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The Business News Headlines 18 August 2026

Eleventh hour trade talks between the U.S. and Canada in an attempt to reach a deal before midnight and that is where we start. This is The Business News Headlines for Tuesday the 18th day of August, thanks for being with us. In other news, opening arguments have begun in that big Meta trial taking place in California. In other legal news ABC has sued the FCC on First Amendment grounds and we’ll detail what that is about. A watchdog group says there is forced labor happening in the Dominican Republic and it could impact…you. We’ll check the numbers in The Wall Street Report and Pennsylvania…

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