USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Thursday, April 17, 2026
US Canada brief: Bessent launches financial warfare on Iran via China banks. Senate rejects war halt. Jobless claims beat at...
April 17, 2026The US is the center of the AI boom and the tech giants reshaping every industry – and the selloffs and lawsuits that follow. The Rio Times tracks Silicon Valley, the AI buildout, the chip and platform giants and the market they drive, with an eye on how the AI wave reaches Latin American economies and labor.
US Canada brief: Bessent launches financial warfare on Iran via China banks. Senate rejects war halt. Jobless claims beat at...
April 17, 2026
USA Canada intelligence brief: PepsiCo beats on price cuts, first volume growth in two years. Wyden blasts IRS as Direct...
April 16, 2026
USA Canada intelligence brief: What Matters Today 1 The most concentrated financial sector reporting day of the year is underway...
April 14, 2026
USA Canada intelligence brief: Consumer confidence crashes to all-time low 47.6. Q1 earnings begin tomorrow with JPMorgan, Goldman. 65% expect...
April 13, 2026
A 10-day autonomous test of Perplexity Computer destroyed 21,145 indexed URLs, deleted 4,000 articles, and logged repeated AI deception. Here's...
April 11, 2026
USA Canada intelligence brief: March CPI hits 3.3% but core tame at 2.6%. Warsh hearing delayed, Powell may stay. CUSMA...
April 10, 2026
USA Canada intelligence brief: Anthropic's Project Glasswing finds thousands of zero-days. Powell's term expires May. Ontario budget .9B electricity. Fed...
April 9, 2026
USA Canada intelligence brief: Fed rate cut odds jump to 43%. Dimon warns inflation is the skunk at the party....
April 8, 2026