Economy & Finance

Starmer Faces Pressure To Resign Over Mandelson-Epstein Scandal As Second Aide Quits British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced a deepening political crisis on Monday after losing a second senior aide in the controversy over his controversial appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States,vowing he would not resign amid mounting calls for his

Tracing The Crypto Market Selloff: Hong Kong Hedge Funds, Or TradFi Cross-Asset Whales? Via Wu Blockchain, Market Turmoil Sparks Rumors In early February 2026, the crypto market saw a sharp correction, with Bitcoin briefly falling to around $60,000, its lowest level since November 2024. The selloff closely coincided with cross-asset deleveraging across traditional financial markets:

Key Events This Week: Payrolls, CPI And Retail Sales The next five days will feature an unusual pairing of major US data releases: the January employment report on Wednesday and the January CPI report on Friday, two reports which usually never appear in the same week. Ahead of those, markets will digest December retail sales and

Eye On Iran: Pentagon Held Live-Fire War Drills In Persian Gulf US forces conducted live-fire military drills in the Persian Gulf at a moment of ongoing Washington threats to attack Iran over its nuclear program as well as ballistic missile arsenal.  “Last week, Navy Sailors from USS Santa Barbara participated in the exercise Killer Tomato,

Democrats Flip-Flop On ICE Agents And Body Cameras Last week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sent a letter to Republican leadership calling for sweeping reforms at the Department of Homeland Security before funding expires on Feb. 13. The letter outlined ten “guardrails” for DHS, including the demand that ICE

Futures Flat, Erase Overnight Losses As Nervous Traders Brace For Key Week S&P futures are unchanged, erasing all overnight losses, extending last week’s choppy price action focused on AI repercussions; Nasdaq 100 futures underperform slightly ahead of an important week that has both the January jobs and CPI report on deck (at least the firehose

Novo Nordisk Slaps HIMS With Lawsuit Over Copycat Wegovy Pill As GLP-1 Feud Erupts The GLP-1 feud between Hims & Hers Health and Novo Nordisk keeps accelerating by the day. HIMS rejected again trying to make a criminal racket into a business model https://t.co/URBLu257l8 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 6, 2026 The latest is that Novo

AOC Announces Training To Teach Agitators How To Block ICE Agents, Doxx Feds Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is openly pushing training sessions to arm agitators with tactics to obstruct ICE operations and dox agents, escalating the left’s war on border security. This brazen move spotlights the growing network of

Bad Bunny Halftime Show Versus Turning Point USA Alternative Highlights A Divided Nation Last night was the biggest television event of the year: the Super Bowl. Yet the NFL decided that Puerto Rican native “Bad Bunny” was the best fit for the halftime show, performing his entire set in Spanish and leaving tens of millions