China’s Coal Imports Fall Sharply as Domestic Output and Renewables Rise
China’s coal imports booked a decline last year, at 9.6% from 2024 to a total of 490 million…
Caterpillar Briefly Tops $300 Billion Valuation on AI Rally
Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Caterpillar Inc. shares extended a turbocharged rally fueled by bets on the industrial…
Meta Begins Job Cuts as It Shifts From Metaverse to AI Devices
Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Meta Platforms Inc. is beginning to cut more than 1,000 jobs from the company’s…
Investor Michael Burry Reveals Options Bet Against Oracle
Photographer: Jim Spellman/WireImage (Bloomberg) — Michael Burry, the famed investor who has drawn attention in recent months for…
Experts believe Washington ‘must break its promise on Social Security’ to protect it from ‘imminent insolvency’
Social Security’s retirement trust fund is projected to run out of money by 2033, with the disability trust…
The World’s Copper Squeeze Is Set to Intensify on AI and Defense Spending, S&P Says
(Bloomberg) — The race for artificial intelligence and surging defense spending are set to intensify a projected shortage…
Samsung’s Profit Triples After AI Supercharges Memory Market
(Bloomberg) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s quarterly profit more than tripled to a record high after global demand for…
US Factory Malaise Continues as Gauge Drops to One-Year Low
(Bloomberg) — US manufacturing activity shrank in December by the most since 2024, capping a rough year for…
Is the AI Boom a Bubble Waiting to Pop? Here’s What History Says
Photographer: Liesa Johannssen/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — As the artificial intelligence trade continues to push the stock market to new…
Emerging-Market Stock Index Nears Five-Year High on AI Bids
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Emerging-market stocks kicked off 2026 with their strongest start in years, climbing close to a…
Dollar Posts Worst Year Since 2017 With More Fed Cuts Expected
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — The dollar ended 2025 with the sharpest annual retreat in eight years and investors say…
11 big trades of 2025: Bubbles, cockroaches, and a 367% jump – Yahoo Finance
11 big trades of 2025: Bubbles, cockroaches, and a 367% jump Yahoo FinanceSo long, American exceptionalism Financial TimesY’all thought stocks…