Business trends, wild cards and companies to watch in 2026
Where power, profits and pressure points are likely to lie across five key sectors...
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Where power, profits and pressure points are likely to lie across five key sectors...
Matt Mawson/Getty Images Big US banks will begin reporting fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday, starting with JPMorgan. Dealmaking rebounded in 2025, intensifying competition between firms for transaction...
Publicly traded Ethereum treasury firm Bitmine Immersion Technologies added to its ETH stash, now valued around $13 billion....
The crypto-focused markets structure bill is set to be discussed at a markup session on Thursday. On the line is the ability for stablecoin issuers to offer rewards via crypto exchanges....
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Low interest rates and cash on the hood are a good start to 2026. (We threw in a couple of very interesting used-car deals too.)...
The raise values Rain at $1.95 billion after a 30-fold card growth in 2025 as the Visa-linked platform plans expansion across multiple continents....
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Lou Gerstner, the former CEO of IBM, has died at 83. James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images Lou Gerstner, who led IBM's turnaround in the 1990s, has died, the company told staff. He kept IBM intact and ...
South Korea’s stablecoin rules are stalled as regulators clash over whether banks or fintechs should issue won-backed tokens....
Mexico, Middle East and parts of Europe are among the top markets, data shows...
For decades, German cars symbolized engineering perfection and economic power. Now, sales are down, as their key market, China, goes electric. India could fill some of that gap left by China, but it w...
As clean energy prices fall, a fast transition to renewable energy is the cheapest option on the table. Experts say it could save us trillions in energy costs alone....
📋 Key Facts ✓ US banks are rebuilding core financial infrastructure behind the scenes. ✓ The rebuild enables cash, custody, and funds t...
ABS issues bring in badly needed money but some assets are of uncertain quality...
Toys R Us was one of the dominant toy retailers of the 1990s and early 2000s. Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images Toys R Us opened pop-up stores at some US malls this holiday season . The retailer h...
High prices, limited apps and comfort issues expose difficulty of turning futuristic hardware into a mass-market product...
The short-term outlook doesn't bode well with regards to GPU pricing. PCMag and other outlets have reported that Nvidia may cut back production on its consumer graphics cards by up to 30%-40% due to t...
The investment shows UK institutions are taking ‘practical steps’ to bring digital money into regulated frameworks, CryptoUK told Decrypt....
Proposed levies of up to 92% on imported Italian pasta slashed...