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Alan Greenspan, Influential Fed Chairman, Dies at 100

6/22/20263 min

Plus: Vice President JD Vance says Iran has agreed to allow United Nations nuclear inspectors back into the country. And Chevron strikes a 20-year deal to power one of Microsoft’s AI data centers in West Texas. Alex Ossola hosts.

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  1. Speaker 10:00

    AI involves a new kind of leadership. Trace the through lines from across episodes to understand how technology leadership is being redefined for the age of AI. Learn more on the season one finale of TechVolential, a podcast from Deloitte and custom content from WSJ.

  2. Alex Ossola· Host0:14

    [upbeat music] Here's your midday brief for Monday, June 22nd. I'm Alex Osula for the Wall Street Journal. Vice President JD Vance says Iranian officials have agreed to allow United Nations nuclear inspectors back into their country as early as this week. Vance says the invite was a, quote, "major milestone in the effort to end Iran's nuclear program." There was no immediate comment from the International Atomic Energy Agency, the organization that would send the inspectors, and a spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. Vance also said that negotiators moved closer to resolving issues related to shipping lanes and fighting in Lebanon. Chevron has signed a 20-year agreement to sell electricity to Microsoft at its planned two point seven gigawatt AI data center in West Texas. Chevron is partnering with energy company Julant to build a massive power generation complex that'll supply the data center using natural gas produced from Chevron's fields in the area. The companies didn't disclose a cost estimate for the project, but the deal cements Chevron's lead in the race among major oil companies to bank on the data center boom. And Alan Greenspan, the influential former Fed chairman, has died at age 100 from complications of Parkinson's disease. When Greenspan finished

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