Economy, business, innovation

April 2026

Restricting Your Money

COMMENT: Marty, you’re article about using digital tools to control our spending was spot on. Just this week, I had a situation with Coinbase where they would not let me transfer my USDT (Tether) out to buy something! I had uploaded $12,000 in good U.S. funds from my bank account and then made the trade into […]

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There Is No “Fair Share”… There Is Only “More”

There Is No “Fair Share”… There Is Only “More” Authored by James Hickman via SchiffSovereign.com, In April 1971, Keith Richards loaded his family and his Bentley onto a cross-Channel ferry and drove south until he hit the Mediterranean. He rented a 19th-century villa called Nellcôte on a hillside above Villefranche-sur-Mer, and converted the basement into

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KE Holdings FY25 Review: Growth in Rental Services Offsets Core Real Estate Declines

Business Overview KE Holdings Inc.operates as a leading integrated online and offline platform facilitating housing transactions and services within China. The Company pioneers infrastructure and standards designed to optimize how service providers and customers navigate the real estate market. Beike’s service portfolio encompasses existing and new home sales, home rentals, home renovation and furnishing, alongside

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Netflix (NFLX) Q1 FY26 revenue and earnings beat estimates

Video streaming giant Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) reported strong revenue and earnings growth for the first quarter of fiscal 2026. The numbers also came in above Wall Street’s expectations. First-quarter FY26 revenue increased 16.2% to $12.25 billion from $10.54 billion in the same period of fiscal 2025, exceeding analysts’ consensus estimates. Revenues benefited from membership

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Futures Storm Higher Into Record Territory On Now Daily Ceasefire Hopium

Futures Storm Higher Into Record Territory On Now Daily Ceasefire Hopium Stocks are pushing higher again on the same old regurgitated news: namely speculation that a deal to end the war between the US and Iran is getting closer, the same exact “speculation” that has pushed the Nasdaq higher for what will now be 13 days in a

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Oil Plunges As Iran ‘Completely Opens’ Hormuz, US Reportedly ‘Mulls’ $20BN Cash-For-Nukes Deal

Oil Plunges As Iran ‘Completely Opens’ Hormuz, US Reportedly ‘Mulls’ $20BN Cash-For-Nukes Deal Summary Iran’s Aragchi says “Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open“ US mulls cash-for-uranium deal as ‘three-page’ MOU peace plan takes shape Peace talks reportedly on Sunday in Islamabad Odds of a permanent peace deal by the end of the ceasefire are

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Upstart: The AI Lending Experiment

The Big Idea Most lending businesses follow a simple rule, your past defines your future. Credit scores, repayment history, and income stability decide whether you get a loan. Upstart Holdings is trying to change that. Instead of relying on traditional credit scoring models, Upstart uses artificial intelligence to assess borrowers. The pitch is straightforward: by

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BNG reforms welcomed but uncertainty and nature concerns remain

Construction of a large multi-storey building on a hill in Lynmouth, Devon in April 2022. On 16 April the UK government published its response to a consultation on improving the implementation of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) across minor, medium and brownfield development, outlining a package of reforms intended to streamline delivery while maintaining environmental outcomes.

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Toast Builds a Stronger Restaurant-Tech Case as Payments Scale

Toast, Inc. (TOST) has moved beyond the narrow point-of-sale label and is increasingly being valued as a restaurant operating platform with embedded payments at its core. That distinction matters because the company’s long-term case depends less on hardware sales and more on whether it can deepen software adoption, capture more transaction volume, and move larger

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Critical Shortage Of Jet Fuel: EU Airlines Have Just 6 Weeks Supply Left

Critical Shortage Of Jet Fuel: EU Airlines Have Just 6 Weeks Supply Left Via Remix News, The European market is facing a critical shortage of kerosene, with only six weeks of supply remaining, and the war in Iran is threatening the continent with a major aviation crisis. Since the war broke out, jet fuel prices

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