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Dollar General and Aldi logos.ReutersThe number of U.S. store openings is expected to increase this year compared to 2025 and the number of store closings to decrease, according to an analysis by Coresight Research, with value retailers driving growth as they continue to attract consumer dollars. Overall, Coresight projects that U.S. retailers will close approximately 7,900 stores in 2026, a 4.5% year-over-year decline. This is the lowest number of store closures in the past three years.The advisory group also expects retailers to open about 5,500 new stores, an increase of 4.4% from a year ago. so far, dollar generalAldi and…

Mateo Della Torre | Null Photo | Getty Imagesalphabet The company will report earnings on Wednesday, but investors will want more details about the company’s transactions. apple Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence technology will be used to revamp the Siri virtual assistant.Wall Street expects Google to report a 15% year-over-year increase in fourth-quarter revenue, but much of the focus in the company’s earnings call will be on new details about its partnership with Siri and Gemini, analysts told CNBC. Wednesday’s earnings call will be the first time Alphabet executives have addressed shareholders since Apple announced in January that it had selected…

President Donald Trump will meet with Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday after a year of exchanging insults and threats over the American president’s aggressive foreign policy in Latin America and Bogotá’s drug war.Petro’s February 3 visit to the White House in Washington, D.C., came just one month after the United States abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise armed attack on Caracas.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listColombian leaders are likely seeking to manage diplomatic tensions with the United States, which have been in turmoil since President Trump began his second term last year.Petro, a 65-year-old leftist,…

Williams has unveiled a reworked livery for the 2026 F1 season. Tuesday’s announcement came after the team was unable to get its cars ready for the first pre-season test event of 2026 in Barcelona last week. The FW48 itself will be driven for the first time at the first Bahrain test on February 11-13. The livery is primarily the team’s traditional blue (officially described as a “bright gloss blue”), but for 2026 there is a twist with the sidepods featuring bright blue and white as part of a new tie-up with Barclays.Williams said the color scheme reflected their “bold intentions”…

Last month, during violent clashes between Kurdish and Syrian forces, the United States delivered a shocking message to Syria’s Kurds: their partnership with Washington has “expired.” This was not just an expression of a change in priorities, but a clear signal that the United States was standing by Damascus and abandoning the Kurds at their most vulnerable moment.For Kurds across the region watching the events unfold, the implications were profound. The United States is no longer perceived as a reliable partner or supporter of minorities.This development is likely to affect not only the Kurdish community in Syria, but also those…

Peak XV Partners, a leading venture capital firm in India and Southeast Asia, has seen new executive departures. These follow other leadership departures over the past year as the company deepens its focus on AI investments and plans to expand its footprint in the United States, while retaining India as its largest market. The departure stems from internal disagreements with senior partner Ashish Agrawal (pictured above, left), which led to the mutual decision to part ways, managing director Shailendra Singh told TechCrunch. He added that two other partners, Ishaan Mittal (pictured above, right) and Tejeshwi Sharma (pictured above, center), had…

New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks to the media after attending a hearing and pleading not guilty to charges of defrauding mortgage lenders in front of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. on October 24, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersDays before Super Bowl 60, New York State Attorney General Letitia James has a message for consumers: Be careful when trading in prediction markets.”New Yorkers need to know the significant risks of unregulated prediction markets,” James said in a statement Monday. “This much is clear: so-called prediction markets do not have…

Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger watches the Philadelphia Eagles vs. Green Bay Packers game at Lambeau Field on November 10, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.Michael Reeves | Getty Images Sports | Getty ImagesDisney shares edged higher in premarket trading Tuesday morning as investors focused on who will succeed CEO Bob Iger.As of 7:05 a.m. ET, the media giant’s stock was up 0.14%. The company fell 7% on Monday after announcing before the bell that its experiential division, which includes theme parks, resorts and cruises, had quarterly sales of more than $10 billion.The company’s total revenue was about $26 billion,…

After decades of building businesses, designing buildings, and traveling, Edward Krueger Connors Jr. came to an unexpected conclusion in his early 80s. “I was tired of America,” Connors told CNN Travel. In January 2026, just weeks before his 81st birthday, the Vietnam War hero, architect and former gym owner moved alone to southern Italy, renting an apartment in the baroque city of Lecce in Puglia, which he now calls “the perfect Goldilocks city.” Connors’ decision was prompted by a growing sense of insecurity. Retirement didn’t suit him, he says, and he felt the pace and direction of life in the…

Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta is reportedly considering undergoing knee surgery after failing to join AC Milan.Mateta’s move to the Italian giants was scrapped on deadline day after a medical check revealed he had a problem with his knee, but it is believed there is no bad blood between the two clubs as the transfer was called off. Milan were aware of the issue before negotiations with Palace began, with his medical records sent to Italy on Saturday ahead of final negotiations. The Serie A club also sent a club doctor to London for further investigation and ultimately withdrew from…