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

4th November 2025 OpenAI is going big, closing  a $38 billion cloud deal with Amazon to supercharge its next wave of AI models and computing ambitions. Elon Musk faces a rare “no” from Norway’s $2.1 trillion wealth fund as investors revolt against his record-shattering $1 trillion Tesla pay plan. Starbucks brews a bold comeback in China, offloading majority control of its $4 billion business to local giant Boyu Capital in a move to reclaim its caffeine crown. Down under, Aust

Ayvens Backers Seek to Sell $1.1 Billion Stake in Car Leaser Bloomberg Crescent to Sell Rockies Assets to Aethel for $400 Million Bloomberg Bain Lines Up $3.1 Billion Private Loan for Service Logic Buy Bloomberg Surgery-Imaging Firm Ultragreen.ai Starts Gauging Interest for Singapore IPO Bloomberg Top Paid UK Oil CEO Fights Forgery Claims as He Chases North Sea Deal Bloomberg AI Fintech Optasia Surges in JSE Debut, Eyes Asia Expansion Bloomberg  Nintendo Ups Switch 2 Sales Ou

Courage Therapeutics Closes $11M Seed Financing  VC Daily  Zag Bio Announces $80 Million Series A VC Daily  Popai Health Nabs $11M  VC Daily onXmaps Announces Strategic Investment VC Daily  TranscendAP Grabs Venture Funding  VC Daily  AUI Raises $20M  VC Daily  Harvey Nets $150 Million Funding VC Daily  Whatnot Banks $225 Million In Series F  VC Daily  Blueprint Scores $60M Funding  VC Daily  Teleskope Secures $25M Series A Funding  VC Daily

SavvyMoney Raises $225M  VC Daily  Mercor Lands $350M Series C  VC Daily   AI coding startup Poolside  is in talks to raise $2B at a $12B pre-money valuation led by Nvidia, Bloomberg Italian app investor Bending Spoons raised $710M in equity at an $11B valuation led by T. Rowe Price  BusinessWire Proactive wildfire defense startup Frontline Wildfire Defense  raised a $48M Series A led by Norwest  Axios IntrCity SmartBus , a tech-enabled intercity bus platform in India, raised

Data center firm Core Scientific shareholders rejected a $9B takeover bid by AI cloud computing firm CoreWeave 's $9B takeover bid   over valuation concerns Yahoo.Finance   Pharma giant Novo Nordisk launched a bidding war against Pfizer for US obesity biotech firm Metsera with an $8.5B bid, including milestones Reuters Insurance giant AIG and Canadian investment firm Onex agreed to acquire specialty insurer Convex in a $7B deal Reuters Mubadala -backed insurance and asset man

3rd November 2025 Donald Trump stirred global headlines after hinting at possible U.S. troop deployment or air strikes in Nigeria over what he calls “mass killings of Christians.” Meanwhile, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sits on a record-breaking $382 billion cash mountain as operating income surges 34% and dealmaking remains selective ahead of his retirement. Back home, the U.S. shutdown threatens early education access for 65,000 children,while fresh data confirms wha

Recess Scoops Up $30M Series B Round   VC Daily  Legora Nabs $150M Series C at $1.8B Valuation   VC Daily Catalyx Space Announces $5.4M Seed Round   VC Daily  Helex Pulls In $3.5M Seed Financing Round   VC Daily  Kaizen Receives $21M Series A Financing   VC Daily  Lyzr Raises $8M Series A Financing Round   VC Daily  xMEMS Labs Completes $21M Series D Round VC Daily  Hercle Banks $60M Funding VC Daily  VeroSkills Closes $5.3M Funding Round   VC Daily  Fruitist Closes $150M i

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31st October 2025 Tech titans are making aggressive moves this week; Amazon just reignited Wall Street with a $330 billion market value surge as its cloud business hits its fastest growth pace since 2022. Meanwhile, Disney’s networks have gone dark on YouTube TV after failed negotiations with Google, escalating another streaming war. Netflix is also in the headlines, reportedly exploring a bold bid for Warner Bros Discovery that could reshape Hollywood’s balance of power. And

30th October 2025 OpenAI is reportedly preparing for a potential $1 trillion IPO as early as 2026, marking one of the biggest public listings ever. The move follows its restructuring and growing independence from Microsoft, which still holds a 27% stake. Meanwhile, Microsoft is spending heavily to stay ahead in AI, with record $35 billion in quarterly capex fueling cloud growth though investors worry the costs are piling up faster than returns. Elsewhere, startup 1X unveiled

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

28th October 2025 From Amazon’s largest round of corporate layoffs since 2022 to the U.S. government’s billion-dollar bet on AMD for AI-powered supercomputers, this week paints a picture of a tech industry at a crossroads: trimming fat while doubling down on artificial intelligence. Qualcomm is jumping headfirst into the data center AI chip race, challenging Nvidia and AMD, while America’s wealthy are cashing in on tax breaks that make private jets a “business expense.” All t

Biotech firm Sonnet BioTherapeutics undergoes an $888M reverse merger with private entity Rorschach I LLC  to create Hyperliquid Strategies Inc. Decrypt  Crypto infrastructure firm Fireblocks purchases  crypto authentication startup Dynamic   The Block Aave Labs , a decentralized crypto lending protocol, purchases Stable Finance , the team behind a savings app   The Block Crypto social platform Farcaster  acquires Clanker   AI  token bot   Bankless Ripple  completes its purch

Clerq Raises $21M Funding Round  VC Daily  GammaTime Nabs $14M Seed Round  VC Daily Electra Therapeutics Raises $183M Series C  VC Daily  Polymarket  looks to raise additional funding at a valuation up to $15B  The Block   VC firm a16z  seeks to raise $10B to invest in AI and defense industries  CoinTelegraph   Hyperliquid Strategies, a DAT firm focused on HYPE, submits an S-1 with the SEC to raise $1B  The Block Commercial bank, Pave Bank , raises $39M in a Series A fun

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

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27th October 2025 The suspects behind the $102 million Louvre jewel heist have been caught, just as one tried to flee France. Meanwhile, Japan makes history with the launch of the world’s first yen-pegged stablecoin, signaling a new era for digital finance. Over in the U.S., Boeing’s 13-week strike drags on after workers rejected yet another contract, deepening tensions in its defense arm. And in India, regulators are racing to patch cracks in the financial system after $17 b