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Stellantis books €22 billion charge and suspends dividend after EV missteps

Stellantis revealed Thursday it will record about €22.2 billion in charges as part of a sweeping business reorganization, admitting the automaker vastly overestimated electric vehicle adoption rates and alienated customers in the process. This massive write-down ranks among the largest one-time......

Oil prices rise on US-Iran nuclear talks in Oman but head for weekly decline

Oil prices edged higher on Friday as critical nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran kicked off in Oman, though benchmarks remained on track for their first weekly drop in six weeks. Markets cautiously shed weeks of built-up geopolitical risk premiums amid escalating tensions between......

Gold prices dip below $5,000 after Fed official's cautious rate cut remarks

Gold prices fell sharply on Thursday, dropping below the $5,000 per ounce mark as a stronger US dollar and cautious signals from Federal Reserve officials dampened investor enthusiasm for the precious metal. Spot gold traded between $4,835 and $4,920 during the session, marking a decline of more than......

Global stocks plunge on tech rout and Korean trading halt

World markets tumbled Thursday as a brutal U.S. tech selloff extended into a third day, pushing the S&P 500 into negative territory for 2026 and dragging Bitcoin to levels unseen in over a year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 593 points or 1.2%, while the S&P 500 also dropped 1.2%. The......

Deutsche Bank sees Bitcoin selloff as fading conviction

Deutsche Bank analysts attribute Bitcoin's sharp decline this year not to a single macroeconomic shock but to a gradual erosion of institutional and regulatory confidence. In a note released Wednesday, they highlighted three key drivers: sustained outflows from spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds,......

US and China accelerate 'stormy divorce' in strategic sectors

The United States and China are methodically untangling economic ties in strategic sectors like semiconductors, food, and energy, in what the Wall Street Journal calls a "stormy divorce" between the world's two largest economies. China has committed about $1 trillion since early 2024 toward......

German chancellor Merz tours Gulf to diversify from US LNG dependence

Europe's reliance on liquefied natural gas from the United States and Russia surged to nearly 80 percent in January 2026, per Kpler analytics data, alarming European officials over the bloc's failure to diversify suppliers despite years of post-Ukraine invasion efforts. The United States accounted......

Global tech stocks lose $830 billion amid AI disruption fears

A relentless sell-off in technology stocks showed no signs of easing Wednesday as investors dumped software company shares over growing concerns that artificial intelligence will upend their business models. Sparked by Anthropic's launch of Claude Cowork AI plugins on January 30, the rout has now......

Gold prices fall after Trump-Xi call eases global tensions

Gold prices dropped sharply on Thursday after briefly surpassing $5,000 per ounce, as a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping calmed international tensions and diminished demand for the metal as a safe-haven asset. This decline caps a wildly volatile period......

Oil prices rise amid US-Iran tensions and US-India trade deal

Oil prices rebounded Tuesday after Monday's volatile session as traders assessed a historic US-India trade agreement potentially reshaping global energy flows and squeezing Russian oil revenues. Brent crude futures climbed nearly 2 percent, recovering from a 4 percent drop the previous day, while......

Cathie Wood urges investors to swap gold for Bitcoin

Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, is advising investors to abandon gold in favor of Bitcoin. She argues that the precious metal has reached extreme valuation levels not seen since the Great Depression. In a recent podcast appearance, Wood stated that as an aggressive investor, she would "consider......

Chinese solar stocks surge after Musk team's visits to Jinko Solar

Shares in Chinese solar companies soared after reports emerged of a team representing Elon Musk visiting major players, including sector leader Jinko Solar. State-backed Chinese media, including 21st Century Business Herald and Sina Finance, detailed the trips on Tuesday. They came days after Musk outlined......

United States and India boost mining ties after trade pact

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Washington on Tuesday to celebrate a new trade agreement slashing American tariffs on Indian goods and expanding cooperation on critical minerals and energy security. The State Department talks followed......

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