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Follow Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) Q2 2026 Earnings Call August 4, 2026 10:00 AM EDT Company Participants Mike Switzer – Vice President of Investor RelationsHarry Sideris – President, CEO & DirectorBrian Savoy – Executive VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Shahriar Pourreza – Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research DivisionNicholas Campanella – Barclays Bank PLC, Research DivisionJulien Dumoulin-Smith – Jefferies LLC, Research DivisionCarly Davenport – Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research DivisionRichard Sunderland – Truist Securities, Inc., Research DivisionSteven Fleishman – Wolfe Research, LLC Presentation Operator Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us, and welcome to Duke Energy Corporation’s Second Quarter Earnings…

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Mind mapping is a creative way to brainstorm and find connections between different ideas. Done right, it’s a great way to come up with new ideas and solutions to tricky problems, outline an article or presentation, and generally just get your thoughts in order. While it can be done as a group, it’s often a solo practice.Use automation to support brainstorming, delegation, and communicationI do most of my mind mapping digitally—and even when I don’t, I often recreate a paper mind map online so that I can have it safely stored and easily searched. (It’s a weird hybrid approach, but…

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Jack Wallen/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET key takeawaysXfce is a lightweight Linux desktop.Both Fedora and Ubuntu offer Xfce versions.Although both are great, one version is best.Xfce doesn’t get enough love. I believe one reason is that the desktop environment typically defaults to a mostly old-school look and feel. Although Xfce tries to be modern, it lives in the shadows of desktops like COSMIC, Budgie, and KDE Plasma. For many who have yet to experience Xfce, one of the things you’ll almost instantly discover is that it is one of the most flexible desktops on the market. There’s almost…

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HMRC has an ambitious vision for the future of tax administration. Making Tax Digital, AI, automation, e-invoicing and digital services all feature heavily in its plans for the years ahead. At the same time, Sage‘s The Hidden Hours of Accountancy research highlights a profession already dealing with growing operational pressure, much of it driven by work that sits outside traditional accounting services. The question is whether HMRC’s roadmap will reduce that burden—or simply change where the hidden hours appear. Accountex 2026: A quick summary At Accountex 2026, the loudest conversations weren’t really about AI. They were about pressure. You could…

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Across 107 enterprises, AI infrastructure spending is accelerating well ahead of the ability to see or steer its economics. Most organizations run their AI on a familiar base of hyperscalers and model-provider APIs, yet the next dollar is aimed at specialized compute almost none of them use today; a majority intend to switch or add providers within the year, many within a quarter. Buying decisions turn on integration and total cost of ownership rather than headline token price — which is fortunate, because most enterprises cannot yet see their unit economics clearly: GPUs sit at half utilization or less, and…

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Key PointsTrump wants the Senate to pass the bill before its recess in early August.Experts believe passing the bill after this window could be difficult.If the Democrats take control of the Senate during the midterm elections, that could also complicate passage of the legislation, at least in its current form.These 10 stocks could mint the next wave of millionaires ›President Donald Trump is increasingly urging the U.S. Senate to pass landmark crypto legislation known as the Clarity Act.In a Truth Social Post, Trump said the Senate should pass the bill in honor of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and…

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