []

BusinessWorld Online

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· Jul 12, 2026

Go wants more GOCCs to join ‘billion-peso club’

THE Department of Finance (DoF) said it hopes more government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) join the list of state-owned companies that remit over P1 billion worth of dividends to the national Treasury next year. “We look forward to more GOCCs joining the Billionaire’s Club. Twenty next year,” Finance Secretary Frederick D. Go told reporters on []

Washington Examiner

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· Jul 3, 2026

Newsom’s wealth tax: Target Musk and Bezos, hand the moon to China

Recently, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) proposed a national wealth tax. The idea is that it is a bad thing that a few billionaires (and one trillionaire) possess all of those riches that they acquired by building things and providing needed services. So, Newsom took to X (owned by Elon Musk, one of his targets) and []

The New Zealand Herald

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· Jul 13, 2026

Liquidation for ex-Hawkins firms nears end: unsecured creditors get 4c in the dollar

Liquidation for ex-Hawkins firms nears end: unsecured creditors get 4c in the dollar

Economic Times

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· Jul 13, 2026

HDFC Bank shares drop 2%. What lies ahead as lender set to announce Q1 earnings this week?

HDFC Bank shares dropped on Monday ahead of its Q1 FY27 earnings this week, erasing around Rs 21,500 crore in market value. While the lender reported strong loan growth in its business update, investors will closely track earnings, asset quality, margins and management commentary for signs of sustained growth.

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