14th January 2025 Boeing outsold Airbus for the first time since 2018, securing 1,173 aircraft orders for 2025 as airlines show renewed confidence in the U.S. manufacturer’s recovery. In fintech, London’s Balderton Capital turned a £1 million seed investment in Revolut into a staggering $2 billion exit, underscoring the explosive potential of digital banking startups. Meanwhile, Nigeria and the UAE signed an economic partnership to boost trade, investment, and strategic colla

13th January 2025 Apple is leaning on Google’s Gemini to power the next phase of its AI ambitions, marking a rare deep partnership between two longtime rivals as Siri tries to catch up in the generative AI race. In Hollywood, Paramount is escalating its fight for Warner Bros, suing for deeper disclosure on Netflix’s rival deal and signaling a proxy battle that could reshape the media landscape. Markets, meanwhile, are rattled after Donald Trump floated a 10% cap on credit car

12th January 2026 Pressure is mounting across the world’s most powerful institutions. In Washington, federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a move that escalates President Trump’s long-running battle with the central bank and raises fresh questions about the Fed’s independence. In the UK, private equity firms are increasingly shifting funds offshore, intensifying transparency concerns post-Brexit. Meanwhile, Google i

9th January 2025 A looming Supreme Court ruling could trigger a $150 billion refund battle  as importers brace for the possible collapse of Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs. In Big Tech, Google is quietly switching on Gemini-powered features inside Gmail, forcing users to opt out as it accelerates its AI-first strategy. In commodities, Rio Tinto and Glencore are back at the table, reviving talks that could create the world’s largest mining company just as demand for critical

8th January 2025 The AI funding race hit a new extreme as Anthropic lined up a $10 billion raise at a staggering $350 billion valuation, cementing its place among the most valuable private companies in the world. In U.S. politics and markets, Blackstone shares slid after Donald Trump vowed to curb institutional ownership of single-family homes, reigniting the housing affordability debate. On Wall Street, Goldman Sachs’ troubled Apple Card experiment finally reached its end, w

7th January 2025 Global capital flows took center stage as Saudi Arabia moved to fully open its financial markets to foreign investors, a milestone in the kingdom’s push to wean itself off oil. In the U.S., chat platform Discord quietly filed for a potential IPO, testing investor appetite as public listings slowly regain momentum. On Wall Street, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon reportedly pocketed a $770 million windfall in 2025, underscoring how bank executives benefited from a ral

6th January 2026 The future of artificial intelligence took center stage this week as Nvidia unveiled new AI chips and a self-driving car project with Mercedes , signaling a deeper shift from silicon to real-world machines. Markets also found fresh momentum as energy stocks rallied on expectations that the U.S. could reopen Venezuela’s vast oil fields, lifting oil majors and global indices alike. In the AI arms race, AMD fired back at Nvidia at CES with bold claims about next

5th January 2025 Global markets and geopolitics opened the year on edge after the   United States announced the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro , triggering international backlash and raising questions about America’s long-term role in the country’s leadership transition. In tech, Samsung is doubling down on artificial intelligence, aiming to roll out Galaxy AI features across 800 million devices as competition with Apple and Chinese rivals intensifies. Afri

2nd January 2025 China’s BYD has hit its full-year sales target and likely overtaken Tesla as the world’s largest EV maker, cementing its dominance even as competition at home intensifies. In Nigeria, billionaire investor Tony Elumelu is doubling down on energy, snapping up a $496 million stake in Seplat Energy to expand Heirs Holdings’ oil footprint. Global markets, meanwhile, delivered a surprise in 2025 as international stocks decisively outperformed U.S. equities, reshapi

Has Capitalism Devoured Christmas?     Underneath the bustle of the German Christmas markets, the pouring of mulled wine and hot chocolate, the wrapping of selected trinkets, and the voices of the choir singing Christmas carols, is the faint, almost imperceptible, constant pinging of successful transactions, whether it be Apple Pay, Google Pay, cash, or a physical card. That sound is the evidence of the “Golden Quarter” in full swing, and the silent prevalence of the second r

12th December 2025   The Federal Reserve  delivers a third and final rate cut for 2025  while projecting just one more for next year amid internal dissent. Disney  invests $1 billion  in OpenAI  to bring its iconic characters to AI video generation. The Trump administration  proposes requiring five years of social media history  from visitors entering the US. Philanthropist  MacKenzie Scott announces  $7.1 billion  in new donations, bringing  her total giving to $26.3 billion

10th December 2025   The global tech arena is witnessing a wave of trillion-dollar ambitions and critical interventions. SpaceX  is targeting an unprecedented $1.5 trillion valuation  and a record $30 billion IPO  to fund ventures like space-based data centers, while  Australia  enforces the world's first under-16 social media ban , a bold regulatory move other nations are monitoring. Simultaneously, India  has emerged as the new epicenter for frontier AI capital, with Micros

9th December 2025 Paramount has blown up Hollywood’s dealmaking calendar with a hostile $108.4 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging Netflix’s earlier takeover pact and igniting a new round of antitrust questions. China, meanwhile, posted a record-shattering $1.08 trillion trade surplus, powered by surging exports to Europe and Asia despite collapsing shipments to the U.S. Back in Washington, President Trump says the U.S. will allow Nvidia’s H200 chips to ship t

8th December 2025 SpaceX is closing in on a record-setting $800 billion valuation as it prepares a new insider share sale, cementing its return as the world’s most valuable private company and renewing speculation about a potential IPO as early as next year. At Art Basel, Beeple once again captured the cultural moment with a bizarre, headline-grabbing installation of robot dogs modeled after tech titans that quite literally “print” art, turning anxieties about AI and automati

5th December 2025  Meta's  Metaverse is getting a 30% budget cut as Zuckerberg pivots from a $60 billion metaverse bet toward the unforgiving AI race. The move sent company shares up 4%, signaling investor relief over reining in one of tech's most expensive passion projects in a major strategic pivot.  Netflix  secures a landmark $72 billion  deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery's  film and streaming assets, a consolidation that would redraw Hollywood's map. Elsewhere, Harv

4th December 2025 A historic $6.25 billion pledge from Michael and Susan Dell is set to reshape financial access for 25 million American children, marking the largest donation ever directed toward U.S. youth as “Trump accounts” prepare to launch nationwide. In the Middle East, Washington is urgently pressing Lebanon to return an unexploded U.S.-made GBU-39 glide bomb that failed to detonate during an Israeli strike a rare intelligence risk that has sparked fears the sensitive

2nd December, 2025 Michael Burry is back with a new “Big Short,” warning that generative AI is deep in bubble territory as Scion’s analysis shows trillion-dollar infrastructure spend far outpacing real economic value. Bitcoin sinks as much as 8% as crypto sentiment sours, ETFs bleed billions, and fears of a Japan-driven unwind hit Coinbase, Strategy, and Robinhood. Nvidia tightens its grip on the AI ecosystem with a bold $2 billion stake in Synopsys, expanding its influence a

1st December 2025 Global markets were left blinking on Friday after a rare CME outage froze trading across futures tied to stocks, bonds, commodities, and currencies for more than eleven hours, underscoring just how fragile the world’s financial plumbing can be. Meanwhile, American consumers went in the opposite direction, shattering online spending records with an $11.8 billion Black Friday surge as AI-driven shopping tools reshape how people hunt for deals. Back on Wall Str

27th November 2025 The UK budget  freezes tax thresholds, raises gambling and EV levies, and introduces a mansion tax, ride-hailing VAT, and pension reforms while boosting defense spending. Bitcoin  topped $90K but may face near-term resistance. Meta  appeals EU antitrust data requests it calls intrusive, with a ruling expected next year. HSBC  warns OpenAI  won’t be profitable by 2030, facing a $207B funding gap to scale its AI operations. All this and more in today’s Read I

25th November 2025 The tech market is rewriting the leaderboard again as Google’s meteoric AI run shakes Nvidia’s dominance. Pharma makes history as Eli Lilly becomes the world’s first trillion-dollar healthcare company. Trump’s unexpected show of harmony with Mamdani has his base unraveling online. And Robinhood is expanding beyond trading, positioning itself at the center of the booming global prediction-markets wave. All this and more in today’s Read It And Eat! Major Head