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People buy fruit at a grocery store in Manhattan, New York City, December 13, 2025. Charlie Tribalew | AFP | Getty Images Friday’s U.S. consumer price index provided some relief to investors who had been suffering from a market decline due to concerns related to artificial intelligence. Consumer inflation rose 2.4% year-on-year in January, below December’s 2.7% and back to levels after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs globally in April 2025. Core CPI was 2.5%, the lowest level since April 2021. Economists had expected 2.5% for both numbers.”This will be welcome news for the market and for incoming Fed Chairman…

The Panamanian-flagged Veronica III left Venezuela on the same day the United States detained President Nicolás Maduro in January.Published February 16, 2026February 16, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareU.S. troops boarded another tanker authorized to carry Venezuelan crude oil in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon said.The Pentagon said in a post on Sunday’s X that the Panamanian-flagged Veronica III “resisted” US President Donald Trump’s blockade of sanctioned ships in the Caribbean and attempted to “escape.”Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listHowever, it said it had “tracked it from the Caribbean Sea to the Indian Ocean, closed its…

The defense secretaries of two major US allies have issued an unprecedented public plea to people across Europe to support a major increase in defense spending to head off a potential war with an increasingly Western-oriented Russia. German and British officials warned in a joint article published by Britain’s Guardian newspaper and Germany’s Die Welt that European countries were “facing uncomfortable truths” about security and having to make “difficult choices” about spending. “As painfully demonstrated in Ukraine, Moscow’s military buildup, combined with its willingness to wage war on our continent, represents a growing risk that demands our collective attention,” wrote…

Martin Berry is the founder and chairman of Gong Cha Global.Provided by Martin BerryWhen Martin Berry quit his lucrative banking job at the end of 2013 to focus all his energy on selling bubble tea, his bosses thought he was “crazy”.Mr. Berry was in his 30s at the time and had spent much of his career in senior management roles managing multitrillion-dollar balance sheets, he said. However, over time, I realized that a high salary was no longer enough to satisfy me. “After working hard for quite a while, I realized I didn’t really like the corporate system. I didn’t…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy expanded at a meager 0.2% annual pace last quarter and is expected to grow by just 1.1% for all of 2025, the government reported Monday. Private consumption rose at an annualized pace of 0.4% in the October-December period, the latest seasonally adjusted preliminary data showed, but this was offset by a 1.1% decline in exports.Japan’s export-dependent economy is undergoing major turmoil. President Donald Trump’s Tariffsbut has been growing at a lackluster pace for years. prime minister Sanae Takaichi Following his landslide victory in the general election earlier this month, he is expected to roll out…

Monday’s newspaper top news and transfer rumors…premier league Mikel Arteta admits he fears Arsenal’s bid for a quadruple signing will be thwarted by a fresh injury crisis hitting the midfield – Daily Mail Manchester City goalkeeper James Trafford has opened up about his return to the club, admitting his lack of action was “not what I expected” – Daily Mail Virgil van Dijk says he has “always” hoped Mohamed Salah will remain at Liverpool as doubts remain over whether he will remain at Anfield next season – Independent Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali has broken his silence following the closure…

Indian AI infrastructure startup Neysa has secured support from US private equity firm Blackstone to expand computing capacity in the country as the country pushes to build indigenous AI capabilities. Blackstone and co-investors, including Teachers’ Venture Growth, TVS Capital, 360 ONE Assets and Nexus Venture Partners, have agreed to invest up to $600 million in primary equity in Neysa, with Blackstone taking a majority stake, Blackstone and Neysa told TechCrunch. The Mumbai-headquartered startup plans to raise an additional $600 million in debt funding to expand its GPU capabilities, a significant increase from the $50 million it previously raised. The deal…

The Macquarie Group Ltd. logo is displayed on the facade of the Macquarie Group Building on Friday, April 27, 2012 in Sydney, Australia.Ian Waldie | Bloomberg via Getty ImagesShares in Australian ports and logistics company Cube Holdings soared to record highs on Monday after the company agreed to be acquired by a consortium led by Macquarie Asset Management for an enterprise value of about A$11.7 billion (about $8.26 billion).cube holdings It rose 3.6% to over A$5.The offer represents a 27.8% premium to Qube’s last closing price of A$4.07 on November 21, the last trading day before the company announced it…

A TikTok Inc. sign in front of a building on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 in Culver City, California.Kayla Bartkowski | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesTikTok’s U.S. joint venture appears to have weathered a tumultuous rollout with minimal changes in user numbers, as early stories of a mass exodus of users sparked by outages and censorship concerns now appear to be exaggerated, according to new numbers.Despite a spike in removals following TikTok’s announcement of its U.S. joint venture on Jan. 23, TikTok’s average daily active users in the U.S. remain at about 95% of its user count compared to the…

Collin Morikawa threatened a historic upset from Scottie Scheffler at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am with a dramatic one-shot victory and his first PGA Tour title since 2023. Morikawa started Sunday two places behind Akshay Bhatia, but fell further behind after getting off to a slow start in the final round at Pebble Beach Golf Links, where tee times were moved up due to fears of bad weather. The two-time major champion reached the turn at No. 34, made a 10-foot birdie on the 11th, and continued to improve his score on the 15th, giving him a two-shot lead with…