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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (left) and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on February 5, 2026.Getty Images | ReutersTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday did not rule out a criminal investigation against Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, if he refuses to cut interest rates.According to the Wall Street Journal, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), the top Democrat on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, asked Bessent about President Trump’s joke over the weekend that he would sue Mr. Warsh if he didn’t lower interest rates to his liking. “I know…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is facing questions from the Senate about President Donald Trump’s ongoing campaign to lower interest rates, despite concerns it could fuel inflation.Mr. Bessent appeared before the Senate Financial Stability Oversight Council on Thursday.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listThere, he came under fire from Democrats over concerns about rising consumer prices and President Trump’s attempts to influence the U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve.One of the early clashes was with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who demanded answers about a Wall Street Journal report that suggested Trump had joked that he would sue Federal Reserve Chairman candidate…

Louis Rees-Zammit will start at full-back for Wales in Saturday’s Six Nations opener against England.The winger has scored eight tries in 14 games for Prem’s Bristol Bears this season, but after spending 18 months in the NFL with Jacksonville Jaguars, he was converted to full-back in his first Six Nations return since 2023. In the absence of injured Jack Morgan, hooker Dewi Lake captained the team and was replaced by Josh McLeod, making his first appearance in the competition. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Wales head coach Steve Tandy has revealed what he expects from his…

Meta is testing a standalone Vibes app, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. Launched last September, Vibes lets you create and share short-form AI-generated videos and access a dedicated feed that shows other users’ AI videos. Think TikTok or Instagram Reels. But all the videos you see are generated by AI. Previously, feeds existed within the Meta AI app. By making Vibes available outside of the Meta AI app, the company is positioning it as a more direct competitor to Sora, OpenAI’s AI-generated video and social app, which was released shortly after Vibes. “Following strong early traction for Vibes…

Gary Smith, chief executive officer and president of Siena, speaks in an interview with Bloomberg TV in New York on June 14, 2013.Scott Eales | Bloomberg | Getty Imagesnetwork hardware manufacturers siena joins the S&P 500, returning to the benchmark 17 years ago. Stock prices rose in extended trading. S&P Dow Jones Indices announced in a statement Wednesday that Siena will replace human resources software company DayForce. Private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquired Dayforce for $12.3 billion.Ciena sells a variety of products for high-speed fiber optic networks. Nearly 18% of our fiscal year 2025 revenue will come from anonymous cloud…

rome, italy — Now I can see her, now I can’t see her. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s face on an angel in a church in Rome has been removed following outrage and an investigation by the country’s culture ministry. Restoration work was carried out in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Purgatory in the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Lucina, central Rome, and Meloni’s likeness appeared in the body of an angel. It was completed late last year, but problems were discovered over the weekend when before and after photos posted on social media revealed that the original…

Patrick Reed continued his strong start to the year on the DP World Tour, posting a 5-under 65 to share the lead after the opening round of the Qatar Masters.American Reid won last month’s Hero Dubai Desert Classic but lost in a dramatic three-way playoff at the Bahrain Championship last weekend. These tournaments took place before and after Reed announced on January 28 that he would be leaving LIV Golf and returning to the PGA Tour in 2027. Reed will be playing on the DP World Tour for the remainder of this year. On Thursday’s opening day at Doha Golf…

On Thursday, Anthropic released the latest version of Opus. This is the most advanced model and one of particular importance to Claude Code. Opus 4.5 was only released last November, but with 4.6 the company has aimed to expand the model’s capabilities and appeal, enabling a more diverse range of uses and customers. Perhaps the most notable addition to the latest version of Opus is the inclusion of what the company calls “agent teams,” or teams of agents that can break down larger tasks into smaller jobs. “Rather than having one agent handle tasks sequentially, we can split the work…

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff attended the US-Saudi Investment Forum held at the Kennedy Center in Washington on November 19, 2025. Stephanie Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Imagesbox “This is the most exciting moment we’ve ever experienced” in the cloud software vendor’s 20-year history, CEO Aaron Levie said. Wall Street doesn’t see it that way. The stock is down 17% in 2026 after starting the year with its biggest monthly decline since 2023. It’s been caught up in a software boom as investors exit stocks of companies they fear will be displaced by the rise of artificially intelligent agents.of WisdomTree Cloud…

Bitcoin It fell below $67,000 on Thursday as investor confidence in the asset once hailed as “digital gold” and a unique store of value continued to waver. —Digital assets, including Bitcoin, have fallen deeper into the red as investors reassess the utility of tokens that have been championed not only as hedges against inflation and macroeconomic uncertainty, but also as substitutes for traditional safe-haven assets such as fiat currencies and gold.Things haven’t been going well for Bitcoin lately, since it peaked at just over $126,000 in early October.On Thursday, Bitcoin last fell to $67,675, its lowest since November 2024. The…