Suicide Bombing & Toys "R" Us Return

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2️⃣ This Morning’s Two Reports:

  • 🇹🇷 Turkey Retaliates After Suicide Bombing

  • 🧸 Toys “R” Us Comeback

✂️ Market Snippet | Monday Edition

Stocks (Year-to-date)

  • DOW: 🔼 1.12% (33,507.50)

  • S&P 500: 🔼 12.13% (4,288.05)

  • NASDAQ: 🔼 27.27% (13,219.32)

Cryptocurrency (Year-to-date)

  • BTC: 🔼 68.50% (27,979.60)

  • ETH: 🔼 44.50% (1,733.86)

Real Estate Mortgage Rates

  • 15-year: 6.75% -0.14

  • 30-year: 7.44% -0.16

*Stock numbers as of market close Friday, cryptocurrency as of 7:55pm EST yesterday. Real estate rates as of yesterday via Mortgage News Daily.

🇹🇷 Turkey Retaliates After Suicide Bombing

Turkish warplanes launched airstrikes on suspected Kurdish militant sites in northern Iraq following a suicide attack on a government building in Ankara. 🇹🇷 Approximately 20 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets, including caves and shelters, were "destroyed," with numerous operatives "neutralized." The PKK claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing, which wounded two police officers and resulted in a second assailant's death in a police shootout. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan labeled it "the last stand of terrorism" and reaffirmed plans for a 30-kilometer safe zone along the Syrian border. 🚧🇸🇾

TL;DR ⏳: Turkey conducts airstrikes on suspected Kurdish militant targets in Iraq after a suicide attack in Ankara, resulting in the destruction of PKK facilities and a reaffirmed plan for a Syrian border safe zone. 💥

🧸 Toys “R” Us Comeback

After a six-year hiatus, Toys "R" Us is set to return 🚀, led by parent company WHP Global, marking its third revival attempt since its 2017 bankruptcy. The brand is expanding with flagship stores and venturing into airports and cruise ships via a partnership with Go! Retail Group, starting with Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in November. 🗓️ Yehuda Shmidman, CEO of WHP Global, highlights the brand's rapid growth, with over 1,400 stores and e-commerce sites in 31 countries. While some remember lackluster past efforts, the toy world eagerly anticipates this comeback. 🤞

TL;DR ⏳: Toys "R" Us is making a comeback, led by WHP Global, with plans for flagship stores, airport locations, and cruise ship shops, aiming to regain its former toy kingdom glory. 🏰

⚡ BulletList Roundup (10 Headlines)

  1. 😅 Government narrowly avoids shutdown as Biden signs funding before midnight

  2. 🚫 California governor turns down bill for striking workers' unemployment checks

  3. 🌄 New York police continue search for missing 9-year-old during camping trip – every parent's nightmare

  4. 🚨 Jamaal Bowman denies triggering fire alarm to delay spending vote

  5. 🐜 French government takes on Paris bedbug epidemic, urges calm

  6. 💰 Billionaire investor Bill Ackman open to deal with Elon Musk's X

  7. 🗳️ Robert Fico wins Slovakia election with anti-Ukraine stance

  8. 🔥 Spain's deadliest nightclub fire in decades claims 13 lives; rescuers search for more victims

  9. 🛹 Over a quarter million Onewheel electric skateboards recalled due to deaths and injuries

  10. 🎤 Cops may have waited years to arrest Tupac murder suspect Duane 'Keefe D' Davis for more confessions

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