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The Strait Shall Remain Shut' Says New Ayatollah; Cosco's Customers Sue Over Tariff Refunds; and Morgan Stanley Gates Private Credit Fund
Geopolitics, market stress, and the race for AI dominance are colliding across the global economy. Iran’s newly installed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz blocked as leverage against the U.S. and Israel , sending oil markets on edge . In the U.S., Costco Wholesale is facing a consumer lawsuit over whether tariff refunds tied to former President Donald Trump should be passed back to shoppers. Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley has restricted
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The World Releases Its Oil Reserves; Revolut Secures Banking License; Amazon’s AI Triggered Outages and VW Cuts 50k Jobs
The world just moved from shock to action the International Energy Agency agreed a historic 400 million-barrel release to blunt Iran-war supply snarls, but analysts warn logistics and transit delays mean relief won’t arrive overnight. At the same time, Revolut finally grabbed a full UK banking licence , unlocking deposit protection, lending and a much bigger product play a fintech going full-bank for scale. Back in the boardroom, Amazon is scrambling in an all-hands engi
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YouTube Becomes World's Largest Media Business; Ackman's Pershing Square Files For IPO; and Anthropic Fights Back
The media, finance, and AI worlds are being reshaped by digital disruption and regulatory battles. YouTube has overtaken The Walt Disney Company in annual revenue, marking a historic shift as creator-driven platforms eclipse traditional Hollywood studios. On Wall Street, billionaire investor Bill Ackman is moving to list Pershing Square Capital Management on the New York Stock Exchange in a bid to build a Buffett-style public investment vehicle . Meanwhile, Nasdaq is part
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Anthropic Accuses Chinese AI Firms of Data Theft, OpenAI Strikes Consulting Deals, IBM Shares Plunge, and £40m Aircraft Fraud Ends in Jail
The global AI race is escalating into open confrontation after U.S. startup Anthropic accused Chinese rivals of industrial-scale intellectual property theft , alleging millions of exchanges were used to extract capabilities from its Claude chatbot . At the same time, OpenAI is deepening its enterprise push with multiyear partnerships with top consulting firms, aiming to embed AI agents into corporate workflows. Meanwhile, shares of IBM tumbled after Anthropic signaled it
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The Economics of Snowfall
A Deep Dive Into Who the Economic Winners and Losers are during Snowfall "The weather outside is frightful.” Frank Sinatra I was working from home on a random weekday when I took a break to look at the view from my apartment and let my mind wander. Whilst I watched people penguin walk and cars all but crawl, I settled on an interesting thought: who benefits and suffers the most financially when it snows? That question led me down an incredibly fascinating rabbit hole, t
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Your "Investment" Is Probably a Gamble. Here's How to Know for Sure.
The Differences between Dice, Deals & Dividends; "The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.” John Maynard Keynes I commonly get consulted for investment proposals, whereby people are asking of me where I believe is best for them to deploy their capital in order to get a financial return, and the first thing that I ask [after strongly indicating that I am not a financial advisor, and the entire conversation isn’t financial advice] what their time
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The Strait Shall Remain Shut' Says New Ayatollah; Cosco's Customers Sue Over Tariff Refunds; and Morgan Stanley Gates Private Credit Fund
Geopolitics, market stress, and the race for AI dominance are colliding across the global economy. Iran’s newly installed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz blocked as leverage against the U.S. and Israel , sending oil markets on edge . In the U.S., Costco Wholesale is facing a consumer lawsuit over whether tariff refunds tied to former President Donald Trump should be passed back to shoppers. Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley has restricted
6 min read
The World Releases Its Oil Reserves; Revolut Secures Banking License; Amazon’s AI Triggered Outages and VW Cuts 50k Jobs
The world just moved from shock to action the International Energy Agency agreed a historic 400 million-barrel release to blunt Iran-war supply snarls, but analysts warn logistics and transit delays mean relief won’t arrive overnight. At the same time, Revolut finally grabbed a full UK banking licence , unlocking deposit protection, lending and a much bigger product play a fintech going full-bank for scale. Back in the boardroom, Amazon is scrambling in an all-hands engi
5 min read
YouTube Becomes World's Largest Media Business; Ackman's Pershing Square Files For IPO; and Anthropic Fights Back
The media, finance, and AI worlds are being reshaped by digital disruption and regulatory battles. YouTube has overtaken The Walt Disney Company in annual revenue, marking a historic shift as creator-driven platforms eclipse traditional Hollywood studios. On Wall Street, billionaire investor Bill Ackman is moving to list Pershing Square Capital Management on the New York Stock Exchange in a bid to build a Buffett-style public investment vehicle . Meanwhile, Nasdaq is part
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