Ackman  just placed a fresh  AI bet on Meta  while quietly dumping Hilton , showing where big money thinks the next growth engine lives. At the same time, Trump  ordered the Pentagon  to lock in coal power deals, yanking old-school energy back into the national security  spotlight. Meanwhile, American Airlines staff  are lining up to protest their CEO  as operational pain spills into public revolt, and Valentine’s Day  spending is set to hit a record $29 billion , turning rom

Paramount  just sweetened its bid for Warner Bros , offering to cover Netflix’s breakup fee and pay shareholders extra cash for any quarters the deal drags on. At the same time, China  quietly told banks to scale back U.S. Treasury holdings, fuelling the “sell America”  trade. Meanwhile, legal-AI  wunderkind Harvey is racing toward an $11 billion valuation as  VCs pile in . And in a surprise move, the Vatican Bank  launched Catholic-aligned equity indexes, laying the groundwo

MrBeast  is stepping into fintech after acquiring youth-focused financial services app Step , marking the creator economy’s latest push into traditional finance. Elsewhere, Goldman Sachs  is working with AI startup Anthropic to automate core back-office roles , Ferrari  has teased its first fully electric sports car , and Big Tech  is preparing to spend an eye-watering $650 billion  as the AI arms race accelerates. All this and more in today's Read It And Eat! Markets Around

The AI  boom just crossed a new threshold, and it’s no longer confined to pitch decks, labs, or VC term sheets. From a  $70 million  power grab for the AI.com domain by Crypto.com’s founder , to Anthropic  closing in on one of the largest private funding rounds in tech history, artificial intelligence is now colliding head-on with consumer branding, public markets, and geopolitics. Elsewhere, Japan’s markets are ripping to record highs  on a decisive political mandate . Bitco

Big money, big myths, and big strategic pivots dominate today’s headlines. Amazon’s  decision to  supercharge AI  spending has rattled investors and reignited concerns about the true cost of the artificial-intelligence arms race. Bitcoin’s  latest slump is forcing a long-overdue reckoning with its once-sacred reputation as a hedge against inflation and fiscal excess. In the AI wars, Anthropic  is drawing a bold line against advertising with a Super Bowl ad that subtly pokes O

Intel just signaled a late but serious push into GPUs , betting it can still muscle its way into the AI hardware boom . At the same time, Alphabet smashed through $400 billion in annual revenue as AI-fueled growth turns Google into a $4 trillion titan. Meanwhile, Michael Burry is sounding the alarm on Bitcoin’s slide and the “sickening scenarios” it could trigger across markets, and French prosecutors just raided Elon Musk’s X over deepfake and abuse content . Big tech f

Walmart  just crashed into the trillion-dollar club, proving old-school retail can become a tech-powered growth machine. At the same time, AI fear  wiped $300 billion off software and data stocks as investors started pricing in disruption, not just upside. Meanwhile, Nintendo’s Switch completed one of the biggest comeback stories in gaming history,  and China  just drew a hard safety line on futuristic EV design  by banning hidden door handles  after deadly incidents. Big mon

Nvidia  moved to dial back expectations around its headline-grabbing $100 billion OpenAI pledge , with CEO Jensen Huang stressing the plan was never a binding commitment as internal concerns surfaced. In Silicon Valley, Moltbook , a fast-rising social network populated entirely by AI agents , has sparked fascination and unease as bots debate, post, and even moderate themselves. Elon Musk , meanwhile, rewrote the dealmaking history books after SpaceX acquired xAI in a record-s

Markets were thrown off balance after President Donald Trump  nominated Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell  as Federal Reserve chair , a move investors quickly interpreted as a shift in the future path of U.S. monetary policy. The announcement sent shockwaves through the so-called debasement trade , triggering a brutal sell-off in gold and silver and spilling into Asian equities  as leveraged positions were unwound. At the same time, China’s tech giants are escalating an al

Global capital is on the move and it’s moving fast. South Korea  has quietly leapfrogged Germany  to become one of the world’s biggest stock markets , riding the same AI and robotics  wave reshaping portfolios everywhere. At the center of that wave, OpenAI  is drawing eye-watering interest from Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon,  and even SoftBank , as the race to own the future of intelligence intensifies. Meanwhile, Elon Musk  is reportedly toying with the idea of tying SpaceX clos

Wall Street just smashed through a historic ceiling, with the S&P 500 crossing 7,000 as investors shrugged off geopolitical jitters and doubled down on earnings, momentum, and the AI trade. The rally comes even as the Federal Reserve hits pause, holding rates steady in a split decision that signals caution, patience, and plenty of internal debate about where inflation and growth go next. Meanwhile, Elon Musk is drawing a brutal line between yesterday and tomorrow. Tesla is re

Amazon is quietly walking away from its most futuristic retail experiment, shutting down Go and Fresh stores as Big Tech sobers up on what actually scales in the real world. Zoom, once written off as a post-pandemic relic, is suddenly back in the spotlight after a stealth AI bet on Anthropic may be worth billions. Microsoft is escalating the AI arms race with a new in-house chip designed to loosen Nvidia’s grip on data centers and outmuscle cloud rivals. And in the rapidly cr

The artificial intelligence boom is no longer just reshaping Silicon Valley, it’s rewriting balance sheets, trade alliances, and even national development stories. Anguilla’s .ai  domain crosses one million registrations, turning a digital suffix into a powerful economic engine for a small island nation.  Nvidia doubles down on AI infrastructure with a fresh $2 billion investment in CoreWeave , highlighting how the race for computers is becoming as critical as the race for ch

Markets are flashing stress signals and strategic pivots all at once. Gold  and silver  smash historic milestones as investors flee uncertainty, piling into hard assets amid geopolitical tension, tariff anxiety, and questions around the Fed’s independence. Saudi Arabia  quietly redraws its NEOM  ambitions as fiscal reality collides with megaproject  dreams, while Intel’s  turnaround narrative takes a hit after manufacturing bottlenecks overshadow an earnings beat. Meanwhile,

21st January 2025 Warren Buffett’s long-awaited successor, Greg Abel, is already making waves as he steps into the spotlight with a potential shake-up of Berkshire Hathaway’s prized Kraft Heinz stake, signaling that the post-Buffett era may be far less sentimental. In the UK, central London house prices are sliding at their fastest pace since the financial crisis, raising a once-unthinkable question: is the capital finally becoming affordable again for buyers priced out for a

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21st January 2025 U.S. stocks wiped out their gains for 2026 in a sharp selloff as fears of an escalating trade war with Europe collided with a global bond rout that pushed Treasury yields higher. In geopolitics, the UK approved China’s controversial plan to build a “mega” embassy in London despite security and espionage concerns, while in Davos, attendees were warned about fake VIP passes circulating around the USA House at the World Economic Forum. And in finance, hedge fun

20th January 2025 Global politics, macro data, Big Tech monetisation, and deal-making collide in today’s major stories. Donald Trump escalates his push to acquire Greenland by threatening sweeping tariffs on key European allies, raising tensions across the Arctic and transatlantic trade. China, meanwhile, posts 5% GDP growth for 2025, meeting Beijing’s target as booming exports mask deeper domestic weaknesses. In tech, OpenAI makes a pivotal shift, announcing plans to test ad

16th January 2026 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is signaling renewed confidence in AI-driven growth, announcing record capital spending of $56 billion and reporting a 35% rise in net profits that underscores strong demand for high-performance chips. In media, the BBC is taking a historic step by launching programmes specifically for YouTube, blending public service content with new digital monetisation opportunities to reach younger audiences. On the geopolitical fro

15th January 2025 Intel shares are surging again, up 28% this year as analysts raise price targets on stronger chip demand and growing confidence in the company’s manufacturing comeback. In artificial intelligence, Anthropic is pushing AI beyond engineers with its new Cowork tool, while Apple moves directly against Adobe by bundling its creative software into a new Creator Studio subscription aimed at locking in professional creators. And in healthcare, fresh research suggest