• Agentic Commerce Has Arrived, But Not Without Complications

    At this summer’s Commerce Next in New York, retail’s biggest conference, agentic AI wasn’t a buzzword anymore; it was the conversation. Not “should we think about this,” but “how do we get ready?”A new report from ICSC and McKinsey & Company projects that agentic commerce in the U.S. business-to-consumer retail market could reach $1 trillion in revenue by 2030.Stripe co-founder and President John Collison was even more blunt: consumers will soon hand off their most boring shopping tasks to AI, the same way they once handed off trip planning to Expedia or product search to Google.But beneath the excitement, a…

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  • Oil settles down more than 3%; investors shrug off US sanctions on Iran

    Iran has vowed to retaliate, expresses confidence partners would resist US pressure campaign Published Wed, Aug 26, 2026 · 06:04 AM [NEW YORK] Oil prices settled down more than 3 per cent on Tuesday (Aug 25), at a one-week low as traders shrugged off the latest US sanctions campaign against…

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  • Don’t let RFK Jr distract from the big health threat: Sugar

    It’s not the food dye in Froot Loops that Americans should fear; it’s the more than 66 pounds of sugar they consume a year ARE there “toxic chemicals” in food killing Americans? That fear is getting lots of attention thanks to Robert F Kennedy Jr, president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to…

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  • Wall St opens higher but weekly losses loom

    Published Fri, Aug 21, 2026 · 09:43 PM [NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Aug 21) after getting hammered in the previous session, though markets remained on track to end the week in the red as surging government bond yields and geopolitical tensions weighed on risk…

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  • Upset Taylor Swift says she was told Ticketmaster could handle demand

    POP superstar Taylor Swift said on Friday it was “excruciating” for her to watch fans struggle to secure tickets for her upcoming U.S. tour after she had been assured that Ticketmaster could handle large demand. The New York Times reported that the US Justice Department was investigating whether Ticketmaster parent…

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