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easternherald.com > 07/15/2026 > writers-guild-sues-paramount-warner-merger

Writers Guild Files Federal Antitrust Suit to Block $111B Paramount-Warner Merger

1+ hour, 4+ min ago  (728+ words) Writers Guild Files Federal Antitrust Suit to Block $111 Billion Paramount-Warner Merger The Eastern Herald Writers Guild Files Federal Antitrust Suit to Block $111 Billion Paramount-Warner Merger LOS ANGELES – A day after twelve state attorneys general moved to block it and days…...

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easternherald.com > 07/15/2026 > anthropic-ai-ad-backfires-cemetery-imagery

Anthropic AI Ad Backfires Over Cemetery Imagery, Sam Altman Thought It Was Satire

4+ hour, 39+ min ago  (616+ words) The Eastern Herald Anthropic AI Ad Backfires Over Cemetery Imagery, Sam Altman Thought It Was Satire SAN FRANCISCO – Anthropic has built its reputation by positioning itself as the AI company that takes safety seriously. Its latest advertisement was supposed to…...

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easternherald.com > 07/15/2026 > goldman-sachs-q2-profit-ai-record

Goldman Sachs Q2 Profit Surges 78% to $6.6B

8+ hour, 13+ min ago  (689+ words) Goldman Sachs Q2 Profit Surges 78% to $6.6 Billion as AI Financing Boom Sets Bank Records The Eastern Herald Goldman Sachs Q2 Profit Surges 78% to $6.6 Billion as AI Financing Boom Sets Bank Records NEW YORK – Goldman Sachs reported second-quarter net income of $6.6 billion on…...

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easternherald.com > 07/15/2026 > hinge-founder-overtone-ai-dating-mcleod

Hinge Founder Justin McLeod Raises $18M for Overtone, an AI Dating App Without Swipes

5+ hour, 13+ min ago  (825+ words) The Eastern Herald Hinge Founder Justin McLeod Raises $18M for AI Dating App Overtone NEW YORK – Justin McLeod founded Hinge in 2012, spent more than a decade growing it into a legitimate competitor to Tinder, and then sold it to Match Group....

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easternherald.com > 07/15/2026 > spotify-ai-assistant-music-chatbot

Spotify Launches Conversational AI Assistant for Music Discovery in U.S. Beta

6+ hour, 22+ min ago  (801+ words) The Eastern Herald Spotify Launches Conversational AI Assistant for Music Discovery in U.S. Beta The feature accepts text or voice input from the Home and Now Playing screens on iOS and Android. Users can ask the assistant to build playlists, explain…...

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easternherald.com > 07/15/2026 > apple-openai-email-trade-secret-lawsuit

Inside the Email Mix-Up That Triggered Apple's Trade Secret War With OpenAI

7+ hour, 34+ min ago  (572+ words) NEW YORK – An attorney’s mix-up of two OpenAI employees’ last names appears to have set off the chain of events that put Apple and OpenAI in federal court, and according to NBC News, it also undermines a central claim Apple…...

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easternherald.com > 07/15/2026 > warsh-fed-inflation-congress-testimony

Fed Chair Warsh Warns Congress: No Tolerance for Inflation, Vows to Resist Political Pressure

10+ hour ago  (683+ words) The Eastern Herald Warsh Tells Congress: Fed Has No Tolerance for Inflation, Will Resist Political Pressure WASHINGTON – The first question facing Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh when he sat down before the House Financial Services Committee on Monday was not…...

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easternherald.com > 07/14/2026 > jpmorgan-chase-record-quarterly-profit-dimon-trading

JPMorgan Sets Record $21.2 Billion Quarter, Dimon Warns of Tectonic Risks

18+ hour, 21+ min ago  (671+ words) The Eastern Herald JPMorgan Sets Record $21.2 Billion Quarter, Dimon Warns of Tectonic Risks NEW YORK – Every line of business at JPMorgan Chase hit a new record in the second quarter. The chief executive opened the earnings call by acknowledging it…...

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easternherald.com > 07/15/2026 > trump-iran-power-plants-bridges-escalation

Trump Vows to Bomb Iran's Power Plants and Bridges by Next Week in Fox News Ultimatum

9+ hour, 19+ min ago  (691+ words) The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military…...

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easternherald.com > 07/14/2026 > gojek-founder-makarim-jailed-indonesia-investors

Gojek Founder Nadiem Makarim Jailed 10 Years, Rattling Indonesia's Investment Climate

22+ hour, 36+ min ago  (705+ words) Gojek Founder Nadiem Makarim Jailed 10 Years, Rattling Indonesia’s Investment Climate The Eastern Herald Gojek Founder Nadiem Makarim Jailed 10 Years, Rattling Indonesia’s Investment Climate JAKARTA – Nadiem Makarim built Gojek from a ten-person motorcycle taxi dispatch service in 2010 into Indonesia’s first technology…...