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Stablecoins and the Quiet Erosion of U.S. Bank Deposits

Gold’s Risk Premium Faces a Turning Point as Political and Macro Pressures Rebalance

Luxury Leverage in Bankruptcy: Why Elite Brands Sit First in Line at Saks

When AI Meets Orbit: Musk’s Expanding Tech Empire Tests Governance, Safety, and Strategy

Guardrails Under Strain as AI Image Tools Diverge on Consent and Sexualization

Markets Absorb the AI Shock as Risk Appetite Rebalances and Gold Reasserts Its Role

From Launchpads to Orbits: Musk’s Vertical AI Bet on Space-Based Computing

From Catch-Up to Control: How Google Turned Scale, Infrastructure, and Integration into AI Leadership

Corporate Diversity Under Legal Scrutiny as Nike’s Employment Practices Draw Federal Attention

Burying the Future: Why Communities Are Being Asked to Shoulder Nuclear Waste Forever

The Price of a Misread Transition: Stellantis and the Cost of Stepping Back from EVs

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Burying the Future: Why Communities Are Being Asked to Shoulder Nuclear Waste Forever

The Price of a Misread Transition: Stellantis and the Cost of Stepping Back from EVs

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Nobel Rules Affirmed: Peace Prize Is Immutable, Non-Transferable, Nobel Institute Explains After Machado’s Trump Comments 11/01/2026

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Washington’s Transactional Turn Puts Greenland at the Center of a New Arctic Power Play 10/01/2026

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The Price of a Misread Transition: Stellantis and the Cost of Stepping Back from EVs

The Price of a Misread Transition: Stellantis and the Cost of Stepping Back from EVs

Markets

The market shock that followed Stellantis announcing roughly $27 billion in charges was not driven by surprise alone. It reflected a deeper investor reassessment of how one of the world’s largest carmakers misjudged the timing, scale, and economics of the electric-vehicle transition. The scale of the writedown, large enough to momentarily outweigh the company’s market value, turned what might...
From Catch-Up to Control: How Google Turned Scale, Infrastructure, and Integration into AI Leadership

From Catch-Up to Control: How Google Turned Scale, Infrastructure, and Integration into AI Leadership

Companies

For much of the early generative AI boom, Google was cast as an incumbent struggling to adapt. Rivals appeared faster, louder, and more willing to take risks, while Google seemed weighed down by its own scale and caution. That narrative has now decisively shifted. Alphabet, Google’s parent, has moved from being perceived as an AI laggard to being treated by markets as a category leader, not...
Corporate Diversity Under Legal Scrutiny as Nike’s Employment Practices Draw Federal Attention

Corporate Diversity Under Legal Scrutiny as Nike’s Employment Practices Draw Federal Attention

Companies

Nike’s confrontation with U.S. regulators marks a pivotal moment in the widening national debate over how far corporate diversity policies can go before colliding with long-standing anti-discrimination law. What began as an internal review of workplace practices has evolved into a high-stakes federal probe that raises broader questions about merit, equity, and the legal boundaries of...
Markets Absorb the AI Shock as Risk Appetite Rebalances and Gold Reasserts Its Role

Markets Absorb the AI Shock as Risk Appetite Rebalances and Gold Reasserts Its Role

Markets

Global equity markets staged a measured recovery after a sharp, technology-led selloff unsettled investors, underscoring how quickly capital can reprice risk when disruptive innovation collides with established business models. The rebound did not erase the damage inflicted on software and data-centric stocks, but it revealed something more durable: markets are learning to distinguish between...
From Launchpads to Orbits: Musk’s Vertical AI Bet on Space-Based Computing

From Launchpads to Orbits: Musk’s Vertical AI Bet on Space-Based Computing

Companies

The merger of SpaceX and xAI marks more than a corporate restructuring. It signals an attempt to redraw the physical boundaries of digital infrastructure itself. By binding a rocket company to an artificial intelligence venture, Elon Musk is advancing a thesis that once belonged to science fiction: that the future scale of computing cannot be sustained on Earth alone, and that space will...
When AI Meets Orbit: Musk’s Expanding Tech Empire Tests Governance, Safety, and Strategy

When AI Meets Orbit: Musk’s Expanding Tech Empire Tests Governance, Safety, and Strategy

Companies

The decision to fold xAI into SpaceX marks a pivotal moment in Elon Musk’s long-running effort to consolidate his ventures into a single, tightly linked ecosystem. The record-setting acquisition brings together a capital-intensive space and satellite business with a fast-scaling artificial intelligence developer best known for its chatbot, Grok. On paper, the logic is strategic: AI needs data,...
Guardrails Under Strain as AI Image Tools Diverge on Consent and Sexualization

Guardrails Under Strain as AI Image Tools Diverge on Consent and Sexualization

Innovation

Artificial intelligence image generators are now powerful enough to convincingly alter photographs of real people, blurring the line between creativity and abuse. That power has forced the industry into an uneasy reckoning: how to balance open-ended generative systems with firm protections against harm. The tension is especially visible in the case of Grok, the AI system developed by xAI and...
Stablecoins and the Quiet Erosion of U.S. Bank Deposits

Stablecoins and the Quiet Erosion of U.S. Bank Deposits

Markets

For decades, U.S. banks have relied on a simple but powerful model: attract deposits cheaply, lend those funds at higher rates, and earn the spread. That model is now facing a structural challenge from an unexpected direction. Dollar-backed stablecoins—digital tokens designed to maintain a one-to-one value with the U.S. dollar—are increasingly positioned not just as crypto trading tools, but as...
Luxury Leverage in Bankruptcy: Why Elite Brands Sit First in Line at Saks

Luxury Leverage in Bankruptcy: Why Elite Brands Sit First in Line at Saks

Markets

When a major retailer enters bankruptcy, the hierarchy of creditors usually follows a familiar pattern. Landlords, logistics providers, IT vendors, and consultants queue for limited recovery, often with little bargaining power and long waits. The bankruptcy of Saks, however, has exposed a markedly different power dynamic—one in which a narrow circle of global luxury brands holds disproportionate...
Gold’s Risk Premium Faces a Turning Point as Political and Macro Pressures Rebalance

Gold’s Risk Premium Faces a Turning Point as Political and Macro Pressures Rebalance

Markets

Gold’s powerful rally has been driven less by inflation alone and more by an unusually dense layering of global risks. From geopolitics and sovereign debt concerns to technological uncertainty and monetary credibility, the metal has absorbed a wide spectrum of anxieties that investors have struggled to hedge elsewhere. Citigroup, however, argues that while many of these forces remain relevant,...
Speculative Excess Unwinds as Metals Markets Reprice Risk and Reality

Speculative Excess Unwinds as Metals Markets Reprice Risk and Reality

Markets

The sharp sell-off in gold, silver, and copper following a period of record-breaking gains has underscored a familiar but often forgotten truth about commodity markets: rallies driven by narrative and momentum can reverse abruptly when macro assumptions shift. What unfolded was not simply profit-taking at elevated levels, but a broader reassessment of risk as investors recalibrated expectations...
AstraZeneca’s Strategic Bet on China Signals a New Phase in the Global Obesity Drug Race

AstraZeneca’s Strategic Bet on China Signals a New Phase in the Global Obesity Drug Race

Companies

The decision by AstraZeneca to commit up to $18.5 billion to license weight-loss and metabolic drug candidates from CSPC Pharmaceutical Group marks a decisive shift in how Western drugmakers are sourcing innovation in one of the most competitive therapeutic markets in decades. Far from being a routine licensing agreement, the deal reflects a convergence of scientific urgency, geopolitical...

World

Burying the Future: Why Communities Are Being Asked to Shoulder Nuclear Waste Forever

Burying the Future: Why Communities Are Being Asked to Shoulder Nuclear Waste Forever
For decades, nuclear energy has carried an unresolved contradiction at its core. It promises abundant, low-carbon electricity, yet leaves behind waste that remains dangerous far beyond any political...

Control, Law and Leverage: How the Panama Canal Ruling Strengthens Washington’s Hand Against Beijing

Control, Law and Leverage: How the Panama Canal Ruling Strengthens Washington’s Hand Against Beijing
The ruling by Panama’s highest court invalidating port concessions held by a Hong Kong-based conglomerate has reverberated far beyond Central America. At stake is not merely the future management of...

Nobel Rules Affirmed: Peace Prize Is Immutable, Non-Transferable, Nobel Institute Explains After Machado’s Trump Comments

Nobel Rules Affirmed: Peace Prize Is Immutable, Non-Transferable, Nobel Institute Explains After Machado’s Trump Comments
The Nobel Peace Prize remains one of the world’s most prestigious accolades, symbolizing international acknowledgment of individuals or organisations whose efforts have significantly advanced peace,...

Washington’s Transactional Turn Puts Greenland at the Center of a New Arctic Power Play

Washington’s Transactional Turn Puts Greenland at the Center of a New Arctic Power Play
The idea of the United States reshaping its territorial footprint through direct financial inducements has moved from speculative rhetoric to internal policy debate. Within the Trump administration,...

Diplomacy at a Delicate Juncture as Washington Pushes Ukraine Talks Toward Compromise

Diplomacy at a Delicate Juncture as Washington Pushes Ukraine Talks Toward Compromise
The renewed push by Washington to broker an end to the war in Ukraine has entered a more delicate and politically charged phase, with U.S. President Donald Trump publicly signaling that negotiations...

People

Fiscal Signals and Social Engineering Shape China’s New Push to Reverse Demographic Decline

Fiscal Signals and Social Engineering Shape China’s New Push to Reverse Demographic Decline
China entered 2026 with a subtle but symbolically charged shift in its demographic policy toolkit: the removal of a long-standing tax exemption on contraceptive drugs and devices. By applying the...

Reagan’s Enduring Shadow: How an Old Conservative Ideal Still Defines and Challenges Trump’s Presidency

Reagan’s Enduring Shadow: How an Old Conservative Ideal Still Defines and Challenges Trump’s Presidency
A smiling portrait of Ronald Reagan, framed in gold, hangs behind the Resolute Desk — a silent observer of Donald Trump’s presidency. For Trump, the image is both inspiration and burden. While Reagan...

South Korean Workers Recount Ordeal After U.S. Immigration Raid on Hyundai Plant

South Korean Workers Recount Ordeal After U.S. Immigration Raid on Hyundai Plant
South Korean workers caught in the sweeping U.S. immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG battery plant in Georgia have described in vivid detail the fear, humiliation, and uncertainty they endured. Their...

Federal Judge Likely to Stand Guard Over Fed’s Independence in Cook Dispute

Federal Judge Likely to Stand Guard Over Fed’s Independence in Cook Dispute
The legal and political battle over President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is moving into a Washington courtroom, where a federal judge is preparing to hear...

When Allies Turned Adversaries: The Dramatic Implosion of the Trump–Musk Alliance

When Allies Turned Adversaries: The Dramatic Implosion of the Trump–Musk Alliance
The alliance between former President Donald Trump and tech magnate Elon Musk—once hailed as an unlikely marriage of populist politics and Silicon Valley ambition—crumbled in a matter of days this...