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MaXXXine Q&A: Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, Hong Chau discuss their Boston heist comedy ‘The Instigators’ 08/06/2024 09:26am • Matt Damon and Casey Affleck play complete strangers thrown into their first heist in the new action comedy “ The Instigators." The robbery of a corrupt politician goes very wrong, and their characters are left on the run in Boston (with Damon’s character’s therapist, played by Hong Chau, in t Saudi Arabia's Aramco reports lower half-year profits as economic worries dampen energy prices 08/06/2024 06:40am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi oil giant Aramco reported half-year profits Tuesday of $56.3 billion, down from the year before amid worries about a slowing global economy. Aramco, formally known as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., said its overall revenue for the half-year was $220.7 billion, Japan's share benchmark soars nearly 11% a day after massive sell-offs that shook Wall Street 08/05/2024 09:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index soared nearly 11% early Tuesday, a day after it set markets tumbling in Europe and on Wall Street. The Japanese index advanced more than 3,300 points, not quite making up for the huge loss of more than 4,400 points the day before, when it plung 6 of the Best AI ETFs to Buy Now 08/05/2024 08:00pm • During the dot-com bubble, investor attention was focused on internet companies, but today, the hottest investment trend of 2024 is artificial intelligence (AI). "We believe the AI trend will broaden in scope to encompass additional segments of the market, with new technological advancements, a more Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules 08/05/2024 07:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Monday ruled that Google's ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation, a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world's best-known companies. The highly anticipated d