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After the Bell: The Fire Brigade Arrived
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AFTER THE BELL
Thursday, August 20, 2026
In 1866, labor organizers in Baltimore founded the National Labor Union around one demand: an eight-hour workday. The argument underneath it never really went away — every model eventually runs into a human being who makes a different choice than the spreadsheet assumed. Today, that human being was a Walmart shopper.
THE SESSION
Wednesday's Treasury-driven relief didn't survive a second day. Yields climbed back, oil pushed above $93 on escalating…
The skinny
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