Air Products & Chemicals Inc. fell more than 6% last week after announcing advanced talks with Yara International, a Norway-based fertilizer producer and global ammonia distributor, on two major projects in the US and Saudi Arabia.
Sen. Bernie Sanders warned that wealthy tech investors and pro-AI super PACs, including groups backed by Meta and Trump allies, are poised to spend hundreds of millions in the 2026 elections to defeat candidates pushing for AI safety and transparency, arguing that billionaires must not be allowed to buy elections.
Canada has appointed the Canadian Climate Institute to lead a voluntary sustainable investment taxonomy defining green and transition investments, enabling credible labels for bonds and funds, with initial sector guidelines targeted for release.
Trump and nine major pharmaceutical companies struck deals to lower drug prices for cash payers and Medicaid, with over $150 billion pledged for U.S. R&D and manufacturing.
Across the conversation, Maharrey and Earle tackle seven persistent myths people repeat about fiat money and the gold standard—myths that sound plausible until you follow them to their real-world conclusions.
The FBI charged a visa-holding postdoctoral researcher with allegedly smuggling E. coli from China into the U.S. and lying to authorities, as Director Kash Patel warned universities to tighten oversight amid broader biosecurity and immigration enforcement.
Italian consumer and service-sector confidence has risen, while industry has slipped. Overall, the picture remains consistent with a very gradual exit from stagnation and still points to modest quarterly GDP growth in the fourth quarter
President Donald Trump ordered "Operation Hawkeye Strike," launching U.S. air and rocket attacks on more than 70 ISIS targets across central Syria in swift retaliation for a deadly attack that killed two American soldiers and a civilian interpreter.
China's power generation capacity now exceeds the U.S., with rapid expansion and renewable energy growth giving it a strategic edge in AI, according to reports and Elon Musk.
Despite mortgage rates declining a full percentage point from 7.26 percent in mid-January to 6.29 percent in mid-December, existing home sales have gone virtually nowhere.
