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Chime Forecasts Strong 2026 Revenue Growth, Shares Jump on Profit Outlook

Feb 26, 2026 00:29 am UTC| Business Fintech

Digital banking leader Chime projected full-year 2026 revenue above Wall Street expectations, signaling continued momentum in the fast-growing fintech sector. The financial technology company expects revenue between $2.63...

Star Entertainment Secures Debt Refinancing Deal with WhiteHawk Capital to Boost Liquidity

Feb 26, 2026 00:27 am UTC| Business

Australias Star Entertainment Group announced on Thursday that it has entered into a non-binding term sheet with U.S.-based private credit investment manager WhiteHawk Capital Partners for a proposed debt refinancing...

CFTC Asserts Authority Over Prediction Markets Amid Insider Trading Concerns

Feb 26, 2026 00:25 am UTC| Business Fintech Governance

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has reaffirmed its authority to regulate and police illegal trading practices in prediction markets, signaling increased oversight of the fast-growing sector. In a...

Coupang Faces Fallout from Data Breach and Rising Competition in South Korea’s E-Commerce Market

Feb 26, 2026 00:18 am UTC| Business

Investors are closely watching South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang as it prepares to release its latest financial results, amid growing concerns over the impact of a massive data breach and intensifying market...

Nvidia Earnings Beat Expectations as AI Demand Surges, Stock Rises on Strong Revenue Outlook

Feb 26, 2026 00:13 am UTC| Business Technology

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) reassured investors about artificial intelligence demand after delivering stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings and issuing upbeat revenue guidance. Shares of the AI chip leader climbed 2.2% in...

Qantas Reports Record First-Half Profit as Travel Demand and New Aircraft Boost Earnings

Feb 26, 2026 00:04 am UTC| Business

Qantas Airways has posted record first-half underlying earnings, driven by resilient travel demand across its full-service and budget operations and supported by the addition of new-generation aircraft to its fleet. The...

OpenAI Faces Scrutiny After Banning ChatGPT Account of Tumbler Ridge Shooting Suspect

Feb 25, 2026 23:51 pm UTC| Governance Business Technology

OpenAI is under growing scrutiny after confirming it banned the ChatGPT account of Jesse Van Rootselaar months before the 18-year-old allegedly carried out a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. The tragedy,...

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Economy

US Stock Futures Steady as Nvidia Earnings and Iran Tensions Keep Investors on Edge

U.S. stock futures traded mostly unchanged late Monday as investors remained cautious following a technology-driven pullback on Wall Street. Market sentiment stayed fragile as traders closely watched escalating tensions...

Oil Prices Drop as Trump Delays Iran Strike, Russia Sanctions Waiver Eases Supply Concerns

Oil prices declined during early Asian trading on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a delay in a planned military strike against Iran, signaling that diplomatic negotiations were still underway. The...

Gold Prices Climb as Trump Delays Iran Strike, Boosting Safe-Haven Demand

Gold prices edged higher during Asian trading on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that a planned military strike against Iran had been postponed while diplomatic negotiations continued. The development...

Australian Consumer Sentiment Improves Slightly as Fuel Prices Ease

Australias consumer sentiment showed a modest recovery in May as lower fuel prices offered temporary relief to households facing ongoing financial pressure. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index...

Dollar Slips as Bond Market Stabilizes Amid Iran Tensions and Fed Rate Hike Expectations

The U.S. dollar weakened on Monday as the global bond market sell-off showed signs of slowing, while investors remained cautious over ongoing geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran. The U.S. Dollar Index,...

Politics

TrumpRx Expands Discount Drug Access With 600 Generic Medications

U.S. President Donald Trump announced that TrumpRx.gov will now offer more than 600 generic prescription drugs, significantly expanding the administrations effort to lower medication costs for Americans. The...

Minnesota ICE Agent Charged in Venezuelan Immigrant Shooting During Trump Immigration Crackdown

Minnesota prosecutors have charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in connection with the January shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis during President Donald Trumps intensified...

Pentagon Watchdog Probes U.S. Caribbean Boat Strikes Amid Legality Concerns

The Pentagons internal watchdog has launched an investigation into whether U.S. military boat strikes in the Caribbean complied with official targeting procedures during operations tied to anti-crime and security missions,...

Alex Saab Faces U.S. Money Laundering Charges Over Venezuela Oil and Food Deals

Alex Saab, a Colombian-Venezuelan businessman closely linked to former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice in a major money laundering case tied to Venezuelan government...

US Sanctions Target Cuban Officials and Intelligence Agency Amid Trump Pressure Campaign

The Trump administration has intensified its crackdown on Cuba by imposing new sanctions on 11 senior Cuban officials and the countrys main intelligence agency, escalating tensions between Washington and Havana. The latest...

Science

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

NASA Artemis II: First Crewed Moon Mission Since Apollo Takes Four Astronauts on 10-Day Lunar Journey

NASAs Artemis II mission launched Wednesday, marking humanitys return to crewed lunar exploration for the first time since the Apollo era. Carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft, this historic 10-day mission...

NASA's Artemis II Mission: First Crewed Lunar Journey Since Apollo

NASA's Artemis II Crew Arrives in Florida for Historic Moon Mission

The four astronauts chosen for NASAs Artemis II mission have touched down at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the beginning of final launch preparations for the first crewed lunar journey in over 50 years. NASA...

Technology

Analog Devices Nears $1.5B Acquisition of AI Chip Firm Empower Semiconductor

U.S. semiconductor giant Analog Devices is reportedly in advanced discussions to acquire AI-focused chipmaker Empower Semiconductor in a deal valued at approximately $1.5 billion in cash, according to a Bloomberg News...

Google, Blackstone Launch $5B AI Cloud Venture to Challenge Nvidia and CoreWeave

Alphabets Google and Blackstone are reportedly joining forces to launch a new artificial intelligence cloud company powered by Googles proprietary AI chips, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Monday. The...

OpenAI Wins Elon Musk Lawsuit as Jury Rejects Claims Over AI Mission

A U.S. jury has ruled that OpenAI is not liable in a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk, marking a major legal victory for the artificial intelligence company. The verdict was delivered Monday in a federal court in Oakland,...

Samsung, Union Edge Closer to Deal as Strike Threat Looms

Samsung Electronics and its South Korean labor union are reportedly making progress in negotiations aimed at preventing what could become the largest strike in the companys history. According to a report from Yonhap...

Anthropic to Brief Financial Stability Board on AI-Driven Cyber Risks

Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is preparing to discuss potential cyber vulnerabilities in the global financial system linked to its latest AI model, Mythos, with members of the Financial Stability Board (FSB),...