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Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during a Bloomberg Television interview at the JPMorgan Chase & Co. Capital Markets conference in Paris, France, on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Cyril Marcilhacy | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJPMorgan Chase is scheduled to report second-quarter earnings before the opening bell Tuesday.Here’s what Wall Street expects:Earnings: $4.48 a share, according to LSEGRevenue: $44.16 billion, according to LSEGNet interest income: $23.6 billion, according to StreetAccountTrading revenue: Fixed income of $5.2 billion, equities of $3.2 billion, according to StreetAccountJPMorgan Chase will give investors a view into how U.S. consumers and corporations fared in…

Monsoon rains in Pakistan have been linked to more than 110 deaths including dozens of children since they arrived in late June, according to government figures released Monday. Data from the national disaster agency between June 26 and July 14 showed that electrocution was the leading cause of fatalities, followed by flash floods. In late June, at least 13 tourists were swept to their deaths while sheltering from flash floods on a raised river bank. In its latest report, the disaster agency said 111 people including 53 children have been killed, with the highest number of deaths in the most…

Listen to article The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the US Congress will hold a hearing to examine the ‘ongoing repression of political opposition’ in Pakistan, according to an announcement posted on the Commission’s official website. The hearing, scheduled to be held in person and streamed online, will focus on actions by the Pakistani government that allegedly restrict political freedoms, including the treatment of opposition political figures, suppression of independent journalism, and controls over media and communication. Hearing Notice — Pakistan: Ongoing Political RepressionDate: Tuesday, July 15th, 2025Time: 2:00 – 4:00 PMLocation: Rayburn 2255Details: https://t.co/VpI1m5Wp8c — Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission…

Jeff Green, Founder, CEO, and Chairman, The Trade Desk and Andrew Wallenstein, Variety Intelligence Platform, President and Chief Media Analyst speak onstage at “Advertising’s New Normal: Unifying Streaming and Identity in 2023” during the Variety Entertainment Summit at CES at the Aria Resort & Casino on January 06, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Greg Doherty | Variety | Getty ImagesShares of The Trade Desk jumped 14% in extended trading on Monday, as the digital advertising company is set to join the S&P 500.S&P Global announced that Trade Desk will be replacing software maker Ansys as of Friday. Earlier on Monday, Synopsys…

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies during a remote video hearing held by subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on “Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation” in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2021. Handout | Via ReutersBlock jumped more than 5% on Monday, leading a rally in shares of fintech companies as analysts downplayed the threat of JPMorgan Chase’s reported plan to charge data aggregators for access to customer financial information.The recovery followed steep declines on Friday, after Bloomberg reported that JPMorgan had circulated pricing sheets outlining potential fees for aggregators like Plaid and Yodlee,…

* The first 14 national-level economic and technological development zones were established in 12 coastal cities during the initial years of China’s reform and opening up over four decades ago.* Such zones have been trailblazers in institutional innovation, foreign investment and economic growth, setting the pace for China’s reform and opening-up endeavors.* Looking forward, these zones need to further improve and innovate in areas ranging from development positioning to institutions in a bid to shoulder greater responsibilities in the next phase of high-standard opening up, in-depth reform and high-quality development.This photo shows the recording site of the latest episode of…

Listen to article The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) reserved a verdict on Monday in a case about the allocation of reserved seats in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly after hearing arguments from all the parties involved. A five-member bench of the ECP, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, conducted the hearing. The case involved five political parties, focusing on the distribution of reserved seats following the elections in the province. Representatives from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F), Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian (PPPP), Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI-P) presented their arguments. Key points raised included…

A Long March-7 Y10 rocket carrying cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-9 blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China’s Hainan Province, July 15, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)WENCHANG, Hainan, July 15 (Xinhua) — China launched the cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-9 in the early morning on Tuesday to deliver supplies for its orbiting Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).The Long March-7 Y10 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-9, blasted off at 5:34 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan, the agency said.After about 10 minutes, Tianzhou-9 separated from the rocket and entered…

Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday dismissed criticism surrounding the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) enhanced powers, calling it “propaganda” and reaffirming that the new authority was approved lawfully and designed only to counter large-scale sales tax fraud. Speaking to reporters at the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), Aurangzeb said the measures had been formally passed by the National Assembly in consultation with the Standing Committee, countering claims that the powers were imposed without oversight. He clarified that the additional FBR powers apply exclusively to cases involving over Rs50 million in tax evasion not on ordinary…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg looks on before the luncheon on the inauguration day of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second presidential term in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025.Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersMeta on Monday said it has removed about 10 million profiles for impersonating large content producers through the first half of 2025 as part of an effort by the company to combat “spammy content.”The crackdown is part of Meta’s broader effort to make the Facebook feed more relevant and authentic by taking action against and removing accounts that engage in “spammy” behavior, such as content created using artificial intelligence tools.As part…