February 2026

Devon And Coterra To Create Shale Giant In $58-Billion Merger Deal By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Devon Energy and Coterra Energy announced on Monday a definitive agreement to merge and create a premier shale operator in an all-stock transaction, implying a combined enterprise value of about $58 billion.   The deal, announced today after weeks […]

Conservative Hardliner Elected President Of Costa Rica High on the minds of Costa Rican voters as they went to the polls on Sunday was undoubtedly the surge in drug-related violence across the otherwise stable Central American country, which has been a trend for the region generally. Conservative candidate Laura Fernandez by Monday morning was able

Trump Slashes India Tariffs After Modi Agrees To Drop Russian Oil, Go Full ‘BUY AMERICAN’ In a huge Monday development, President Trump has announced the US will trim its punitive 25% tariff on Indian imports to 18% after striking what he hailed as a new “trade deal” with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Crucially it hinges

The Market Cycles Potentially Driving 2026 Returns Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Market cycles are once again at the center of the investment narrative as we head into 2026. The optimism is familiar as earnings held up in 2025, the economy avoided recession, and big tech lifted the indexes. However, those victories are already

This Weeks Jobs, JOLTS Reports To Be Delayed Due To Govt Shutdown Here we go again. The government shutdown, which should be lifted in 24-48 hours once the House votes (we reported yesterday that Mike Johnson allegedly has the votes to pass the vote), is again jamming the machinery of government data reporting.  The BLS

World’s Nuclear Club Will Grow If US Doesn’t Act By Thursday, Medvedev Warns We reported earlier that the last major nuclear arms control treaty between superpower rivals Russia and the United States is set to expire this week. Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy chairman of the country’s Security Council, has throughout the Ukraine

“100% Preventable”: FAA Accepts Its Failures Led To Fatal Midair Collision Near Reagan National Airport Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford said on Feb. 1 that the agency accepts the findings of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that a series of systemic failures by the

ICE Drops $70 Million On Massive Arizona Warehouse To Detain And Deport Illegals Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Arizona is ground zero in the fight to reclaim U.S. borders, with ICE shelling out a whopping $70 million for a 418,000-square-foot warehouse in Surprise—the size of seven football fields—to process and detain illegal aliens targeted