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Japan and America Recalibrate Their Most Consequential AllianceECB Holds Rates as Middle East Crisis Reshapes OutlookBank of England Holds Rates as Energy Shock Tests DisinflationAlibaba Doubles Down on AI as Margins CompressMicron Earnings Surge as AI Memory Demand ExplodesFed Holds Rates as Geopolitical Risk Reshapes OutlookJensen Huang Signals the Next Phase of AI at Nvidia GTC 2026Court Shields the Fed From Political InterferenceWhoop Launches Women’s Biomarker Panel as Femtech SurgesAdobe Posts Record $6.4B Q1 as AI Growth Meets Investor DoubtsNetflix Buys Affleck’s AI Startup to Reinvent Film ProductionElon Musk’s 'Macrohard' AI Venture Aims to Run Entire CompaniesAtlassian Layoffs Add to Tech’s Expanding AI Job CutsBMW 2025 Results Show Revenue Decline as EV Shift AcceleratesRevolut Becomes a Full UK Bank After Five-Year PushAmazon vs Perplexity: Legal Battle Reshaping AI CommerceNvidia and Thinking Machines Commit 1GW to AI InfrastructurePorsche Recalibrates as Luxury Automotive Enters New EraOracle's Cloud Surge Signals AI's Infrastructure MomentAmazon Raises $40B in Bonds to Finance AI Infrastructure

US Japan relations as Donald Trump meets Sanae Takaichi at the White House summit strengthening US Japan alliance, investment and Indo-Pacific security cooperation

Japan and America Recalibrate Their Most Consequential Alliance

Takaichi's Washington summit signals a deepening of economic and strategic ties that will reshape supply chains, energy infrastructure, and Indo-Pacific security for a generation.

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks after the FOMC meeting as the Fed holds rates steady amid rising inflation forecasts and geopolitical risks.

Fed Holds Rates as Geopolitical Risk Reshapes Outlook

The Federal Reserve kept rates unchanged at 3.5–3.75%, lifting inflation forecasts as Middle East tensions push energy prices higher and test the limits of monetary patience.

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Christine Lagarde ECB interest rates decision as the European Central Bank holds eurozone interest rates amid Middle East crisis and inflation outlook shift

ECB Holds Rates as Middle East Crisis Reshapes Outlook

The central bank keeps borrowing costs unchanged, revising inflation higher and growth lower as the energy shock from the Middle East conflict forces a sharper reckoning.

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Bank of England rates decision as policymakers hold UK interest rates amid rising oil prices and shifting UK inflation outlook

Bank of England Holds Rates as Energy Shock Tests Disinflation

A unanimous vote to keep Bank Rate at 3.75% signals a deliberate pause, as Middle East conflict drives oil above $100 and threatens to stall Britain's return to price stability.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaking at GTC 2026 as the company introduces the Vera Rubin platform and outlines its strategy for agentic AI, physical intelligence, and AI infrastructure.

Jensen Huang Signals the Next Phase of AI at Nvidia GTC 2026

At GTC 2026, Jensen Huang reframes the AI conversation: the training boom is giving way to an age of agentic systems, physical intelligence, and industrial-scale deployment.

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Alibaba headquarters reflecting AI cloud growth and Alibaba AI strategy as the company scales cloud infrastructure and long-term investment

Alibaba Doubles Down on AI as Margins Compress

Micron earnings surge as AI memory demand rises, with high-bandwidth memory HBM4 shipments and strong data center growth driving record results.

Micron Earnings Surge as AI Memory Demand Explodes

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaking at GTC 2026 as the company introduces the Vera Rubin platform and outlines its strategy for agentic AI, physical intelligence, and AI infrastructure.

Jensen Huang Signals the Next Phase of AI at Nvidia GTC 2026

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a Federal Open Market Committee press conference as a U.S. court ruling reinforces Federal Reserve independence from political interference.

Court Shields the Fed From Political Interference

Woman wearing a Whoop fitness tracker during an ice bath recovery session as Whoop launches its women’s health biomarker panel, integrating wearable data with women’s health biomarkers.

Whoop Launches Women’s Biomarker Panel as Femtech Surges

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and founder of xAI, behind the Macrohard AI venture designed to automate companies.

Elon Musk’s 'Macrohard' AI Venture Aims to Run Entire Companies

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President Donald Trump and Energy Secretary Chris Wright presenting the Ratepayer Protection Pledge on AI data center energy infrastructure at the White House

Big Tech Leaders Sign Power Pact With Washington on AI Energy

Mike Cannon-Brookes, CEO of Atlassian, following the announcement of Atlassian layoffs as the company pivots toward AI investment.

Atlassian Layoffs Add to Tech’s Expanding AI Job Cuts

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Revolut headquarters in London following the approval of the Revolut UK banking licence by regulators.

Revolut Becomes a Full UK Bank After Five-Year Push

Woman wearing a Whoop fitness tracker during an ice bath recovery session as Whoop launches its women’s health biomarker panel, integrating wearable data with women’s health biomarkers.

Whoop Launches Women’s Biomarker Panel as Femtech Surges

Ben Affleck, founder of InterPositive, during the Netflix InterPositive acquisition focused on AI film production tools.

Netflix Buys Affleck’s AI Startup to Reinvent Film Production

Porsche Cayenne S Electric as Porsche fiscal 2025 results highlight the luxury automaker’s evolving EV strategy.

Porsche Recalibrates as Luxury Automotive Enters New Era

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang following the company’s record fiscal 2026 results, driven by surging global demand for AI infrastructure and accelerated computing

Nvidia Delivers Record Fiscal 2026 as AI Demand Surges

Renaissance painting depicting a banker counting coins beside his wife, symbolizing wealth, morality, and the origins of financial culture—echoing today’s digital banking revolution.

How Challenger Banks Are Redefining the Future of Global Finance

From sleek mobile platforms to borderless payments, challenger banks are reshaping the architecture of trust and power across global finance.

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Two men — one older, one younger — face each other under blue light, symbolizing the architect of a system in dialogue with his own creation.

Venture Capital's Transformation: Why VCs Are Trapped in Their Own Investments

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Britain’s overlooked deep tech ecosystem is coming into focus—from AI infrastructure and quantum computing to robotics, advanced materials, and battery innovation.

Beyond Silicon Valley: UK Deep Tech Startups to Watch in 2026

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Golden eagle symbolizing sovereign wealth and strategic power in global tech investments

States of Power: Sovereign Capital and the New Technological Order

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Jerome Powell and Christine Lagarde face public backlash as central bankers struggle to explain monetary policy in a post-trust world.

Two Audiences, One Lectern

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The Insider Threat You Didn’t See Coming

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How Religion’s $5 Trillion Is Reshaping the Future of Tech

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Global Banks Deepen Reliance on Tech as AI Reshapes Finance

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The rare phenomenon of identical twins building billion-dollar tech empires — and why their difference is their strength.

Twinnovation. Identical Twins in Tech

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Synthetic Hearts: Can AI Dating Apps Create True Love?

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AI Therapy: The So-Called ‘Future of Mental Health’ Could Have Deadly Consequences

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Close-up of a masked figure in a black balaclava with a hostile gaze.

The Brutal Side of Bitcoin: Digital Crime and Real-World Attacks

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API Wars Have Been Declared

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US Japan relations as Donald Trump meets Sanae Takaichi at the White House summit strengthening US Japan alliance, investment and Indo-Pacific security cooperation

Japan and America Recalibrate Their Most Consequential Alliance

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Christine Lagarde ECB interest rates decision as the European Central Bank holds eurozone interest rates amid Middle East crisis and inflation outlook shift

ECB Holds Rates as Middle East Crisis Reshapes Outlook

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Bank of England rates decision as policymakers hold UK interest rates amid rising oil prices and shifting UK inflation outlook

Bank of England Holds Rates as Energy Shock Tests Disinflation

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Alibaba headquarters reflecting AI cloud growth and Alibaba AI strategy as the company scales cloud infrastructure and long-term investment

Alibaba Doubles Down on AI as Margins Compress

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Micron earnings surge as AI memory demand rises, with high-bandwidth memory HBM4 shipments and strong data center growth driving record results.

Micron Earnings Surge as AI Memory Demand Explodes

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks after the FOMC meeting as the Fed holds rates steady amid rising inflation forecasts and geopolitical risks.

Fed Holds Rates as Geopolitical Risk Reshapes Outlook

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaking at GTC 2026 as the company introduces the Vera Rubin platform and outlines its strategy for agentic AI, physical intelligence, and AI infrastructure.

Jensen Huang Signals the Next Phase of AI at Nvidia GTC 2026

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a Federal Open Market Committee press conference as a U.S. court ruling reinforces Federal Reserve independence from political interference.

Court Shields the Fed From Political Interference

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Adobe headquarters entrance and corporate signage in San Jose as the company announces strong Adobe Q1 2026 earnings, rising Creative Cloud revenue and accelerating adoption of Firefly generative AI tools.

Adobe Posts Record $6.4B Q1 as AI Growth Meets Investor Doubts

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BMW Neue Klasse iX3 electric SUV representing BMW 2025 results and the company’s shift toward next-generation EV models.

BMW 2025 Results Show Revenue Decline as EV Shift Accelerates

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Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI, amid the Amazon Perplexity AI lawsuit over autonomous agents and platform access.

Amazon vs Perplexity: Legal Battle Reshaping AI Commerce

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Mira Murati and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during the Nvidia Thinking Machines partnership to deploy gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure.

Nvidia and Thinking Machines Commit 1GW to AI Infrastructure

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Oracle's Cloud Surge Signals AI's Infrastructure Moment

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Amazon Raises $40B in Bonds to Finance AI Infrastructure

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Bill Ackman as Pershing Square prepares a dual NYSE listing for its management company and closed-end investment fund.

Pershing Square Files for Dual NYSE Listing

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Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange as Robinhood Ventures Fund debuts on the NYSE offering retail investors access to private technology companies.

Robinhood Ventures Opens Private Markets to Retail Investors

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New York Stock Exchange building as U.S. payrolls fall by 92,000 in February, signaling labor market weakness.

America's Labor Market Sends Its Starkest Warning in Five Years

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Oil tanker navigating the Strait of Hormuz as Brent crude prices surge above $90 amid escalating U.S.–Iran tensions.

Brent Crude Tops $90 as Hormuz Crisis Shakes Global Oil Markets

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Marvell Technology headquarters reflecting the company’s growing role in AI infrastructure and data-center connectivity.

Marvell Bets Big on AI Infrastructure After Record FY2026 Results

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Broadcom Q1 FY2026 Earnings: VMware Turns Into AI Leverage

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after invoking 10 U.S.C. § 3252 to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk.

How the Pentagon Chose Its AI Partner and Set the Terms

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman following the company’s $110 billion capital raise, which values the AI firm at $730 billion and deepens strategic ties with major infrastructure partners.

OpenAI Valued at $730B After Record $110B Capital Raise

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CoreWeave branding displayed on digital screens in New York’s Times Square near NASDAQ, as the AI cloud provider reports $5.1 billion in 2025 revenue and a $66.8 billion backlog.

CoreWeave Hits $5.1B Revenue as AI Backlog Surges to $66.8B

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Rocket Lab Electron launch during record 2025 revenue growth

Rocket Lab Posts Record Revenue as Defense Backlog Surges

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Anthropic Defies Pentagon Over AI's Moral Limits

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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos departs the White House on February 26 amid Warner Bros Discovery acquisition developments

Netflix Walks Away From Warner Bros. Deal as Discipline Prevails

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Stellantis posts €20.1B loss after electric vehicle strategy reset and massive writedowns

Stellantis Reports €20.1 Billion Loss on Electric Vehicle Strategy

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Rolls-Royce reports record profits following successful restructuring and margin expansion

Rolls-Royce Posts Record Profits as Transformation Pays Off

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Salesforce AI platform and Agentforce supporting fiscal 2026 growth

Salesforce Closes Fiscal 2026 With Steady Growth and AI Pivot

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Figma surpasses $1 billion revenue milestone as AI tools expand enterprise product development workflows

Figma Surpasses $1B Revenue as AI Expands Its Enterprise Role

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei as the company takes the Pentagon to court over AI ethics and the blacklisting of Claude by the Defense Department.

Anthropic Sues Pentagon Over AI Blacklisting in Landmark Case

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Morgan Stanley headquarters in New York as the bank cuts about 2,500 jobs and uses AI efficiencies to fund private markets and digital assets growth.

Morgan Stanley Axes 2,500 Jobs After Its Best Year on Record

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Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona showcased new AI-driven devices from Samsung, Xiaomi, Honor, Vivo and Lenovo

Five Launches That Defined Intelligent Hardware at MWC 2026

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An Amazon Web Services data center in the Middle East, where drone strikes disrupted availability zones in the UAE and Bahrain.

Drone Strikes on AWS Data Centers Expose Cloud War Risk

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Block CEO Jack Dorsey during announcement of 4000 job cuts and AI strategy shift

Block Cuts 4,000 Jobs as Jack Dorsey Pushes AI-Driven Reset

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Accenture and Mistral partnership advancing sovereign enterprise AI in Europe

Accenture and Mistral Bet on European AI Sovereignty

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei amid mounting Pentagon pressure over Claude safeguards, as the dispute tests the durability of AI safety commitments.

Anthropic Faces Pentagon Pressure Over Claude Safeguards

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Mark Zuckerberg exits the courtroom during a child safety trial examining Meta’s platform design, youth protection and legal liability

Zuckerberg Testifies in Child Safety Trial as Meta Faces Liability

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India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi showcasing global leaders, technology executives and infrastructure partnerships shaping India’s role in global AI development.

India's AI Summit Signals a Shift in Global Tech Power

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OpenAI advances its AI agent strategy by hiring OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger and backing open-source orchestration infrastructure for autonomous systems

OpenAI Pushes Agent Strategy With Steinberger and OpenClaw

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Roblox on mobile as the platform reports $6.8B bookings, with rising user engagement and advertising expansion supporting stronger platform economics and a path toward profitability.

Roblox Delivers $6.8B Bookings as Metaverse Model Matures

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Affirm profitability rises as BNPL transaction volumes accelerate, reflecting stronger unit economics and sustained earnings in consumer finance.

Affirm Achieves Profitability as BNPL Volumes Accelerate

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Reddit’s revenue surge and rising margins show how disciplined monetization, AI advertising and scale are reshaping the social media business model.

Reddit’s Revenue Surge Redefines Social Media Business Model

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Amazon invests $200 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure as AWS growth accelerates and reshapes global enterprise computing and cloud economics.

Amazon’s $200 Billion Push Reshapes Cloud and AI

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Qualcomm beats forecasts but warns memory shortages could slow AI growth, testing investor confidence and near-term semiconductor demand outlook.

Qualcomm Beats Forecasts as Memory Crunch Hits AI Outlook

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Snap's Margin Discipline Sharpens Amid User Retreat

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Alphabet posts record $400B revenue as AI and cloud growth accelerate, with major infrastructure investment reshaping search and enterprise computing.

Alphabet’s AI and Cloud Surge Drives Record $400B Revenue

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Eli Lilly headquarters as weight-loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound drive record quarterly revenue

Lilly Delivers Record Q4 as Weight-Loss Drugs Rewrite Economics

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Uber headquarters reflecting the company’s scale and autonomous mobility strategy in 2025

Uber Closes 2025 With Dual Mandate: Scale and Autonomy

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Anthropic legal AI plugins trigger market selloff in enterprise software. Anthropic’s legal AI plugins sparked a $285 billion selloff in legal and data software, forcing investors to reassess AI-driven disruption risks.

Anthropic's Legal AI Triggers $285 Billion Market Rout

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AMD datacenter revenue growth driven by AI accelerators amid market skepticism

AMD Datacenter Revenue Doubles as AI Accelerates Growth

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Hand holding a PayPal payment card, symbolizing PayPal’s core digital payments business during a period of modest growth and operational reset.

PayPal Slips on Modest Growth as New CEO Faces Execution Test

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President Trump announces Project Vault to secure rare earth supplies and reduce U.S. reliance on China

Trump's $12B Mineral Reserve Marks New Era for US Industry

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Palantir headquarters as AI-driven revenue jumps 70 percent amid rapid expansion in U.S. commercial and enterprise operations.

Palantir Reports 70% Revenue Jump as AI Reshapes Operations

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Waymo autonomous vehicle in a city after securing $16B to expand autonomous driving operations.

Waymo Secures $16 Billion to Dominate Autonomous Driving

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SpaceX Crew Dragon docking with the International Space Station as SpaceX acquires xAI in a $1.25 trillion convergence.

SpaceX Acquires xAI in $1.25 Trillion Convergence

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Disney’s fiscal Q1 shows record theme park revenue and streaming growth, but higher content costs and ad weakness weighed on operating income.

Disney Posts Mixed Q1 as Parks Surge Offsets Streaming Strain

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Gold, silver and Bitcoin sell off on Wall Street after Kevin Warsh’s Fed nomination revives expectations of tighter monetary policy.

Markets Face Reality Check as Policy Shift Unwinds Leverage

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Kevin Warsh speaking at a policy event as markets weigh the implications of his nomination for the future direction of the Federal Reserve.

Kevin Warsh's Fed Nomination Signals Balance Sheet Focus

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Apple earnings Q1 2026 showing iPhone 17 growth, China revenue rebound, Services expansion, and evolving AI strategy

Apple Posts Record Quarter with $144B in Revenue Growth

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