In brief Bitcoin has fallen 52.44% from its October all-time high, dangerously approaching the 2018 bear market drawdown of 56.26%. The crypto market lost 1.33% in the last 24 hours, with a total market cap at $2.33 trillion On Myriad, prediction market traders say there’s a 60% chance BTC touches $55K before $84K. The crypto…
Daniel Golson/Jalopnik Toyota revealed the fifth-gen Highlander last week, and marking a major evolution from previous Highlanders that were pioneers of hybrid SUVs, the 2027 Highlander will only be available as an EV. For American buyers who want a three-row gas-powered SUV, Toyota has a bunch of hybrid and non-hybrid options including the Grand Highlander. There…
Jayakri/Shutterstock In modern times, it is totally expected for retail stores to have on-site restaurants. You can find these eateries at the likes of both come-as-you-are Ikea cafeterias all over the world, as well as in far more exclusive locales like The Polo Bar, which abuts Ralph Lauren’s Polo flagship store on Fifth Avenue in…
Love may be free — but not for a woman who plastered “Marry Me” billboards across busy roads for a Valentine’s Day date. “People will be shocked by how much I’ve spent,” Lisa Catalano told The California Post. “I will definitely release the financial breakdown when I’m all done and am engaged.” The splashy campaign…
In what would be a “watershed moment,” Ford’s CEO, Jim Farley, reportedly spoke with the Trump Administration about partnering with Chinese EV makers in the US. Is Ford using Chinese EV tech in the US? China is the world’s largest electric vehicle market for a reason. Nearly 3 million BEVs were registered in China in…
The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. Genesis, Hyundai, and Kia produce some of today’s best-selling EVs and have been doing so for years. However, independent testing publication Consumer Reports has repeatedly ranked them lower than some of their…
356 shares Feb. 16, 2026 Smithfield Foods Inc. is leaving its 117-year-old location for an estimated $1.3 billion plant being planned on 200 acres in northwest Sioux Falls. “We reached a point where we would have to either make significant renovations to our 100-year-old Sioux Falls facility or build a new plant,” CEO Shane Smith…
A major fast-food chain is continuing to close restaurants across the United States. According to the Associated Press, Wendy’s confirmed it will shutter between 5% and 6% of its U.S. restaurants – or 298 to 358 locations – in the first half of 2026. The Dublin, Ohio-based company first revealed the planned closings in late-2025….
Jerome Powell’s term as Federal Reserve chair will end in May. The leadership change has led many to worry about the strength of the central bank’s commitment to its inflation target © Shawn Thew/EPA/Shutterstock The writer is an FT contributing editor and director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute Markets, economists and…
The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. If you’re sold on everything about EV ownership except the cost of entry, you’re in luck. We’re about to see a massive flood of off-lease electric cars hit the U.S. market—and pretty…
A new study has found that multiple cloud-based password managers, including Bitwarden, Dashlane, and LastPass, are susceptible to password recovery attacks under certain conditions. “The attacks range in severity from integrity violations to the complete compromise of all vaults in an organization,” researchers Matteo Scarlata, Giovanni Torrisi, Matilda Backendal, and Kenneth G. Paterson said. “The…
Warning: If you still have vestigial conservative leanings, I’m going to stretch your tolerance today. It’s not super comfortable for me, either. Let’s go. (Shutterstock) If you haven’t listened to Tim’s talk with Scott Galloway yet, you should. I’ll give you the short version. Galloway has started a campaign called Resist and Unsubscribe. The idea…
Federal Reserve’s Michelle Bowman said: ‘Strengthening bank participation in these activities does not threaten the safety and soundness of the banking system’ © Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images The Federal Reserve is preparing to ease US bank capital requirements in a drive to encourage lenders to provide more mortgages for American homebuyers, according to the central bank’s…
In this article H Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Thomas Pritzker, executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels Corp., speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. The conference brings together leaders in business, government, technology, philanthropy, academia, and the media to discuss actionable and collaborative solutions…
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Beep beep bop, can you spell ‘involution’ for me? © AP You know the China story. Population? Huge. Economy? Very huge. Trade surpluses? Really huge. Maybe too huge. Even as China floods the world’s markets with electronics, electric cars, and other high-tech goods, its own domestic demand for most products remains stubbornly weak. Retail sales…
The U.S. economy was growing at an annualized rate of 4.4% last year (the most recent period for which we have a GDP number), and inflation is in decline. The stock market is up nearly 12% over the last 12 months. On paper, that would suggest investors ought to have strong confidence in the U.S….
A partner at the auditing giant KPMG just received a lesson in irony in the brave new world of AI: You shouldn’t use artificial intelligence to complete a course on how to use artificial intelligence. The unnamed partner in Australia got caught using an AI tool to complete an internal training course on AI, reports…
For a brief, incoherent moment, it seemed as though our robot overlords were about to take over. After the creation of Moltbook, a Reddit clone where AI agents using OpenClaw could communicate with one another, some were fooled into thinking that computers had begun to organize against us — the self-important humans who dared treat…
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A community is mourning a U.S. Postal Service worker who family and friends say was shot and killed while delivering mail. Loved ones say it happened Thursday near Oxford Drive in DeKalb County. The victim is 31-year-old Dequavious Graves. Channel 2’s Cory James was live in DeKalb County for WSB Tonight…
On June 5–14, 2026, Magic Presents: Pride returns to your local game store for a celebration of Pride with a special Commander event! At this event, you’ll play Commander against your fellow attendees. And in the spirit of Pride, every commander has partner! Craft a prismatically powerful deck or highlight your Magic OTP. Pick any…
If you missed Black Friday, this is your first real chance to save in 2026. By Christina Buff Christina Buff Christina Buff is a Nashville-based freelance writer for who covers shopping with a splash of entertainment. If you’re ever wondering what streaming service you need to watch something (and the cheapest way to sign up…
President Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and its CEO during a White House event promoting coal, vowing to personally target the utility’s leader over compensation and energy policies. Donald Trump speaks about TVA CEO Speaking at a pro-coal event on February 11, Donald Trump criticized the nation’s largest…
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He said: “Let’s be clear, this isn’t just the potential collapse of a brand, this is people’s jobs, this is people’s rent, how they pay their bills and their childcare and yet they are being informed about the sale of their employer through the press. That is morally unacceptable.
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Firefighters are on the scene of a house fire in Sterling, Virginia, that prompted a large emergency response on Sunday afternoon. According to Loudoun County Fire and Rescue (LCFRS), crews were called to the 20400 block of Broad Run Drive for reports of a residential fire. SEE ALSO | Public…
(Bloomberg) — Selling software stocks before the crowd paid off for Nick Evans, a Polar Capital fund manager. His warning to potential bargain hunters: most shares are still toxic and few firms will survive. “We think application software faces an existential threat from AI,” said Evans, whose $12 billion global technology fund beat 99% of…
Apple’s leadership once thought Apple News could be an antidote to bad information online, and serve as a lifeline for a struggling news industry displaced by powerful tech platforms. And the platform, which mixes highbrow political news sites with pop culture sources like People, has quietly emerged as a major force in the US information…
Beijing pivots toward consumption-led growth as export reliance faces mounting global headwinds. While Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on Sunday, take note that Chinese markets are closed all this week: Summary: Xi pivots toward domestic demand, calling consumption and investment the “main driver” of growth. China bracing for global uncertainty, despite a record trade surplus…
A Geely-owned Zeekr-branded electric vehicle. The Chinese carmaker, which also owns Volvo Cars and Polestar, has recently suggested its entry into the US was a question of ‘when and where’ © Bloomberg President Donald Trump spooked the US automobile industry last month when he told business leaders during a visit to Detroit that he would…
Crypto markets are deep red on Monday, with industry leader bitcoin sliding lower before a packed week of economic data. At press time, bitcoin BTC$68,033.76 traded near $68,200, down nearly 3% over 24 hours, with XRP XRP$1.4656, ether ETH$1,973.23, DOGE$0.1002 registering much bigger losses. Losses hit 85 of the top 100 tokens by market cap,…
The K-shaped economy has dominated discourse lately, but the J-curve is entering the chat too amid debate over AI’s impact on productivity. The curve refers to the idea that general-purpose technologies like AI don’t produce immediate benefits. Instead, massive investment comes first, obscuring early gains. It’s only after this initial dip that productivity really takes…