Business Stories from June 18, 2026 (Change date)
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Stranded ships have begun transiting the Strait of Hormuz, maritime data company saysJun 18, 2026 2:55 pm - Major shipowners have begun moving vessels through the Strait of Hormuz since the U.S. and Iran signed an interim agreement to end their war, maritime data company Lloyd’s List Intelligence said Thursday.
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Nvidia's Jensen Huang says society needs ‘new social norms’ in the age of AIJun 18, 2026 2:53 pm - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — whose work helped propel artificial intelligence — stressed in an Associated Press interview Tuesday that society needs to change with the advent of AI, arguing that a fuller embrace of the technology would improve people's lives.
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Developer eyes former BP campus in Naperville after previous rejection of data center proposalJun 18, 2026 1:36 pm - Six months after the Naperville City Council pulled the plug on plans for a data center along Warrenville Road, the same developer is eyeing the nearby former BP campus, officials have confirmed.
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Federal regulators back Trump's plan to speed power to energy-hungry AI data centersJun 18, 2026 1:07 pm - Federal regulators on Thursday agreed to let large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and aging electric transmission system to accommodate surging demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence data centers.
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Toll hike coming? Board approves hearings on potential 45-cent increaseJun 18, 2026 10:25 am - Illinois tollway directors approved holding statewide public hearings on a 45-cent rate hike impacting I-PASS customers with passenger vehicles, and unveiled a new $26.5 billion capital plan Thursday.
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U.S. homebuilder sentiment falls, driven by drop in SouthJun 18, 2026 9:42 am - Confidence among US homebuilders slipped in June, dragged down by rising mortgage rates and materials costs, as well as a sharp drop in sentiment across the South.
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Ukrainian drones set a Moscow refinery ablaze in a major attack on the Russian capitalJun 18, 2026 9:13 am - Ukraine struck a major Moscow oil refinery Thursday for a second time in a week, sending huge plumes of black smoke over the capital and disrupting flights at its airports in one of its biggest drone attacks since Russia’s full-scale invasion over four years ago, officials said.
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US filings for unemployment benefits fall to 226,000 last week as layoffs remain historically lowJun 18, 2026 8:26 am - The number of Americans applying for jobless aid fell modestly last week as layoffs remained in the same historically low range of recent years.
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US gas prices fall below $4 for 1st time since March, but remain 25% higher than last yearJun 18, 2026 8:15 am - U.S. gas prices fell below $4 a gallon on average Thursday, but just barely.
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