Meta Platforms and state attorneys general have held talks about a potential settlement before the trial concludes, in a lawsuit that accuses the company of intentionally building Facebook and Instagram in ways meant to hook teenagers, according to Bloomberg. Entering its second week in federal court in Oakland, California, the trial pits the attorneys general…
According to the Zillow lender marketplace, mortgage rates are lower today compared to Tuesday. The average 30-year fixed rate today, Wednesday, August 26, 2026, is 6.53%, down 10 basis points since yesterday. The 15-year fixed loan is currently 5.94%, 1 basis point higher than yesterday. The 5/1 ARM is 6.56%, down 6 basis points from Tuesday….
After decades confined largely to laboratories, nuclear fusion is beginning to attract the kind of money and industrial planning normally reserved for technologies expected to make it onto the grid. Global private investment in fusion hit a record $4.48 billion in 2025, up 69% from a year earlier, while some of the world’s largest energy…
As Russia remains occupied with its war in Ukraine, Iran focuses on defending its territory against U.S. and Israeli attacks, and China maintains its involvement in both conflicts under the bar that would trigger direct conflict with America, Washington is leveraging its position in Iraq. These efforts by the U.S. and its allies have taken…
As of early evening on Aug. 25, Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) gained 0.3% to $78,932.12, Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) fell 0.5% to $2,460.57, and Solana (CRYPTO:SOL) increased by 1.8% to $97.93. The total crypto market cap increased by 0.5% to $97.93 trillion. What’s driving crypto markets Bitcoin pushed above $80,000 this morning for the first time in over three…
Americans’ average FICO credit score is holding steady, but experts say this number masks some affordability pressures and reveals how rising costs are shaping their financial decisions. Today, the average U.S. FICO score sits at 714, down one point from a year ago but unchanged from October 2025, according to a new FICO® Score Credit…
When the national debt topped $40 trillion last week, it was a round-number milestone that grabbed mainstream media attention. It also coincided with a rough week in the news for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, whose intervention in the bond markets was widely viewed as a failure. Undeterred, Bessent on Thursday seemed to dismiss the ballooning…
Rocket Lab (RKLB) remains under pressure, languishing below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. With that in mind, Rocket Lab stock is setting up as an interesting bearish candidate when looking for new option trades. Let’s look at a setup known as a bear put spread. This is a bearish option trade that benefits from…
Stanley Druckenmiller, the billionaire investor who mentored US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in his early career as a hedge fund trader, suggested his former pupil is making a mistake by wading into the bond market.Bessent has recently pledged to increase the Treasury’s purchases of long-dated bonds, a move widely seen as an attempt to push…
This week we hear that ePost Global and QuickBox have shored up their partnership to give e-commerce retailers better global and cross-border capabilities to help them expand. And Descartes Systems Group snatched up Tai Software, which offers an AI-powered transportation management platform for freight brokers. And lastly, Epicor updated its platform with AI agents to…
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