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

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

26th November 2025 Tesla  Europe Sales October EV registrations fell nearly 50%, with competitors like BYD and SAIC gaining. Full self-driving approvals could help stabilize demand. Meta & Google Chips Meta may spend billions on Google’s AI chips, challenging Nvidia’s dominance in the data center market. Apple  Tops Smartphones. Apple surpasses Samsung in global shipments for the first time since 2011, driven by iPhone 17 demand and favorable market conditions. Heathrow’s   T

19th November 2025 There were major disruptions and developments across tech, finance, and policy. Cloudflare  outages briefly knocked platforms like X, Spotify, and ChatGPT  offline, exposing the risks of relying on a few cloud providers. Meta  won a landmark FTC antitrust case, with a judge ruling it does not currently hold a monopoly over social networking, amid evolving competition from TikTok .  In crypto , over $1 billion in liquidations hit 190,000 traders as high leve

12th November 2025 SoftBank  offloads $5.8B Nvidia  stake to fuel AI bets, including OpenAI  and Ampere Computing. Markets wobble, but the firm aims for its strongest annual profit since 2020. Zhimin Qian  sentenced to 11+ years for a £5.5B crypto scam after seven years on the run.Authorities seized 61,000+ bitcoins, the UK’s largest crypto seizure.  Yann LeCun  plans to leave Meta  to build a startup focused on world model AI. His exit follows internal tension as Meta shifts

7th November 2025 Elon Musk  won shareholder approval for a record $1 trillion Tesla pay package , reinforcing his control as the company accelerates its AI and robotics ambitions . China  is loosening rare earth export rules , though analysts say the move falls short of  U.S. expectations , keeping global trade tensions simmering. UK finance minister  Rachel Reeves  is reportedly planning an income tax rise  in her upcoming budget, aiming to shore up public finances  while e

6th November 2025 France  is urging the EU  to launch a formal probe into Shein  after finding child-like sex dolls and banned weapons on its platform. The move ramps up pressure under the Digital Services Act , which could see the fast-fashion giant face heavy fines. The US DOJ  has closed its antitrust review of Google’s $32B Wiz acquisition , clearing a major hurdle for the tech giant’s push into cloud security , though global regulators are still reviewing the deal. Snap

5th November 2025 It’s been a day of recalibration across markets and politics. Michael Burry made waves by shorting the AI boom, calling out Palantir and Nvidia just as tech stocks took a breather. Bitcoin slid below $100,000 for the first time since May, sparking $1.3 billion in liquidations. Meanwhile, Democrats scored sweeping wins in the first elections of Trump’s second term, with Zohran Mamdani’s historic New York mayoral victory leading the charge. From Wall Street to

29th October 2025 The Fed is expected to trim interest rates by another quarter point this week, but policymakers are flying blind as the government shutdown delays key economic data. With limited visibility into jobs and inflation, Jerome Powell’s remarks may matter more than the move itself. Meanwhile, corporate America is in layoff mode. Amazon, UPS, PwC, and Target are all slashing thousands of white-collar roles moves many companies say will free up funds for AI investme

An analysis of the diverging economic reality of Wall Street v Main Street      “ For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. ” Matt 25:29 ESV In April of this year (2025) Trump sent shockwaves when he announced tariffs on his so-called Liberation Day, with many news outlets reporting that there was about $8.5 trillion wiped out in the value of financial assets  on the stock mark

24th October 2025 President Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, reigniting debate over his administration’s close ties to the crypto industry. The NBA faces a major integrity crisis as coach Chauncey Billups and player Terry Rozier are charged in separate federal gambling probes. Anthropic has deepened its partnership with Google, securing billions in AI chips to power the next generation of its Claude chatbot. Meanwhile, Apple is slashing production of the iPh

23rd October 2025 Nokia CEO Justin Hotard says the AI surge mirrors the 1990s internet boom but this time, the growth looks built to last. Reddit has sued AI startup Perplexity for allegedly scraping its data without permission, escalating tensions between platforms and AI developers. President Trump’s new sanctions on Russia’s top oil firms sent global prices climbing and left India weighing its import options. Meanwhile, Amazon unveiled smart glasses and new warehouse robot

22nd October 2025 Warner Bros. Discovery is exploring a possible sale as major players like Netflix and Skydance circle, signaling fresh media consolidation ahead. Meta struck a record $27B deal with Blue Owl Capital to fund its largest AI data center, while OpenAI launched ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-powered browser taking aim at Google Chrome. In policy circles, a rare alliance of conservatives and AI pioneers is calling for a pause on superintelligent AI development. Meanwhile, A

16th October 2025 Wall Street’s prime brokerage desks are raking in profits as hedge fund activity surges, fueling record results for top U.S. banks. Waymo gears up for its first European robotaxi launch in London, expanding its self-driving reach. Meta joins forces with Arm Holdings to supercharge AI recommendations across Facebook and Instagram. Meanwhile, the UK economy inches back into growth, offering Finance Minister Rachel Reeves a glimmer of good news ahead of her Nov

15th October 2025 OpenAI will allow verified adults to access mature content on ChatGPT starting December, part of its new “treat adults like adults” policy. UK fintech Lendable launched a £20 mobile plan, becoming the first of its kind to blend finance and telecoms. Chipmaker ASML continues to benefit from the AI boom but expects demand in China to cool next year. Walmart teamed up with OpenAI to let users shop directly through ChatGPT, signaling the next phase of conversati

3rd October 2025 OpenAI has become the world’s most valuable private company, hitting a $500B valuation after a secondary share sale that let early employees cash out. The deal pushed it past SpaceX and highlighted the growing investor appetite for AI. Meanwhile, FICO is shaking up the credit score market by cutting out Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion, offering lenders cheaper direct access to scores. That shift could save homebuyers money while putting pressure on the cred

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