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4. Exxon Mobil and Chevron Report Lower Earnings

   Profits for the two oil giants, which are locked in a standoff over drilling off the coast of Guyana, were squeezed by lower profitability for refining crude and falling natural gas prices.

    By Stanley Reed

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5. Biden Delays Ban on Menthol Cigarettes

   The proposal had been years in the making, in an effort to curb death rates of Black smokers targeted by Big Tobacco. In an election year, the president's worries about support among Black voters may have influenced the postponement.

   By Christina Jewett and Noah Weiland

6. The Big Number: $40 Billion

   Meta has already spent billions on developing artificial intelligence, and it plans to spend billions more.

   By Marie Solis

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   Would Trump Move to Control the Fed?

   Allies of the former president are said to be devising plans to reduce the central bank's independence if he is re-elected, a move that would have big consequences for monetary policy.

   By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni

10. Xi and Blinken Trade Small Nods Over a Large Gap

    The U.S. secretary of state and the Chinese leader struck conciliatory notes in Beijing. But there was no budging on, or hiding, their governments' core differences.

    By Ana Swanson and Vivian Wang