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Iran War Drives Oil Profits to Highest Levels in Years

The world’s biggest oil companies are benefiting from the high commodity prices that have been a drag on the rest of the economy.

Β© Meridith Kohut for The New York Times

An Exxon Mobil refinery in Baytown, Texas. The war with Iran has been a boon for many oil producers.
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Big Tech’s A.I. Spending Keeps Rising. So Do the Jitters.

Amazon joined a procession of tech giants that ramped up their spending on artificial intelligence, as its capital expenditures soared 69 percent. Concerns over the industry’s spending are mounting.
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Apple Upgrade program is a leasing deal

I have been in the iPhone Upgrade program for years. What that meant to me is that every year I would upgrade to the newest iPhone and start a payment program that was for 24 months. It was financed through Citizens bank at 0%. Basically, my payment was 1/24th of the cost of the phone each month. After 12 payments, it was eligible for an upgrade, so I would trade it in each year for the new models when they came out. The trade in paid the loan, so it was closed and a new one for the new...

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