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Crypto investigator ZachXBT's upcoming support website will block Canada, the UK, India and Nigeria, citing repeated failures by local authorities to act on evidence.
Yields hit two-decade highs after bond buyers demanded higher term premium, with economists saying markets have lost patience with U.S. fiscal path.
Dividend investors can find stability in Unilever's 3.5% yield, Colgate-Palmolive's 2.4% payout, and Mondelez's 3.2% dividend backed by emerging-market growth.
Amazon's Trainium chips hit a $25B run rate, with Trainium3 sold out and Trainium4 reserved. Alpha Score 65. Here's why the stock is a buy.
KFC closed 312 U.S. restaurants over 12 months as Chick-fil-A and Popeyes pulled ahead. CEO Christopher Turner described a turnaround with a new brand identity and menu changes.
BankUnited CFO James Mackey sold 3,517 shares to cover RSU tax after the stock gained 24% in a year. His derivative holdings signal continued alignment.
Trump allows 300,000 metric tons of ground beef tariff-free for 90 days. GOP ranchers warn it undercuts U.S. producers rebuilding the smallest herd in 75 years.
Integrity Urgent Care, backed by a Goldman Sachs fund, opened in Murphy, Texas, on Aug. 22. The clinic serves Collin County with walk-in care, x-rays, lab tests and employer services.
Bitcoin reclaimed $70,000 and surged to $77,305, fueling a $400B market cap gain. Analysts Ronald Carter and Crypto Fergani say the bull run started.
Nomura's Laser Digital Japan wins a crypto exchange license, the first new registration in years. The unit will supply liquidity to institutional clients, not retail. Japan's regulatory reset looms.
RocketFuel transferred payments business to CEO-led RPay erasing $1M insider debt; no independent valuation; SEC filing missing required pro forma financials.
Chinese humanoid robots ran 100m in 9.39 seconds and high jumped 2.88 meters at Beijing games, beating human records. The event follows US import bans on foreign-made humanoid robots.
Andrej Karpathy's digital brain concept turns AI agents into knowledge-compounding wikis. VCs are adopting it, and memory startups battle frontier labs for the layer.
Megan Romer's disastrous New Yorker interview has DSA members questioning her leadership. Internal divisions widen as the left flank defends her and the right calls for replacement.
Astrological events this week could add volatility for Apple investors as Saturn retrograde and lunar eclipse align.
XLP's cap-weight tilt toward Walmart and Costco has delivered a 5-year lead over equal-weight RSPS. Lower costs and a longer track record make it the defensive pick.
BALI and JEPI charge the same 0.35% fee and yield roughly 7.6%, but BALI leads by 10 points in 2026. The edge comes from heavier tech exposure and a more upside-friendly options overlay.
Starting sixth grade, Florida public schools will require instruction on the evils of communism, covering Stalin to Maduro. The curriculum, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, takes effect in 2026.
Trump rotated out of Meta and Motorola and into Berkshire Hathaway and Visa in June, a disclosure shows. The moves followed a Fed meeting and market sell-off.
Hanover Search launches Hanover Talent Solutions after growth in C-suite placements. New unit adds outplacement, coaching and board advisory for financial services clients.
Comcast lost 167K broadband customers in Q2. Its new Xfinity Shield platform adds free and paid cybersecurity tiers to internet plans, aiming to stem defections to T-Mobile, AT&T and Starlink.
Nvidia sits in a positive gamma regime with resistance at $230 and support at $212. A slip below the flip zone could turn hedging flows directional, pushing the stock toward $190.
A 21-year age gap in friendship taught one woman to stop envying youth and start embracing her own story.
Germany plans to spend nearly €12 billion on a four-part missile arsenal to deter Russia, with low-cost cruise missiles arriving by 2027 and hypersonic weapons by the mid-2030s.
A behavioural grid explains why investors stop SIPs when markets crash. The obstacle is not knowledge but emotional difficulty.
Blockchain Association and Crypto Council for Innovation sue Illinois over a 0.2% digital asset tax. The complaint says the levy hits swaps, transfers and custody, not just profits. A Jan. 1, 2027 start date is in play.
Why India's space tech stocks are more rocket stories than rocket exposure, and why listed investors are stuck with 'picks and shovels' while the real action stays private.
Symbiotec Pharmalab IPO opens Aug 24 at 57.8x FY26 earnings. Premium pricing vs peers, but CDMO contracts and DCV pipeline offer long-term optionality. Rights issue at ₹276 narrows margin of safety.
Retail investors are chasing 7.4% yields on 30-year G-secs, 60 bp above the 10-year. The price risk and opportunity cost of locking in for three decades may not suit every horizon.
HSBC Equity Savings Fund received a two-notch upgrade to five stars in bl.portfolio's latest rating, reflecting improved risk-adjusted returns. The fund targets conservative investors with a hybrid equity-arbitrage-debt strategy.