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Gold Price Hits New Record High Amid Tensions and Rate Cuts

📋 Key Facts ✓ Gold price has climbed to a new record high. ✓ Investors are flocking to precious metals. ✓ Geopo...

Dec 22BBC NewseconomicsImpact

Creator economy M&A is 'back, baby.' Here's where an advisor thinks the deal heat will be in 2026.

James Creech is the founder of Quartermast Advisors, an M&A advisory firm. Madison Ellis Creator economy M&A deals were up over 17% year-over-year in 2025. Quartermast Advisors tracked last year's M&A...

1hBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

Hanwha Ocean Shares Jump 10% on U.S. Navy Frigate Deal

📋 Key Facts ✓ Hanwha Ocean shares jumped 10% following the announcement. ✓ Trump stated that the South Korean firm will build frigates ...

Dec 23CNBCPolitics

Seeing Japan's older workers made me wonder how the US could better prepare for an aging economy

Nearly 30% of Japan's population is 65 or older, and many still work. Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty Images Japan has adapted to an aging workforce with government support and job programs. Nearly ...

Dec 28Business InsidereconomicsImpact

New earnXRP Yield Product Launches on Flare Network

📋 Key Facts ✓ Upshift, Clearstar, and Flare have jointly launched earnXRP ✓ earnXRP is a new product allowing users to earn yield denom...

Dec 22The BlockcryptocurrencyImpact

Top 5 Largest Publicly Traded Solana Treasury Firms

📋 Key Facts ✓ Institutions are gobbling up Solana for their balance sheets. ✓ These holdings represent top publicly traded treasuries. ...

Dec 21Decryptcryptocurrency

The world's 10 wealthiest people are worth more than Amazon after getting nearly $600 billion richer in 2025

Composite picture of Elon Musk (left) and Jeff Bezos (right) Joel Saget/AFP and Kevin Winter The 10 richest people are worth more than Amazon after a nearly $600 billion wealth gain in 2025. The AI bo...

Jan 2Business InsidereconomicsImpact

China’s service sector shines as holidaymakers embrace pet travel and bespoke adventures

More Chinese travellers are pivoting from mass-market sightseeing to bespoke adventures to ring in the new year, fuelling a surge in demand for pet-friendly itineraries and winter excursions as servic...

Jan 1South China Morning PostlifestyleImpact

India-New Zealand Trade Pact Enables Duty-Free Goods Trade

📋 Key Facts ✓ India and New Zealand have announced a trade pact making the majority of goods trade duty-free. ✓ India aims to become an...

Dec 22CNBCeconomicsImpact

Janus Henderson Acquired by Trian, General Catalyst for $7.4B

📋 Key Facts ✓ Asset manager Janus Henderson agreed to be acquired by investors Trian Fund Management and General Catalyst. ✓ The acquis...

Dec 22CNBCeconomics

Justin Sun’s World Liberty Tokens Down $60M Since September

📋 Key Facts ✓ Justin Sun accumulated $175 million worth of Trump-backed token projects. ✓ Sun has been blacklisted despite his investme...

Dec 23The BlockcryptocurrencyImpact

Clarity Act Delays Trigger $952M Crypto ETP Outflows

📋 Key Facts ✓ Clarity Act delays triggered $952 million in weekly global crypto ETP outflows. ✓ Global crypto products recorded their f...

Dec 22The Blockcryptocurrency

China factory activity returns to growth after record contraction

Beijing faces calls to increase stimulus and support lagging demand in world’s second-biggest economy...

Dec 31Financial TimeseconomicsImpact

Open Veins of Latin America Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent [pdf]

Article URL: https://archive.wphna.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1971-Eduardo-Galeano-Open-Veins-of-Latin-America.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46487523 Points: 5 # Comments:...

Jan 4Hacker NewsPoliticsImpact

Nearly 30,000 Americans have received about $335 million in basic income. Here are 5 takeaways.

Americans have received millions of dollars as part of guaranteed income pilot programs. SimpleImages/Getty Images Basic income pilots have distributed over $335 million in economic relief to American...

Jan 1Business InsiderPoliticsImpact

Powell says the Fed received DOJ subpoenas

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank was served grand jury subpoenas on Friday from the Department of Justice that t...

15hBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

The list of companies laying off staff this year includes Angi and Tailwind, with dozens of others warning of job cuts

Angi, formerly Angie's List, is a service for home service professionals. Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Companies such as Angi and Tailwind have said they're t...

3dBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

Alphabet's $4.75B Buy of Intersect Power Bypasses Grid Issues

📋 Key Facts ✓ Alphabet is set to pay $4.75 billion in cash, plus debt, for Intersect Power. ✓ Intersect Power is a data center and clea...

Dec 22TechCruncheconomicsImpact

Nandi Owolo Turns Junk Journaling into Business After Layoff

📋 Key Facts ✓ Nandi Owolo is a 30-year-old who was laid off from her dream job at the UN. ✓ She started junk journaling as a hobby in J...

Dec 21CNBClifestyle

Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team

Article URL: https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss.com/pull/2388 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46527950 Points: 30 # Comments: 5...

5dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact