Access to affordable credit helps me pay my employees, but I don't really need it.

Infliction is killing me!

But who cares? Big retailers are making record profits!

That's why we support the Durban Marshall Credit Card Bill!

See? Banks and credit unions help small businesses make payroll.

This bill would cut the vital resources they need.

While increasing megastore profits, they deserve it. Don't they?

Tell Congress, stop the Durban Marshall money grab for corporate megastores.

Paid for it by the Electronic Payments Coalition.

President Trump mulls a further escalation of the war in Iran. Plus, the U.S. slaps 25% tariffs on Brazil, but leaves out beef and coffee.

And is the recent surge in stock listings a sign of a market downturn?

This bull market is getting a little old in the tooth.

Are we getting to the point where there's a little too much

exuberance and some point to these IPOs and stock sales as a sign of that?

It's Thursday, July 16th. I'm Daniel Bach for the Wall Street Journal, filling in for

Luke Vargas. And here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines, and business

stories moving your world today.

U.S. officials say President Trump is leaning toward expanding U.S. military operations in Iran after days of briefings on the options from top aides.

That could include more airstrikes, targeting the fortified tunnel complex at nuclear site,

Pickax Mountain, or sending in ground troops to seize Iranian islands near the Strait of Hormuz.

Here he was speaking yesterday at the U.S. Army War College in Pennsylvania.

And we, they want to settle so badly.

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