Economy & Finance

Huge Number Of US Allied Forces Exit Erbil Airbase, Fearing Iran Retaliation Via Middle East Eye A few days ago, amidst heightened US-Iran tensions, a military helicopter landed at the Erbil airport in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Although Western troops are rarely seen on the city’s streets, Erbil Air Base is heavily staffed with soldiers, and military helicopters fly […]

USS Gerald Ford Carrier Hit By ‘Sewage Crisis’ As Record Deployment Endures The USS Gerald R. Ford carrier is traversing the Mediterranean, reportedly set to dock in Israel’s port of Haifa next, following a prior stop in Crete early this week, after having been ordered from the Caribbean to the Middle East area as the US threatens Iran.

Home Depot Posts Biggest EPS Beat In 16 Quarters As Big Remodeling Projects Sidelined Shares of Home Depot are up 3.5% in early U.S. trading after the home-improvement retailer reported what Goldman consumer expert Scott Feiler called the “biggest EPS beat in 16 quarters.” Feiler explained: We had positioning marked as just a 3 out

Iran ‘Ready’ For ‘Any Step’ To Achieve US Deal, Oil Slides Ahead Of Trump SOTU Tonight, when President Donald Trump will step into the House chamber to deliver his State of the Union address, it will undoubtedly be overshadowed by the prospect of coming conflict with Iran.  Tehran will be up late (or early), carefully

Yen Tumbles After Japan’s PM Voices Concerns About Further Rate Hikes To BOJ The yen was already sliding on Monday after Nikkei Asia reported that the sharp swing we saw in USDJPY in January was initiated by FX intervention from US Treasury Secretary Bessent not Tokyo, even if Washington, D.C. is open to coordinated forex

After Four Years Of War, Zelensky Wants All Land Back Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Tuesday marks four years since Russia first launched its invasion of Ukraine, and, despite President Trump promising to end the war quickly, there’s no end in sight to the conflict as Russian and Ukrainian leadership haven’t budged on their

Former Norway PM Attempts Suicide After Epstein-Linked Raid, Corruption Charges: Report Norway’s former Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland was hospitalized a week ago after a failed suicide attempt, days after he was charged with “gross corruption” after a police probe into his ties with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, local outlet iNyheter reports.  Thorbjorn Jagland, a former

Despite Crazy Revisions, Consumer Confidence Rebounds From January’s Doom After Boomers and Gen X dragged The Conference Board Confidence measure down to eight month lows to end 2025, expectations were for a rebound to start 2026. Instead, January was a bloodbath with all the cohorts tumbling. Today sees February’s data released with expectations for a rebound,

Watch Live: The Anthropic Enterprise Agents Event That’s Moving The Market Update 1030AM EST: Anthropic rolled out new AI capabilities for its Claude Cowork agent, designed to automate tasks in areas like human resources, investment banking, and design. Developed with partners including FactSet Research Systems Inc., the tools also allow business customers to customize plug-ins