The AI jobs-apocalypse is here Prepare for the laptop-class revolt Michiganders protest a proposed data center in December, 2025. Credit: Getty Michiganders protest a proposed data center in December, 2025. Credit: Getty Age of AnxietyaiArtificial intelligenceChris Hayesfourth industrial revolutionRo KhannaRon DeSantisStuds Terkel Ryan Zickgraf 17 Feb 2026 – 9 mins In his 1974 masterpiece Working,…
Danaher, a sprawling life sciences conglomerate, makes laboratory equipment © Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images Danaher has struck an almost $10bn deal to buy patient monitoring company Masimo, two years after an activist investor overhauled the device maker’s board. The all-cash deal announced on Tuesday values Masimo at $180 a share — a 40 per cent…
Non-US and dividend-paying stocks could be the best options © Michael Nagle/Bloomberg The writer is chief executive and chief investment officer of Richard Bernstein Advisors Over the past several years it seems we’ve seen unprecedented use of the word “unprecedented”. Pundits and politicians now routinely claim that political and economic events have never before occurred….
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 17, 2026. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The S&P 500 inched higher on Tuesday, but declines in software stocks kept the index’s gains in check. The broad market benchmark advanced 0.1% and closed at 6,843.22, while the Nasdaq…
© Frame Stock Footage / Shutterstock.com Tech stocks delivered a choppy week, with the sector’s biggest names diverging sharply as AI spending debates intensified and bear market territory claimed two Magnificent Seven members. Incredibly, every single Magnificent 7 stock is now down year-to-date after NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) shares slipped 2.23% on Friday. Let’s dive into the biggest storylines in…
BHP’s Escondida mine in northern Chile is the world’s largest producer of copper concentrates and cathodes © Ivan Alvarado/Reuters BHP reported a near-30 per cent increase in first-half net profit as the world’s largest mining company by market capitalisation benefited from booming demand for copper. The Australian group on Tuesday said revenue in the six…
Two proposed class action lawsuits are taking aim at one of Costco’s beloved products. Don’t worry, the $1.50 hot dog-soda combo is still untouched. It’s a different bargain product that has found itself at the center of a pair of complaints targeting the wholesale retailer. If you’ve ever shopped at Costco, you’re most likely familiar…
Updated Feb. 16, 2026, 6:06 p.m. ET Trader Joe’s is planning to open eight new locations across the U.S., adding several locations to its “coming soon” list. The California-based grocer currently operates in 42 states, leaving Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Mississippi, and West Virginia without locations. Last week, Trader Joe’s announced…
DECATUR, Ga. – Federal investigators are offering a $250,000 reward for information following the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old U.S. Postal Service letter carrier as he delivered mail in Decatur last week. Graves had been employed with the postal service for three years when he was killed. Investigators are offering a reward for information…
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The Grok chatbot is integrated into X’s social media feeds © Dado Ruvic/Reuters Europe’s privacy watchdog has opened a “large-scale” inquiry into Elon Musk’s X over AI-generated non-consensual sexual imagery, in the latest sign of how regulators are scrutinising the social media site’s Grok chatbot. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, which is responsible for enforcing the…
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), operated by Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX), in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Noriko Hayashi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asian financial markets were treading carefully on Tuesday in holiday-thinned trading, but oil pushed higher with U.S and Iran nuclear negotiations in Geneva due to begin later in…
Salesforce cofounder ‘not OK’ with Benioff’s ICE crack: ‘Marc made a very bad joke.’ Inside the outrage over Marc Benioff’s ICE jokes at a pivotal time for Salesforce A recording of CEO Marc Benioff’s keynote was posted on Salesforce’s internal site. His jokes about ICE weren’t included. Slack’s new head just denounced Salesforce CEO Marc…
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Feb. 16, 2026Updated Feb. 17, 2026, 9:25 p.m. ET If you have peanut butter at home, it may be time to check the label. Federal officials say more than 20,000 peanut butter products sold across the U.S. are being recalled after possible plastic contamination was found during manufacturing. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said…
These stocks all have catalysts on the way that could provide great news for investors. I’ll readily admit that I don’t know how the stock market will perform in 2026. It could continue to climb. On the other hand, the momentum from last year could evaporate. However, I think the individual stocks that outperform the…
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….