The Owner — Thursday, 14 May 2026

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Articles #

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Corporations Capture Billions From Invalidated Border Tariffs #

Speaking to CNBC on Tuesday, Oshkosh Corporation Chief Financial Officer Matt Field confirmed the arrival of a massive liquidity event. The industrial manufacturer had just cleared the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries portal to reclaim capital previously taxed at the border. "Following acceptance of our initial filing, we have begun receiving payments on our tariff refund claims," Field said. The executive border wall erected by Donald Trump has collapsed in the courts, unleashing a chaotic scramble for refunds. Companies…

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Artificial Intelligence Firms Pool Capacity As Regulatory Perimeter Dissolves #

In Memphis, a 300-megawatt data center known as Colossus 1 houses 220,000 NVIDIA graphics processing units. The physical facility has now been aggressively monetized. According to Forbes, xAI signed a May 6 agreement to lease the entire compute cluster to Anthropic. The arrangement will generate an estimated $3 billion to…

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Postal Service Hemorrhages Cash As Amazon Accelerates Delivery Speeds #

Postmaster General David Steiner stood before the United States Postal Service Board of Governors on May 8 to deliver a bleak ledger. The agency hemorrhaged $2 billion in the second quarter, despite a 4.5 percent year-over-year increase in package revenue. "Congress foresaw that the cost of universal service would likely…

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Argentina Starves Universities To Subsidize Foreign Copper Extraction #

In downtown Buenos Aires, tens of thousands of university students flooded the concrete streets on Tuesday. They marched toward government headquarters to denounce President Javier Milei's severe budget reductions targeting…

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Capital Abandons Electric Vehicles For Stationary Grid Storage Returns #

Morgan Stanley analyst Andrew S. Percoco published an investment note on Wednesday that sent Ford Motor shares climbing 6 percent. He bypassed the manufacturer's struggling electric vehicle segment to praise…

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In Brief #

Louisiana Scrambles Congressional Maps

Louisiana lawmakers advanced a new congressional map on Wednesday that eliminates a majority-Black voting district. The rush to redraw boundaries before the impending primary has trapped 180,000 early ballots in administrative limbo, threatening widespread electoral friction.

Trump Crypto Mining Operations Post Losses

American Bitcoin, co-founded by Eric Trump, reported an $81.7 million first-quarter loss despite mining costs improving to $36,200 per token. Trump Media & Technology Group similarly posted a $405.9 million loss, driven heavily by $244 million in unrealized digital asset markdowns.

Tax Planners Exploit Impending Relief Deadline

Tax lawyer Jon Wasser is advising clients they have until July 10, 2026, to file claims for an unadvertised COVID-19 tax abatement. The impending deadline offers a final arbitrage opportunity to extract residual capital from pandemic-era federal relief programs.